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Election Night in the Colbert Nation: the November 6 Live Taping of The Colbert Report

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Nov. 16, 2012   1 Comment  

Colbert election night crowd, featuring yours truly. (Credit twitter.com/comedycentral)

The faux-pundit oversees the “Re-Presidenting of America”

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Navy Seals being disciplined for role in Medal of Honor: Warfighter

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Nov. 8, 2012   Leave a Comment  

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Military advisers reportedly include members of Seal Team Six.

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Barack Obama sings “Call Me Maybe”

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June 5, 2012   Leave a Comment  

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Video of the week?

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How green is the state of our union?

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Feb. 12, 2012   Leave a Comment  

Obama's State of the Union address was, in the words of one prominent green leader, "a strong defense of the importance of clean energy to America’s long-term economic prosperity." (White House photo)

All-in-all, not a bad year

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Barack Obama has joined the Google+ community

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Nov. 27, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Will he make it popular?

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Axelrod says Republicans don’t understand “Occupy” protests

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Oct. 16, 2011   Leave a Comment  

David Axelrod, a senior adviser to President Barack Obama said Sunday that the Republicans seeking the presidential nomination don’t understand the reasons behind the “Occupy” protests that haves sprung up around the country, including Boston. Axelrod told ABC’s “This Week” that people “want a financial system that works on the level. They want to get [...]

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Full text of President Barack Obama’s LinkedIn Town Hall Q&A session

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Sept. 26, 2011   Leave a Comment  

Source: White House Press Office Our first question is from LinkedIn member Chuck Painter. And, Chuck we’re going to get you a mic – Q Good morning, Mr. President. THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Q I’m from Austin, Texas. I’ve been in sales in the plastics industry for 20 years. I lost my job in 2009 [...]

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Transcript of President Barack Obama’s remarks on passage of debt bill

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Aug. 2, 2011   Leave a Comment  

THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. Congress has now approved a compromise to reduce the deficit and avert a default that would have devastated our economy. It was a long and contentious debate. And I want to thank the American people for keeping up the pressure on their elected officials to put politics aside and work [...]

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Full text of President Barack Obama’s remarks on deficit reduction and “Gang of Six” Tuesday

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July 19, 2011   Leave a Comment  

Source: White House Press Office THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. I wanted to give folks a quick update on the progress that we’re making on the debt ceiling discussions. I was in contact with all the leadership over the course of the weekend and continued to urge both Democrats and Republicans to come together around an [...]

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Obama digs deep in Dublin to revive Irish spirits.

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May 30, 2011   Leave a Comment  

DUBLIN — It was a little dicey, let’s be honest. In terms of his reputation for sincerity and passion, President Obama’s pinched stopover in Ireland ran a serious risk of dipping into the murky realms of tokenism. It was such a short trip, particularly compared to Queen Elizabeth’s comprehensive four-day sojourn last week, that people [...]

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Editorial: “Birther” movement can suck it

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May 3, 2011   3 Comments  

To all your arrogant, racist, insolent bastards who demanded that the president release his birth certificate: Up yours. While you were clamoring about the legality of Barack Obama’s presidency; while you were tacitly (and in a bad way) insinuating that he was Muslim; while you were trying to do little more than promote a 1950s [...]

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White House sources detail planning and execution of raid that killed Osama bin Laden

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May 2, 2011   1 Comment  

A collaboration across the American government resulted in a successful strike that killed Osama bin Laden. Only a small group of people within the White House knew the details of the operation that was underway. On Sunday morning, President Barack Obama ordered an attack on a compound suburb of Pakistan called Abbottabad that bin Laden [...]

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Full text of President Barack Obama’s speech about Osama bin Laden

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May 2, 2011   Leave a Comment  

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON OSAMA BIN LADEN East Room 11:35 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda, and a terrorist who’s responsible for the murder [...]

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Osama bin Laden is dead

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May 1, 2011   2 Comments  

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Bin Laden is dead. Nearly 10 years after the fateful day, the most wanted enemy of the United States of America, the leader of the terrorist group al-Qaeda and the reputed mastermind behind the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks has been killed, and the United States has his body, President Barack Obama announced in a [...]

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BREAKING NEWS: Unexpected television announcement coming from President Barack Obama TONIGHT at 10:30 p.m.

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May 1, 2011   Leave a Comment  

An unexpected television announcement is being made by President Barack Obama any minute on live national television. All major networks are breaking out of their regular programming to cover it. It is extremely unusual for the president to make a statement at 10:30 p.m. on a Sunday. Some news outlets believe Obama will make an [...]

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Barak Obama’s birth certificate released

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April 27, 2011   1 Comment  

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Happy now? Seriously. Wow. In a probable attempt to silence the “birther” movement, the White House has actually released a copy of President Barack Obama’s long-form birth certificate from Honolulu. What remains to be seen, however, is whether this unexpected and unanticipated move will silence the Tea Party and other conservative critics or just give [...]

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Full text of President Barack Obama’s speech about Libya

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March 28, 2011   Leave a Comment  

As Prepared for Delivery— Good evening. Tonight, I’d like to update the American people on the international effort that we have led in Libya – what we have done, what we plan to do, and why this matters to us. I want to begin by paying tribute to our men and women in uniform who, [...]

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Full text of President Barack Obama’s speech on “winning the future in education” at TechBoston Academy

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March 8, 2011   Leave a Comment  

THE PRESIDENT: Hey! (Applause.) Hello, TechBoston! (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you, everybody. Thank you, everybody. Everybody please have a seat. Everybody please have a seat. We are thrilled to see especially the students here today. (Applause.) I am grateful for the presence of a few other outstanding leaders. First of all, [...]

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President Barack Obama speaks at Dorchester school

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March 8, 2011   Leave a Comment  

Pool report Air Force One touched down at Logan at 2:25 p.m., under nearly cloudless, sunny skies, cool and bright, affording President Barack Obama a hazy view of the Boston skyline. About 10 minutes later, the door to Air Force One opened and Obama began to descend the staircase. Midway down the stairs, he pointed [...]

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Full text of President Barack Obama’s speech revealing $3.73 trillion budget

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Feb. 14, 2011   Leave a Comment  

THE PRESIDENT: Well, good morning, everybody. I am here at Parkville Middle School and Center of Technology outside of Baltimore with Secretary Arne Duncan and Budget Director Jack Lew. And I just came to Parkville on a day where we are unveiling our budget, and I’m doing so for a reason. But before I do [...]

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