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LOOK: Obama Tweets 'Progress For The LGBT Community' Timeline

Posted 04.20.2012

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President Obama has weathered a sizable fallout from lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) advocacy groups and voters for his surprising refus...

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Martial Law by Executive Order

Jim Garrison | Posted 05.21.2012

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At one level, the prospect for war with Iran is probably an immediate justification. But the comprehensiveness of the Executive Order, like that of the 2012 NDAA, speaks to something much deeper.

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Obama Adopts Tough New Measures On Iran

AP | By JULIE PACE | Posted 04.07.2012

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has ordered new sanctions on the Islamic republic, including its Central Bank, in a move to enforce a law he sign...

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Obama PledgesTo 'Clear Away The Red Tape' For Construction Projects

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 01.26.2012

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President Barack Obama promised in his 2012 State of the Union address on Tuesday night to "sign an executive order clearing away the red tape that sl...

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Obama's Latest Executive Order

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 01.09.2012

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WASHINGTON — With the stroke of his pen, President Barack Obama has sacked souvenirs federal agencies buy with taxpayer money to promote their w...

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Obama Issues 'WikiLeaks' Order To Better Safeguard 'Classified' Information

AOL Government | Wyatt Kash | Posted 12.07.2011

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The White House has issued an executive order today aimed at improving the security of classified networks and preventing the release of documents to ...

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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Wonderland

Robert Weissman | Posted 07.10.2011

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It's a good rule of thumb: If the U.S. Chamber of Commerce -- the trade association for large corporations -- is whipped up about something, there's p...

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House GOP Issues Subpoena Threat Over Obama Draft Executive Order

Politico | Kenneth P. Vogel | Posted 07.10.2011

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Republican Reps. Darrell Issa and Sam Graves are signaling their intent to subpoena a top Obama administration official to testify about a controversi...

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Obama Administration Preparing Order For Indefinite Detention Of Some Guantanamo Detainees

Posted 05.25.2011

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ProPublica's Dafna Linzer reports: The White House is preparing an Executive Order on indefini...

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Obama Clarifies Religious Liberty Protections, Strengthens Foundation Of Faith-Based Policy

K. Hollyn Hollman | Posted 05.25.2011

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It was not fast and it did not finish the job, but the Obama administration's executive order clarifying policies on government partnerships with faith-based organizations is important.

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Critics Blast Obama On Faith-Based Hiring Rules

Posted 05.25.2011

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By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) A day after ordering a host of changes to the White House's faith-based office, President O...

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Obama Signs Order To Reform Faith-Based Office

Posted 05.25.2011

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By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) President Obama signed an executive order Wednesday (Nov. 17) that reforms the White House'...

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Obama Signs Executive Order To Boost Hispanic Educational Achievement

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama signed an executive order Tuesday intended to boost Hispanic education achievement, a priority for a key vot...

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Obama Signs Executive Order On Abortion: Small Group Of Anti-Abortion Lawmakers Witnessed Oval Office Ceremony

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Anything but jubilant, President Barack Obama awkwardly kept a promise Wednesday he made to ensure passage of historic health care ...

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Obama Restores Power To Intelligence Oversight Board

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama Thursday restored an independent intelligence advisory agency's authority to tell the attorney general if it...

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Lobbyists Fight Back: Accuse Obama Of Demonization, Suggest Lawsuit In The Offing

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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A strange bedfellows coalition of non-governmental organizations is pushing back hard against one of the Obama administration's most stringent ethics ...

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Obama To Overturn Ban On Federal Funding For Stem Cell Research

AP | BEN FELLER and LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Reversing an eight-year-old limit on potentially life-saving science, President Barack Obama plans to lift restrictions Monday on t...

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Behind The Scenes: Obama Worked For Over A Year On Ending Torture

New Yorker | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Thursday, President Barack Obama consigned to history the worst excesses of the Bush Administration's "war on terror." One of the four executive or...

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Obama's Decisive Break with Bush's "War on Terror" Policies

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama's new Orders are a bold start, but more detail is required, dangerous loopholes must be shut off permanently, and other parts of the Bush administration's dark legacy need to be swiftly addressed.

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Obama Official: Closing Gitmo Won't Be Easy

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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At a briefing with a senior White House official on the topic of closing of Guantanamo Bay, one gets the sense that the process will be far more compl...

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Obama Signs Executive Order To Close Guantanamo Bay

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Obama administration called on Thursday for the closure of Guantanamo Bay within the next year. The move will be greeted with widespread approval ...

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Gone-tanamo Bay: the Right Decision

Rep. John Murtha | Posted 05.25.2011

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The problem with Guantanamo was never about its bricks and mortar. The problem with Guantanamo is that its very existence stains and defies the moral fiber of our great nation.

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Obama's Guantánamo Mistake: He's Not Closing Gitmo the Right Way

Brandt Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Obama has issued an executive order to shut down the prison. That alone is not enough. An executive order can be changed -- easily.

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