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A protestor holding a pictures with Chinese 'prisoners of conscience' together with US President Obama marches to the US consulate in Hong Kong on November 13, 2009. View Photo »
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US President Obama addresses a memorial service at Fort Hood on November 10, 2009 for the 13 people killed in a shooting rampage at the army base on November 5. View Photo »
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US President Obama addresses a memorial service at Fort Hood on November 10, 2009 for the 13 people killed in a shooting rampage at the army base on November 5. View Photo »
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US First Lady Michelle Obama and President Obama walk past the Fallen Hero Memorial at Fort Hood on November 10, 2009 during a service honoring the soldiers and civilians killed in a shooting rampage on November 5. View Photo »
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US First Lady Michelle Obama and President Obama walk past the Fallen Hero Memorial at Fort Hood on November 10, 2009 during a service honoring the soldiers and civilians killed in a shooting rampage on November 5. View Photo »
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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 Octo... View Photo »
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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... View Photo »
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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 »
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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. View Photo »
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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The stakes are even higher within a nuclear-armed Pakistan, because we know that al-Qaeda and other extremists seek nuclear weapons, and we have every reason to believe that they would use them
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While I am disappointed that President Obama is not committing the full number of troops that Gen. McChrystal had requested, I'm encouraged by the president's announcement today that he is committing approximately 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. While we all want the president's strategy to succeed, ...
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Then, in early 2003, the decision was made to wage a second war in Iraq. The wrenching debate over the Iraq war is well-known and need not be repeated here
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According to President Obama, a bigger engagement (now) could allow for starting to withdraw the forces in 18 to 24 months from now at the latest
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Then, in early 2003, the decision was made to wage a second war in Iraq. The wrenching debate over the Iraq war is well-known and need not be repeated here
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President (Barack) Obama declared Pakistan the most dangerous place in the world, yet in the past decade a flourishing art scene has developed
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I make this decision because I am convinced that our security is at stake in Afghanistan and Pakistan
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We will redouble our efforts to send Greens to Congress, and the statehouse in Sacramento because voters who support peace have been deceived by Obama and his party, and deserve a viable alternative: the Green Party
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We must deny al-Qaida a safe haven
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President Obama, if he sends tens of thousands more troops in to the quagmire in Afghanistan as expected, has betrayed those who voted for him believing he was going to end the wrong-headed wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
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It is from here that we were attacked on 9/11, and it is from here that new attacks are being plotted as I speak. This is no idle danger; no hypothetical threat ... In the last few months alone, we have apprehended extremists within our borders who were sent here from the border region of Afghanistan an...
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President Obama asked for time to make his decision on a new policy in Afghanistan ... I am going to take some time to think through the proposal he presented tonight.
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troop commitment in Afghanistan cannot be open-ended – because the nation that I am most interested in building is our own
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This was the night when Barack Obama that took full ownership of the war in Afghanistan ... We're going to have 100,000 troops there, and more than half of them will have been sent there by the President.
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Unlike Vietnam, we are joined by a broad coalition of 43 nations that recognizes the legitimacy of our action ... Unlike Vietnam, we are not facing a broad-based popular insurgency. And most importantly, unlike Vietnam, the American people were viciously attacked from Afghanistan, and remain a target fo...
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Until the Democratic Congress passes, and President Obama signs, legislation enacting [the Employment Non-Discrimination Act], repealing [don't ask, don't tell], and [recognizing gay marriages], we ask you to join us in pledging to postpone contributions to the Democratic National Committee, Organizing ...
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Unlike Vietnam, we are joined by a broad coalition of 43 nations that recognizes the legitimacy of our action ... Unlike Vietnam, we are not facing a broad-based popular insurgency. And most importantly, unlike Vietnam, the American people were viciously attacked from Afghanistan, and remain a target fo...
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In response to news of President Obama receiving the Nobel Prize for peace, an e-mail from a reader recalled a black classmate's comments upon graduating from high school many years ago. When asked to list the advantages and disadvantages of being black, the black student facetiously listed as an advant...
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Unlike Vietnam, we are joined by a broad coalition of 43 nations that recognizes the legitimacy of our action ... Unlike Vietnam, we are not facing a broad-based popular insurgency. And most importantly, unlike Vietnam, the American people were viciously attacked from Afghanistan, and remain a target fo...
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President Obama inherited a deteriorating situation in Afghanistan because the Bush administration did not have a plan to get the job done
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Afghanistan is not lost, but for several years it has moved backwards ... There's no imminent threat of the government being overthrown, but the Taliban has gained momentum.
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We know that Mr. Obama is a very good man and we hope he will reduce the chaos in Afghanistan. We hope that Mr. Obama will decrease the number of troops in Afghanistan.
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After consultations with our allies, I then announced a strategy recognising the fundamental connection between our war effort in Afghanistan, and the extremist safe- havens in Pakistan. I set a goal that was narrowly defined as disrupting, dismantling, and defeating the Al Qaeda and its extremist allie...
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We know that Mr. Obama is a very good man and we hope he will reduce the chaos in Afghanistan. We hope that Mr. Obama will decrease the number of troops in Afghanistan.
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After consultations with our allies, I then announced a strategy recognising the fundamental connection between our war effort in Afghanistan, and the extremist safe- havens in Pakistan. I set a goal that was narrowly defined as disrupting, dismantling, and defeating the Al Qaeda and its extremist allie...
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