Archive for July 20th, 2009
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Obama, GOP trade barbs in health care fight
The battle to overhaul health care intensified Monday, with President Obama accusing GOP critics of putting politics ahead of policy and a top Republican saying Democrats’ plans would undermine the country’s economic future.
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AP sources: Gov’t delays terror policy reports (AP)
AP – The Obama administration on Monday pushed back its own deadline for devising new anti-terrorism policies. -
House panel OKs new long-term care program (AP)
AP – A House committee has approved a new voluntary insurance program meant to help families with the costs of long-term health care.
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President Obama on what black America needs
Several hours before President Barack Obama gave his well-received speech at the NAACP centennial convention in New York City, he spoke before another probing audience of African-Americans aboard Air Force One.
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Commentary: Racial progress is far from finished
America was proud of itself for electing Barack Obama. The pride was not just partisan and ideological; it was also specifically and clearly racial.
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Blacks in survey say race relations no better with Obama
African-Americans really like President Obama, but more and more feel that race relations have not gotten better since he took office, a new national poll found.
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Commentary: Where the jobs really are
President Obama’s “No Excuses” address to the NAACP last Thursday has already gone down as one of his classics. Obama told the organization that even if black children are more likely to face obstacles, the job of black parents is to strive for the best for them regardless.
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U.S. delays anti-terror reports
The Obama administration on Monday pushed back its own deadline for devising new anti-terrorism policies.
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Obama mixes it up in health care brawl (Politico)
Politico – President Barack Obama dove into the political street-fight threatening his signature issue Monday — taking aim at a first-term Republican senator in hopes of rallying Democrats increasingly nervous about Obama-style reform.
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Obama challenges GOP critics on health care (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama pushed back hard against Republican critics of his health care overhaul plan Monday, dismissing the “politics of the moment” marked by GOP comparisons of his efforts to socialism.
