Barack Hussein Obama (born Aug. 4, 1961) is the first African American to be elected president of the United States. He was formerly the junior U.S. Senator from Illinois. He is married to Michelle Obama and has two daughters: Malia and...
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Barack Hussein Obama (born Aug. 4, 1961) is the first African American to be elected president of the United States. He was formerly the junior U.S. Senator from Illinois. He is married to Michelle Obama and has two daughters: Malia and Sasha.
US President Barack Obama is hopeful that by traveling to Copenhagen he can help push nations towards a breakthrough on a climate deal, a White House spokesman said on Wednesday. "The president is hopeful that his presence can help," said spokesman Robert Gibbs, speaking the day before Obama leaves Thursday for the Danish capital, in his second trip to Europe in two weeks. He will attend the final day of the two-week talks, where 120 heads of state and government will seek to clinch a deal... Read Full Story
(Bauer Griffin) President Barack Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway on Thursday, becoming only the third sitting U.S. president to receive the prize. The president took on the difficult task of explaining how his decision to send more troops to fight in Afghanistan fits in with his receiving a prize reserved for peace makers. Following is the full text of the president's speech along with video and pictures from the event. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses... Read Full Story
US President Barack Obama on Thursday accepted the Nobel Peace Prize, uncomfortably acknowledging his role as a leader at war while insisting that conflict can be morally justified. Obama's elevation to a pantheon of winners alongside the likes of Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa and Martin Luther King before he has even spent a year in office has sparked international debate. Obama said he received the award with "great humility". "Compared to some of the giants of history who have received... Read Full Story
US President Barack Obama on Thursday accepted the Nobel Peace Prize, paying tribute to activists who have taken on governments around the world while uncomfortably acknowledging his role as a leader at war. Obama's elevation to a pantheon of winners alongside the likes of Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa and Martin Luther King before he has even spent a year in office has sparked international criticism. Obama said he received the award with "great humility" and acknowledged the "controversy... Read Full Story
by Billy Wharton from Counter Currents 16 December, 2009 - Princeton University Philosopher Cornel West brings such an infectious optimism to his social analysis that it is difficult to avoid discovering a sense of hopefulness in even the most mediocre of news. Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to an American president managing two active wars and commanding a military force spread throughout the globe seemed to offer little opportunity for a progressive spin. Yet, West quickly discovered a... Read Full Story
President Obama’s chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, likes to say that the only thing that is not negotiable is success. The last 48 hours offered a case study in how the president applies that maxim to governing. After weeks of frustrating delays and falling poll numbers, Mr. Obama decided to take what he could get, declare victory and claim momentum on some of the administration’s biggest priorities, even if the details did not always ugg outlet match the lofty vision that underlined them... Read Full Story
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) ripped President Obama on Sunday for abandoning his campaign pledge to create a bipartisan Washington D.C. McCain, during an appearance on Fox News Sunday, accused the president of creating a more toxic political environment than that which existed during the Clinton administration. Er, one problem, John -- the Republicans have come out swinging from the start against working with President Obama from Joe "You Lie" Wilson to deliberate acts of stonewalling anything... Read Full Story
Vice President Joe Biden says Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman is wrong to opposed a health care compromise in the Senate that would allow Americans as young as 55 to buy into the Medicare program. Biden says, however, that such posturing for leverage on major legislation as it moves toward a vote is not unusual. Lieberman is an independent whose support is seen as crucial for the Democrats. The vice president also said a failure to approve a health care overhaul by the end of this... Read Full Story
President Barack Obama will accept the world's best-known peace prize by explaining what it means to wage war, an incongruity that has weighed on him and that he will take on directly when he receives the Nobel Peace Prize, White House officials say. The president is dashing to Oslo in an overnight flight, in time to be there for Thursday's award ceremony and banquet, and not much more. His minimalist approach reflects a White House that sees little value in touting an honor for peace just... Read Full Story
OSLO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama defended the right of the United States to wage "just wars" as he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday, acknowledging that as a wartime president he was a controversial choice. In a speech at the award ceremony in Oslo, preceded by a fanfare of trumpets, Obama declared he would not "stand idle" in the face of threats to the United States. He raised the specter of a new nuclear arms race, potentially in the Middle East or East Asia, and called for... Read Full Story
From Spain's Princess Letizia to Italy's Mara Carfagna, the game of politics is no stranger to beautiful, powerful women. Following is a list of women whose influence is matched only by their sheer hotness.
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