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Archive for April, 2011

Barack Obama Releases Parody Video On YouTube – All Things Digital (blog)

Saturday, April 30th, 2011

Fox News

Barack Obama Releases Parody Video On YouTube
All Things Digital (blog)
The White House Correspondent's Dinner, an annual tradition where the media and political elite meet to roast/congratulate each other, with mixed results, just finished up. Saturday Night Live's Seth Meyers hosted the event, ...
Trump Obama won't jokes about mePolitico
Obama to shift from consoler to comic SaturdayThe Associated Press
Obama, Trump together for correspondents' dinnerKSPR
ABC News -The Canadian Press -Wall Street Journal (blog)
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At ‘nerdprom’ Obama jokes about possible GOP rivals – Politico

Saturday, April 30th, 2011

At 'nerdprom' Obama jokes about possible GOP rivals
Politico
President Barack Obama is historically very diplomatic — even when discussing his most vociferous opponents. But at the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday night, he poked fun at many of his prospective ...

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Biden, Lawmakers to Begin Debt Negotiations – Wall Street Journal

Saturday, April 30th, 2011

Biden, Lawmakers to Begin Debt Negotiations
Wall Street Journal
Debt Talks: Vice President Joe Biden is slated to meet with a bipartisan group of lawmakers to begin negotiations on a framework for deficit reduction. Drilling Bill: House Republicans plan to introduce this week the first of three bills aimed at ...

Huckabee criticizes Obama at NRA keynote address – The Associated Press

Saturday, April 30th, 2011

Huckabee criticizes Obama at NRA keynote address
The Associated Press
Huckabee was referring to a remark President Barack Obama once made about conservatives clinging to their guns and religion. Huckabee also said Obama didn't receive an "F" rating from the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence because the president has ...

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Civil Rights heroes visit White House – St. Louis American

Saturday, April 30th, 2011

Afro American

Civil Rights heroes visit White House
St. Louis American
Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson President Barack Obama talks with participants from the 1968 Memphis sanitation strike, an iconic campaign in civil rights and labor rights history, during meeting in the Map Room of the White House, ...
Memphis sanitation workers meet with President Obama, will be inducted in Hall ...Memphis Commercial Appeal

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Red Carpet Arrivals From the White House Correspondents’ Dinner – msnbc.com

Saturday, April 30th, 2011

Red Carpet Arrivals From the White House Correspondents' Dinner
msnbc.com
Meghan McCain, daughter of US Senator John McCain, arrives for the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, DC, on Saturday, Aprill 30. McCain showed off her freshly dyed super-blond locks at the event. When using Facebook Connect ...

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Obama slams oil subsidies – Tampabay.com

Saturday, April 30th, 2011

Telegraph.co.uk

Obama slams oil subsidies
Tampabay.com
WASHINGTON— President Barack Obama on Saturday blasted oil companies for enjoying huge profits while gas prices have surged to nearly $4 a gallon, and he again urged Congress to end $4 billion a year in subsidies for the oil and gas industry. ...
Gas prices spur fight over end to oil production tax breaksAustin American-Statesman
Obama Again Calls for an End to Tax Breaks for Oil CompaniesVoice of America
Obama Calls For End To Oil Company Tax Breaks; GOP Says Not So FastKWTX
RTHK -The Moderate Voice -WGRZ-TV
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Volunteers pitch in to help survivors of US storms – Seattle Post Intelligencer

Saturday, April 30th, 2011

Volunteers pitch in to help survivors of US storms
Seattle Post Intelligencer
President Barack Obama arrived in devastated Alabama to console victims, while authorities worked to overcome damaged infrastructure and even a shortage of body bags in one town. Photo: Dave Martin / AP President Barack Obama speaks in Tuscaloosa, ...

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GOP’s lagging presidential field gives Obama hope – Washington Examiner

Saturday, April 30th, 2011

Metro Weekly

GOP's lagging presidential field gives Obama hope
Washington Examiner
President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign fundraising event at The Town Hall in New York, Wednesday, April 27, 2011. President Obama's bid for re-election would seem to be set against a treacherous political playing field, with a fragile economy and ...
Republicans Pan Obama on Economy as 2012 Primary Field FormsBloomberg
Petraeus Politics of appointmentsPolitico

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Gas prices spur fight over end to oil production tax breaks – Austin American-Statesman

Saturday, April 30th, 2011

Telegraph.co.uk

Gas prices spur fight over end to oil production tax breaks
Austin American-Statesman
High prices have President Barack Obama calling for an end to tax breaks for domestic oil and gas production. By John M. Broder WASHINGTON — Congress returns this week to a flaring brawl over oil industry profits and tax breaks, with both parties ...
Obama slams oil subsidiesTampabay.com
Obama Again Calls for an End to Tax Breaks for Oil CompaniesVoice of America
Obama Calls For End To Oil Company Tax Breaks; GOP Says Not So FastKWTX
RTHK -The Moderate Voice -WGRZ-TV
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