All posts tagged "barack obama"
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Waiting for Change
At the November 2007 Jefferson-Jackson Dinner in Des Moines, then-Senator Barack Obama invoked ''what Dr. King called 'the fierce urgency of now''' in urging support...
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Protest Coverage Cut Short [UPDATED]
Reporters expect to have occasional fights over access. It comes with the job. But, it's unlikely reporters expected the literal pushback they faced on Tuesday...
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Breaking Barriers
''If you screwed your eyes shut and imagined a judge for the Federal Circuit, you would have a hard time imagining anyone better than Ed...
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Obama Issues Hospital Directive
In a memorandum released by the White House on Thursday evening, President Barack Obama has directed Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius to...
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To Vote or Not to Vote
The White House this afternoon called a report claiming that the White House was telling House members not to hold a vote on repealing the...
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The White House Easter Egg Roll [video]
On Monday, April 5, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama held the 2010 White House Easter Egg Roll. Nearly 30,000 people were expected...
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Recess Appointment for Feldblum
On Saturday afternoon, March 27, the White House announced the recess appointments of 15 administration nominees, including openly lesbian Georgetown University Law Center professor Chai...
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Murphy's Law?
On Friday afternoon, March 19, a day before he was to be the keynote speaker at the 18th Annual National Dinner of the Servicemembers Legal...
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Feldblum on Hold
At least one senator has put a secret hold on the confirmation of openly gay law professor Chai Feldblum and four others to the Equal...
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Obama Health Care Proposal Leaves Out the Gay
President Obama released a new health care reform proposal Monday that he says incorporates work done in the House and Senate and adds ideas from...
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Obama Slams Ugandan Bill
President Barack Obama took the setting of the National Prayer Breakfast – an annual Washington event that has drawn criticism from several quarters this year...
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The Final Push
The decision of whether gays and lesbians should serve openly in the military strikes at the core of the integrity of the military itself. The...
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A Nation's Priorities
Noting that one in 10 Americans are without work and that millions will lose their health insurance this year, President Barack Obama gave his first...
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Ally Beats Enemy
It's been a year – just a year, mind you – that Barack Obama has served as 44th president of the U.S. He's the first...
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The Time Is Now
For 17 years, the ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' (DADT) law has been a major barrier on the road to equality for the 65,000 gay and...
