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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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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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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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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March On Wall Street: Unions Grab The Bull By The Horn

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Published April 30, 2010 at 3:45 p.m.

Thousands of people marched on Wall Street on Thursday afternoon in a major protest of financial sector greed and lending practices by big banks ... ( Scroll down for PHOTOS from the protest. ) ... Taking to the streets of downtown Manhattan, an expected gathering of 10,000 AFL-CIO union members shouted and jeered at the offices surrounding them, demanding three major changes to Wall Street culture. The first is to call off the lobbyists fighting regulatory reform. The second is to stop the

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Top 3 Finalists Announced for Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge

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Published April 30, 2010 at 11:02 a.m.

National winner to be selected by President Obama for commencement speech ... WASHINGTON – The White House and the Department of Education announced today the top three finalists of the first annual Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge ... The top three finalists, in no particular order are: ... Clark Montessori Jr. & Sr. High School in Cincinnati, OHKalamazoo Central High School in Kalamazoo, MIDenver School of Science and Technology in Denver, CO ... Between April 26th and

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Clinton: 'Iran Is Moving Toward A Military Dictatorship'

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Published Feb. 15, 2010 at 3:19 a.m.
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DOHA, Qatar — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that Iran is becoming a military dictatorship, a new U.S. accusation in the midst of rising tensions with Iran over its nuclear ambitions and crack down on anti-government protesters ... Speaking to Arab students at Carnegie Mellon's Doha campus, Clinton said Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps appears to have gained so much power that it effectively is supplanting the government ... "Iran is moving toward a military

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Dick Cheney On ABC's "This Week": What He Should Be Asked

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Published Feb. 13, 2010 at 3:24 p.m.

Musing on the GOP's recent efforts to provide unhinged fearmongering in the War on Terror, Spencer Ackerman took a look at the players in the game and wryly asked: "who really are the next GOP foreign-policy and national security voices? We're seeing the scrubs suiting up." This was a pretty apt observation, given that the leading voices for the past few months have been nobodies like Kit Bond, Pete Hoekstra, and Susan Collins ... But this weekend, on ABC's This Week , former Vice President

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President Obama Announces Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference

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Published Feb. 13, 2010 at 1:10 p.m.

WASHINGTON - Today, President Obama appointed Rashad Hussain to serve as his Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). Comprised of over 50 member states, the OIC is the second largest inter-governmental organization in the world. As Special Envoy to the OIC, Rashad Hussain will deepen and expand the partnerships that the United States has pursued with Muslims around the world since President Obama's speech in Cairo last June ... President Obama said, “I’m proud to

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President Obama Addresses the U.S.-Islamic World Forum

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Published Feb. 13, 2010 at 11:24 a.m.
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Today, the President addressed by video the U.S.-Islamic World Forum in Doha, Qatar.  He outlined the actions the United States has taken since his speech in Cairo, Egypt last June, in which he called for a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world.  The President emphasized that the U.S is ending in the war in Iraq, creating partnerships to isolate violent extremists in Afghanistan, and pursuing a two-state solution that recognizes the rights and security of

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