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Nobel Wrap-Up: Net Plus but Economy Prize Preferred

Two Nordic cities. Two surprise announcements. So where do things stand after another Freaky Friday? When all the talk from today dies down, my guess is that Obama’s Nobel hasn’t changed all that much. Overseas, it probably gives the President...

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October 9, 2009 in Afghanistan, Nobel Prize, World News | Permalink | User Comments (17)

Obama's 'Make or Break' Deadline ... Missed

The president's closest friend in the Senate took a bullet for him today. Hours before the president's press conference, Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin acknowledged what had become clear across Capitol Hill, telling "The Hill" that it just wasn't "possible" for the Senate to meet President Obama's August deadline for passing health care through the House and Senate.

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July 22, 2009 in Barack Obama, Health Care, World News | Permalink | User Comments (9)

Latest ABC Poll on President Obama's Approval

Here's my discussion with ABC's Charlie Gibson about the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll on the president's job approval numbers:

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July 20, 2009 in Barack Obama, World News | Permalink | User Comments (24)

Bipartisan Health Reform Negotiations on Life Support

Little progress has been made in continuing negotiations on Capitol Hill over a bipartisan health care reform bill ... here are the key developments:

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July 8, 2009 in Barack Obama, Capitol Hill, Democrats, Health Care, John McCain, Republicans, Twitter, World News | Permalink | User Comments (52)

Obama's Poll Numbers Falling to Earth?

President Barack Obama is still a little bit more popular than most presidents at this stage of his presidency. But when it comes to the economy his numbers are slipping a bit.

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June 22, 2009 in Barack Obama, World News | Permalink | User Comments (99)

Iranian Elections

George's Bottom Line: The Obama administration is choosing its words very carefully after the election in Iran, watching how developments play out on the ground.

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June 13, 2009 in Hillary Clinton, Iran, World News | Permalink | User Comments (4)

The Ultimate NIMBY Issue

The Senate showed today that bringing Guantanamo detainees to the US is the ultimate NIMBY (not in my backyard issue). The White House missed the warning signals on this one. As one Senate Democrat told me, it was a rare case where the Administration "drove in front of the headlights." Can the White House turn this around? Not right now. But Senate sources from both parties say that there's still a chance the Senate will sign off on transferring some Guantanamo Bay detainees to U.S. prisons by year's end.

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May 20, 2009 in World News | Permalink | User Comments (11)

Obama Picks GOP Gov Huntsman For US Ambassador to China

Here's my take on the Huntsman gambit. Win-win-lose. See you tomorrow on "This Week". --George Stephanopoulos

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May 16, 2009 in World News | Permalink | User Comments (12)

Obama Moves to Block Detainee Photos

President Barack Obama said today he will move to block the release of photographs that depict American military personnel abusing captives in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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May 13, 2009 in Barack Obama, World News | Permalink | User Comments (6)

'Shock and Awe'

ABC's George Stephanopoulos on World News with Charles Gibson.

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April 29, 2009 in Barack Obama, World News | Permalink | User Comments (9)