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The Obamas Kick off their First State Visit, Welcome India's Prime Minister to the White House

At the welcome ceremony for the first official state visit of his presidency, President Obama told India’s Prime Minister today that “it is fitting that you and India be so recognized.”

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November 24, 2009 in Current Affairs, Obama, Barack, White House | Permalink | User Comments (16)

Obama’s Afghanistan Strategy To Include “Benchmarks” and “Off-Ramps,” Announcement Next Week

After a final two-hour meeting of his war council last night that an official described as "intense...everyone got to say their final peace," President Obama is expected to address the nation in prime time a week from today, Tuesday, December 1, to announce his new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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November 24, 2009 in Afghanistan, Clinton, Hillary, Current Affairs, Joe Biden, Obama, Barack, White House | Permalink | User Comments (175)

Obama Calls for Annual Science Fair: Achievement Should be Recognized like NCAA Championship Win

In order to show kids “how cool science can be,” President Obama announced today that he will convene an annual science fair starting next year.

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November 23, 2009 in Current Affairs, Education, Obama, Barack, White House | Permalink | User Comments (34)

Obama Decision on Copenhagen Summit Attendance “In the Coming Days”

ABC News' Sunlen Miller reports: President Obama will make a decision if he will attend the December Copenhagen climate change summit in “the coming days,” a senior administration official said today.

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November 23, 2009 in Current Affairs, Environment, Obama, Barack, White House | Permalink | User Comments (49)

Gitmo Detainees Intend to Plead Not Guilty in U.S. Court

The five detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay who will soon be brought to the U.S. for trial -- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid bin Attash, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali , Ramzi bin al-Shibh, and Mustafa al-Hawsawi – intend to plead not guilty, an attorney for one of the defendants confirmed to ABC News’s Jason Ryan over the weekend.

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November 23, 2009 in Afghanistan, Current Affairs, guantanamo bay, Iraq, Obama, Barack | Permalink | User Comments (73)

Health Care Hurdles

After the Senate narrowly voted to beging debating Democrats' health care reform legislation, President Obama said he now looks forward to "a thorough and productive debate." But many hurdles lie between here and the finish line -- a "significant, formidable and never-ending list," one top Senate Democratic aide says.

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November 23, 2009 in congress, Current Affairs, health care, Obama, Barack | Permalink | User Comments (70)

Today's Qs for O's WH - 11/17/2009

TAPPER: When the President is talking with President Hu about human rights, what is he asking for? What does he want to see? What is he encouraging the Chinese to do?

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November 17, 2009 in Current Affairs, Obama, Barack, Today's Qs for Obama's WH, Travel, White House Press Briefing | Permalink | User Comments (121)

FLOTUS: Health Care A Women's Issue

First Lady Michelle Obama today made the case for health care reform as an issue with special significance for women.

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November 13, 2009 in Current Affairs, White House | Permalink | User Comments (21)

Afghanistan On His Mind, President Obama Begins Tour of Pacific Rim

TOKYO -- The president is in Japan, but it's Afghanistan that's on his mind.

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November 13, 2009 in Afghanistan, Current Affairs, Obama, Barack, Travel, White House | Permalink | User Comments (66)

The Presidential Planner

Ahead of Veterans Day on Wednesday, Mr. Obama will sign an Executive Order “on the employment of veterans in the federal government” in the Oval Office, the White House says. The Executive Order will establish a Council on Veterans Employment that will be chaired by the Secretaries of Labor and Veterans Affairs.

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November 9, 2009 in Current Affairs, Middle East Peace Process, Obama, Barack, White House | Permalink | User Comments (7)