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Obama plans second Oval Office address
The Swampby Mike Memoli and Peter Nicholas President Obama will mark the end of America's combat mission in Iraq August 31 with a prime-time address from the Oval Office, the White House confirmed today. It would be the president's second address......Tags: John Brennan, Iraq, White House, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010), Emergency Incidents
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Rice: Israeli growth saps peace bid
The SwampPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Condoleezza Rice arrive at a press conference at Abbas' headquarters on Sunday in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) By Joel Greenberg JERUSALEM -- On her sixth Middle East trip...Tags: Peace Negotiations, Ehud Barak, Corruption, Politics, Condoleezza Rice
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Obama visits Israel, Palestine
The Swampby Mike Dorning SDEROT, Israel--Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama came Wednesday to an Israeli town that has been rocketed repeatedly by Palestinian militants to assure Israelis--and, crucially, Jewish voters in the United States--of his...Tags: Ehud Barak, John McCain, Building Material, Politics, Political Candidates
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Russia, U.S launch a war of words
The Swampby Bay Fang Just when many believed the crisis in the Caucasus had been averted, tensions between Moscow and Washington are cranking up again. As Moscow formally recognized the independence of the breakaway territories at the center of its war......Tags: Condoleezza Rice, United Nations, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Middle East 'peace:' Missiles and F-16s
The Swampby Mark Silva Doves were supposed to be flying at year's end in Israel, where leaders of the Israelis and Palestinians had joined President George W. Bush in making a dubious commitment to a framework for a peaceful, two-state solution......Tags: Annapolis, Ehud Barak, Heads of State, Hawaii, Terrorism
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Obama: The first release (Updated)
Spin CycleThe first release from the Obama WH press secretary Robert Gibbs: "At 8:35 AM, the President arrived in the Oval Office and spent 10 minutes alone in the office. He read the note left to him by President Bush that......Tags: United States, Rahm Emanuel, Gaza Crisis (2008), National Government, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Obama's early national security agenda
The Swampby Julian E. Barnes President Obama will discuss U.S. military involvement in Iraq with his senior national security team this afternoon, a critical first meeting as the new administration reshapes the Pentagon's war strategy. "Running up to the...Tags: U.S. Military, Heads of State, National Security, Robert Gates, Politics
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Obama's Muslim outreach: Overtures
The Swampby Mike Dorning Sending a signal to Muslims around the world, the White House this week passed over the politically influential American networks in favor of an Arab satellite channel, Al Arabiya, to air the first televised interview with Barack......Tags: John McCain, Prisons, Human Rights, University of Maryland, College Park, Politics
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Obama's Middle East talks: May 18-28
The Swampby Mark Silva It's President Barack Obama's turn at the bargaining table with the leaders of the Middle East: With the president calling on long-divided parties to recommit to talks about a "two-state solution'' for Israelis and Palestinians. The White......Tags: White House, United States, Hosni Mubarak, Heads of State, Politics
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Obama, Netanyahu: Peace talks resume
The Swampby Paul Richter Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today that he wants to resume peace negotiations with Palestinian leaders immediately, but stopped short of embracing a fully sovereign Palestinian state, as the Obama administration has...Tags: White House, Peace Negotiations, Hosni Mubarak, Politics, Diplomacy
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Iran's missile launch: Obama's answer?
The Swampby Mark Silva Is this Iran's response to President Barack Obama's call for a positive response to U.S. overtures for negotiations by the end of this year? Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he has test-fired a new advanced missile with......Tags: Heads of State, Missile Systems, Foreign Aid, Politics, Defense
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Obama and Abbas: Getting 'back on track'
The Swampby Mark Silva "We need to get this thing back on track,'' President Barack Obama said of the side-tracked peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians. This, after a meeting in the Oval Office this afternoon between Obama and Mahmoud Abbas,......Tags: White House, Peace Negotiations, Gaza Crisis (2008), Politics, Diplomacy
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