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President Obama in Ghana

barackoblogger@gmail.com (Barack Oblogger) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:13:44 PDT

Click here to read the president's speech to the Ghanaian parliament.

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Video: President Obama on the Fourth of July, Overcoming America's Challenges

barackoblogger@gmail.com (Barack Oblogger) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:27:15 PDT

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Vanity Fair: It Came from Wasilla

barackoblogger@gmail.com (Barack Oblogger) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:09:14 PDT

Vanity Fair's profile on Sarah Palin. What does her prominence say about the importance of having (or lacking) a record of achievement in public life? Why did so many skilled veterans of the...

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Video: Obama Townhall on Healthcare Reform

barackoblogger@gmail.com (Barack Oblogger) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:04:26 PDT

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Video: How Social Networks Can Make History

barackoblogger@gmail.com (Barack Oblogger) — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:13:20 PDT

From TED.com: Clay Shirky shows how Facebook, Twitter and TXTs help citizens in repressive regimes to report on real news, bypassing censors (however briefly). The end of top-down control of news is...

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Video: Sec. Clinton with Israeli Foreign Minister Lieberman

barackoblogger@gmail.com (Barack Oblogger) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:54:56 PDT

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Video: President Obama on Financial Regulatory Reform

barackoblogger@gmail.com (Barack Oblogger) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:45:26 PDT

Read the transcript here

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Updates on Iran Election Protests #iranelection

barackoblogger@gmail.com (Barack Oblogger) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:49:16 PDT

Nico Pitney of Huffington Post is liveblogging the Iranian election protests. Follow a livestream of updates on the Iranian election on Twitter.

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Recovery Act Opportunities

barackoblogger@gmail.com (Barack Oblogger) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:49:28 PDT

You may be eligible for federal loans, grants, programs or other benefits. Click here to read about monies made available by the Recovery Act.

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Video: Banks Repay Taxpayer Money

barackoblogger@gmail.com (Barack Oblogger) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:50:06 PDT

President Obama also discussed his commitment to reinstating "pay-as-you-go" (PAYGO), meaning government cannot spend an additional dollar without saving it somewhere else.

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Kiva Launches U.S. Lending

barackoblogger@gmail.com (Barack Oblogger) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:25:25 PDT

Kiva.org is a site that lets you lend money to the working poor, entrepreneurs who are in need of relatively small sums of money to grow their businesses. You can lend in $25 increments, in whatever...

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State Department Youth Programs

barackoblogger@gmail.com (Barack Oblogger) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:20:28 PDT

The State Department is reaching out to students with cultural exchange programs and grant funding opportunities.

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Take Action: North Korea Sentences Two U.S. Journalists to 12 Years Hard Labor

barackoblogger@gmail.com (Barack Oblogger) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:32:09 PDT

From an action posted on Facebook: The nightmare continued tonight for journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who were convicted a few hours ago by the North Korean government and sentenced to 12...

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Video: Obama Likeness in Egyptian Pyramid

barackoblogger@gmail.com (Barack Oblogger) — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:16:37 PDT

President Obama and advisor David Axelrod stumbled upon a hieroglyphic likeness of Obama that is thousands of years old. (Note: It's the ears!) Embedded video from CNN Video

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Video: Obama's Speech in Cairo

barackoblogger@gmail.com (Barack Oblogger) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:56:47 PDT

Click here to find translations of the speech in other languages. Here is a photo slideshow of the event. This video shows a few Muslim Americans who are proudly serving in the federal...

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U.S. and Afghanistan Team Up to Stop Opium Poppies

barackoblogger@gmail.com (Barack Oblogger) — Sat, 30 May 2009 08:13:27 PDT

The U.S. and Afghanistan signed a memorandum of agreement awarding $6,437,000 to seven provinces in Afghanistan in recognition of their efforts to eliminate or curtail opium poppy cultivation.

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Video: Obama Administration Embraces New Media

barackoblogger@gmail.com (Barack Oblogger) — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:31:46 PDT

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Video: Obama Picks Sotomayor for Supreme Court

barackoblogger@gmail.com (Barack Oblogger) — Tue, 26 May 2009 11:06:20 PDT

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President Obama's Memorial Day Address

barackoblogger@gmail.com (Barack Oblogger) — Mon, 25 May 2009 07:21:52 PDT

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Data.gov Answers Calls for Transparency

barackoblogger@gmail.com (Barack Oblogger) — Fri, 22 May 2009 11:38:23 PDT

The Obama Administration, in keeping with President Obama's campaign promise of more governmental transparency, has launched Data.gov. The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high...

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Video: Sec. Clinton Holds Global Press Conference

barackoblogger@gmail.com (Barack Oblogger) — Tue, 19 May 2009 12:00:08 PDT

Sec. Clinton holds a press conference at the Foreign Press Center in Washington, D.C.

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Video: Sec. Clinton on Humanitarian Aid to Pakistan

barackoblogger@gmail.com (Barack Oblogger) — Tue, 19 May 2009 11:57:23 PDT

Click here to read the transcript.

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Video: Nomination of Gov. Huntsman as Ambassador to China

barackoblogger@gmail.com (Barack Oblogger) — Mon, 18 May 2009 10:15:08 PDT

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Testimony on Violence Against Women in Conflict Zones

barackoblogger@gmail.com (Barack Oblogger) — Thu, 14 May 2009 22:53:30 PDT

Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer testifies at the Senate Subcommittee on African Affairs and Human Rights, Democracy and Global Women's Issues. Verveer speaks about rape...

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Bankruptcy Foreclosure Bill Killed in Senate

barackoblogger@gmail.com (Barack Oblogger) — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:14:26 PDT

As I predicted, while the media has been 24/7 on the hot-button issues of torture and swine flu, Democrats in the Senate helped kill a bill that would enable homeowners renegotiate mortgages under...

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