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Obama Strongly Backs Islam Center Near 9/11 Site

By Gideon Swift | Published: August 15, 2010
Source: NYTimes.com President Obama delivered a strong defense on Friday night of a proposed Muslim community center and mosque near ground zero in Manhattan, using a White House dinner celebrating Ramadan to proclaim that “as a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else [...]
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Barack Obama: “Islam has always been part of America” ?

By Gideon Swift | Published: August 12, 2010
Source: The Jakarta Globe United States President Barack Obama has extended his best wishes to Muslims in America and around the world and announced that he will host a fast-breaking dinner at the White House this week. “I want to extend my best wishes to the 1.5 billion Muslims around the world – and your [...]
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White House official: We didn’t push for Sherrod’s firing

By Gideon Swift | Published: July 20, 2010
Source: The Plum Line A White House official insists that the White House didn’t pressure Shirley Sherrod to resign, or pressure USDA chief Tom Vilsack to fire her, over the Andrew Breitbart video allegedly showing her claiming she didn’t help a white farmer 24 years ago because of racial reasons. "We did not pressure USDA [...]
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Governors: Obama’s Immigration Suit Is ‘Toxic’

By Gideon Swift | Published: July 12, 2010
Source: FOXNews.com Democratic governors expressed "grave" concerns to White House officials this weekend about the Obama administration’s suit against Arizona’s new immigration law, warning it could cost the party in crucial elections this fall, The New York Times reported late Sunday. The closed-door meeting took place at the National Governors Association in Boston on Saturday, [...]
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YouTube – Gibbs Stumped on Immigration Question

By Gideon Swift | Published: July 8, 2010
Source:  YouTube “There are 31 cities in the United States that have passed ‘sanctuary’ laws in direct violation of Federal Law – why has the White House not chosen to file lawsuits against those cities for challenging Federal authority?”
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Obama hosts service members at White House

By Military | Published: July 4, 2010
President Barack Obama says the men and women fighting abroad for the U.S. have earned their place among "the greatest of generations." He spoke at the White House during a July Fourth celebration for members of the military and their families. (July 4)
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Obama To Make His Case For Immigration Overhaul

By Gideon Swift | Published: July 1, 2010
President Obama hopes to rally new momentum behind the push for an immigration overhaul by explaining why he thinks a comprehensive approach is the only way to fix what he and others say is a system badly in need of repair. Obama was laying out his rationale in a speech Thursday, his first as president [...]
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Good Riddance: Rahm Emanuel expected to quit White House

By Gideon Swift | Published: June 21, 2010
Washington insiders say he will quit within six to eight months in frustration at their unwillingness to “bang heads together” to get policy pushed through. … “I would bet he will go after the midterms,” said a leading Democratic consultant in Washington. “Nobody thinks it’s working but they can’t get rid of him – that [...]
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Pentagon’s James Clapper chosen to be national intelligence director

By Gideon Swift | Published: June 4, 2010
  Source: latimes.com James R. Clapper Jr., the Pentagon’s chief official for intelligence, counterintelligence and security matters, has been chosen to become the next director of national intelligence, a position the White House described as the second-toughest in Washington, officials said Friday. If confirmed, Clapper, a retired Air Force general, would succeed Dennis C. Blair, [...]
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Obama administration talked jobs with Romanoff

By Gideon Swift | Published: June 3, 2010
Source: Yahoo! News The Obama administration dangled the possibility of a government job for former Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff last year in hopes he would forgo a challenge to Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet, officials said Wednesday, just days after the White House admitted orchestrating a job offer in the Pennsylvania Senate race. These officials [...]
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