Pres Obama

The Future We Want (But Won't Get Unless You Pull Your Socks Up!)

Kelly Rigg | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Rio+20, Subsidies, Pres. Obama, Fisheries, Climate, Climate Change, Global Climate Change, Global Warming, Green News
Kelly Rigg

President Obama, we get that you're concerned about the US losing its competitive advantage in relation to new powerhouses such as China, Brazil and India, but how can you look us in the eye and say that any level of poverty is okay?

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Obama's Recess Appointment of Ambassadors to Baku and Ankara Must Be Challenged

Harut Sassounian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Armenian National Committee, Barbara Boxer, Turkey, Irs, European Court of Human Rights, Baku, Washington, Azerbaijan, Matt Bryza, Democrat, Recess Appointment, Robert Menendez, Ambassadors, Ankara, Republican, Wedding, Lying Under Oath, Zeyno Baran, Husdon Institute, Gift, Hold, Pres. Obama, Foreign Relations Committee, Senate, Caspian, Ricciardone, Politics News
Harut Sassounian

Pres. Obama's unilateral appointments of Matthew Bryza as Ambassador to Azerbaijan and Frank Ricciardone as Ambassador to Turkey must be strongly chal...

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Next Step: Repeal "DADT" for Mentally Ill Troops

Robert David Jaffee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Suicide, Mental Illness, Depression, Dadt, Pres. Obama, Sen. McCain, Rep. Rush Holt, President Obama, John Russell, Idf, Dont Ask Dont Tell, Politics News
Robert David Jaffee

I applaud the recent repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell. When will that same openness and tolerance come for mentally ill troops?

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Tea Partiers Aren't The Only Angry Ones

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Pres. Bush, Dadt, Climate Change, Deepwater Horizon, Racism, Michael Moore, Pres. Truman, Ground Zero Mosque Quran Burning, Pres. Obama, Obamacare, Pres. Clinton, Tarp, Abu Ghraib, Tea Party, Politics News
Joan E. Dowlin

I want the Tea Party to know that they are not the only angry ones in this country. This anger has been brewing for quite a few years. I am angry too

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The Time is Now - A Declaration for a Free Arizona

Gihan Perera | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arizona, Alto Aizona, Sb 1070, Governor Brewer, Pres. Obama, Immigration, Immigration Reform, Undocumented Immigrants, Undocumented Workers, Obama-South-West, Racism, Politics News
Gihan Perera

On Behalf of the day laborers, domestic workers, home care workers, laundry, and debris cleaners, who are the diaspora of the world economy, On Beha...

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Obama Should Forfeit his Nobel Prize

Harut Sassounian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pres. Bush, Pres. Gul, Turkey, European Union, Nobel Peace Prize, United States, Ankara, Armenian Genocide, 1915, Campaign Promises, April 24, Armenia-Turkey Protocols, Armenia, Pres. Reagan, Russia, Pres. Obama, World News
Harut Sassounian

In a recent letter to Armenian American organizations, Pres. Obama once again played shameful word games with the term genocide.

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Who are These Tea Party Protesters?

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Civil Rights, GOP Contract With America, Vietnam War Protests, Women's Lib, Pres. Carter, Hillary, Fox News, Health Care Reform, Racism Charges, Gay Rights Pro-Life Movement, Pres. Obama, Tea Party, Politics News
Joan E. Dowlin

What do you mean when you say "we want our country back?" Who are the "we" and what do you want to go back to?

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Who Will Blink First, Armenia or Turkey?

Harut Sassounian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Turkey, Armenia, Switzerland, Azerbaijan, Uninted States, Hillary Clinton, Armenian Genocide, Pres. Obama, Serzh Sargsyan, Karabagh, April 24, World Cup, Artsakh, Ilham Aliyev, Davutoglu, Protocols, World News
Harut Sassounian

For more than a year, many Armenians, both in Armenia and the Diaspora, have vigorously complained to the government about the wisdom of negotiating an agreement with Turkey.

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Et Tu Obama? Letter from a Former Admirer

Harut Sassounian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Turkey, Ronald Reagan, Afghan War, Azerbaijan, George W. Bush, politifact.com, Armenian Americans, Washington DC, Ankara/Turkey, Iraq, Armenian Genocide, Karabagh, Campaign Promises, 1915, Yerevan, Pope John Paul II, April 24, Obameter, Iran, Armenia, Armenian Diaspora, George H.W. Bush, Raphael Lemkin, Israel, Pres. Obama, Armenian-Genocide-Bill, Arf, World News
Harut Sassounian

Mr. President, we are now terribly disappointed because you acted not much differently than your predecessors on the Armenian Genocide issue.

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

Harut Sassounian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Campaign Promises, White House, Turkey, Turkish Parliament, Azerbaijan, Istanbul, Iraq, Ankara, Armenian Genocide, 1915, Karabagh, Alliance of Civilizations, politifact.com, April 24, Artsakh, Erdogan, Armenia, Gul, Afghanistan, Hillary Clinton, Pres. Obama, Obameter, Natural Gas, Aliyev, Yerevan, World News
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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Turkey's Delay Tactics in Opening the Border with Armenia

Harut Sassounian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, Turkey, Blockade, Lobbying, Washington, Azerbaijan, George MItchell, Iraq, Ankara, Congress, American-Jewish Organizations, Armenian Genocide, April 24, Hilary Clinton, Erdogan, Davos, Gaza, Shimon Peres, Lobbying Firms, Israel, Afghanistan, Pres. Obama, Football Diplomacy, Ambassador of Turkey, Ali Babajan, Armenian Genocide Resolution, Karabagh, Artsakh, Armenia, World News
Harut Sassounian

While some people are dismissing Pres. Obama's solemn campaign pledge to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, Turkish leaders have taken the president's promise very seriously.

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U.S. Prefers to Leave Iraq Through Jordan and Kuwait, Rather than Turkey

Harut Sassounian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wag the Dog, Jordan, Turkey, Turkish Parliament, War, Associated Press, Ankara, Iraq, Today's Zaman, Armenian Genocide, Marine Corps, U.S. Troops, Kuwait, Nato, Gaza, Human Rights, Israel, Afghanistan, Terry Moores, Pres. Obama, Torture, World News
Harut Sassounian

Turkish officials have been salivating at the opportunity of presenting the United States with a series of demands in return for allowing U.S. troops to leave through Turkey.

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"Obameter" Keeps Track of President's Campaign Promises

Harut Sassounian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Promises, Cnn, Action Not Words, Public Scrutiny, politifact.com, Pres. Obama, Armenian Genocide, Campaign Promises, Obameter, World News
Harut Sassounian

Visitors to politifact.com can find out the status of Obama's campaign promises by checking the "Obameter" which is divided into three categories: No Action, In the Works, or Stalled.

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