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President Obama's stance on gay marriage under scrutiny
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President Barack Obama's election-year vagueness on gay marriage is coming under fresh scrutiny.
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President Obama, Mitt Romney target each other in campaign stops
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The 2012 presidential race is officially on. President Obama unveiled a $25 million ad campaign, while his GOP rival, Mitt Romney, is arguing that the president is hurting middle-class Americans.
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Taliban has grown stronger since Obama's surge, lawmakers say
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The leaders of the congressional committees said Sunday they believed that the Taliban had grown stronger since President Barack Obama sent 33,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan in 2010.
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Obama death threat: Virginia man charged
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A Virginia man has been charged with threatening to kill President Barack Obama.
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President Obama shifts attention from foreign, to domestic issues
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President Barack Obama says his goal of defeating al-Qaida is within reach and that it's time to turn the country's attention to domestic concerns.
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Obama, in Arlington, pushes for lower college loan interest rates
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President Barack Obama says college students shouldn't have to pay higher interest rates on their loans just because Congress can't get its act together.
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Obama love letters show a different side of the president
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It’s a different view of a man we all think we know so well. In excerpts of a new biography of President Obama, then-student Barack Obama was painted as a man in love--struggling with what his life's goal was.
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President Obama, Mitt Romney contest heats up
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As the 2012 presidential election begins to kick into high gear, President Obama and the likely GOP nominee, Mitt Romney, continue to trade jabs.
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Osama bin Laden anniversary: White House assessing threats
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The White House continues to evaluate any possible threats ahead of next week’s one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden.
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'GI Bill' to be trademarked by Obama administration
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The Obama administration wants to trademark the term "GI Bill" in an effort to shield veterans and military families being swindled or misled by schools that target their federal education benefits.
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President Obama flies Air Force One for presidential, campaign events
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President Barack Obama flies Air Force One when he leaves town. So does Candidate Barack Obama. Either way, taxpayers are on the hook for a hefty amount.
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Obama works against human rights abuses in Iran, Syria
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U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday announced further efforts to protect against human rights abuses by the Syrian and Iranian governments.
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Jimmy Fallon, President Obama to sing together on Late Night?
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Daybreak Daily’s afternoon happy-fun-time show starring the pop-culture world finds two men who like to sing, a good man gone, other things, and the mystery music video.
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Secret Service scandal grows: 11 agents now on leave
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An embarrassing scandal involving prostitutes and Secret Service agents deepened Saturday as 11 agents were placed on leave.
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U.S. can't afford to give tax cuts to the weathy, Obama says
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President Barack Obama says the nation can't afford to keep giving tax cuts to the wealthiest, "who don't need them and didn't even ask for them."
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President's tax returns: Obama made $789,674 in 2011
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President Barack Obama and his family paid more than $160,000 in federal taxes last year on earnings of $789,674, the White House said Friday.
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Obama pitches 'Buffett rule'
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Obama, making a middle-class pitch in wealthy Florida enclaves, opened a new push by Democrats on Tuesday to increase taxes on millionaires, emphasizing a fight with Republicans.
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Marine Sgt. Gary Stein may be dismissed after Obama criticism on Facebook
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A military board has recommended dismissal for a Marine sergeant who criticized President Barack Obama on his Facebook page, including allegedly putting the president's face on a "Jackass" movie poster.
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