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GOP: Iraq success came despite Obama

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Published Aug. 31, 2010 at 3:26 p.m.

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House Republican leader John Boehner will lay out a "prebuttal" ahead of President Barack Obama's prime time speech on Iraq Tuesday night ...

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On Board with the VP: Day 2 in Kenya

Published June 8, 2010 at 3:27 p.m.

Vice President Joe Biden walks with President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga during a visit to the State House in Nairobi, Kenya ... The Vice President was in Kenya today at a pivotal moment--just weeks before a major constitutional referendum. Earlier this morning he met jointly with Kenya's President and Prime Minister to encourage their active support for reform (Watch their statement to the press after the meeting here). He also stopped by Kenya's Parliament to meet privately

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My Graduation Day with President Obama

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Published June 9, 2010 at 11:43 a.m.

Click here to see the video ... On Monday, my classmates and I were lucky enough to see President Obama speak at our high school graduation. Our school, Kalamazoo Central High School, was the winner of the first Race to the Top Commencement Challenge. We had approximately 290 students walk proudly across that stage. I cannot speak for all of them, but as one of the essay writers involved with the contest, I can at least share my story ... During my four years at Kalamazoo Central I have been

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Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett: Obama's Failure to Deliver on His Cairo Speech

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Published June 9, 2010 at 2:26 p.m.

For many Middle Easterners, the growing perception that Obama has turned out to be just like any other president on issues that matter to them is more than a profound disappointment ...

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Anniversary of the President’s Speech in Cairo

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Published June 4, 2010 at 6:16 p.m.

On June 4, 2009, in President Obama gave a speech in Cairo, Egypt, proposing a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world, based upon mutual interest and mutual respect. The President said that the U.S. would work in partnership to address shared challenges such as violent extremism, Iraq, achieving peace between Israelis and Palestinians, and nonproliferation. He also said that the United States would seek a more comprehensive engagement with Muslim-majority countries,

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Remarks by Vice President Biden in a Statement to the Press with Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki

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Published June 8, 2010 at 8:30 a.m.

State House ... Nairobi, Kenya ... 12:56 P.M. (local) ... PRESIDENT KIBAKI: I think we are all ready. Members of the media, this morning we held very useful discussions with the visiting United States Vice President, the Honorable Joseph Biden, on a broad range of issues touching on both bilateral and regional matters. In the meeting, the Kenyan side included the Right Honorable Prime Minister Raila Odinga, the Vice President, Honorable Kalonzo Musyoka, and some cabinet ministers. ... As

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Remarks by Vice President Joe Biden to University Students in Nairobi, Kenya

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Published June 9, 2010 at 8:00 a.m.

Kenyatta International Conference Center ... Nairobi, Kenya ... 10:58 A.M. (local) ... VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN: Hello, my name is Joe Biden. I work for Barack Obama. (Laughter and applause.) ... Now, I know no one in Kenya is familiar with Barack Obama, but I can tell you although for years as a United States senator, I had -- I was on a committee called the Foreign Relations Committee, the chairman, and did a lot of work relating to Africa, I hear about Kenya all the time from Barack

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Seniors Across the Country Join President Obama’s Discussion on Health Reform and Medicare

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Published June 9, 2010 at 11:00 a.m.

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Yesterday, seniors across the country participated in President Obama’s tele-town hall meeting on the Affordable Care Act. Tens of thousands of seniors listened or watched the event while others gathered at more than 100 watch parties, some of which were attended by senior Obama Administration officials ... Watch the full event, with direct links to each question ... At the event, President Obama knocked down the misinformation campaign opponents of reform have been waging for a year.

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Barack Obama, Campaign Manager: How The 2008 Playbook Passed Health Care

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Published May 14, 2010 at 7:15 a.m.

Shortly before 11 a.m. on a Sunday in mid-December, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was driving through Washington D.C. when he received a nervous phone call from one of his trusted deputies, Sen. Chuck Schumer ... Schumer wanted to know if Reid had seen Sen. Joseph Lieberman's comments on "Face the Nation" that morning. "Lieberman seemed to draw a line in the sand," the New York Democrat relayed. "You should check in with him. He seemed to rule out supporting the bill if it has the Medicare

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Advancing Europe's Security

Published May 5, 2010 at 11:42 a.m.

Ed. Note: In advance of his trip to Spain and Belgium this week, the following op-ed by Vice President Joe Biden has been posted on-line by the International Herald Tribune today and will be published in the newspaper tomorrow, May 6, 2010: ... This week I will sit down with NATO ambassadors to advance the ongoing dialogue among the United States and its closest allies on the future of European security. I do so because the United States is firmly committed to the view that any decisions about

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