Obama hopeful for more economic progress in 2012
Posted by brandoniswrite on December 31, 2011
HONOLULU (AP) — Reflecting on a challenging year, President Barack Obama says he’s hoping for more economic progress following action by Congress to prevent tax increases at the start of 2012. ©2011 The Artesia Daily Press / Associated Press Artesia News
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AP source: Obama to give major jobs speech
Posted by brandoniswrite on August 17, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) – A senior administration official tells The Associated Press that President Barack Obama will give a major speech in early September to unveil new ideas for speeding up job growth and helping the struggling poor and middle class. www2.wnct.com – National
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Obama releases birth form, decries ‘silliness’
Posted by brandoniswrite on April 17, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama says he's releasing his long-form birth certificate because the country doesn't have time for the "distraction" and "silliness" of questions being persistently raised about where he was born. www2.wnct.com – National
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Obama to Watch Shuttle Launch as Florida’s ‘Space Coast’ Sees Jobs Lost
Posted by brandoniswrite on November 8, 2010
President Barack Obama is set to bid a personal farewell to America’s manned space shuttle at Cape Canaveral today, as Florida’s “space coast” prepares to say goodbye to thousands of NASA jobs in a state crucial to Obama’s re-election.Obama is scheduled to watch the Endeavour’s final lift-off, the second-to-last shuttle launch in the program’s 30-year [...]
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Obama reissues call to end oil company tax breaks
Posted by brandoniswrite on November 6, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) – Republicans are dismissing a call from President Barack Obama to repeal oil industry tax breaks in the face of rising gasoline prices. www2.wnct.com – National
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Obama at KSC: President and family take a look at Atlantis
Posted by brandoniswrite on August 10, 2010
President Obama, wife Michelle and daughters Malia and Sasha toured Kennedy Space Center today despite the scrub of space shuttle Endeavour’s launch attempt on STS-134. One of the stops for the president was the Orbiter Processing Facility, where space shuttle Atlantis rests before it gets prepped for the final mission of the shuttle fleet, STS-135, [...]
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Obama family, Giffords and a record crowd expected at shuttle launch
Posted by brandoniswrite on June 25, 2010
CAPE CANAVERAL — This day may begin with the Brits, but it’ll end in a most American way, with a shuttle launch attended by the first family and recovering U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. President Barack Obama and his family are expected to fly to Kennedy Space Center for today’s Endeavour launch. The Arizona congresswoman arrived [...]
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Obama: “Justice Has Been Done” as Osama bin Laden Killed by US Troops
Posted by brandoniswrite on June 1, 2010
President Barack Obama announced that Osama bin Laden has been killed At 10:35 p.m Central Time, tonight, May 1, President Barack Obama announced that United States troops engaged in a firefight with and killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, a city about 100 miles from the capital of Pakistan, Islamabad. The U.S. spent months gathering [...]
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President Obama arrives at Kennedy Space Center
Posted by brandoniswrite on May 14, 2010
Air Force One touches down at Kennedy Space Center (NASA TV) Even though the space shuttle Endeavour launch attempt was scrubbed for today, President Obama, wife Michelle and daughters Malia and Sasha arrived at Kennedy Space Center. They arrived aboard Air Force One shortly after 2 p.m. and walked hand-in-hand (Well elder daughter Malia didn’t [...]
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