Obama Reasserts Support For Public Plan While AMA Backtracks On Opposition
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Speaking at a town hall in Green Bay Wisconsin, President Barack Obama addressed head on what is the hot debate of the day.

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GOP Senators Warn Obama On Health Care
June 8, 2009 – 4:34 pm | 2 Comments
GOP Senators Warn Obama On Health Care

Officials say top Democrats in the House are circulating health care proposals that would require individuals to purchase insurance if they can afford it and slap an unspecified financial penalty on those who refuse.

Obama Visits Concentration Camps, Speaks Of Holocaust “Horrors”
June 5, 2009 – 4:54 pm | One Comment
Obama Visits Concentration Camps, Speaks Of Holocaust “Horrors”

President Obama visited the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany Friday.

Michelle Obama Joins Push For Sotomayor
June 4, 2009 – 7:19 am | No Comment
Michelle Obama Joins Push For Sotomayor

The White House dispatched first lady Michelle Obama to defend Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday.

Obama Using Facebook, Texting To Push Muslim speech
June 3, 2009 – 1:34 pm | No Comment
Obama Using Facebook, Texting To Push Muslim speech

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said administration officials are planning to use text messaging and social networking sites like Facebook to help engage the world.

Jim Leach: Obama Picks Republican To Head Humanities Endowment
June 3, 2009 – 12:33 pm | No Comment
Jim Leach: Obama Picks Republican To Head Humanities Endowment

President Barack Obama has nominated former Republican Rep. Jim Leach as chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Obama Reaches Out To The Muslim World
June 2, 2009 – 3:13 pm | No Comment
Obama Reaches Out To The Muslim World

Attempting to improve relations between the U.S. and Muslim countries, Obama is traveling to several Muslim nations to meet with leaders.

President Urges Quick Healthcare Reform
May 28, 2009 – 5:40 pm | One Comment
President Urges Quick Healthcare Reform

President Barack Obama warned Thursday that if Congress doesn’t deliver health care legislation by the end of the year the opportunity will be lost, a plea to political supporters to pressure lawmakers to act.

Obama Touts Successes of Stimulus Plan
May 27, 2009 – 1:40 pm | No Comment
Obama Touts Successes of Stimulus Plan

On the 100th day since he signed his economic stimulus bill into law, President Barack Obama touted its successes. The president says the plan has saved or created 150,000 jobs.

Obama Met With Top Court Candidate Judge Diane Wood
May 21, 2009 – 8:13 am | No Comment
Obama Met With Top Court Candidate Judge Diane Wood

He’s holding face-to-face meetings with finalists, officials say.

FEC Dismisses Complaint Over Six-Figure Palin Shopping Spree Funded By Republican Party
May 19, 2009 – 5:14 pm | No Comment
FEC Dismisses Complaint Over Six-Figure Palin Shopping Spree Funded By Republican Party

The Federal Election Commission has dismissed a complaint over the $150,000-plus designer wardrobe the Republican Party bought to outfit vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

White House Press Briefing For May 18, 2009
May 19, 2009 – 8:55 am | No Comment
White House Press Briefing For May 18, 2009

White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing.

May 15th White House Press Briefing
May 15, 2009 – 8:49 pm | No Comment
May 15th White House Press Briefing

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President Obama On Health Care Reform: Urgency And Determination
May 13, 2009 – 2:29 pm | No Comment
President Obama On Health Care Reform: Urgency And Determination

The President speaks to the press in the South Drive at the Oval Office(Video.)

President Reveals Sense Of Humor
May 11, 2009 – 8:59 pm | One Comment
President Reveals Sense Of Humor

Obama makes jabs at himself and others in humor-filled address at White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.

Michele Bachmann: Obama Led Spending “Orgy,” Government “Spent Its Wad” (VIDEO)
May 4, 2009 – 8:22 pm | No Comment
Michele Bachmann: Obama Led Spending “Orgy,” Government “Spent Its Wad” (VIDEO)

Rep. Michele Bachmann is on a roll. Less than a week after suggesting a link between the swine flu outbreak and Democratic control of the U.S. government, the Minnesota Republican penetrated a heretofore unseen zone …

John Edwards Under Federal Investigation
May 4, 2009 – 11:16 am | No Comment
John Edwards Under Federal Investigation

His once-prominent political career is buried and the turmoil of his marriage is playing out in public. Now, John Edwards is facing a federal inquiry.
The two-time Democratic presidential candidate acknowledged Sunday that investigators are assessing …

Rice Denies Approving Use Of Torture
May 4, 2009 – 10:59 am | No Comment
Rice Denies Approving Use Of Torture

Condoleezza Rice, the former US secretary of state, has dismissed claims she approved the use of torture when she was US National Security adviser. The former secretary of state caused a storm when she said …

White House joins Facebook, MySpace, Twitter
May 2, 2009 – 9:24 am | No Comment
White House joins Facebook, MySpace, Twitter

The Obama administration’s recently launched official Flickr photostream was just the beginning: On Friday, the tech-savvy administration announced the roll-out of ‘White House 2.0.’
“Today the White House is taking steps to expand how the administration …

The President On His 100th Day In Office
April 30, 2009 – 1:52 pm | No Comment
The President On His 100th Day In Office

On April 29, 2009, President Obama marked his 100th day in office by getting out of Washington and going right to the heartland of America, conducting a town hall meeting in Arnold, Missouri. That night, …

Obama: ‘We’re doing what we said we’d do’
April 29, 2009 – 3:46 pm | No Comment
Obama: ‘We’re doing what we said we’d do’

On day 100, president says he’s pleased with progress, but ‘not satisfied.’