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Overreach: Obamacare vs. the Constitution
The Washington Post 10 minutes ago

Nonetheless, the accounting device worked politically. It took only a handful of compliant Catholic groups — Obamacare cheerleaders dying to return to the fold — to hail the alleged compromise and hand Obama a major political victory. Before, Obama’s...
Lin added to All-Star weekend event
KansasCity.com 11 minutes ago

Beyond his strong play, there has been enormous interest in Lin because he was undrafted out of Harvard and is the first American-born NBA player of Chinese or Taiwanese descent. Other NBA players have praised his feats on Twitter, and even President...
Reuters Pictures 2 hours ago

U.S. President Barack Obama holds a crying baby as he meets diners at the Great Eastern Chinese restaurant in San Francisco, in this combination picture taken February 16, 2012. Obama is attending several fund-raisers on the West Coast on Thursday. View Photo »
The very core of what this country stands for is on the line ... The basic promise of no matter who you are, where you come from, this is a place that you can make it if you try. That’s at stake in this election.
– Barack Obama SOURCE: Columbia Chronicle 4 weeks ago
Would Romney sell Uncle Sam's stake in GM?
Globe and Mail 14 minutes ago

But at Wednesday’s closing share price, doing so would leave taxpayers shouldering a $14-billion (U.S.) loss on their GM investment – almost a third of what presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama poured in to keep the company on the road. Not only...
At religious freedom hearing on contraception: 'This is an issue worth dying for'
Miami Herald 16 minutes ago

Leaders from the Catholic, Jewish, Baptist and Lutheran faiths joined in opposition to a proposed federal mandate that would require church-affiliated employers to cover birth control in their health plans. The leaders took part in a highly politicized...
Lin added to All-Star weekend event
ReadingEagle.com 16 minutes ago

Beyond his strong play, there has been enormous interest in Lin because he was undrafted out of Harvard and is the first American-born NBA player of Chinese or Taiwanese descent. Other NBA players have praised his feats on Twitter, and even President...
Getty Images 2 hours ago

US President Barack Obama greets wellwishers after stopping for a dim sum takeout lunch in San Francisco's Chinatown on February 16, 2012. View Photo »
Why would you want to nominate the guy who lost to the guy who lost to Obama?
SOURCE: Town Hall 4 weeks ago
President Obama Speaks on the 2013 Budget
YouTube Videos 3 days ago
AP source: Pot found aboard plane near Marine 1
WBAY-TV 16 minutes ago

JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Two Air Force F-16 fighters intercepted a privately owned Cessna airplane that entered the same Los Angeles airspace as the helicopter Marine One on Thursday as the chopper was ferrying President Barack...
Obama gets lunch take-out in Chinatown
China Daily 21 minutes ago

Francisco's Chinatown to pick up his lunch take-out on Thursday during a fundraising trip to the city, according to the White House Press Pool report. Obama stopped by the Great Eastern Restaurant for dim sum, greeting the crowd as he waited for his...

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About Barack Obama

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Barack Hussein Obama II (pronounced /bəˈrɑːk huːˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama was the junior United States Senator from Illinois from January 2005 until November 2008, when he resigned after his election to the presidency. Full Article

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