President Obama, Independents, Iraq and Development

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Published Aug. 31, 2010 at 8:14 p.m.

Personally, I just have a simple “thank you” to our President Obama upon the policy decision to withdraw, or at least draw down, from Iraq ... Some may see this as an election promise, some may see it as a moral issue.I see it as a developmental issue — for the independent movement.When independents put [ ... ] ...

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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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Bruce Ackerman: What Obama Should Say

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Published Aug. 30, 2010 at 5:48 p.m.

With Americans formally retiring from their combat role in Iraq, we should be revisiting constitutional fundamentals, including the fact that it is Congress' authority to define the scope of limited wars, not the president's ...

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President Obama Lays the Foundation for a New Export Control System To Strengthen National Security and the Competitiveness of Key U.S. Manufacturing and Technology Sectors

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Published Aug. 30, 2010 at 10:17 a.m.

Tomorrow, President Obama will announce a major step forward in the Administration’s efforts to fundamentally reform the export control system and will outline the foundation of our new export control system. These changes – in what we control, how we control it, how we enforce those controls and how we manage our controls – will help strengthen our national security by focusing our efforts on controlling the most critical products and technologies and by enhancing the competitiveness of

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The President And First Lady Mark The Fifth Anniversary Of Hurricane Katrina

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Published Aug. 29, 2010 at 8:14 p.m.

On August 29, 2010, President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and members of the Cabinet traveled to New Orleans to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina ...

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Weekly Address: President Obama: As the Combat Mission in Iraq Ends, We Must Pay Tribute to Those Who Have Served

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Published Aug. 28, 2010 at 5:00 a.m.

WASHINGTON – In this week’s address, President Obama pledged to uphold the sacred trust the nation has with its troops and veterans as the combat mission in Iraq comes to an end.  The administration is building a 21st century VA, making it easier for veterans with PTSD to receive the benefits they need, funding and implementing a Post-9/11 GI Bill, and devoting new resources to job training and placement to help those veterans looking for work in a tough economy.  The President also

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President Obama and Administration Officials to Mark 5th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with Travel to Gulf Coast, Project Site Visits

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Published Aug. 25, 2010 at 9:48 a.m.

Click HERE for Further Background on the Administration’s Gulf Coast Hurricane Recovery and Nationwide Disaster Preparedness and Response Efforts ... WASHINGTON, DC – This week, President Obama and Administration officials will travel to the Gulf Coast to mark the 5th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.  Since taking office in January 2009, the Obama Administration has cut bureaucratic red tape to provide residents of the Gulf Coast with the tools that they need to recover from Hurricanes

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Weekly Address: President Obama Challenges Politicians Benefiting from Citizens United Ruling to Defend Corporate Influence in Our Elections

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Published Aug. 21, 2010 at 5:00 a.m.

WASHINGTON – In this week’s address, the President urged Republican leaders in Congress to end their obstruction of a bipartisan bill that will reduce the influence wielded by corporations and foreign entities.  The President vowed to continue the fight for reform and transparency, and said elected officials who benefit from corporate or foreign-funded ads should either defend the ads or join the bipartisan effort to stop them ... The full audio of the address is HERE. The video can be

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Robert Gibbs Calls Helen Thomas' Remarks 'Offensive And Reprehensible'

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Published June 9, 2010 at 3:20 p.m.

The Obama administration, somewhat shockingly, weighed in on the controversy surrounding longtime White House scribe Helen Thomas, calling her remarks about the need for Jews to "get the hell out of Palestine" "offensive and reprehensible." ... "I have not spoken with [the president] directly on that," White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said on Monday. "I think those remarks were offensive and reprehensible. She should and has apologized because obviously those remarks do not reflect

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Slate Writers Help Readers Demystify The Political Press

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Published June 9, 2010 at 3:17 p.m.

I'm loving this piece from Chris Beam in Slate entitled "The Only Politics Article You'll Ever Have To Read." It's a rather brilliant and hilarious plumbing of the puddle-deep political tropes that the political media and political academics reflexively dials up, as if they were half-dissected frogs who occasionally get the twitchy benefit of an electric current ... A taste, to whet your appetite: ... Still, Democrats hope that passing health care and financial regulatory reform will give

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