The White House on Wednesday morning released the president’s long form birth certificate in an attempt to put “birther” questions to rest. “The President believed the distraction over his birth certificate wasn’t good for the country. It may have been good politics and good T.V., but it was bad for the American people and...
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President Barack Obama was accidentally elbowed in the face while playing basketball. First word of the injury came in a statement from press secretary Robert Gibbs nearly three hours after the incident. The White House did not initially name the person who caused the injury, but identified him later Friday as Rey Decerega, director...
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U.S. President Barack Obama struck a defiant tone in the first speech of his trip to India, saying Saturday that his stay at the Mumbai hotel attacked by terrorists two years ago is “absolutely” intended to send a message. “We visit here to send a very clear message that, in our determination to give...
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Keith Hennessey, a top economic advisor in the Bush administration, had a front-row seat when the global financial crisis first hit. He joined the White House in 2002 and had the dubious luck of becoming director of the National Economic Council in November 2007 — just in time to watch Lehman Brothers collapse and...
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WASHINGTON (AP) —Family and friends of Judge Sonia Sotomayor are gathering at the Supreme Court to see her sworn in as the court’s first Hispanic justice. The court will have its own welcoming ceremony for Sotomayor next month, and President Barack Obama is having a White House reception for her on Wednesday.
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