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The Supreme Court on Tuesday signaled that it might in public colleges and universities, Adam Liptak reports. All sides agree that such a decision would reduce the number of African-American and Latino students at nearly every selective college and gradu
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President Obama's budget request for fiscal year 2013 includes cuts to everything from Medicare and Medicaid to Defense and even Homeland Security. But federal prisons are among its "biggest winners," according to an analysis by the Federal Times. The Bu
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President Barack Obama named Salesforce.com (CRM) Chief Executive Officer Marc R. Benioff, who has donated to Republican candidates as recently as November, to be one of about 30 campaign co-chairmen, a Democratic official said. “I am not a Democrat; I a
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My prediction has come true and most Republicans are caught off guard and don't know how to deal with the social issues. I tried to warn the RNC and Republicans leaders, by telling them that this would happen, but they ignored my prediction and never pre
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Gilley, a retired university president, former secretary of education in Virginia and an appointee of President Ronald Reagan, lives in Reston. Republicans in the U.S. House of Representative have now joined President Barack Obama and the Senate in suppo
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Newt Gingrich is desperate for material for his campaign-turned-comedy show these days. So much so that he has resorted to recycling Dick Cheney's old lines. Back in 2004. the vice-president, playing to American fears that were still raw from the Sept. 1
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Dozens of loopholes will be removed under plan Firms trading overseas 'taxed on foreign earnings'Payroll tax cut for millions of Americans extended yesterday The corporate tax rate for U.S. businesses is set to be slashed from 35 to 28 per cent - with fu
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Buchanan is an author and lives in Buchanan. In a political ad on television, an announcer blames “secretive oil billionaires” for attacking President Barack Obama, boasts that he created 2.7 million “green jobs,” claims he has lessened America’s depende
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President Obama’s key adviser Valerie Jarrett campaigned for the president last night at NC Central in Durham. As The Weekly Standard reports, at one point Jarrett repeated the falsehood that unemployment benefits stimulate the economy. Ms. Jarrett is a
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For those who follow Garry Trudeau’s cartoon Doonesbury, his recent offering is a phone number you can call, called myFACTS, which will provide you (at a small price) with any ”cover” or solution you may need to defend a fictional political position. myF
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His pastor sings “God Damn America”, the MSM have decided that this is a racist fact. Would their inability to do it as well as Obama be connected to the fact that their mother
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The graphic at the top of this post might go a long way toward explaining the Obama administration's behavior. With the apocalyptic mullahcracy of Iran on the verge of obtaining nuclear weapons, President Obama has decided to restrain Israel instead (Hat
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Two high-profile representatives of the Obama administration will hit the road today on a three-day, five-state bus tour to draw attention to successful partnerships between community colleges and businesses. Amid rising concern over unemployment, the ad
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We encourage viewers to use the “full screen” button — above, at right. Last week, President Obama embarked on a three-day mission to California and Washington, where he attended eight private fund-raising events. Bill Gates and George Clooney were among
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The climbing oil prices could undermine the U.S. economic recovery and it is an extremely disturbing report for President Barack Obama as it could hurt his re-election chances. Oil prices have risen following expectations of an increase in the demand as
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I was struck by the three letters to the editor under the heading, “Religious freedoms are being assaulted” (Sunday Telegram, Feb. 12). In each of those letters the claim was made that under President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, i.e. , Obamacare,
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Obama joins Jagger, B.B. King, to belt out blues WASHINGTON (AP) The president just couldn't say no: Mick Jagger held out a mic almost by way of command, and soon Barack Obama was belting out the blues with the best of them. A link to this page will be
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tool goes here WASHINGTON - A new national museum telling the history of black life, art, and culture will soon begin taking shape as the 19th museum in the Smithsonian Institution to explore stories that have sometimes been left out on the National Mall
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Republicans cast the debate over mandatory coverage as one of religious freedom, while Democrats frame it as a matter of women's health. The Washington Post: Birth Control As Election Issue? Why? [E]lections have a way of becoming national conversations,
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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