Obama Campaign Promises

What Happened to the Promise of 16,000 Peace Corps Volunteers by 2011?

Rajeev Goyal | Posted 12.03.2009 | Impact

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Rajeev Goyal

At a time when the job market is difficult and people are struggling to find jobs or even internships or volunteer opportunities, why is the Peace Corps now half the size it was in 1966?

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Comcast-NBCU Merger is Bad for Democracy

Marvin Ammori | Posted 12.03.2009 | Media

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Marvin Ammori

The merger gives one company enormous control over the speech shaping our lives. Putting so much power in the hands of one company -- and, specifically, its executives -- is dangerous for a democracy.

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Ten Promises Broken Or Unfulfilled By President Barack Obama

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

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Today marks the one-year anniversary of Barack Obama's election to serve as president of the United States. Throughout his presidential campaign, then...

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Afghanistan: The Original Quagmire

James Campion | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

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James Campion

The United States must leave Afghanistan now. Not in eleven months or after careful discussion and continued study to determine an undisclosed time, but now.

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Healthcare FLASHBACKS (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 09.08.2009 | Politics

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How Barack Obama has changed! We recently learned that President Obama has secretly made a sweetheart deal with Billy Tauzin, the former congressman ...

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Obama Undermines His Credibility by Not Saying "Genocide" in Ankara

Harut Sassounian | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

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Harut Sassounian

It is not clear if Pres. Obama was deceived by the Turks' warnings to third parties not to interfere in the Armenian-Turkish negotiations.

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Stimulus Plan Could Give Obama Down Payment On Big Campaign Promises

nytimes.com | JACKIE CALMES | Posted 02.18.2009 | Home

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WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama is well on his way to finding the silver lining in the economic storm he is inheriting. The two-year, $82...

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NYT Reporter Warns Of One-Term Obama

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

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Politico reports on a Sunday New York Times panel (part of the paper's Arts & Leisure Weekend), where reporters had nothing but bad news for President...

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Thomas B. Edsall

Obama's Long List Of Promises To Keep, Obligations To Meet

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 01.04.2009 | Politics

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Faced with economic collapse on the home-front and two wars overseas, the administration of President-elect Barack Obama is signaling loudly and clear...

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When Obama Takes Office The Climate Will Change

Ben Carmichael | Posted 12.19.2008 | Green

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Ben Carmichael

Obama's administration will ground its energy and climate policy with a regard for science, as well as the broad spectrum of domestic issues that fall under the umbrella of climate and energy.

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