Obama Cambridge Police

2010-11-30T13:54:34Z

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Beer Summit

2010-11-30T13:25:34Z

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Three Tales of Racism

2010-11-03T03:12:12Z

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Essay: For Obama, race means repeated distractions

2010-07-28T11:46:25Z

Essay: Race again proves a distraction for Obama, shifting his focus from crowded to-do list

Right when President Barack Obama should have been making political hay over big-deal legislative triumphs, race once again blew in with a storm of distraction.

Obama and his administration have proved to be one of the most deliberate, highly disciplined in recent history. Whether you approve or disapprove of hi...

Gates, Crowley and Obama: Take Two

2010-10-22T07:34:37Z

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Obama more bartender than mediator at beer summit

2010-06-25T21:15:21Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama played bartender-in-chief on Thursday at a "beer summit" of the main players in a racially charged case that he hoped would be a "positive lesson" in a national dialogue on race.

Obama, the first black U.S. president, said it was a "friendly, thoughtful" conversation over beer at the President Barack Obama sat down for beers and snacks with a white police officer and an eminent black scholar at the White House Thursday in a bid to quell a national furor over racial profiling.

Obama welcomed distinguished Harvard University professor President Barack Obama will have a beer with a white police officer and an eminent black scholar at the White House on Thursday, in a bid to quell a heated national furor over racial profiling.

Obama planned to welcome distinguished Harvard University professor

WORLD: Cold beers soothe Obama race row

2010-10-22T07:54:17Z

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With a few beers, Obama tries to patch up race row

2010-06-25T21:16:14Z

President Barack Obama will have a beer with a white police officer and an eminent black scholar at the White House on Thursday in a bid to quell a heated national furor over racial profiling.

Obama was to welcome distinguished Harvard University professor President Barack Obama will have a beer with a white police officer and an eminent black scholar at the White House on Thursday in a bid to quell a heated national furor over racial profiling.

Obama was to welcome distinguished Harvard University professor President Barack Obama will have to set aside his top legislative priority to revisit the racially charged issue that stole the spotlight from his health care push last week — the arrest of his Harvard professor friend.

Obama, Add beer, and Harvard professor's arrest is a late-night comedy topic

Late-night comics found a few things to laugh about in the racially charged arrest of a Harvard professor — once beer was added to the equation.

President Barack Obama's invitation to the two men involved to hoist a few at the White House on Thursday opened the co...

Obama to stay out of Harvard scholar race row

2010-06-25T21:20:19Z

President Barack Obama is likely to stay out of a raging racism debate sparked by the arrest of a black Harvard scholar after his earlier comments triggered a firestorm, the White House said Friday.

Obama told a press conference on Wednesday that he thought police in the Harvard university town of <...

Chef Lawsuit

2010-07-23T10:00:27Z

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2010 file photo, chef Mario Batali attends the premiere screening of "Faces of America With Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr." at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York. (A...

Harvard Scholar Review

2010-06-30T09:17:11Z

FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2009 file photo, Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., speaks during the Martha's Vineyard book festival in Chilmark, Mass. A review of a case released Wednesday, June 30, 2010, said both Gates and police Sg...

Harvard Scholar-Review

2010-06-30T06:17:07Z

FILE - In a Thursday, July 30, 2009 photo, President Barack Obama, right, and Vice President Joe Biden, left, have a beer with Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., second from left, and Cambridge, Mass., police

2010-03-28T02:02:33Z

NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 01: (L-R) Tina Brown, Mario Batali and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. attend the premiere screening of "Faces of America" at the Allen Room, President Barack Obama, right, and Vice President Joe Biden, left, have a beer with Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., second from left, and

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