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Obama's Approval Rating Tanks as Gas Prices Soar [VIDEO]

Apr 26th 2011 – 9:03AM
Reed Saxon, AP

Reed Saxon, AP

US Default on Debt Could Be Disastrous Choice for Economy

Apr 23rd 2011 – 10:28PM
Alex Brandon, AP

Alex Brandon, AP

WASHINGTON - The United States has never defaulted on its debt and Democrats and Republicans say they don't want it to happen now. But with partisan acrimony running at fever pitch, and Democrats and Republicans so far apart on how to tame the deficit, the unthinkable is suddenly being pondered. The government now borrows...

Obama's Deficit Plans Run Into Economic Reality

Apr 22nd 2011 – 7:12AM
Eric Thayer, Getty Images

Eric Thayer, Getty Images

LOS ANGELES -- President Barack Obama headed west to sell his big picture deficit-reduction plan. But many people are waiting for a quick fix to their own economic problems caused chiefly by persistent unemployment and the crippled housing market. Audiences in California and Nevada understood why it's important to get a...

Obama: Deficit Push 'Can't Exempt Anyone'

Apr 14th 2011 – 11:40AM

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says the nation's effort to curb ballooning deficits "can't exempt anyone." Obama spoke Thursday as he met with the co-chairmen of his deficit reduction commission, a day after laying out his blueprint for erasing some $4 trillion in red ink over 12 years. The commission was led by...

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THE HUFFINGTON POST

President Obama Campaign Ad Defends Energy Record

By Sam Stein Jan 18th 2012 - 08:26PM

Obama for America began a nationwide television ad campaign Wednesday afternoon that was telling both for the places it will air and for what it says about the re-election team's worries.

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  • 02/09/12 Treasure Coast school officials evaulating impact of... Source: TCPalm.com - Fort Pierce FL Florida is one of 11 states granted a flexibility waiver Thursday from the accountability standards outlined by the 2001 No Child Left Behind legislation, the Florida Department of Education said.
  • 02/09/12 Obama's Contraception Plan Just a Cynical Wedge Issue... Source: NewsBusters.org The front of Thursday's New York Times National section featured Jennifer Steinhauer's " Birth Control is Covered, And G.O.P. Vows a Fight."
  • 02/09/12 Obama, Italy's PM to meet at White House Source: Boston.com - Boston MA Obama and Prime Minister Mario Monti are expected to talk about a range of issues, including what Italy is doing to restore market confidence in the midst of Europe's financial problems.
  • 02/09/12 The Contraception Coverage Debate Isn't Just About the... Source: The Downey Patriot - Downey CA Obama should do right by the progressive Catholics who made his health reforms possible and expand the religious exemption to the new contraceptive mandate in the law.
  • 02/09/12 Charleston port project gets funding infusion Source: Bradenton Herald - Bradenton FL "Today, about one out of every five jobs in South Carolina is tied, directly and indirectly, to the operation of the (Charleston) port," Graham said.

Background on obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States.

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