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Obama: Big Banks Must Fulfill Their Responsibility To Ensure A Wider Recovery, Help Small Banks

AP | ALAN FRAM | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Big banks that got big bailout bucks should return the favor by lending more to qualified small businesses, President Barack Obama ...

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Obama's Rx For Health Care: Pull Plug On Insurance Companies, Not Grandma

Julie Farby | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

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Crazed, shrieking mobs of birthers, secessionists, and teabaggers are one thing. As annoying and demented as they may be, Barry knows these confederat...

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Obama To Congress: Wrap Up Health Care

AP | WILL LESTER | Posted 10.10.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama sees both "unprecedented consensus" from outside Congress on his drive to remake the nation's health care sy...

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Obama: We Can't Have Job Growth Without Health Care Reform

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 10.03.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is considering steps to ease the burdens of laid-off workers, including possible extensions of unemploymen...

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Obama Issues Ultimatum To Iran On Nukes

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. and its five allies trying to stop Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program plan to tell Tehran in a key meeting on Thursd...

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Obama Announces Initiatives To Increase Savings (VIDEO)

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The recession has eaten into people's nest eggs so the government is promoting ways to make it easier to save for retirement. One ...

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Obama Slams Health Care Critics For Spreading "Outlandish Rumors" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 09.08.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Using better-than-expected jobs numbers to press his top domestic priority, President Barack Obama is arguing that overhauling the ...

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Obama: "This Storm Will Pass"

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 09.01.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama, citing fresh evidence the recession is winding down, says the country's future economic prosperity depends on bu...

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Obama's July 4th Message (WATCH)

AP | WILL LESTER | Posted 08.04.2009 | Politics

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(AP) WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama sought to rally support for his domestic initiatives, while Sen. John McCain called for Americans to su...

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Obama: I'm Ready For A Fight Over New Consumer Protections (VIDEO)

Huffingtion Post/AP | Posted 07.21.2009 | Politics

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AP: WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Saturday that current financial rules exploit consumers and he put critics of his proposed overhaul...

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Obama: 'Time To Deliver' On Health Care (VIDEO)

Huffingtion Post/AP | Posted 07.07.2009 | Politics

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AP: WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama pleaded for action on his health care agenda, using his weekly radio and Internet address to focus on hi...

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Obama Weekly Address: "Two Pillars Of A New Foundation" (VIDEO)

Posted 06.16.2009 | Politics

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President Obama's latest weekly address is entitled "Two Pillars of a new Foundation." The two pillars he discusses in the video are health care refo...

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Obama Makes Push For Credit Card Legislation (VIDEO)

AP/HUFFPOST | Posted 06.09.2009 | Politics

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AP: WASHINGTON — Putting himself on the side of fuming consumers, President Barack Obama is pushing Congress to send him legislation by Memorial...

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Obama Urges Cooperation On Global Threats

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 05.12.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Global cooperation is needed to tackle the financial meltdown, climate change, nuclear proliferation and other pressing problems, P...

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Obama Monitoring Midwest Flooding, Pledges Government Help

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 04.28.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Seeking to avoid a Hurricane Katrina-like leadership failure, President Barack Obama assured the nation Saturday he was keeping clo...

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Obama Makes Pitch For His 4 Budget Priorities

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 04.21.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Knocked off balance by the bonuses brouhaha, President Barack Obama is relying on direct appeals to the public to refocus attention...

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Obama: Crisis Is A Time Of "Great Opportunity" (VIDEO)

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 04.07.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on Saturday challenged his country to see its hard times as a chance to "discover great opportunity in the midst ...

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Obama: Tax Cuts Will Be Felt By April 1 (VIDEO)

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 03.24.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The notoriously slow Congress passed the $787 billion economic stimulus package in a matter of weeks. President Barack Obama signed...

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Obama: Stimulus Bill "Major Milestone On Our Road To Recovery" (VIDEO)

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 03.17.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, savoring his first major victory in Congress, said Saturday that newly passed $787 billion economic stimulu...

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Obama Promises "Immediate Action" On The Economy

AP | WILL LESTER | Posted 12.23.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday outlined his plan to create 2.5 million jobs in coming years to rebuild roads and bridges ...

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