Before the partisan outrage machines rev their engines for a noisy fight about Obama’s alleged “high crimes and misdemeanors,” some context might be in order.
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On 50th ‘Dream’ Anniversary, Obama Seeks MLK Moment
A President who has more often avoided talk of race prepares to step into Martin Luther King Jr.’s shadow
Obama’s Presser: Doing the Dishes, the GOP’s Holy Grail and the “Whole Elephant” of NSA Spying
A punchy president gets metaphorical on snooping, Snowden, Obamacare and more
President Obama Visits Leno
In a wide-ranging interview, President Obama talks about the Affordable Care Act, the Trayvon Martin case, Edward Snowden, and more on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
The Brag Is Back: Obama Touts Record as Budget Battle Looms
With a fiscal showdown on the horizon, the President and his allies are hoping to steer the debate away from more cuts by talking up their accomplishments.
Obama Then And Now: Eight Years Later, the Speech is the Same
President Barack Obama delivered what aides billed as a major economic address at Knox College Wednesday. It was a speech written to recall his first economic policy speech on the national stage at the small Illinois liberal …
With More Deadlock Ahead, Obama Condemns Republicans In Economic Speech
With his agenda stalled and his approval ratings dropping, Obama returned Wednesday to the economic message on income inequality that got him reelected, without offering any new plan of how he would get it done.
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Obama Speaks: “Trayvon Martin Could Have Been Me 35 Years Ago”
President Barack Obama addressed the state of race relations in America, less than a week after George Zimmerman was acquitted Saturday on self defense grounds for killing the unarmed black 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
WATCH: President Obama’s Remarks on the Trayvon Martin Case
“You know, when Trayvon Martin was first shot, I said that this could have been my son. Another way of saying that is Trayvon Martin could have been me, 35 years ago.”
As Faith In Government Falls, Obama Tries To Spin A Positive Storyline
After months on the defensive over IRS targeting and NSA surveillance programs, President Barack Obama is trying to put the scandals behind him while attempting to restore trust in the federal government and his own management …
President Obama’s Fourth of July Remarks
“On July 4th, 1776, a small band of patriots declared that we were a people created equal…”
Obama “Deeply Concerned” By Egyptian Military Takeover, Orders Review Of Aid
Stopping short of calling it a “coup,” Obama calls for swift return to a democratically elected civilian government.
Obama’s Long-Awaited Trip to Africa
In his first trip to Africa since reelection, President Obama visits Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania to promote democracy and the continent as a growing market for U.S. businesses.