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Daily News & Analysis
| 3 months ago
President Barack Obama acknowledged on Friday that he wished his father had been a bigger part of his life as he argued that stronger families are just as important as gun control in reducing crime and violence in poverty-stricken neighborhoods...To...
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Chicago Tribune
| 3 months ago
The president didn't delve into his specific call for an assault weapons ban and other gun control measures, instead choosing to illustrate Chicago's plight by comparing it to the December elementary school massacre in Newtown, Conn., where 20...
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Chicago-Sun Times
| 3 months ago
Staff Reporter bschlikerman@suntimes.com February 15, 2013 3:35PM 24417804 Updated: February 15, 2013 10:07PM President Barack Obama came to Chicago Friday to push for solutions to the city's epidemic of violence, saying the steady flow of murders...
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Washington Post
| 3 months ago
The proposals, delivered to an ebullient, mostly African-American audience, included a sharp warning that for the country's students to thrive, gun violence must decline in neighborhoods such as the one surrounding this school of about 1,800 students...
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SF Gate
| 3 months ago
President Barack Obama's support for gun control has its roots in a hometown plagued by deadly shootings a city, he said Friday, where as many children die from guns every four months as were slaughtered at Sandy Hook school in Connecticut. Obama...
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United Press International
| 3 months ago
President Barack Obama addresses students and invited guests at Hyde Park Academy in Chicago on February 15, 2013. Obama returned to his hometown today to address the gun violence that has plagued Chicago and suggested in his address to students and...
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CNN
| 3 months ago
Watch AC360º live from Chicago with Chris Cuomo anchoring at 8 p.m. ET Friday. (CNN) -- In a city notorious for gun violence, President Barack Obama will continue his push for tougher laws on Friday amid questions about whether a key proposal to ban...
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Democracy Now
| 3 months ago
New Election Commission Needed to Address Voter Suppression, Attacks on Voting Rights Javascript is required to watch video inline on this page. You can choose another option on the listen/watch page if you prefer. download: During his State of the...
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Teaneck Suburbanite
| 3 months ago
Separated by nearly a century, these two individuals were joined together in President Obama's State of the Union speech...She was shot dead two weeks ago in a Chicago park, a mile from Obama's home...The president's speech covered familiar State of...
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Star Tribune
| 3 months ago
President Barack Obama was wrapping up his post-State of the Union tour by talking about how government can build "ladders of opportunity" into the middle class. During remarks Friday at Hyde Park Academy in Chicago, his hometown, Obama was to...
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National Public Radio
| 3 months ago
Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton was leading a meeting at work last month when she got a phone call any mother would call horrific. Her 15-year-old daughter, Hadiya Pendleton, had been shot while with friends on Chicago's South Side. "I went into temporary...
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Arizona Daily Sun
| 3 months ago
The Associated Press The Associated Press 1 hour ago President Barack Obama's post-State of the Union speech in Chicago will be at a high school on the city's South Side. The White House says Obama will speak Friday afternoon at Hyde Park Academy.
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BBC
| 3 months ago
Obama takes speech's message on tour Republicans said immigration reform was the only part of Obama's agenda that seemed likely to succeed in Congress US President Obama is visiting three US states to rally support for an increase in the minimum wage...
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BusinessInsider
| 3 months ago
At tonight's State of the Union address, Michelle Obama will be joined by 102-year-old Desiline Victor , who, like many in Florida and elsewhere, waited hours to vote on Election Day...Though new research on states' performance in the November...
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Newsbusters
| 3 months ago
President Obama's State of the Union speech was covered by the New York Times ' Mark Landler: " Obama Vows Push To Lift Economy For Middle Class ." Landler, a master spinner for the president, marked the Supreme Court upholding Obama-care in...
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The Christian Science Monitor
| 3 months ago
A suspect in the shooting of 15-year old Hadiya Pendleton, who participated in Obama's inauguration, was on probation for a gun-related charge...Chicago In his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Obama mentioned 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton,...
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Community News
| 3 months ago
All the chairs had name tags except the ones to her immediate right and left. It was only after the nation's senators filed in that she got her answer, along with the surprise of a lifetime. Michelle Obama and Jill Biden took their seats, flanking...
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Guardian Unlimited
| 3 months ago
Washington Obama speaks as he Linamar Corporation in Arden, North Carolina, the day after delivering his State of the Union address. Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AP Barack Obama has embarked on an effort to rally grassroots support for his ambitious...
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KION
| 3 months ago
As promised, in the first State of the Union address of his second term, President Obama made a full-on pitch for measures aimed at promoting the nation's vast economic middle -- and those aspiring to get there. The president called for a substantial...
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The Christian Science Monitor
| 3 months ago
The effectiveness of his proposals have been the subject of heated debate. But both sides are missing the larger question: Does Congress even have the right to regulate or ban guns?...Gun control has become one of the preeminent battles of 2013.
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New Statesman
| 3 months ago
Chu is a scholarly man, an eminent scientist who won a Nobel prize in physics for his work in atomic cooling and trapping, and he is only the second Chinese-American to serve in the cabinet. From his bunker, he watched a State of the Union that was...
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The New York Times
| 3 months ago
Archive Recent Posts February 13 Senator Marco Rubio's big nationally televised moment has been eclipsed Tuesday by his simple decision to take a sip of water during his speech, an act that either made him look human or not ready for prime time,...
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Showbizspy
| 3 months ago
Michelle, 49, suspects that President Barack Obama has the hots for Kerry, 35. Kerry's desire to portray Michelle on film has sent the first lady over the edge. Its' the final insult, a source close to Michelle told American tabloid the National...
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The independent
| 3 months ago
Suggested Topics Is it possible that Barack Obama might yet wring something big from Congress on gun control? Anyone who has spent any time beyond the liberal bounds of the east and west coasts knows how madly most Americans cling to their Glocks...
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All Africa
| 3 months ago
Washington President Obama, in a nationally televised address to the American people, pledged to gradually withdraw 34,000 troops from Afghanistan over the next year, further reduce the U.S. nuclear arsenal, and launch a revamped immigration system.
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US Magazine
| 3 months ago
Michelle Obama did not blend into the conservatively-clad crowd inside the United States House of Representatives Chamber in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday (Feb. 12), where President Barack Obama delivered his first State of the Union address since his...
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The Boston Globe
| 3 months ago
President Obama urged a divided Congress in his State of the Union address on Tuesday night to approve new policies to fix a slow-moving economy, overhaul the nation's immigration system, and tighten gun laws. Seeking to capitalize on momentum from...
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Star Tribune
| 3 months ago
President Barack Obama is kicking off three days of travel to rally support for the job-creation and economic proposals he unveiled in his State of the Union address. Obama will launch the effort Wednesday in Asheville, N.C., with a visit to Linamar...
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NY Daily News
| 3 months ago
President Obama targets new gun control laws in State of the Union speech The prez called on Congress to act, evoking Aurora, Colo., Sandy Hook Elementary and former congresswoman Gabby Giffords as reasons to put new legislation to a vote. Obama also...
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The Hindu
| 3 months ago
February 13, 2013 Delivering his fourth State of the Union address to the U.S. Congress President Barack Obama once again hinted at a strong liberal agenda for his second term, promising that he would enact reform to raise revenue from taxation of...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 3 months ago
It was a speech long on rhetoric, with dramatic moments and long dry stretches. Here are ten memorable moments from President Barack Obama's State of the Union address: 1. High drama: The pervasive presence of gun violence victims President Obama...
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Chicago Tribune
| 3 months ago
Just three weeks ago, she was here, in Washington, with her classmates, performing for her country at my inauguration," he said. "A week later, she was shot and killed in a Chicago park after school, just a mile away from my house." Hadiya's parents,...
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Chicago Tribune
| 3 months ago
President Barack Obama plans to talk about helping struggling families make their way into the middle class during a trip to the Chicago area Friday, when he also will touch on the wide-ranging approach he thinks the country should take to fighting...
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Asian Tribune
| 3 months ago
44 editor President Barak Obama looked homeward in his State of the Union address as a non-compliant Republican House demanded lowering government spending. He announced a fifty percent cut in US troops-34,000 in all-signaling the virtual end of...
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The Independent
| 3 months ago
Together, we have cleared away the rubble of crisis, and can say with renewed confidence that the state of our union is stronger, he insisted. In a speech that was dominated by domestic concerns and above all with boosting the economic recovery and...
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SF Gate
| 3 months ago
Painful memories of the Newtown, Conn., massacre loomed over President Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night. A Newtown audience of honored guests sat high in the gallery, looking down on Congress as Obama urged the lawmakers to enact new...
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Washington Post
| 3 months ago
The Washington Post At the final debate of the 2012 presidential campaign, President Obama was clear about the budget sequester: It will not happen, he said. But in the first State of the Union address of his second term, Obama was far less...
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The Guardian
| 3 months ago
New York President Barack Obama gives his state of the union address during a joint session of Congress. Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AP Barack Obama has ordered the creation of a non-partisan commission on voting rights in the US in an attempt to...
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Boston Globe
| 3 months ago
Musician Ted Nugent , bottom right, attended as a guest of US Representative Steve Stockman, a Texas Republican. President Obama delivered the first State of the Union address of his second term on Feb. 12...Musician Ted Nugent , bottom right,...
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Chicago-Sun Times
| 3 months ago
President Barack Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night reached a dramatic climax as he pushed members to vote on gun reforms, singling out our nation's recent tragedies of violence including the slaying of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton just...
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Seattle Times
| 3 months ago
Her resolve to cast a ballot became a symbol of early voting obstacles in the presidential election.
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The Hill
| 3 months ago
Obama called for raising the nation's minimum wage to $9 from $7.25 and said Congress should avert the $85 billion sequester his administration argues would hamper the economy and interrupt important government programs. These sudden, harsh,...
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The Globe & Mail
| 3 months ago
Video Nik on the numbers President Barack Obama kisses first lady Michelle Obama during their dance at the Commander-in-Chief Inaugural Ball. AP gallery But he acknowledged that millions of Americans still cannot find work, adding that wages and...
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The Age
| 3 months ago
Ted Nugent ... has referred to Barack Obama as an enemy of the US. One way to get an idea of just how divided these United States are is to have a quick glance at the guest list for the State of the Union speech. Among those invited by the First Lady...
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The Hill
| 3 months ago
Obama will seek to align his administration with the middle class, and argue that his policies on taxes, spending, immigration and other issues will help restore a meritocratic America. The president will also build on the themes of his second...
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NY Daily News
| 3 months ago
Before being named CEO in August 2011, Tim was Apple's Chief Operating Officer and was responsible for all of the company's worldwide sales and operations, including end-to-end management of Apple's supply chain, sales activities, and service and...
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Star Tribune
| 3 months ago
A police lieutenant wounded last summer during a deadly mass shooting at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., is among two dozen guests the White House has invited to sit with the first lady during President Barack Obama's State of the Union address...
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National Public Radio
| 3 months ago
It's safe to say those will themes in Tuesday night's State of the Union address, based on the list the White House has released of the guests who will be sitting with first lady Michelle Obama in the House gallery. Such guests, and the reasons they'...
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Miami Herald
| 3 months ago
Former Vice President Dick Cheney says the Obama administration's policy of targeting terrorists abroad with unmanned drone strikes is "a good policy," even though he disagrees with most of President Barack Obama's views on national security. The...
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Miami Herald
| 3 months ago
A delicate centenarian from Florida will sit with first lady Michelle Obama during Tuesday's State of the Union, symbolizing the ferocity and determination of a voter and giving testament to problems with America's voting system. Republicans intend...
