President Barack Obama
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President Obama to attend President Bush library opening
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The White House says President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will attend the opening of former President George W. Bush's presidential library later this month in Dallas.
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White House Easter Egg Roll brings in celebrities, excited children
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The annual White House Easter Egg Roll attracted 30,000 children and parents to the Executive Mansion's South Lawn for a day of festivities.
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Obama: Easter, Passover a time to pray, reflect
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In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama says the Easter and Passover holidays give millions of Christians, Jews and people of other faiths a chance to slow down and recommit themselves to loving their neighbors and seeing everyone as a child of God.
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Obama to release budget outline April 10
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Under the law, the president was supposed to submit a budget on Feb. 4. But White House aides said deliberations over spending in the past few months delayed the release of Obama's blueprint.
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President Obama favorability up, poll shows
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Things are looking up for President Obama.
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Obama pushes for immigration debate
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President Barack Obama challenged Congress Monday to "finish the job" of finalizing legislation aimed at overhauling the nation's immigration system.
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Obama returns to Washington from Mideast trip
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Obama made his first trip to Israel as president during the visit, arriving in Tel Aviv last Wednesday. He also visited the West Bank and Jordan before heading back to the U.S.
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Harriet Tubman monument to be built in Maryland
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On Monday, President Obama is expected to name five new national monuments, including one on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. A monument paying tribute to Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railway will be built in Maryland.
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Obama interrupted by heckler in Israel (video)
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President Obama was interrupted by a heckler Thursday while making a speech at the Jerusalem International Convention Center.
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President Obama in the Middle East: Obama meets with Palestinian leaders
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President Barack Obama said Thursday he is not giving up on stalled peace talks in the Mideast but that continued Israeli settlement-building in West Bank is not advancing the cause.
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President Obama in Israel: President makes first Israel trip since taking office
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Calling the U.S. Israel's "greatest friend," President Barack Obama assured the Middle East ally of his administration's commitment to Israel's security while cautioning that the region's "winds of change bring both promise and peril."
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New Worries About N. Korea; Baker School Takeover; Obama Visits Israel; Pope Francis Delivers Homily
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President Obama Middle East trip: Obama to address unstable Middle East
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On his second trip to the Middle East as U.S. commander in chief, President Barack Obama this week will confront a political and strategic landscape nearly unrecognizable from the one he encountered on his first trip to the region shortly after assuming office in 2009.
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Thomas Perez next Secretary of Labor?
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Seeking to fill yet another second-term Cabinet vacancy, President Barack Obama is set to nominate Thomas Perez, an assistant attorney general, to be the next secretary of labor, the White House says.
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Youngest students among most absent
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President Obama wants to expand students' access to preschool, but that can't happen if children don't show up.
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President Obama heads to Middle East with low expectations
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When President Barack Obama steps into the Middle East's political cauldron this coming week, he won't be seeking any grand resolution for the region's vexing problems.
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Presidential library campaign in full swing
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Four years from the end of President Obama's presidency, Chicago and Honolulu are ramping up major campaigns to build the center that will house the records of America's 44th president.
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Obama: U.S. should fund research for cleaner cars
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President Barack Obama says the U.S. must shift cars and trucks off oil for good so the public can avoid spikes in gasoline prices.
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