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Obama prepares education overhaul (AP via Yahoo! News)
President Barack Obama on Saturday promised to rewrite the nation’s sweeping and controversial education law known as No Child Left Behind with a plan to prepare students for life after high school and to place better teachers at the blackboards.
Source: news.yahoo.comObama to submit new education initiative (AFP via Yahoo! News)
US President Barack Obama announced Saturday he will be sending to Congress a new education initiative designed to better prepare high school graduates for college and a professional career.
Source: news.yahoo.comObama chooses 1st young appeals court nominee (AP via Yahoo! News)
Thirteen months into his presidency, Barack Obama finally gave liberal supporters the kind of judicial nominee they had sought and conservatives feared.
Source: news.yahoo.comNew funding projection could squeeze Obama’s education agenda (Washington Post)
In the final push to pass a major student aid bill pending in Congress, funding for key elements in President Obama’s education agenda is dwindling.
Source: www.washingtonpost.comSenators resist Obama over projects in health bill (AP via Yahoo! News)
President Barack Obama says he wants projects helping specific states yanked from the health care bill Congress is writing. Democratic senators, being senators, beg to differ.
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Obama presses Reid to cut special deals from health bill (Politico via Yahoo! News)
President Barack Obama is pushing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to go further than Obama has previously disclosed to strip the final health care reform bill of the narrow deals aimed at appeasing specific senators.
Source: news.yahoo.comObama renews backing of earthquake-stricken Haiti (AP via Yahoo! News)
President Barack Obama on Wednesday renewed America’s commitment to the recovery and reconstruction of earthquake-devastated Haiti, telling visiting President Rene Preval he knows the crisis has not passed.
Source: news.yahoo.comObama prescribes new anti-fraud plan (USA Today)
President Obama pushed a new anti-fraud plan, and his top health official challenged the nation’s insurers Wednesday.
Source: www.usatoday.comObama decries waste, fraud in gov’t health system (AP via Yahoo! News)
President Barack Obama denounced waste, inefficiency and downright fraud in the government’s health care system on Wednesday as he sought to rally public support for his revamped overhaul plan. “Improper payments cost taxpayers almost $100 billion last year alone,” Obama said at a rally in this St. Louis suburb.
Source: news.yahoo.comObama pledges to continue Haiti aid, says situation ‘remains dire’ (CNN)
President Obama met Wednesday with Haitian President Rene Preval to discuss relief, recovery and reconstruction efforts in Haiti.
Source: www.cnn.comLiberal base that boosted Obama ‘disengaged’ (USA Today)
Liberal and progressive organizations that helped propel Barack Obama to the White House are turning on him now, a year after he took office.
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Obama takes hard-sell health pitch to Pa. (USA Today)
President Obama stepped up pressure Monday on his fellow Democrats to retool the nation’s health care system, decrying those who put politics above policy.
Source: www.usatoday.comObama picks ex-Army official to lead transportation agency (USA Today)
President Obama on Monday nominated a former Army officer with extensive intelligence experience to take the long-vacant job as head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
Source: www.usatoday.comObama bemoans hardship in Women’s Day speech (AFP via Yahoo! News)
President Barack Obama warned on Monday that women in America still faced unfairness and hardship, as he vowed to fight for gender equality at a White House reception on International Women’s Day.
Source: news.yahoo.comObama: Time to debate health care over (CNN)
President Obama on Monday tore into private health insurers for recent rate hikes, taking a more aggressive rhetorical turn as he pushes for final congressional passage of his top domestic priority.
Source: www.cnn.comObama pitches health plan in spirited appearance (AP via Yahoo! News)
Stirring memories of his campaign for the White House, President Barack Obama made a spirited, shirt-sleeved appeal for passage of long-stalled health care changes Monday as Democratic congressional leaders worked behind the scenes on legislation they hope can quickly gain passage.
Source: news.yahoo.comObama stages populist battle on health reform (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A fired-up President Barack Obama has turned his populist ire from Wall Street to the insurance sector as he sought to rally support for a last-ditch bid to pass a historic health care overhaul bill.
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We face the alarming prospect that Barack Obama’s presidency could be toast if he doesn’t make good on a year’s worth of false starts. read…
David Axelrod has felt the brunt of criticism over what many view as the administration’s failure to clearly define and disseminate President Obama’s agenda. read…
President Barack Obama’s budget plans would rack up $9.8 trillion more debt by 2020, or $1.2 trillion more than the White House has forecast, the Congressional Budget Office said on Friday. read…
President Obama is trying to persuade a weary public and wavering Democrats to get behind his frantic, late-stage push on health care reform, while Republicans dig in and demand starting from scratch after a year’s worth of work on the president’s top domestic priority. read…
President Obama’s top national security advisers will within days present him with an agonizing choice on how to guide U.S. nuclear weapons policy for the rest of his term. read…
Mar. 3: Health professionals applaud as President Obama speaks about health care reform at the White House. read…
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A group of 56 lawmakers urged President Barack Obama’s administration on Wednesday to resolve quickly a dispute with Mexico over cross-border trucking that has damaged bilateral trade. read…
US lawmakers have warned President Barack Obama’s administration that foot dragging over the implementation of free-trade agreements with nations such as South Korea was hurting American credibility. read…
President Obama urged Congress on Wednesday to vote “in the next few weeks” on his final plan to revamp the nation’s health care system, even as centrist Democrats whose votes will be critical expressed reservations. read…
The end game at hand, President Barack Obama took command Wednesday of one final attempt by Democrats to enact bitterly contested health care legislation, calling for an “up or down vote” within weeks under rules denying Republicans the ability to kill the bill with mere talk. read…
President Barack Obama began a final push for healthcare reform on Wednesday, urging Congress to vote on the plan in the next few weeks even if it means passing the measure with a narrow Democratic majority and no Republican support. read…
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U.S. President Barack Obama is in overall “excellent health” but still struggles with a smoking habit, his doctors said in a report after Obama had a routine medical exam on Sunday. read…
Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan, boasting his divine stature, on Sunday predicted trouble ahead for President Barack Obama and urged him to do more to improve the lives of blacks and the downtrodden. read…
he White House has released the results of Barack Obama’s first routine physical as President. read…
President Barack Obama owes his Canadian counterpart a case of beer. Obama made the friendly wager with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper before Sunday’s U.S.-Canada gold medal game. Canada beat the United States 3-2 on Sidney Crosby’s overtime goal. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said President Barack Obama had a case of Yuengling, a Pennsylvania regional brew, riding on the game. read…
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Obama, GOP fail to reach accord on health bill (AP via Yahoo! News)
Giving no ground, President Barack Obama and Republican leaders fought forcefully for their competing visions of historic health care reform Thursday in an exhausting, often-testy live-on-TV debate. Far from any accord, Obama signaled the Democrats were prepared to push ahead for an all-or-nothing congressional vote.
Source: news.yahoo.comTop Obama ally broke Congress ethics rules (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A powerful Democratic lawmaker and strong ally of President Barack Obama drew a formal rebuke Thursday from congressional ethics watchdogs over corporate-funded travel to the Caribbean.
Source: news.yahoo.comObama to recognize historically black colleges (AP via Yahoo! News)
President Barack Obama plans to highlight the role historically black colleges have played in America’s educational system.
Source: news.yahoo.comObama aides push back on venue for terrorism trials (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The Obama administration bluntly urged the Congress on Thursday to steer clear of directing where terrorism suspects should be prosecuted, pushing back against efforts to require military rather than civilian trials.
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Obama’s health care bill revision seeks Dem unity (USA Today)
A $950 billion, 10-year health care proposal released by President Obama on Monday mirrors a bill passed by the Senate last year but revises some of its most contentious provisions, from taxes to Medicare.
Source: www.usatoday.comWhite House: Obama backs repeal of health insurer antitrust exemption (CNN)
President Obama strongly supports a repeal of the antitrust exemption currently granted to health insurance companies, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Tuesday.
Source: www.cnn.comHoyer: Hopeful, not certain, on Obama health plan (AP via Yahoo! News)
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer says he hopes Congress can pass comprehensive health overhaul legislation like President Barack Obama wants — but it may not be possible.
Source: news.yahoo.comObama’s 2008 rival McCain to attend health summit (AP via Yahoo! News)
President Barack Obama’s 2008 Republican presidential rival will be joining him at Thursday’s summit, along with GOP lawmakers critical of his health care plan.
Source: news.yahoo.comObama: repeal health insurers antitrust exemption (AP via Yahoo! News)
President Barack Obama urged Congress on Tuesday to strip health insurers of their decades-old exemption from federal antitrust laws — hardening his stand against the industry as he tries to revive his stalled health care overhaul.
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Dalai Lama Doesn’t Fault Obama for Low-Key Meeting (ABC News)
Dalai Lama doesn’t fault Obama for low-profile reception, says US must be practical dalailama – Barack Obama – United States – China – Buddhism
Source: abcnews.go.comDalai Lama doesn’t fault Obama for low-key meeting (AP via Yahoo! News)
Just days after meeting with President Barack Obama, the Dalai Lama said Saturday that he was not offended by the low-key reception he received and understands that the president must be practical despite his stated commitment to championing human rights worldwide.
Source: news.yahoo.comObama calls for bipartisan solution on health care reform (AFP via Yahoo! News)
US President Barack Obama on Saturday called on Republicans and Democrats to find a bipartisan approach to health care reform to allow the proposal to move forward.
Source: news.yahoo.comLike Dr. Evil, did the GOP just steal Obama’s mojo? (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
They are brought together by a single tantalizing feeling: President Obama has in their eyes gone from hero to zero in a short 13 months, meaning Democrats are running scared ahead of the 2010 mid-term elections. Meeting at a giddy Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, conservative activists and presidential hopefuls are painting a picture of a party in resurgence.
Source: news.yahoo.comGOP’s 2012 hopefuls rail against Obama (MSNBC)
Republicans who may want President Barack Obama’s job flocked to the town they love to hate this weekend and repeatedly ripped into the Democrat.
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President Barack Obama held “very warm” talks with Spain’s King Juan Carlos I on Wednesday, two weeks after the US leader apparently snubbed Madrid by choosing to skip an EU-US summit there in May. read…
President Obama defended his year-old stimulus package on Wednesday, as his administration begins an effort to defend past and future economic programs. read…
Sacrifice is a word President Obama uses only rarely, and almost always in talking about past generations and the military. read…
WASHINGTON — Months after he postponed their first meeting in a gesture to China, President Barack Obama will sit down Thursday at the White House with the Dalai Lama — two Nobel Peace Prize winners with a mutual interest in coaxing changes from the Chinese and keeping peace in the region. read…
US President Barack Obama told astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) Wednesday that he was deeply committed to space exploration, after scrapping plans to return Americans to the moon. read…