Barack Obama
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At fundraiser, Obama says Washington culture not yet changed
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President Barack Obama told financial supporters Monday that changing the culture of Washington is probably the biggest part of his agenda that remains unfinished.
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Greek debt crisis dominates G20 Summit discussion
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President Obama is pushing an overarching theme of economic stability and job growth. But his message was being challenged by the troubles of the euro, difficulties that could spread across all of Europe and beyond.
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G20 Summit begins as Greek debt crisis continues
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President Barack Obama landed in France on Thursday morning to attend the G20 Summit at a time when Europe's economy continues to teeter on the brink.
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Obama urges Congress to pass transportation bill
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At the foot of the Key Bridge, President Obama pressed Congress on Wednesday to pass the transportation piece of his stalled $447 billion jobs bill
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Obama designates Fort Monroe a national monument
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President Barack Obama on Tuesday took a shuttered Army fort in Virginia with an important role in the nation's slavery history and made it a national monument.
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President Obama quits smoking officially, doctor says
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The president, who turned 50 in August, was declared in excellent health after his annual physical. White House Dr. Jeffrey C. Kuhlman also said that Obama has officially kicked his smoking habit.
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President Barack Obama to speak near Key Bridge
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President Obama will speak about infrastructure funding in Georgetown on Wednesday at the foot of the Key Bridge, one of several critics say need repair throughout the D.C. area.
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Va. GOP hits graphic of zombie Obama shot in head
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A Loudoun County Republican Committee Halloween-themed graphic featuring a zombie President Barack Obama with a bullet hole in his forehead has provoked condemnations left and right.
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Obama announces steps to help struggling homeowners
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President Barack Obama says executive steps he's taking to help economically struggling Americans isn't the kind of bold action needed from Congress, but he says what he's doing can help the economy.
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Obama offers struggling homeowners help
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President Barack Obama is offering mortgage relief to struggling homeowners in hard-hit Nevada and around the country - saying he can't wait for an "increasingly dysfunctional Congress" to act.
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Obama: Gadhafi, Iraq show renewed US leadership
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Obama on Saturday says the death of Libya's Moammar Gadhafi and the end of the Iraq war are powerful reminders of America's renewed leadership in the world.
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Obama says U.S. troops out of Iraq by year's end
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"The long war in Iraq will come to an end by the end of this year," President Obama says.
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Senate takes up $60B measure for roads, infrastructure
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Senate Democrats unveiled the next piece of Obama's jobs bill, a measure that would invest $60 billion in the nation's roads, bridges and transit systems.
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Obamas campaigning for jobs bill
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President Barack Obama teamed up with his popular and personable wife Wednesday on the final leg of a three-day bus trip.
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Obama slams Cain's 9-9-9 plan
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Obama says GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain's 9-9-9 tax plan would be a "huge burden" on middle-class and working families.
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Obama seeks to renew 2008 success
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President Barack Obama sought Tuesday to recapture some of the bipartisan appeal that helped get him elected.
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Truck stolen from Barack Obama's bus tour
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A Richmond TV station says that a truck carrying equipment, podiums and presidential seals for President Obama's bus tour through Virginia and North Carolina was stolen and recovered on Monday.
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Obama stops in Va. on bus tour's second day
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President Obama will be in Virginia today as he continues his three-day bus tour, which aims to sell the public on his jobs bill.
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