The President seems unsure when to salute at the July 24 Evening parade at the Marine Corps Barracks in Washington.
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The Health Care Push
In advance of Obama’s prime-time news conference tonight, here’s a look at where things stand.
Health Care: Obama Engages More Deeply
Is Barack Obama finally channeling LBJ to save his health reform initiative? As we’ve noted before, the President until now has stayed away from the nitty-gritty of the negotiations on Capitol Hill, largely because he wants to avoid the mistakes that the Clintons made in 1993, when they tried to dictate to Congress precisely how to …
1,000 Words
This one popped up a few days ago on our White House Photo Blog, but I must have missed it then. Better late than never…
At Tonight’s All-Star Game: A President In Pinstripes?
The All-Star game is baseball’s celebration of transcendent talent and league loyalty. For one game a year, fierce rivals suit up on the same team, and the fans get to root for the best players in the sport, not just their hometown stars. But tonight at the 2009 All-Star game in St. Louis, Barack Obama will take the mound to hurl the …
Obama’s Statement at Cape Coast Castle
The president and his family toured Cape Coast Castle Saturday, an historic departure point in Ghana for untold numbers of slaves bound for America and the Caribbean. After, Barack Obama gave a statement. Here is an excerpt:
As Americans, and as African Americans, obviously there’s a special sense that on the one hand this place was a
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Barack Obama’s Speech To Africa
UPDATE: After visiting Cape Coast Castle, a former departure point for slaves, Obama is now (5:15 p.m. Ghana time; 1:15 p.m. EST) set to lift off in a helicopter for the airport, and a final departure ceremony in Africa before flying home. My story on Obama’s speech to the Ghanaian parliament, meanwhile, has just been posted at TIME.com. …
The Scene in Ghana
So far, the massive crowds that the Secret Service feared woudl clog up the Barack Obama’s motorcade routes have not materialized, which is not to say that the nation of Ghana is not thrilled by the presidential visit. Hundreds at a time have gathered along the roads, before clogged neighborhoods and open fields where kids play shoeless …
G8+5+1+5+The Silly Silly Of Diplomatic Silliness
In another dispatch from L’Aquila, Italy, Jeff Israely and I have a new TIME.com piece about the waning importance of the G8+5+1+5, and silliest math equation in international diplomacy.
We have also posted a piece about the Silvio Berlusconi factor–what Jose Saramago calls the “Thing”–which lingers over the G8 (+etc.) proceedings.
The Papal Meaning For POTUS
President Obama is now a veteran of the gilded palace routine–the Kremlin, Buckingham, Quirinale, he’s been to them all. This afternoon he will visit another of the most elaborately-decorated buildings in the world, the Vatican, and according to his aides, he is particularly excited, but not for the architecture. “He recognizes that …
A Final Palin Post
I’m back from the Last Frontier with this week’s dead tree cover story on Sarah Palin, written with the very excellent editor-at-large David Von Drehle. I don’t think this will be the last we hear from the soon-to-be-former governor. To me, one of the most interesting aspects of the story is how vehemently the Palin camp blames Barack Obama.
The Crowds In Ghana
On Friday night, Barack Obama is set to become the third consecutive U.S. president to visit Ghana. The two other visits remain quite memorable. Back in 1998, hundreds of thousands had gathered to hear President Bill Clinton. Things became so unruly–one woman had to be saved from being trampled by the president himself–that the White …
Latest Column
On the need for Barack Obama to renew his domestic policy focus. This column could easily have been longer, and I know there will be some disagreement over the positions I favor. Here are a few notes and further explanations:
1. On the carbon tax and the inadequacy of cap-and-trade, here’s a terrific paper by Elaine Kamarck putting …