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Obama urges Congress to move quickly on...

Obama urges Congress to move quickly on stalled jobs bill, criticizes partisan minority.

Obama administration to provide $3B in housing aid

The Obama administration is providing $3 billion to unemployed homeowners facing foreclosure in the nation's toughest job markets.

Obama Touts Medicare Benefits From Reform

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WASHINGTON - Associated Press - August 9, 2010, Wash. (AP)- President Barack Obama says Medicare will exist for many more years, thanks to new legislation that helped put the health care program for America's seniors on stronger financial footing.

Obama urges Congress to help small businesses

President Barack Obama is again urging Congress to send him a package of tax breaks and other incentives to help small businesses grow and create jobs.

Text of Obama's remarks on the nomination of Kagan

By The Associated Press Text of President Barack Obama on Monday in announcing Solicitor General Elena Kagan as his nominee to the Supreme Court, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions.

Obama says administration doing 'everything necessary' to respond to Gulf oil spill

Obama says administration doing 'everything necessary' to respond to Gulf oil spill.

Obama's asteroid goal: tougher, riskier than moon

Landing a man on the moon was a towering achievement. Now the president has given NASA an even harder job, one with a certain Hollywood quality: sending astronauts to an asteroid, a giant speeding rock, just 15 years from...

Obama renews backing of earthquake-stricken Haiti

President Barack Obama on Wednesday renewed America's commitment to the recovery and reconstruction of earthquake-devastated Haiti, telling visiting President Rene Preval he knows the crisis has not passed.

Obama outlines middle class assistance package

By DAVID PITT AP Personal Finance Writer Paying for child care, saving for college, and caring for a parent can weigh heavily on a struggling family's budget. In an effort to convince the nation he understands...

Obama budget increases Hanford spending

Associated Press - February 2, 2010 11:15 AM ET TRI-CITIES, Wash. (AP) - The Hanford nuclear reservation budget for next year would increase by $22 million from the current budget to about $2.1...

Obama urges reforms in schools, colleges

As he prepares to ask Congress for billions of dollars in new spending for education, President Barack Obama is urging the spread of school reforms across the country. He says a student's success can't depend on where he or...

Obama: US taking swift action to help Haiti

President Barack Obama says that the U.S. is taking swift action to provide food, water and lifesaving equipment to Haiti and that he won't put up with excuses from any American officials who do less than their best to help...

Obama to address House Democrats _ and later, GOP

President Barack Obama plans to address an issues retreat of House Democrats this week, but will also speak later to House Republicans in a fresh gesture of bipartisanship.

Obama to discuss plans to thwart terrorist attacks

President Barack Obama prepared Tuesday to tell the public how he plans to thwart future terrorist attacks after an alleged terrorist attempt to destroy a Detroit-bound U.S. airliner on Christmas Day.

New Obama plans: 'spend our way out' of downturn

President Barack Obama outlined new multibillion-dollar stimulus and jobs proposals Tuesday, saying the nation must continue to "spend our way out of this recession" until more Americans are back at work.

White House says uninvited dinner couple met Obama

A White House official says the Virginia couple who attended a state dinner without an invitation met President Barack Obama in the receiving line.

Obama's first pardon: A turkey named 'Courage'

After 10 months in office, President Barack Obama granted his first pardon Wednesday to "Courage," a 45-pound turkey spared from the Thanksgiving table.

Obama promises 'due process' for Fort Hood...

Obama promises 'due process' for Fort Hood suspect while vowing crime must be punished.

Obama: Kennedy was greatest senator of our time Video included

A grieving President Barack Obama paid tribute to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy Wednesday, calling him a colleague, counselor and friend who etched his place in history as a "singular figure" on the American political landscape.

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Social Security to pay out more in 2010 than it takes in

Social Security intake from tax revenue will fall below program costs this year. In annual reports on the fiscal health of Social Security and Medicare, Obama administration cites 'work left to do.'

Obama: Key to success is improvement

President Barack Obama says one of the keys to success is constantly looking for ways to improve and not just accepting "the conventional wisdom."

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