Barack Obama
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Barack Obama is on course for a second term – against all the odds -
Ineffective and unpopular, the president should be a sitting duck, but the Republicans are turning their fire on themselvesLet's take the day off from picking over the ruins of our own miserable riots and try to cheer ourselves up over Barack Obama's ...
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American Express, U.S. Steel execs meet with Obama -
WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - American Express Chief Executive Ken Chenault and U.S. Steel Chief Executive John Surma are part of a group of business leaders meeting with President Barack Obama on Friday, a White House official said.
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Republican donors hedging 2012 US election bets -
WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Republican donors, including some party kingmakers, are hedging their bets by donating to more than one presidential candidate, reflecting the instability of the field looking to unseat President Barack Obama|Barack ...
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The forgotten factor in this week's chaos -
THE drama which saw President Barack Obama pitted against the Republican-dominated Congress overshadowed the far less sexy but very significant revision to US growth figures, which occurred almost simultaneously and confirmed for the ...
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Under fire, Obama struggles to instill confidence -
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is getting hammered on all sides for a stumbling U.S. economy and his uneven response to it, raising pressure on him to take steps to create jobs or risk being ousted in next year's election.
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Barack Obama says he inherited US debt problems -
US President Barack Obama has said he inherited much of the country's problems with high debt and deficits when he entered the White House, sounding a theme likely to dominate his 2012 re-election campaign.
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Obama Deflects Credit Downgrade Criticism -
US President Barack Obama has again blamed political gridlock for the credit rating downgrade that has contributed to jitters on the world financial markets.
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Obama says U.S. is still a AAA country -
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday blamed a downgrade in the United States' credit rating on political gridlock in Washington and said he would offer some recommendations on how to reduce federal deficits.
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America's economy: Downgraded | Editorial -
It is possible for a bad witness suffering a severe conflict of interest to make the occasional pertinent observationCritics of Barack Obama – a popular category nowadays – argue that his team bungled its response to the downgrade ...
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Barack Obama under fire as blame game follows US credit downgrade -
Left and right turn on president, raising questions over his chances of winning the White House againOutside the Aragon ballroom in the north Chicago neighbourhood of Uptown, little sign remained of the president's 50th birthday party. The night before, ...
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We can't rely on oil prices or QE to save us from this mess -
'I want the people of America and our partners around the world to know this. Things will get better. And we will get there together." So said US President Barack Obama, at the end of a truly frightening week on global markets.
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Panetta warns against doubling $350 bln defense cuts -
WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Thursday the $350 billion in security spending savings in the deficit-cutting package signed by President Barack Obama was manageable, but warned against greater ...
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Barack Obama at 50 - interactive guide -
To mark President Obama's 50th birthday our interactive timeline shows key milestones in his life alongside major events of the last half-century in American and international politics, the US economy and the civil rights campaignRichard AdamsGarry Blight
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The winners and losers in the debt ceiling deal | Amy Goodman -
When the cuts come, expect the military-industrial complex to fend off the worst. So what lobby will protect social services'President Barack Obama touted his debt ceiling deal Tuesday, saying, "We can't balance the budget on the backs ...
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Fundamental Oil Report (2011-08-03) -
Crude oil fell for the fourth day as the signs of a slowing US economy indicate that demand on
oil from the world’s largest
oil consumer will falter, markets fell despite that President Barack Obama signed ...
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