Barack Obama timeline
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Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan being prodded to run for Roland Burris's Senate Seat
The Obama White House is pushing to have Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan run for the U.S. Senate; she was at the White House last Friday... Read more
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Pharmaceutical Industry Agrees to Spend $80 Billion (US) Improving Drug Benefits for Seniors on Medicare
The pharmaceutical industry agreed Saturday to spend $80 billion over the next decade improving drug benefits for seniors on Medicare and defraying... Read more
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President Obama Signs Groundbreaking Tobacco Regulation Bill into Law
Expressing a hope that America's teens will not be hooked as he was, President Obama just signed into law a bill granting the Food and Drug... Read more
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President Obama Denounces Violence Against Protesters in Iran
President Obama's latest remarks on Iran, in which he said the U.S. and the world are appalled and outraged by the Iranian government's crackdown... Read more
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President Obama Arrives in Moscow to Discuss Arms Controls
The United States and Russia, seeking to move forward on one of the most significant arms control treaties since the end of the cold war, have... Read more
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President Barack Obama meets with Pope Benedict XVI
President Barack Obama sat down with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican on Friday for frank but constructive talks between two men who agree on... Read more
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President Obama Holds Town Hall Meeting in Ohio to Discuss Health Care Reform
Mr. Obama plans a primetime news conference on health care Wednesday night, and Thursday he will take Air Force One to Cleveland. He’ll take a... Read more
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Representative Lloyd Doggett Mobbed by Anti-Health Care Reform Protesters in Austin
In Austin on Saturday, a throng of protesters enveloped Representative Lloyd Doggett, Democrat of Texas, at a supermarket where he was trying to... Read more
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Senator Arlen Spector and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius are Heckled at Health Care Reform Event
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Sen. Arlen Specter got a preview Sunday of the tough sell lawmakers will face over health... Read more
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Poster of Obama as Heath Ledger's Joker Are Spotted Around Los Angeles Area
President Obama's been called a lot of things -- but this is probably the first time any campaign has tried to peg him as flat-out creepy. A... Read more
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AARP Townhall Meeting to Discuss Health Care Reform is Derailed by Protesters
Another video making the rounds is of a town hall in Dallas organized by the AARP, a non-partisan special interest group. The video cuts between... Read more
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Barack Obama Celebrates 48th Birthday
144. IQ? Nope, President Obama's latest bowling score, says Robert Gibbs. You'll remember, the President tossed a miserable 37, or something like... Read more
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Fight Breaks Out at Town Hall Meeting in St. Louis to Discuss Health Care
At town hall meetings in Tampa, Detroit, and St. Louis yesterday -- chaos. A forum on aging sponsored by Rep. Russ Carnahan, D-Mo., resulted in... Read more
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Representative John Dingell Addresses Concerns Over Health Care Reform at Town Hall Meeting
Here's one town hall where the member of Congress is likely to give as much as he gets. Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), the longest serving member... Read more
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Sarah Palin Writes "Death Panels" Comment on Facebook
When we last heard from former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin she was -- not without some justification -- beseeching some members of the media to "quit... Read more
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President Obama Holds Town Hall Meeting in New Hampshire to Discuss Health Care Reform
They lined up on both sides of the road to Portsmouth High School -- several hundred opponents, fairly evenly divided, for and against health care... Read more
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Senator Arlen Spector Presides Over Unruly Town Hall Meeting
More than 1,000 people showed up here Tuesday morning in this largely Republican town in central Pennsylvania for a town-hall-style meeting with... Read more
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Representative Susan Davis Holds Town Hall in San Diego to Discuss Health Care Reform
Hundreds of people gathered Tuesday night at a town-hall meeting on health care reform that was attended by Democratic Congresswoman Susan... Read more
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President Obama Holds Town Hall Meeting in Montana to Discuss Health Care Reform
President Barack Obama brought his town hall tour to Montana on Friday, talking about health care reform in a state where residents pride... Read more
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Florida Police Question Teenager about "Obama Joker" Poster
Police in Florida have questioned a teenager who admitted to hanging dozens of posters depicting President Obama as the Joker, and suggested that... Read more
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President Obama Holds Town Hall Meeting in Colorado to Discuss Health Care Reform
President Obama aimed to lower the temperature of the health-reform debate in Colorado by appearing in person Saturday in Grand Junction and... Read more
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President Obama Suggests that Public Option Could be Dropped from Health Care Reform
The White House, facing increasing skepticism over President Obama’s call for a public insurance plan to compete with the private sector, signaled... Read more
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Numerous Heavily-Armed Protesters Attend Obama Speech at Veterans of Foreign Wars Event
About a dozen people carrying guns, including one with a military-style rifle, milled among protesters outside the convention center where... Read more
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White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs Stresses that White House Still Prefers Public Option in Health Care Debate
Gibbs denounced reports that the administration may drop its support for a publicly funded insurance option because of intense opposition. He... Read more
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Firas Alkhateeb Identified as Creator of 'Obama Joker' Image
A 20-year-old college history major of Palestinian descent who supported Rep. Dennis Kucinich's presidential candidacy is the anonymous artist who... Read more