Tag Archives: Barack Obama

Obama reflects on 20 months of crises

Obama reflects on 20 months of crises

Posted on August 10, 2010

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WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama reflected on 20 months of crises that have plagued his administration, in a rare interview with a daytime television talk show on Wednesday. Obama taped an appearance with ABC's "The View" which is presented by a panel including veteran journalist Barbara Walters and actress Whoopi Goldberg. it will [...]

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Obama to award 13 nominated for good deeds

Obama to award 13 nominated for good deeds

Posted on August 06, 2010

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WASHINGTON — the all-volunteer rifle squad that George J. Weiss Jr. started three decades ago has delivered the final salute at more than 56,400 military burials. Weiss, a World War II veteran, has made it his mission to provide military honors to deceased veterans at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis. President Barack Obama on [...]

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Robert Redford promotes arts, rails against big oil

Robert Redford promotes arts, rails against big oil

Posted on July 22, 2010

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BALTIMORE — Robert Redford is talking oil, art and history — and for him, they're all connected as he works to use art as a tool of activism. The 73-year-old actor is moving at full speed. He just finished production on his latest movie, "The Conspirator," a story he directed about a mostly forgotten trial [...]

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Elegance

Elegance

Posted on February 08, 2010

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IN his acceptance speech during the 81ST Oscar awards held a few months after the US presidential inauguration, best actor Sean Penn, a known supporter of President Barack Obama did not, like many others, gush over the first black President. Penn said something more remarkable: I am glad that we have elected into the White [...]

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Gates Traces Ancestry of Famous

Gates Traces Ancestry of Famous

Posted on February 08, 2010

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Television personality Stephen Colbert is distantly related to Elizabeth Adams, the African-American poet who read at President Barack Obama’s inauguration, Oscar-award winning actress Meryl Streep, and Queen Noor, the queen consort of Jordan. This is just one of the “astonishing” results of the research done by Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Jr. for his new four-part [...]

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Kris-Crossing Mindanao: Elegance / Antonio J. Montalvan II

Kris-Crossing Mindanao: Elegance / Antonio J. Montalvan II

Posted on February 08, 2010

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In his acceptance speech during the 81ST Oscar awards held a few months after the US presidential inauguration, best actor Sean Penn, a known supporter of President Barack Obama did not, like many others, gush over the first black President. Penn said something more remarkable: I am glad that we have elected into the White [...]

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