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							<title><![CDATA[All Trump's Nonsense Is Just To Distract You]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/11/02/obama_mocks_republicans_you_got_a_flat_tire_dei_wife_left_you_dei.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Campaigning for Abigail Spanberger in Virginia on Saturday, former President Obama ripped the Trump administration and Republicans for "all the nonsense we see on the news every day."]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Government Constraints Needed To Reaffirm Facts]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/06/19/obama_distinguishing_between_fact_and_opinion_will_require_government_constraints_we_dont_want_a_diversity_of_facts.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Former President Barack Obama, in conversation with historian and author Heather Cox Richardson, at The Connecticut Forum on June 17, 2025.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We Got Complacent With Democracy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/04/04/obama_we_got_complacent_with_democracy_you_may_have_to_do_something_and_possibly_sacrifice_a_little_bit.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Former President Barack Obama criticized President Donald Trump's actions targeting law firms and universities Thursday, encouraging them to fight back.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Fights for Ordinary People While Trump Is Out for Himself]]></title>
							<link>https://x.com/barackobama/status/1806758633230709017?s=46&amp;t=-_2GpG8wfUWSVFbOLEmVNQ</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Bad debate nights happen. Trust me, I know. But this election is still a choice between someone who has fought for ordinary folks his entire life and someone who only cares about himself. Between someone who tells the truth;]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Thoughts on Israel and Gaza]]></title>
							<link>https://barackobama.medium.com/my-statement-on-israel-and-gaza-a6c397f09a30</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s been 17 days since Hamas launched its horrific attack against Israel, killing over 1,400 Israeli citizens, including defenseless women, children and the elderly. In the aftermath of such unspeakable brutality, the U.S. government and the American people have shared in the grief...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Follow John Lewis' Example and Fight for Our Democracy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2022/01/12/obama-senate-democrats-must-protect-democracy-majority-vote/9185565002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In an exclusive column, the former president urges the Senate and Americans to fight voting laws that restrict access and threaten our democracy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[End Racism &amp; Mysogyny That Fuels Mass Shootings]]></title>
							<link>https://barackobama.medium.com/enough-is-enough-a-once-in-a-century-pandemic-cannot-be-the-only-thing-that-slows-mass-shootings-7a074c43c093</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A once-in-a-century pandemic cannot be the only thing that slows mass shootings in America.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[I'm Not Yet Ready to Abandon the Possibility of America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/11/barack-obama-i-still-believe-america/617073/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I wrote my book for young people'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'as an invitation to bring about, through hard work, determination, and a big dose of imagination, an America that finally aligns with all that is best in us.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[My Fight to Reform America's Health Care System]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/11/02/barack-obama-new-book-excerpt-promised-land-obamacare</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[An excerpt from the President's new memoir, A Promised Land, on what it took to make Obamacare a reality.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How to Make This Moment a Turning Point for Real Change]]></title>
							<link>https://medium.com/@BarackObama/how-to-make-this-moment-the-turning-point-for-real-change-9fa209806067</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As millions of people across the country take to the streets and raise their voices in response to the killing of George Floyd and the ongoing problem of unequal justice, many people have reached out asking how we can sustain momentum to bring about real change.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Nelson Mandela Lecture]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-nelson-mandela-lecture-barack-obama-johannesburg</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On July 17th, former President Obama delivered the Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture, in Johannesburg, South Africa. The lecture came not long after Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s press conference with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki. The talk was Obama'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s most extensive reflection so far on the current...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Obstruction Is Undermining the Supreme Court]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/republican-obstruction-is-undermining-the-supreme-court-enough-is-enough_us_57f3cb16e4b0d0e1a9a9cfce?vbh2gldi</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This week, the Supreme Court returns to work. The Justices will hear important cases on issues ranging from the separation of church and state to intelle...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Transcript of President Obama's Speech on Immigration]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/11/20/transcript_of_president_obamas_speech_on_immigration_124724.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Remarks of President Barack ObamaAddress to the Nation on ImmigrationThe White HouseNovember 20, 2014
As Prepared for Delivery --
My fellow Americans, tonight, I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d like to talk with you about immigration.
For more than 200 years, our tradition of welcoming immigrants from around the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Renewed Alliance]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/obama-and-hollande-france-and-the-us-enjoy-a-renewed-alliance/2014/02/09/039ffd34-91af-11e3-b46a-5a3d0d2130da_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Today, American and French diplomats are preparing for talks with Iran that build on the agreement that has halted progress on and rolled back key elements of the Iranian nuclear program. French and American officials share information daily to combat terrorism around the world. Our...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Remarks at the Dedication of the Rosa Parks Statue in the Capitol]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/02/27/obamas_remarks_at_the_dedication_of_the_rosa_parks_statue_in_the_capitol_117213.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[United States Capitol
11:45 A.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Speaker, Leader Reid, Leader McConnell, Leader Pelosi, Assistant Leader Clyburn; to the friends and family of Rosa Parks; to the distinguished guests who are gathered here today.
This morning, we celebrate a seamstress, slight in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Sequester Speech in Newport News]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/02/26/obamas_sequester_speech_in_newport_news_117193.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Newport News ShipbuildingNewport News, Virginia
1:23 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Newport News! (Applause.) Well, it is good to see all of you here today.
I want to thank your CEO, Mike Petters, for showing me around. I usually don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t get a chance to hang out with nuclear...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Remarks on the Sequester]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/02/19/obamas_remarks_on_the_sequester_117087.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[10:50 A.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. (Applause.) Please have a seat. Well, welcome to the White House.
As I said in my State of the Union address last week, our top priority must be to do everything we can to grow the economy and create good, middle-class jobs....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Remarks on the Middle Class and the Economy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/02/15/obamas_remarks_on_the_middle_class_and_the_economy_117060.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[3:31 P.M. CST
THE PRESIDENT: Hey, Chicago! (Applause.) Hello, Chicago! Hello, everybody. Hello, Hyde Park! (Applause.) It is good to be home! It is good to be home. Everybody have a seat. You all relax. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s just me. You all know me. It is good to be back home.
A couple of people I...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Speech on Pre-K Education]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/02/14/obamas_speech_on_pre-k_education_117041.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Decatur Community Recreation CenterDecatur, Georgia
1:28 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! (Applause.) Well, it is great to be in Georgia! (Applause.) Great to be in Decatur! (Applause.)
I can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t imagine a more romantic way to spend Valentine'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Day -- (laughter) -- than...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Manufacturing Speech in Asheville]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/02/13/obamas_manufacturing_speech_in_asheville_117027.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Linamar CorporationAsheville, North Carolina
12:10 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! (Applause.) Hello, North Carolina! (Applause.) It is good to be back. I love coming to Asheville. (Applause.) Love coming to Asheville. Michelle and I always talk about how after this whole...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Awards the Medal of Honor to Staff Sgt. Clinton Romesha]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/02/11/obama_awards_the_medal_of_honor_to_staff_sgt_clinton_romesha_116994.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[1:40 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. And on behalf of Michelle and myself, welcome to the White House.
Every day at the White House we receive thousands of letters from folks all across America. And at night, upstairs in my study, I read a few. About three years ago, I received a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Speech to the House Democratic Retreat]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/02/07/obamas_speech_to_the_house_democratic_retreat_116965.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Lansdowne Resort
Leesburg, Virginia
12:49 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you! (Applause.) Thank you, everybody. Please have a seat. Xavier, thank you for that very gracious introduction and your outstanding leadership.
Let me begin by saying that I could not be happier that one of my most...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Nominates Sally Jewell For Interior Secretary]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/02/06/obama_nominates_sally_jewell_for_interior_secretary_116954.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[2:06 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Well, good afternoon, everybody.
Ken Salazar likes to say that the Department of the Interior is actually the Department of America. Other members of my Cabinet may not entirely agree with that statement, but you can see where he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s coming from. The...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Remarks on the Budget Sequester]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/02/05/obamas_remarks_on_the_budget_sequester_116940.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[James S. Brady Press Briefing Room
1:16 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody.
I wanted to say a few words about the looming deadlines and decisions that we face on our budget and on our deficit -- and these are decisions that will have real and lasting impacts on the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Gun Control Speech in Minnesota]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/02/04/obamas_gun_control_speech_in_minnesota_116930.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Special Operations CenterMinneapolis Police DepartmentMinneapolis, Minnesota
1:46 P.M. CST
THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. Please have a seat. Have a seat.
Well, it is good to be back in Minnesota. (Applause.) It is good to be back. Although I was commenting that they don't really have...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Immigration Speech in Las Vegas]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/01/29/obamas_immigration_speech_in_las_vegas_116855.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Del Sol High SchoolLas Vegas, Nevada
11:40 A.M. PST
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you! (Applause.) Thank you! Thank you so much. (Applause.) It is good to be back in Las Vegas! (Applause.) And it is good to be among so many good friends.
Let me start off by thanking everybody at Del Sol High...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Announces Denis McDonough as Chief of Staff]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/01/25/obama_announces_denis_mcdonough_as_chief_of_staff_116825.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[East Room
12:13 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody, and welcome to the announcement of one of the worst kept secrets in Washington. (Laughter.)
As President, I rely on an extraordinary team of men and women here at the White House every single day. And I rely on my Chief...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Announces SEC &amp; CFPB Nominations]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/01/24/obama_announces_sec__cfpb_nominations_116804.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[State Dining Room
2:38 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. Over the last four years, I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve talked about how shared prosperity -- from Wall Street to Main Street -- depends on smart, common-sense regulations that protect the vast majority of Americans from the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Remarks on the Passage of the Fiscal Cliff Deal]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/01/01/obamas_remarks_on_the_passage_of_the_fiscal_cliff_deal_116568.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[11:20 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Happy New Year, everybody.
AUDIENCE: Happy New Year, Mr. President.
THE PRESIDENT: A central promise of my campaign for President was to change the tax code that was too skewed towards the wealthy at the expense of working middle-class Americans. Tonight...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Speech on the Fiscal Cliff Negotiations]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[South Court AuditoriumEisenhower Executive Office Building
1:45 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! (Applause.) Thank you. Please, everybody have a seat. Well, good afternoon, everybody.
AUDIENCE: Good afternoon!
THE PRESIDENT: Welcome to the White House.
AUDIENCE: Thank...]]></description>
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