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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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Flailing NATO? Big Questions Surround Obama's Showcase Chicago Summit

By William Bradley May 19th 2012 - 05:23PM

There's a lot of confusion about the ballyhooed NATO Summit in Chicago, intended as a big boost to Obama's geopolitical leadership, showcased in his hometown.

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Hoosier Heresy or Wisdom, 2012 Style?

By Christopher Arterton May 16th 2012 - 02:36PM

The recent primary victory by Indiana State Treasurer Richard Mourdock over Senator Dick Lugar should send greater shock waves through Washington than merely the one Senate seat now potentially up for grabs.

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WATCH: Colbert Nearly Forced Into Gay Marriage By Obama Announcement

By Carol Hartsell May 10th 2012 - 12:25PM

As feared, the moment Obama endorsed gay marriage, straight marriages all across the country began to crumble.

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Arthur Goldwag: Why Is Everyone Talking About Obama's Composite Girlfriend?

By Arthur Goldwag May 04th 2012 - 12:05PM

Yesterday the interwebs were abuzz with stories about Obama's "composite girlfriend" -- the supposed bombshell that the story in Dreams From My Father about the white woman he had an affair with wasn't strictly true.

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  • 06/01/12 CNN: Obama, Romney in dead heat nationally Source: Politico According to the poll, 49% of registered voters say that if the November election were held today, they would vote for Obama, while 46% say they would cast a ballot for Romney, the unofficial GOP presidential nominee.
  • 06/01/12 Obama Ordered Stuxnet Cyber Attack Against Iran,... Source: International Business Times (Australia) According to the report, Obama decided to speed up the attacks, even after the worm accidentally escaped from Iran's Natanz plant in 2010 and later ended up on the Internet.
  • 06/01/12 Barack Obama: Drone Warrior Source: The Washington Post - Washington DC Because in crisis after recent crisis, Obama has looked particularly weak: standing helplessly by as thousands are massacred in Syria; being played by Iran in nuclear negotiations, now reeling with the collapse of the latest round in Baghdad; being treated with contempt by Vladimir Putin, who blocks any action on Syria or Iran and adds personal insult by standing up Obama at the latter's G-8 and NATO summits.
  • 05/31/12 Readers Voice: June 1, 2012 Source: The Charleston Gazette - Charleston WV Express your opinion on any subject you wish.
  • 05/31/12 The Obama-Bush doctrine Source: The Washington Post - Washington DC ●When he issued executive orders shutting down CIA interrogations and Guantanamo Bay, Obama "without showing his hand" performed a "deft insertion of some wiggle words" that created "subtle loopholes. . . carving out the maximum amount of maneuvering room to fight the war on terror as he saw fit."●

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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