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							<title><![CDATA[We Don't Have Time For These Phony Right-Wing Culture Wars]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/10/24/barack_obama_we_dont_have_time_to_waste_on_these_phony_right_wing_culture_wars.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>President Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Former President Barack Obama stumped Saturday evening in New Jersey for Gov. Phil Murphy, who is up for re-election next month: FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: These are serious times and we need serious people. We have too much to get done to be going backwards. Here we are trying to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[President Obama's Full Farewell Address: Constitution Is Just Piece of Parchment, the People Give It Power]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/01/10/watch_live_president_obamas_farewell_address.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>President Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s good to be home. My fellow Americans, Michelle and I have been so touched by all the well-wishes we'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve received over the past few weeks. But tonight it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s my turn to say thanks. Whether we'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve seen eye-to-eye or rarely agreed at all, my...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Now Is the Greatest Time to Be Alive]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wired.com/2016/10/president-obama-guest-edits-wired-essay/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>President Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WHEN WIRED ASKED me to guest-edit the November issue, I didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t hesitate. I know it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s the height of election season, and I happen to have a day job that keeps me pretty busy. But given the chance to immerse myself in the possibility of interplanetary travel or join a deep-dive...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Way Ahead: 4 Areas of Unfinished Business]]></title>
							<link>http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21708216-americas-president-writes-us-about-four-crucial-areas-unfinished-business-economic</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>President Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WHEREVER I go these days, at home or abroad, people ask me the same question: what is happening in the American political system? How has a country that has benefited'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'perhaps more than any other'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'from immigration, trade and technological innovation suddenly developed a strain of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Merrick Garland Deserves Vote--for Democracy's Sake]]></title>
							<link>https://www.google.com/search?q=Merrick+Garland+Deserves+a+Vote%E2%80%94For+Democracy%E2%80%99s+Sake&amp;oq=Merrick+Garland+Deserves+a+Vote%E2%80%94For+Democracy%E2%80%99s+Sake&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60.78j0j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>President Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Playing political football with a Supreme Court nomination erodes the rule of law and leaves major issues in limbo.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Medicine's Next Step]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/07/06/medicine-next-step/tPdgf4XfOHvUckHpTTbuvN/story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>President Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[HEALTH CARE is always personal. As science and technology have advanced, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s become possible to make it personalized as well, giving us the tools to better understand, prevent, and treat everyone'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s individual health needs.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' We wouldn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t buy a pair of glasses that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A World Without Nuclear Weapons]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/obama-how-we-can-make-our-vision-of-a-world-without-nuclear-weapons-a-reality/2016/03/30/3e156e2c-f693-11e5-9804-537defcc3cf6_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>President Barack Obama</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[We Must Rethink Solitary Confinement]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/barack-obama-why-we-must-rethink-solitary-confinement/2016/01/25/29a361f2-c384-11e5-8965-0607e0e265ce_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>President Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 2010, a 16-year-old named Kalief Browder from the Bronx was accused of stealing a backpack. He was sent to Rikers Island to await trial, where he reportedly endured unspeakable violence at the hands of inmates and guards '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and spent nearly two years in solitary confinement.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' In...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Guns Are Our Shared Responsibility]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/08/opinion/president-barack-obama-guns-are-our-shared-responsibility.html?ref=opinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>President Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The epidemic of gun violence in our country is a crisis. Gun deaths and injuries constitute one of the greatest threats to public health and to the safety of the American people. Every year, more than 30,000 Americans have their lives cut short by guns. Suicides. Domestic violence. Gang...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Trade Deal for Working Families]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-11-10/a-trade-deal-for-working-families</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>President Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As president, my top priority is to grow our economy and strengthen the middle class. When I took office, America was in the middle of the worst recession since the Great Depression -- but thanks to the hard work and resilience of the American people, our businesses have created 13.5...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Remarks for the Arrival of Pope Francis]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/09/23/remarks_for_the_arrival_of_pope_francis_128190.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>President Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Good morning! What a beautiful day the Lord has made! Holy Father, on behalf of Michelle and myself, welcome to the White House. Our backyard is not typically this crowded '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' but the size and spirit of today'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s gathering is just a small reflection of the deep devotion of some 70...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Diplomacy Can Prevent a Nuclear Iran]]></title>
							<link>http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150818-president-barack-obama-how-diplomacy-can-prevent-a-nuclear-iran.ece</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>President Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At the height of the Cold War, with Soviet warheads pointed at all of America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s major cities, President Kennedy rejected calls to hasten a confrontation many saw as inevitable. He argued instead that strong and principled American leadership was the surest path to a peace...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why U.S. Needs the Ex-Im Bank]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2015/06/30/president-obama-why-america-needs-export-import-bank/tiUXVEzaUOGAWz7p1asLzM/story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>President Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Monday, I started the work week off right, by signing two bipartisan trade bills into law. They'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ll help level the playing field for American workers and businesses, boost our economic ties with lower-income countries, and give our workers the job training and support they need to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Hard Day's Work Deserves a Fair Day's Pay]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/barack-obama/a-hard-days-work-deserves-a-fair-days-pay_b_7691922.html?ncid=edlinkushpmg00000090</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>President Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's been a good few days for America.On Thursday, the Supreme Court reaffirmed the Affordable Care Act. It is here to stay.And, Democrats and Republicans in Congress paved the way for the United States to rewrite the rules of global trade to benefit American workers and American...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Honoring the 50th Anniversary of Selma]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/03/08/honoring_the_50th_anniversary_of_selma_125864.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>President Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[(Ed. Note: The following is a transcript of President Obama's remarks at the 50th anniversary of the civil rights march in Selma, Alabama.)
It is a rare honor in this life to follow one of your heroes. And John Lewis is one of my heroes.
Now, I have to imagine that when a younger John...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Moving Forward on Immigration]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/opinion/op-ed/233585-moving-forward-to-fix-our-broken-immigration-system</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>President Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Our immigration system has been broken for decades. Our country deeply values fairness, but our immigration system has become unfair to businesses, workers and families alike.That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s something I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve been trying to change as president. We have focused on securing our borders, and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Our Fight Against Violent Extremism]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-obama-terrorism-conference-20150218-story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>President Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The United States has made significant gains against terrorism. We've decimated the core al Qaeda leadership, strengthened homeland security and worked to prevent another large-scale attack like 9/11.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Blueprint for Middle-Class Economics]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/barack-obama/obama-budget-middle-class-economics_b_6570948.html?1422544154</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>President Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[America's resurgence is real. With a growing economy, shrinking deficits, bustling industry, and booming energy production, we have risen from recession freer to write our own future than any other nation on Earth.Now we have to choose what we want that future to look like. Will we...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[State of the Union Address]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/01/20/2015_state_of_the_union_address_125327.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>President Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Remarks as Prepared for Delivery
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, my fellow Americans:
We are fifteen years into this new century. Fifteen years that dawned with terror touching our shores; that unfolded with a new generation fighting two long and costly wars; that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[MacDill Part of New Terror Fight]]></title>
							<link>http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/column-macdill-a-part-of-new-terror-fight/2198752</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>President Barack Obama</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Moral Obligation to Support Africa]]></title>
							<link>http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/08/05/235350/obama-we-have-a-moral-obligation.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>President Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Here'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a quick quiz. Which statement describes Africa today?_ Home to some of the fastest-growing economies in the world, it boasts a growing middle class that is expected to expand to more than a billion consumers in the coming decades.Read more here:...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Time to Give America a Raise]]></title>
							<link>http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2014/mar/30/time-give-america-raise/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>President Barack Obama</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Transcript of the State of the Union Address]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/01/28/transcript_of_the_state_of_the_union_address_121390.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>President Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As Prepared for Delivery
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, my fellow Americans:
Today in America, a teacher spent extra time with a student who needed it, and did her part to lift America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s graduation rate to its highest level in more than three decades.
An...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Congress Must Pass the ENDA]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/barack-obama/enda-congress_b_4209115.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>President Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Here in the United States, we're united by a fundamental principle: we're all created equal and every single American deserves to be treated equally in the eyes of the law. We believe that no matter who you are, if you work hard and play by the rules, you deserve the chance to follow...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Full Transcript: President Obama's Speech on Syria]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/09/10/full_transcript_president_obamas_speech_on_syria_119907.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>President Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[My fellow Americans, tonight I want to talk to you about Syria, why it matters and where we go from here. Over the past two years, what began as a series of peaceful protests against the repressive regime of Bashar al-Assad has turned into a brutal civil war. Over a hundred thousand...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trayvon Martin Could Have Been Me]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/07/19/obama_trayvon_martin_could_have_been_me_35_years_ago.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>President Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The reason I actually wanted to come out today is not to take questions, but to speak to an issue that obviously has gotten a lot of attention over the course of the last week, the issue of the Trayvon Martin ruling. I gave an -- a preliminary statement right after the ruling on Sunday,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Remarks on Trayvon Martin]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/07/19/remarks_on_trayvon_martin__119303.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>President Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama spoke unexpectedly Friday about the kiling of Trayvon Martin and 'Stand Your Ground' laws.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 

REPORTERS: Whoa!
Q: Hello.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s so -- that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s so disappointing, man. Jay, is this kind of -- the kind of respect that you get? (Laughter.)
Q: Wake...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Climate Change: The Cost of Inaction]]></title>
							<link>http://www.ocregister.com/articles/climate-514875-change-carbon.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>President Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, I unveiled a new national plan to confront climate change. It's a plan that will reduce carbon pollution to prevent the worst effects of climate change, prepare our country for the effects we can't stop, and lead the world in combating the growing threat of a changing...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[President Obama Announces Fiscal Year 2014 Budget]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>President Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Good morning, everybody. Please, please have a seat. Well, as President, my top priority is to do everything I can to reignite what I consider to be the true engine of the American economy: a rising, thriving middle class. That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s what I think about every day. That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s the driving...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[President Obama's Speech to the Israeli People]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/03/21/president_obamas_speech_to_the_israeli_people_117588.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>President Barack Obama</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Below is President Obama's speech to the Israeli people, delivered Thursday, March 21, 2013'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' at the Jerusalem Convention Center, as prepared for delivery:'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
Shalom. It is an honor to be here with you in Jerusalem, and I am so grateful for the welcome that I have received from the...]]></description>
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