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Archive for May, 2009

What Muslims want to hear from Obama – The Associated Press

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

What Muslims want to hear from Obama
The Associated Press
Comments from ordinary Muslims, analysts and President Barack Obama ahead of his speech to the Muslim world. ___ "The Bush administration, with its arrogance, destroyed the harmony between the United States and Islamic world. We hope under Obama, ...

New legal battle in Guantanamo – The Associated Press

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

New legal battle in Guantanamo
The Associated Press
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — A session of the Guantanamo war crimes court that began Sunday will likely show the difficulties President Barack Obama faces in changing the system and closing the prison by January. The case in question, ...

US Senators Debate Supreme Court Nominee's Controversial Comment – Voice of America

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

ABC News

US Senators Debate Supreme Court Nominee's Controversial Comment
Voice of America
By Michael Bowman A high-ranking Republican senator says President Barack Obama's nominee for a seat on the Supreme Court should apologize for a comment made years ago about the roles of race and gender in judicial opinions. ...
Video: Obama to Senate: Confirm Sotomayor The Associated Press
McConnell: Need time to review Sotomayor's record The Associated Press
US-POLITICS Summary Washington Post
RantRave | Published Opinion. - Kansas City Star
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Clinton & Rove? two of a feather – The Choate News

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

Clinton & Rove? two of a feather
The Choate News, CT
Hillary Clinton has joined Karl Rove in distracting our nation from the real problems that we need to face. Instead of showing that she can put aside politics to achieve solutions, Sen. Clinton has shown to us that she cares more for her own political ...
Clinton leads 2008 money chase with $27 million Bangladesh News 24 hours
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Obama seeks 'common ground' on abortion – Calgary Herald

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

ABC News

Obama seeks 'common ground' on abortion
Calgary Herald,  Canada
By Mira Oberman, Agence France-PresseMay 19, 2009 President Barack Obama sought "common ground" over the divisive abortion debate in a controversial speech on Sunday at one of the top Catholic universities in the United States. ...
Impact of Obama at Notre Dame expected to last The State Journal-Register
Obama Woos Catholics With Nuanced Abortion Talk U.S. News & World Report
Politics of civility needed in debate on immigration Los Angeles Daily News
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Hezbollah Unlikely to Remain Angry at Biden – International Analyst Network

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

Hezbollah Unlikely to Remain Angry at Biden
International Analyst Network, NY
On May 22, US vice president Joe Biden traveled to Lebanon to express support for the Lebanese government. Biden's trip has drawn criticism from the Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah, but considering Biden's history regarding Hezbollah and their ...

Judge the Judge – Wall Street Journal

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

Judge the Judge
Wall Street Journal
And she'll have Vice President Joe Biden to thank for it. GM on the brink. Bankruptcy is imminent. Get ready for Government Motors and all that implies. The case of the missing millionaires. We'll tell you what happens to states that sock it to the ...

John McCain working to win fifth Senate term – KSWT-TV

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

OfficialWire

John McCain working to win fifth Senate term
KSWT-TV, AZ
John McCain is reconnecting with Arizona voters across the state, rounding up political endorsements, raising money and opening a campaign office in Phoenix, vowing not to "take one vote for granted." McCain, who lost out to Barack Obama in last year's ...
McCain faces Senate primary challengers United Press International
McCain gears up for 2010 Senate bid AZ Central.com
mccain: Small business needs bailout as well Inside Tucson Business
Arizona Daily Star
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Barack Obama — The Price of Love – TMZ.com

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

BBC News

Barack Obama -- The Price of Love
TMZ.com, CA
President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle hopped a jet to New York last night to see a Broadway play and then grabbed some dinner at a chic West Village restaurant. The only problem, Barack critics say, is that it's the American taxpayers who footed ...
Video: Raw Video: First Couple Bound for Broadway Show The Associated Press
US President Barack Obama has fulfilled a pre-election promise by ... BBC News
May 30 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama and his wife ... Bloomberg
Times Online - New York Post
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Muslims want tangible change on Mideast from Obama – Washington Post

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

Washington Post

Muslims want tangible change on Mideast from Obama
Washington Post, United States
By HADEEL AL-SHALCHI and KARIN LAUB AP CAIRO, Egypt -- Respect for Islam, a prescription for Palestinian statehood and assurances of a speedy US pullout from Iraq _ that's what Muslims from Morocco to Malaysia want to hear from President Barack Obama ...
On Obama's travels to Mideast and Europe, he should leave the ... New York Daily News
Muslims want tangible change on Mideast from Obama The Associated Press
Arab world waits to hear from Obama Detroit Free Press
Kentucky.com - Kansas City Star
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