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Written on 30 Apr, 2010 at 18:44 in Politics | viewed times | 0 Comments
President Barack Obama, his oratorical skills already the stuff of political legend, has spent much of his young presidency demonstrating the limits of the power of presidential speechmaking to rivet the American public or to bend Congress... (Continue reading)
US President Barack Obama’s dangerous Afghan gamble
Written on 8 Dec, 2009 at 7:39 in Politics | viewed times | 0 Comments
politico.com: President Barack Obama has presented his strategy for Afghanistan as a corrective to profound mistakes made there by President George W. Bush’s administration — mistakes including not killing or capturing Osama bin Laden and other senior Al Qaeda leaders, not... (Continue reading)
Barack Obama tries to energize Deval Patrick
Written on 24 Oct, 2009 at 10:44 in Politics | viewed times | 0 Comments
BOSTON — President Barack Obama traveled here Friday to give a speech boosting clean energy technology — and to give a political boost to Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, who faces stiff opposition in his battle for reelection. “Nations everywhere are racing... (Continue reading)
Barack Obama aims fire at insurers
Written on 17 Oct, 2009 at 21:21 in Politics | viewed times | 0 Comments
President Barack Obama took what may be his hardest shots yet at the health insurance industry, stating that while a health-care reform bill is close to passage, opponents are trying to “marshal their forces for one last fight to save... (Continue reading)
Dem officials set stage for corporate-backed health care campaign
Written on 17 Oct, 2009 at 21:16 in Politics | viewed times | 0 Comments
At a meeting last April with corporate lobbyists, aides to President Barack Obama and Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) helped set in motion a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign, primarily financed by industry groups, that has played a key role in bolstering public... (Continue reading)