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Out of Africa

Jake Tapper and Sunlen Miller report: ACCRA, Ghana -- In a robust speech at the Kotoka International Airport shortly before departing Ghana after a whirlwind 22-hour visit, President Obama described how his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa as president had...

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Kenyan President should be “squirming”, says country’s political analyst

ABC News' Dana Hughes reports: NAIROBI -- President Obama’s mention of Kenya in his address today as being “badly outpaced” capped a week of pointed criticism at the country’s leadership; criticism many Kenyans agree with. In local television analysis, respected...

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An Emotional President Obama Tours Former Slave Port with Family

Fom Jake Tapper, Karen Travers, and Sunlen Miller -- ACCRA, GHANA -- Standing with his family at the Cape Coast Castle, a port of no-return from which kidnapped African were shackled, sold and sent away in the trans-Atlantic slave trade,...

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O Baby! The Obamas Visit Maternity Clinic in Ghana

From Sunlen Miller and Karen Travers “Nobody’s going to have a baby right now, right?” the President asked as he walked in with the First lady to an open-air women’s clinic at La General Hospital in Ghana today. About 20...

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In Ghana, President Obama Gives Tough Love

Acknowledging "the tragic past that has sometimes haunted this part of the world," President Barack Obama told Africans Saturday that they needed to move beyond historical grievances about colonialism and exploitation by the West to move the continent into the...

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2 Prez Obama: Questions Sent in Via Text, Email from Africa & the World

Sunlen Miller Reports: As the President is addressing parliament in Ghana today, the White House has solicited questions and comments from across the globe for President Obama. After collecting thousands of comments submitted via SMS, email and comments on partner...

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Obama Campaign Plane Emergency: Report Shows it Could Have Been Catastrophic

ABC News’ Sarah Tobianski Reports: A report just out this week shows that the emergency landing of then-Senator Obama’s campaign plane made last July could have been a disaster, with catastrophic effects. Just over a year ago, on a charter...

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Give it Some Time, Obama Says in Defending the Recovery Act

From Sarah Tobianski and Sunlen Miller After a week of foreign travel President Obama uses his weekly address to refocus on the domestic agenda, launching into a strong defense of the success of the recovery act, and shoots down the...

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