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South Burgenite
| 5 months ago
Obama began his second inaugural address with a reminder that this ceremony, like the 56 inaugurations before it in U.S. history, was a unifying symbol. "Each time we gather to inaugurate a president, we bear witness to the enduring strength of our...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 5 months ago
Defusing a showdown with Obama, Republican House leaders are ready to permit the government to borrow more money to meet its obligations until May 18, despite earlier demands that debt ceiling hikes be matched by spending cuts. The move would...
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Herald Tribune
| 5 months ago
The first lady was elegant, the entertainment was star-filled and the president looked ebullient Read more » Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013 1:26 PM Here are some of the major proposals the president offered to reduce gun violence Read more » Wednesday, Jan...
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CNN Blog
| 5 months ago
President Barack Obama used his second inaugural address to put the divisive issues of climate change and immigration back on the front burner. But according to a new national survey, Americans are divided over whether global warming is a man made...
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The Guardian
| 5 months ago
In the speech, which was 2,095 words long, the 44th president gave prominent mentions to climate change, the economy and equality. He claims responsibility for America's future lies with its citizens, saying 'You and I, as citizens, have the power to...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 5 months ago
Through blood drawn by lash and blood drawn by sword, we learned that no union founded on the principles of liberty and equality could survive half-slave and half-free...Together, we determined that a modern economy requires railroads and highways to...
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Truthdig
| 5 months ago
Barack Obama made history Monday, becoming the first president ever to use the word gay in reference to sexual orientation during an inaugural address. In his speech, President Obama called for homosexuals to be treated like anyone else under the law.
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Taiwan News
| 5 months ago
President Barack Obama issued a powerful defense of government in his second inaugural address on Monday, laying down a detailed challenge to the deeply conservative political opposition in Congress and demanding moderation from those who "mistake...
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Entrepreneur
| 5 months ago
Today, in his second inaugural address, President Barack Obama told a crowd of many thousands that American enterprise flourishes in a just society. Four years ago, in Obama's first inaugural address, he praised entrepreneurial effort, saying "it has...
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US Magazine
| 5 months ago
President Barack Obama speaks after being sworn in during the presidential inauguration on the West Front of the U.S...Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images President Obama 's inauguration speech on Monday, Jan. 21, touched upon a number of heavy-...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 5 months ago
Font Resize Mercury News Editorial For too long, President Barack Obama has allowed opponents to cloak their politics in the language of our founders, as if their ideas alone were aligned with the principles of freedom enshrined in the Declaration of...
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MarketWatch
| 5 months ago
President Barack Obama on Monday used his inaugural address to put Republicans on notice that he'll fight for robust entitlement programs and against climate change, digging in ahead of what will prove to be a blistering fight over U.S. government...
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The Dish Rag
| 5 months ago
Monday (Jan. 21), while also looking ahead to the challenges of his second term...The patriots of 1776 did not fight to replace the tyranny of a king with the privileges of a few or the rule of a mob. They gave to us a republic, a government of, and...
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BBC
| 5 months ago
Barack Obama has told the American people to "seize the moment", in a speech in Washington DC inaugurating his second term as US president. After taking the oath of office, he said America's possibilities were limitless as it emerged from a decade of...
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The New York Observer
| 5 months ago
Moments before President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden put their hands on the Bible to take the oath of office, Republican Senator Lamar Alexander took the podium to introduce them by quoting Alex Haley, the author of Roots: The Saga of...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 5 months ago
Barack Obama's first inaugural was so memorable because of its historical significance: The first American of African ancestry was becoming president of the United States. As a piece of oratory, it is not considered one of the finest presidential...
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GMA News
| 5 months ago
Four years after making history by becoming the first African-American president, Barack Obama will kick off his second term on Monday with a scaled-back inauguration that reflects the tempered expectations for his next four years in office.
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The Globe & Mail
| 5 months ago
President Barack Obama takes questions from reporters during a news conference at the White House in Washington, January 14, 2013. Video Reuters Video Video Here is your guide to keep up with the day's events. Getting the oath right Believe it or...
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News 24
| 5 months ago
President Barack Obama will urge his divided nation to unite around common values on Monday, launching his second term with a plea for ideological foes to unpick America's ugly political deadlock. Obama, sworn in for four more years in a private...
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Associated Press
| 5 months ago
President Barack Obama has prepared a second inaugural address that broadly lays out his vision for the country's future, setting the stage for looming debates over taxes, guns, immigration and other issues while leaving the details for another day.
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Aim Jefferson
| 5 months ago
The one Barack Obama has in mind will drive most everything he tries to do in the next four years: ensuring that America is a place where anyone can make it. There is no moonshot here, no call to end tyranny in our time. What Obama wants written in...
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The Guardian
| 5 months ago
Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images America will on Monday witness its quadrennial act of political alchemy. The base metal of a previously partisan candidate is transformed by the incantation of a few, solemn words into gold, becoming not just a head of...
