Topic: Barack Obama
President Barack Obama's Democratic allies will defy glum forecasts of a rout in November elections and keep control of the House and Senate, one of the party's congressional leaders said Thursday. "Reports of our demise have been greatly exaggerated," House Democratic Caucus ...
White House rejects Glenn Beck's criticism of Obama's religion; says he's mainstream ChristianWhite House spokesman Robert Gibbs says President Barack Obama is a "committed, mainstream Christian" — contrary to the claims of Fox News Channel host Glenn Beck. Beck recently claimed that ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday declared an end to the American combat mission in Iraq and said America's most urgent task now is restoring the sagging economy. Here are statements from some congressional leaders issued in advance of Obama's ...
House Republican leader Boehner needles Iraq surge critics during Wis. talk to American LegionHouse Republican leader John Boehner says lawmakers who criticized the Iraq combat surge are now proudly claiming credit for its success. Boehner spoke to the American Legion's national convention ...
US President Barack Obama met Monday with wounded US soldiers and prepared to call his predecessor George W. Bush a day ahead of an address marking the official end of the US combat mission in Iraq. On Monday afternoon, Obama's convoy headed ...
A 2010 rarity: A Democrat with a chance to win a Republican-held seat in CongressJohn Carney of Delaware is a rarity in a campaign season of foreboding for Democrats, a practicing politician with a strong chance of winning a Republican-held seat in ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Elizabeth Warren is folksy and plain-spoken and favors cardigans over Washington power suits. Many on Wall Street view her as their worst nightmare but she is a hero to liberal activists and consumer groups. This autumn, Warren, a contender ...
Glenn Beck's rally suggests trouble for Dems if activists vote in November electionsIf Democrats had doubts about the voter unrest that threatens to rob them of their majority in Congress, they needed only look from the Capitol this weekend to the opposite ...
Tens of thousands of people gathered at the site where Martin Luther King Jr gave his "I Have a Dream" speech 47 years ago to hear right-wing icons call on them to "restore America." In wide-ranging and often religious terms, Fox News ...
Boehner enjoys a drink and a smoke, is dead serious in pursuit of GOP takeoverWASHINGTON - On a Friday evening, hours after the House adjourned for summer, John Boehner was holding court on the patio of a favorite Italian restaurant on Capitol ...
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The Choice This November
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Middle East Peace Talks
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President Obama announces the end of the combat mission in ...2010-09-01
