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Via:  NewsOne.com // From HuffingtonPost.com: Two days before President Obama’s State of the Union speech, the president sat down with ABC’s Diane Sawyer for a lengthy and ranging conversation on health care, the economy, and whether “one term is enough.” “I’d rather be a really good one-term president than a mediocre two-term president,” Obama told […]

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Via:  NewsOne.com // WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama will spend much of Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrating the civil rights leader’s life and legacy. Following a Monday morning meeting with senior advisers, the president and first lady Michelle Obama will participate in a public-service event. Later at the White House, Obama will host a […]

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Via:  NewsOne.com // WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Thursday that “one of the largest relief efforts in our recent history” is moving toward Haiti as he continued to mobilize the U.S. response to the island’s devastating earthquake. Obama said the U.S. government is initially directing $100 million toward the relief effort, a figure he […]

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Via:  NewsOne.com // Michael Eric Dyson, professor of African American studies at Georgetown, addressed the Harry Reid “negro dialect” controversy last night on MSNBC.  He criticized Obama for avoiding racial issue. You ain’t talking about civil rights, you ain’t talking bout affirmative action, you’re not pressing the issue.” He also said that Barack Obama does […]

Via:  NewsOne.com // WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama, eager to sign a health care overhaul bill into law, on Saturday highlighted some of the changes that would come in the first year and permanently ban “the worst practices of the insurance industry.” Obama acknowledged it would take several years — until 2014 in some instances — for […]

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By News One January 7, 2010 8:58 am // From the NY Daily News: President Obama is the leader of the free world, but don’t mistake him for “A Leader in Style.” Despite a Times Square billboard showing the President in a Weatherproof jacket, he’s not shilling for the outerwear company. http://cdn1.newsone.com/external/js/gallery/271417/ The larger-than-life image […]

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Via:  NewsOne.com // HONOLULU – President Barack Obama ended a Hawaiian vacation to return Monday to the Washington he never really escaped. Obama and his family boarded Air Force One on Sunday evening for an overnight flight, capping off an 11-day trip that would be remembered more for an al-Qaida affiliate’s botched attempt to bring down aChristmas […]

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// Santa Claus is coming to town tonight, so NewsOne decided to help him out by making a list (and checking it twice) tell him who’s been naughty and nice this year. So which newsmakers deserve gifts, and which have a lump of coal to look forward to? Check out the list below to find […]

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Transcript from Tom Joyner’s interview with President Barack Obama. President Barack Obama on “The Tom Joyner Morning Show” TOM JOYNER: This is a very special day on the TJMS because we have the president of the United States on the phone. Good morning, sir. PRESIDENT OBAMA: What’s going on, Tom? How you doing? I am […]

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“Since March, when I was accused of being racist for a statement I made about the influence of blacks on Obama’s historic campaign, people have been stopping me to express a common sentiment: If you’re white you can’t open your mouth without being accused of being racist. They see Obama’s playing the race card throughout […]