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							<title><![CDATA[Obama in First Presidential Podcast: US Not Cured of Racism]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nedra Pickler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said the United States has not overcome its history of racism and is using the N-word to make his case.
In an interview, Obama weighed in on the debate over race and guns that has erupted after the arrest of a white man for the racially motivated...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama: U.S. Lacks 'Complete Strategy' for Fighting ISIS]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nedra Pickler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[ELMAU, Germany (AP) -- The United States does not yet have a "complete strategy" for training Iraqi forces to fight Islamic State militants, President Barack Obama said Monday amid signs of weakness in Iraq's military.
Obama said the Pentagon was reviewing plans to ramp up training and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Bans Military-Style Equipment Provided to Police]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nedra Pickler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a surprise announcement coming nine months after police in riot gear dispelled racially charged protests, President Barack Obama is banning the federal government from providing some military-style equipment to local departments and putting stricter controls on...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama: Racial Bias in Ferguson Police Department Not Isolated]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/03/06/obama_racial_bias_in_ferguson_police_department_not_isolated_125852.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nedra Pickler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said the type of racial discrimination found in Ferguson, Missouri, is not unique to that police department, and he cast law enforcement reform as a chief struggle for today's civil rights movement.
Obama said improving civil rights and civil...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Open to Changes to Military Authority to Fight ISIS]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nedra Pickler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is open to negotiating with Congress on his request for new authorization for military force against Islamic State militants, including his proposed three-year time limit on U.S. military action and the use of American troops, according to the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Condemns Those Who Seek to &quot;Hijack Religion&quot;]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nedra Pickler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Thursday condemned those who seek to use religion as a rationale for carrying out violence around the world, declaring that "no god condones terror."
"We are summoned to push back against those who would distort our religion for their...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama to GOP: &quot;Stop Just Hating All the Time&quot;]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/07/30/obama_to_gop_stop_just_hating_all_the_time_123506.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nedra Pickler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Pointing the finger at Republicans for congressional inaction, President Barack Obama chided lawmakers Wednesday for spending the waning days before their month-long summer break trying to sue him rather than addressing economic issues that could boost the middle...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jay Carney to Step Down as White House Press Secretary]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/05/30/jay_carney_to_step_down_as_white_house_press_secretary_122808.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nedra Pickler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama disclosed he's losing his chief spokesman on the same day that the president came to the White House briefing room to personally announce the resignation of his Veterans Affairs secretary.
It was a Friday not quite like any other recently.
Press...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Troubled by Botched Oklahoma Execution]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/05/03/obama_troubled_by_botched_oklahoma_execution_122515.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nedra Pickler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Friday called the botched execution of an Oklahoma inmate "deeply troubling" and announced that he's going to ask the attorney general to analyze problems surrounding the application of the death penalty in the United States.
In his first...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden in Ukraine to Show Support as Tensions Rise]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/04/21/biden_in_ukraine_to_show_support_as_tensions_rise_122352.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nedra Pickler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden on Monday launched a high-profile visit to demonstrate the U.S. commitment to Ukraine and push for urgent implementation of an international agreement aimed at de-escalating tensions even as violence continues.
Biden planned to meet Tuesday...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama, Republicans Compete for Support Among Women]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/04/14/obama_republicans_compete_for_support_among_women_122270.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nedra Pickler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- After months on the defensive over his health law, a more combative President Barack Obama has emerged to fight about gender politics, leading to an election-year competition with Republicans for support from women.
No single group will be more important to Democrats'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Commission Encourages Early Vote Expansion]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/01/22/obama_commission_encourages_early_vote_expansion_121320.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nedra Pickler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Responding to frustratingly long lines in the last national election, a presidential commission on Wednesday encouraged expansion of early voting and said no American should have to wait more than half an hour to cast a ballot.
The Presidential Commission on Election...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Commutes Sentences for 8 Drug Convictions]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/12/20/obama_commutes_sentences_for_8_drug_convictions_121021.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nedra Pickler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Thursday commuted the sentences of eight people he said were serving unduly harsh drug sentences in the most expansive use yet of his power to free inmates.
All eight were sentenced under old federal guidelines that treated convictions for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[First Lady Joins President's Push on Health Care]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/12/19/first_lady_joins_presidents_push_on_health_care_121011.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nedra Pickler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- First lady Michelle Obama is suggesting a different kind of Christmas present for moms to give this year - a family discussion on health insurance.
The first lady joked it could be a new holiday tradition as the president enlisted his popular wife to help get young...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Proposes &quot;Grand Bargain&quot; for Jobs]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/07/30/obama_proposes_grand_bargain_for_jobs_119419.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is extending a new proposal to Republicans that he hopes will break the political gridlock on budget negotiations, offering to cut corporate tax rates in exchange for job investments.
White House officials say just because they're at an impasse...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Extols Health Care Law Amid Public Doubts]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nedra Pickler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Facing public doubts and embarrassing setbacks to his signature health care law, President Barack Obama stepped forward Thursday to extol the program's benefits, emphasizing that some Americans already are receiving insurance rebates and lower premiums.
Obama said the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama, Congressional Black Caucus Meet at White House]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/07/10/obama_congressional_black_caucus_meet_at_white_house_119157.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nedra Pickler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Congressional Black Caucus is expressing no hard feelings toward President Barack Obama despite a two-year gap in meetings with the nation's first African-American president.
The president invited the 43-member caucus to the White House on Tuesday for a 90-minute...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Calls Embattles Egyptian President Morsi]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/07/02/obama_calls_embattles_egyptian_president_morsi_119058.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nedra Pickler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) -- President Barack Obama is encouraging embattled Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi (MOHR'-see) to respond to concerns being voiced by throngs of protesters seeking his removal from office.
The White House confirmed in a statement Tuesday that Obama called...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Nominating Comey as FBI Director]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/06/21/obama_nominating_comey_as_fbi_director_118910.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nedra Pickler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has chosen a former George W. Bush administration official best known for a dramatic hospital bedside standoff against a warrantless wiretapping program to head the FBI for the next decade.
White House officials are hoping that James Comey's...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Calls for End to Mental Illness Stigma]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/06/04/obama_calls_for_end_to_mental_illness_stigma_118678.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nedra Pickler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Monday that he wants to end the stigma of mental illness and enrolled the star power of actors Bradley Cooper and Glenn Close at a White House conference organized in response to the December shootings at a Connecticut elementary school.
The...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Petraeus Email Objected to Benghazi Talking Points]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/05/15/petraeus_email_objected_to_benghazi_talking_points_118434.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nedra Pickler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) - Then CIA-Director David Petraeus objected to the final talking points that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice used five days after the deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, because he wanted to see more detail publicly released, including a warning issued...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gitmo Closure Elusive, Obama Looks at Other Steps]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/05/02/gitmo_closure_elusive_obama_looks_at_other_steps_118219.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nedra Pickler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Despite President Barack Obama's new vow, closing the Guantanamo Bay prison is still a tough sell in Congress. So the White House may look instead toward smaller steps like transferring some terror suspects back overseas.
Shutting down the prison at the U.S. naval base...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Taking Executive Action on Guns]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/04/19/obama_taking_executive_action_on_guns_118044.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nedra Pickler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Blocked by Congress from expanding gun sale background checks, President Barack Obama is turning to actions within his own power to keep people from buying a gun who are prohibited for mental health reasons.
Federal law bans certain mentally ill people from purchasing...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Attempting to Change Face and Ideology of the Judiciary]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/02/15/obama_attempting_to_change_face_of_the_judiciary_117038.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nedra Pickler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; President Barack Obama is trying to change the face of a federal judiciary that has a long tradition of white men passing judgment on parties from all walks of life &mdash; if he can get his nominees past the Senate.
Republicans have used the powers accorded the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Army Vet Receives Medal of Honor for Afghan Fight]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/02/11/army_vet_receives_medal_of_honor_for_afghan_fight_116979.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nedra Pickler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- A veteran who helped "defend the indefensible" at a vulnerable Army outpost in Afghanistan received the nation's highest award for military valor Monday at a tearful White House ceremony that also honored the eight men who did not survive a Taliban attack.
President...]]></description>
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