Barack Obama
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U.S. sends Clinton to Mideast to try to end conflict
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Efforts to end a week-old convulsion of Israeli-Palestinian violence drew in the world's top diplomats on Tuesday, with President Barack Obama dispatching his secretary of state to the region on an emergency mission and the U.N. chief appealing from Cairo for an immediate cease-fire.
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Turkey pardon: Obama set to pardon Virginia turkey
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Two Rockingham County toms are scheduled to leave Monday for Washington where President Barack Obama will pardon one of the two on Wednesday.
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Fiscal cliff: Obama meets with congressional leaders
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Congressional leaders from both parties voiced fresh optimism Friday after meeting with newly re-elected President Barack Obama about avoiding year-end "fiscal cliff" tax increases and spending cuts that would hammer the middle class and risk plunging the economy into recession.
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Obama, Maroney 'not impressed' photo goes viral
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A photo of the Olympic gold medalist gymnast and President Barack Obama doing her now-famous "McKayla Maroney is not impressed" face went viral Saturday after the White House posted it on Twitter.
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Secession advocates petition White House website to withdraw from USA
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In the wake of President Obama's re-election, thousands of Virginians and Marylanders are joining the movement to secede from America. And where do the petitions go? On the White House's "We the People" website.
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Obama on Petraeus: No evidence of security breach in scandal
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Obama said he hoped the scandal would be a "single side note" in Petraeus' otherwise extraordinary career.
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Obama: We must raise taxes on wealthiest Americans
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President Obama says raising taxes on wealthiest Americans must be part of a deficit reduction plan.
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President Obama cries: Video of speech to campaign shows president's emotion
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In an emotional video released by his campaign after his re-election on Tuesday, President Barack Obama is shown tearing up while thanking his staff for helping him win another term.
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Latino groups rally for immigration reform at White House
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After helping President Obama win re-election, Latinos want to make sure he makes immigration reform one of his top priorities. So, some of them took to the street in front of the White House today, to make sure the president is listening.
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Presidential election 2012: Republicans soul searching after 2012 Obama re-election
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Hard-core conservatives, furious at President Barack Obama's re-election in the face of a weak economy, called for a wholesale shift to resolutely right positions on social and fiscal matters. Some demanded that party leaders resign.
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Lyons Jewelers in Bedford closes to protest Barack Obama's election victory
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Mitt Romney's loss to President Barack Obama in Tuesday's presidential election was apparently too much for a western Virginia jewelry store.
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Presidential election 2012 results: Barack Obama wins re-election
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President Barack Obama says the American people have "picked ourselves up" and fought back during tough economic times, declaring after winning re-election that the "best is yet to come."
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2012 Election: Election fatigue?
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It seemed like you just couldn't escape the political ads on TV during this election cycle. During every break, there they were. The finger-pointing. The negativity. Over and over again.
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2012 election: D.C. prepares for Obama's inauguration
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Four years ago, enormous crowds gathered on the National Mall and throughout D.C. to celebrate Obama's presidency. Now hotels and businesses are preparing for another rush of out-of-towners.
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John Boehner considers higher tax deal
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House Speaker John Boehner is offering to pursue a deal with a victorious President Barack Obama that will include higher taxes "under the right conditions" to help reduce the nation's staggering debt and put its finances in order.
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2012 Election: Main takeaway from 2012 presidential election
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"Democrats and Republicans must come together, and show that we are up to the challenge" of tackling big problems, Reid said after the election was called. "This is no time for excuses."
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Presidential election 2012 recap: How Obama won, Romney's next steps (video)
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President Barack Obama rolled to a second term, beating Mitt Romney by winning more than 300 electoral votes. POLITICO’s Chief White House Correspondent Mike Allen explains how Obama won and what Romney's future holds.
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St. Mary's County election results 2012
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