Daylife Select
A point & click tool to create dynamic content portals. Learn More »
Editor's Picks
There is no pinned content in this Editor's Picks module.
Click here to learn more about content pinning.
-
The Obama administration would hold direct talks with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) only if Pyongyang fulfilled its commitments under the six-party framework, one of U.S. President Barack Obama's top advisers said Friday. The U.S. Full Article at People's Daily Online
-
In a startling statement, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Wednesday that it is difficult for the international coalition "to occupy Afghanistan or to defeat Taliban" in Afghanistan. Full Article at People's Daily Online
-
Singapore has been ready for the APEC Leaders' Week meetings, which are to be kicked off Sunday with the opening of the Concluding Senior Officials' Meeting. Full Article at People's Daily Online
-
U.S. President Barack Obama Saturday made a rare visit to Congress and met with House Democratic leaders, as his last-minute push for a health care reform that was expected to be passed later the day. Full Article at People's Daily Online
-
President Barack Obama and Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds wave to the crowd during a rally Oct. 27 in Norfolk, Va. Nervous Democrats are on the defense heading into 2010 and the midterm elections. Full Article at Lawrence Journal World
-
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to send more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan next year, but he may not announce it until after he consults with key allies and completes a trip to Asia later this month,... Full Article at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
-
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will attend a memorial service Tuesday honoring victims of the Ford Hood shootings, an attack he described as "all the more heartbreaking and all the more despicable" because it occurred on the nation's largest Army... Full Article at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
-
WASHINGTON -- A monumental overhaul of the nation's health insurance system passed the House last night, in a vote that split Western Pennsylvania Democrats. Full Article at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
-
In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Full Article at St. Cloud Times
-
FEAR has gripped America’s Muslim community because of an act of lunacy by an individual who was a soldier to boot. Mercifully, the predominantly Christian nation has shown a remarkable degree of restraint. Full Article at Dawn
-
Could Obama do more for the cause of libertarianism in America than any other political figure since the founding fathers? Full Article at Adam Smith Institute Blog
-
Washington -- President Barack Obama has made a last-minute personal appeal to Democrats to pass landmark health care legislation. Full Article at Detroit News Online
-
The re-election of Afghan President Hamid Karzai creates new headaches for the Obama administration. But it also presents opportunities to be seized. The August election was rigged; the dragged-out recount was a farce. Full Article at Kansas.com
-
Throughout history, America's farmers and ranchers have embraced the opportunities presented by science to improve productivity and make our country the breadbasket of the world. Full Article at Kansas.com
-
President Obama has pulled funding for a nuclear waste site at Yucca Mountain in Nevada that already has cost taxpayers billions of dollars. Full Article at Kansas.com
-
Elizabeth Alexander's Praise Song for the Day , the inauguration poem that helped deliver Barack Obama into office, was in the making for almost half a century, surely for three generations: The grandmother who sang lullabies, poetry set to music. Full Article at Miami Herald
-
President Obama has appointed Ricky Arriola , chairman of the Performing Arts Center Trust board of directors, to his 25-member President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. Full Article at Miami Herald
-
The House moved Saturday night toward a vote on the most sweeping healthcare bill in generations, one that would guarantee health coverage to almost all Americans. Full Article at Miami Herald
-
Sure, Election Day 2009 will scare moderate Democrats and make passage of Obamacare more difficult. Sure, it makes it easier for resurgent Republicans to raise money and recruit candidates for 2010. Full Article at Detroit News Online
About Barack Obama
Wikipedia
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
Related Photos
prev
next
-
Getty Images
.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
MIAMI - OCTOBER 15: First lady Michelle Obama speaks during the Miami Dade College Florida Campus Compact's annual Awards Gala and Luncheon at the Freedom Tower on October 15, 2009 in Miami, Florida. Mrs. Obama spoke to the audience about community involvement in education.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
.
View Photo » -
Reuters Pictures
U.S. President Barack Obama (C) walks with his daughters Malia (L) and Sasha at an event to look at the stars with local middle school students and astronomers from across the country on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, October 7, 2009.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
MIAMI - OCTOBER 15: First lady Michelle Obama speaks during the Miami Dade College Florida Campus Compact's annual Awards Gala and Luncheon at the Freedom Tower on October 15, 2009 in Miami, Florida. Mrs. Obama spoke to the audience about community involvement in education.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
MIAMI - OCTOBER 15: First lady Michelle Obama speaks during the Miami Dade College Florida Campus Compact's annual Awards Gala and Luncheon at the Freedom Tower on October 15, 2009 in Miami, Florida. Mrs. Obama spoke to the audience about community involvement in education.
View Photo » -
Reuters Pictures
U.S. President Barack Obama (C) looks through a telescope during an event to look at the stars with local middle school students and astronomers from across the country on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, October 7, 2009.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
MIAMI - OCTOBER 15: First lady Michelle Obama speaks during the Miami Dade College Florida Campus Compact's annual Awards Gala and Luncheon at the Freedom Tower on October 15, 2009 in Miami, Florida. Mrs. Obama spoke to the audience about community involvement in education.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
MIAMI - OCTOBER 15: First lady Michelle Obama is hugged by Allen Boyd (D-FL) as he introduces her during the Miami Dade College Florida Campus Compac's annual Awards Gala and Luncheon at the Freedom Tower on October 15, 2009 in Miami, Florida.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
MIAMI - OCTOBER 15: First lady Michelle Obama speaks during the Miami Dade College Florida Campus Compact's annual Awards Gala and Luncheon at the Freedom Tower on October 15, 2009 in Miami, Florida. Mrs. Obama spoke to the audience about community involvement in education.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 15: Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (C) is joined by HHS Inspector General Daniel Levinson (L) and Assistant Attorney General Tony West to highlight the Obama Administration's work to fight Medicare fraud October 15, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
A display representing the solar system is seen on the South Lawn October 7, 2009 for an event where middle school students can gaze at stars with US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House in Washington, DC.
View Photo » -
Reuters Pictures
U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and first lady Michelle Obama arrive for an event to look at the stars with local middle school students and astronomers from across the country on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, October 7, 2009.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
MIAMI - OCTOBER 15: First lady Michelle Obama sits with Eduardo Padrón (L), the president of Miami Dade College and Allen Boyd (D-FL) during the Miami Dade College Florida Campus Compac's annual Awards Gala and Luncheon at the Freedom Tower on October 15, 2009 in Miami, Florida.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
MIAMI - OCTOBER 15: First lady Michelle Obama speaks during the Miami Dade College Florida Campus Compact's annual Awards Gala and Luncheon at the Freedom Tower on October 15, 2009 in Miami, Florida. Mrs. Obama spoke to the audience about community involvement in education.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
MIAMI - OCTOBER 15: First lady Michelle Obama speaks during the Miami Dade College Florida Campus Compact's annual Awards Gala and Luncheon at the Freedom Tower on October 15, 2009 in Miami, Florida. Mrs. Obama spoke to the audience about community involvement in education.
View Photo » -
Reuters Pictures
U.S. President Barack Obama (L) gets direction from White House science adviser John Holdren during an event to look at the stars with local middle school students and astronomers from across the country on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, October 7, 2009.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
.
View Photo »
Related Topics
Related Videos
Related Quotes
- Previous
- Next
- 1/25
-
Thanks to the hard work of the House, we are just two steps away from achieving health insurance reform in America. Now the United States Senate must follow suit and pass its version of the legislation
-
I see this as a bill that hurts Medicare patients ... I think it continues to spend massively at a time when we're losing jobs and the government's going into massive debt. It does not directly address what was the stated purpose from Obama and others -- which was to save money.
-
Tonight, in an historic vote, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would finally make real the promise of quality, affordable health care for the American people
-
Without President Obama in the White House, this victory would not have been possible. He provided the vision and the momentum for us to get the job done for the American people.
SOURCE: Scared Monkeys -
America's bonds with our Israeli allies are unbreakable ... Israel will not find security as long as Palestinians are in despair. We will never loose sight of our shared purpose for a just and lasting peace in Israel, in Palestine and in the arab World.
-
Charlie Crist helped pass Barack Obama's spending program
SOURCE: Rantburg -
Now is the time to finish the job ... I urge members of Congress to rise to this moment, answer to the call of history and vote yes for health insurance reform for America.
-
Because India is your friend, and the longtime policies of America and India converge. Between you and the Indians, you will fuck us in every way. The truth is that our weapons are less of a problem for the Obama Administration than finding a respectable way out of Afghanistan.
SOURCE: The New Yorker -
America's bonds with our Israeli allies are unbreakable ... Israel will not find security as long as Palestinians are in despair. We will never loose sight of our shared purpose for a just and lasting peace in Israel, in Palestine and in the arab World.
-
President Obama’s election hasn’t brought the breath of fresh air to the climate talks many had hoped for. Instead, it’s seen as a perpetuation of Bush-era efforts to disrupt and water down attempts to agree to a strong treaty, as Obama tries to bring the whole world down to his own low level of ambitio...
SOURCE: Times of India -
To all who seek peace I say tonight, you will always have a partner in the United States of America and in my administration ... That's why we've been working aggressively for our clear goal, two states living side by side in peace and security.
-
Obama helps sway undecided Texas Dems to vote for the health care bill
SOURCE: San Antonio Express -
served on battlefields from Lexington to Antietam, Normandy to Manila, Inchon to Khe Sanh, Ramadi to Kandahar
-
Really inspirational speeches like the Iowa caucus victory speech set expectations for Obama’s rhetoric that would have been difficult to meet, and he hasn’t met them
SOURCE: The New York Times -
From now until Veterans Day I ordered the flags at the White House and other federal buildings to be flown at half-staff
-
He is a tool of our imperialist enemies and we demand our freedom. And we demand that Obama withdraw all the troops from Afghanistan right now.
SOURCE: PerthNow -
In tribute to those who fell at Ft. Hood, I’ve ordered flags flying over the White House, and other federal buildings to be lowered to half-staff from now until Veterans Day next Wednesday.
-
The whole thing is being driven at the moment by Obama, and what we do over the next few months has to reflect whatever he decides to do as the main player.
– Andrew Murrison SOURCE: Scotland on Sunday -
Although Botswana is not a large country, it is truly one of the extraordinary success stories in Africa
-
We are glad that Barack Obama broke up the white male monopoly on the White House, but we were not looking for a change in the occupant of the White House from white to black, we were looking for change in foreign policies and domestic policies
SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald -
The need for such a measure was made clear by the jobs report that we received this morning ... Although we lost fewer jobs than we did last month, our unemployment rate climbed to over 10 percent -- a sobering number that underscores the economic challenges that lie ahead.
-
I think one of the problems has been is that the US during the Bush administration did little or nothing in terms of tackling climate change, so the Obama Administration is in catch-up. That doesn't mean that we shouldn't design a scheme that works for Australia's economy and obviously Copenhagen is an ...
SOURCE: The Courier Mail -
outstanding success ... a great partner to the United States.
-
I think one of the problems has been is that the United States during the Bush administration did little or nothing in terms of tackling climate change, so the Obama administration is in catch-up. That doesn't mean that we shouldn't design a scheme that works for Australia's economy and obviously Copenh...
SOURCE: The Age -
moved on a path of good economic management and outstanding political governance ... And as a consequence, you have seen extraordinary improvements in living standards over the last 40 years in Botswana that really are an envy for much of the rest of the continent.
– 
– Related Conversations
-
- in_usa
-
- Darboven
-
- Halloren
-
- Alpia
-
- DeutschlandNews