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Obama arrival in Tokyo delayed by a day

President Barack Obama is attending a memorial service at Fort Hood on Tuesday and now won't get to his planned first stop in Asia next week until one day later than expected. Complete Story...

Health bill clears first hurdle in House

President Barack Obama's health care initiative has cleared its first big hurdle in the House, with lawmakers voting to advance the debate.

Obama statement on health care legislation

Text of President Barack Obama's remarks Saturday at the White House on health care legislation:

Alabama county celebrates official Obama holiday

The sign going on the front door at the Perry County courthouse reads: "Closed for the Obama Holiday."

Colo. man who threatened Obama makes weapons plea

A man who threatened to kill Barack Obama last summer just before the Democratic National Convention in Denver has pleaded guilty to federal weapons charges.

House opens debate on historic health bill

The House has opened debate on President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul that would extend insurance to tens of millions of Americans and enact dramatic changes to the country's medical system.

UK foreign secretary: Obama critics miss the point

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Saturday accused critics of U.S. President Barack Obama of foolishly expecting him to fix the world's woes single-handedly.

Obama to meet Myanmar, other ASEAN leaders

President Barack Obama will meet leaders of Southeast Asian nations, including Myanmar, in a high-level affirmation of Washington's new policy of engaging the military-ruled country despite its dismal human rights record.

US: More foreign troops certain in new Afghan plan

A top Pentagon official says President Barack Obama's new strategy for Afghanistan will be certain to include reinforcements of foreign troops from both the United States and allied nations.

NM cabinet official resigns after DWI arrest

A top official in Gov. Bill Richardson's cabinet has resigned over a drunken driving arrest just days after she was appointed to a spot in President Barack Obama's administration.

Obama visits wounded US soldiers at Walter Reed

President Barack Obama spent nearly two hours visiting wounded U.S. soldiers Friday afternoon.

Analysis: 10 percent jobless is Obama's new world

For months he had warned it was coming but that didn't ease the political shockwaves for President Barack Obama when unemployment topped 10 percent.

Obama will push health bill in Saturday Hill visit

President Barack Obama still expects to have a health care overhaul bill to sign by year's end and plans to personally lobby for it in a visit to Capitol Hill on Saturday, the White House said.

Obama: Gov't working to ease pain of joblessness

President Barack Obama said new figures released Friday showing national unemployment has hit the double-digit mark are a sobering reminder of the challenges still facing the U.S. economy.

Obama to address economy, Fort Hood shooting

President Barack Obama is expected to talk about the Fort Hood shootings and the double-digit unemployment figures at the White House later this morning.

China criticizes US over pipe duties

China criticized Washington for imposing anti-dumping duties on Chinese-made steel pipes and launched a probe Friday of imported U.S. autos, adding to trade tensions two weeks before President Barack Obama visits Beijing.

New Afghan violence makes Obama decision tougher

President Barack Obama's next move on Afghanistan is growing more difficult by the day. Deadly attacks this week deepened British and U.N. alarm over their commitments, and fresh worries about Iraq could delay the exit of U.S. troops there, squeezing an already overstretched military.

House passes health care bill on close vote

In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.

Obama to attend memorial for Fort Hood victims

President Barack Obama will attend a memorial service Tuesday honoring victims of the Ford Hood shootings, an attack he described as "all the more heartbreaking and all the more despicable" because it occurred on the nation's largest Army post.

Gunman kills 12, wounds 31 at Fort Hood

An Army psychiatrist who opened fire at Fort Hood, Texas, killing 12 people and wounding 31 others, was shot but captured alive, military officials said late Thursday.

Fla. gov changes tune on supporting Obama stimulus

In a heated race for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination, Gov. Charlie Crist keeps moving away from his support of President Barack Obama's stimulus package that the governor called "fantastic" and "remarkable" when lobbying for its passage.

Obama to sign bill extending homebuyers credit

The White House says President Barack Obama on Friday morning will sign a bill that expands a popular homebuyers tax credit and extends unemployment benefits.

Obama welcomes AARP backing of health care bill

President Barack Obama trumpeted two major endorsements for his health overhaul push Thursday as House Democratic leaders pushed toward a vote Saturday on the far-reaching legislation remaking the U.S. health care system.

Obama prods House to pass health care bill

President Barack Obama says now is the time for Congress to "answer the call of history" and approve legislation revamping the country's health care system.

Obama: US must reverse course with Indians

President Barack Obama assured American Indians on Thursday that they have a place in his White House and on his agenda, telling tribal leaders their marginalized community deserves more from its government.

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10 of the Nuttiest Statements Elected Officials Have Made in the Health Care Battle
Source: AlterNet.org

Wild, over-the-top rhetoric and bizarre conspiracy theories about health reform aren't just coming from the right-wing blogs and talk-radio loudmouths.

Astroturf In Action: Right-Wing Billionaire David Koch Pays For 40 Buses To Haul In Protesters
Source: Think Progress

Americans for Prosperity (AFP), the corporate front group founded in the 1980s by Koch Industries billionaire David Koch, worked closely with Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) to orchestrate the anti-health reform rally today.

CNN Poll 72% of Americans Opposed to Pelosi/Obama HR 3962 Healthcare Bill
Source: Washington Examiner

With House Democrats racing to pass their 2,000-plus page health care reform bill this weekend, a new CNN/Opinion Research poll shows that an overwhelming majority of those surveyed -- 72 percent -- want Congress either to make major changes, start over from scratch, or simply st …

Shooter advised Obama transition
Source: WorldNetDaily News

NEW YORK – Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the alleged shooter in yesterday's massacre at Fort Hood, played a homeland security advisory role in President Barack Obama's transition into the White House, according to a key university policy institute document.

How is Barack Obama Destroying America? A serious question for discussion.

OK. Short article, hopefully a lively and CIVIL discussion. I keep hearing the phrase "Barack Obama is Destroying America" or some variant of that ("He's a Nazi" "He's a Communist" etc.). Would somebody please explain it to me like I'm in grade school?

Limbaugh's fetish? Mentions "anal poisoning" 13 times in 2 years
Source: Raw Story

MSNBC's Keith Olbermann named Rush Limbaugh one of the world's worst people Thursday evening for saying that an HBO special about President Barack Obama should get "anal poisoning."

U.S. Muslims Condemn Attack at Fort Hood
Source: Daily Kos

In light of the tragedy at Fort Hood, I fully expect some Republicans to start "McCarthyite" attacks on all Muslims on the armed forces.  I have no doubt that President Obama will stand up to them.  This is America and we have freedom of religion.

Michele Bachmann's Tea-Partier "Super Bowl of Freedom"
Source: Slate

Their main grievance was health care reform—some periodically broke out into chants of "Kill the bill!"—but many protesters saw reform as a part of a larger problem of government overreach: the stimulus, bailouts, and proposed cap and trade legislation.

The Republican Health Plan
Source: The New York Times

House Republican leaders have produced their own health care reform bill. Here is the first thing you need to know: It would do almost nothing to reduce the scandalously high number of Americans who have no insurance.

2008 President Election Anniversary: Tinkering We Can Believe In
Source: theroot.com

Before there were tea partiers, there were nurses. Angry nurses disrupting Sen. Max Baucus' health care reform meetings back in the politically halcyon days of spring.

9 Months In-- the Accomplishments of our "Far-Left, Do-Nothing President"

Banned the use of "harsh interrogation" and ordered the closing of Guantanamo.Reversed George W.

Obama wasn't on the ballot - Why the 2009 Elections Don't Matter To The Obama White House
Source: Guardian Unlimited

What do these strange, odd-year elections – suddenly so feverishly important, now that America's excitable right-wingers from Rush Limbaugh on down demand that they be – tell us about Barack Obama's political health? Not very much, really.

A court decision that reflects what type of country the U.S. is
Source: Salon.com

It's not often that an appellate court decision reflects so vividly what a country has become, but such is the case with yesterday's ruling by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Arar v. Ashcroft (.pdf).

Budget Monitor Says G.O.P. Bill Leaves Many Uninsured
Source: The New York Times

The Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday that an alternative health care bill put forward by House Republicans would have little impact in extending health benefits to the roughly 30 million uninsured Americans, but would reduce average insurance premium costs for peopl …

Sen. Mark Warner, D-VA: "We got walloped."
Source: Politico

. . ."National polls for months have shown deep unease among independent voters about Washington spending and about the expansiveness of Democratic proposals.

Yet Another FOX News Lie
Source: newsbusters.org

The article speaks for itself. FOX News lies yet again.

One year ago today.....

Can you believe it has been a whole year since Barack Obama was elected President? Where were you when you found out he had won? How was your voting experience? I am a Canadian so obviously did not vote in NJ but the Hyder family did have its own Election Headquarters.

10 Recovery Act MYTHS
Source: Welcome to the White House

We need to fight back against lies and distortions.

The Republican Leadership Health Plan: For The Healthy, While They're Healthy
Source: Think Progress

The Republican leadership in the House has sent a health care bill to the Congressional Budget Office and the early details don't look good: - Insurers could circumvent state-based consumer protections by selling policies across state lines

'V' aims at Obamamania -- Sci-fi throwback to the days of "Earth vs. the Flying Saucers" ("V" is irresistible)
Source: Chicago Tribune

Imagine this. At a time of political turmoil, a charismatic, telegenic new leader arrives virtually out of nowhere. He offers a message of hope and reconciliation based on compromise and promises to marshal technology for a better future that will include universal health care.

Grant Park and all that....Reflections of an unforgettable election..(Poll)

I cannot believe that it is exactly one year ago today I was in Grant Park watching the results of the American presidential election, seeing my predictions come true and the new President-Elect walk unto the stage with his family.

Fred Abrahams: On Israel, Congress Tolerates Abuse
Source: The Huffington Post

Yesterday the US Congress gravely insulted hundreds of civilians who were wounded or killed in the most recent war in the Middle East.

He's the presidential pooches' right-hand man
Source: msnbc.com

Dale Haney has kept the White House grass green and the flowers blooming for 40 years, but he's cultivated something else just as important: relationships with the presidents' pooches. Haney has tended to all of them from Richard Nixon's King Timahoe to Barack Obama's Bo.

Obama's half brother: Our father was abusive
Source: msnbc.com

President Barack Obama's half brother has broken his media silence to discuss his new novel - the semi-autobiographical story of an abusive parent patterned on their late father, the mostly absent figure Obama wrote about in his own memoir.

Obama's half brother: Our father was abusive
Source: msnbc.com

President Barack Obama's half brother has broken his media silence to discuss his new novel - the semi-autobiographical story of an abusive parent patterned on their late father, the mostly absent figure Obama wrote about in his own memoir.

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