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Obama's Drone Speech Welcomed In Pakistan, Yemen

Associated Press — Fri, 24 May 2013 11:46:26 +0000

ISLAMABAD (AP) — President Barack Obama's speech on the use of drones to kill Islamic militants was well-received in two countries most affected by the strikes — Pakistan and Yemen — but criticism of the U

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Germany Says President Obama To Visit In June

Associated Press — Fri, 10 May 2013 11:49:13 +0000

BERLIN (AP) — The German government says U.S. President Barack Obama will visit Germany to hold talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel and other officials next month.

Spokesman Georg Streiter said Friday that Obama will be in Berlin June 18-19

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Obama: US-Mexico Stereotypes Must Be Broken

Associated Press — Fri, 03 May 2013 14:57:45 +0000

MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Barack Obama says he wants to set aside old stereotypes that have created misunderstanding between Mexico and the United States. He says Mexico is an emerging nation that is remaking itself and that the U

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AG, FBI Director To Brief Obama On Bombing Probe

Associated Press — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:17:00 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is being briefed on the developments in Boston Marathon bombing investigation by Attorney General Eric Holder, FBI Director Robert Mueller and several other national security officials

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Obama Promoting Gun Legislation In Connecticut

Associated Press — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:57:25 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is trying to boost the chances of gun legislation that could be in jeopardy this week with a trip to the home state of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting

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Official: Obama Proposes Cuts To Social Security

Associated Press — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:55:06 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is proposing cuts to Social Security as an attempt to compromise with Republicans on the budget.

A senior administration official says the budget Obama will offer to Congress next Wednesday would reduce the deficit by $1

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Obama Ending Israel Visit With Symbolic Stops

Associated Press — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:50:53 +0000

JERUSALEM (AP) — President Barack Obama says Israel's Holocaust memorial illustrates the depravity to which man can sink but says it is also a reminder of the rescuers and the "righteous among nations who refused to be bystanders

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Obama Concedes Budget Deal May Be Impossible

Associated Press — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:52:33 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is conceding "we're probably not going to be able to get a deal" on budget, tax and spending issues with Congress if Republicans continue to insist that no new revenues can be raised unless entitlement programs are significantly overhauled

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Obama Nominates Wal-Mart's Burwell As Budget Chief

Associated Press — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:58:19 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has selected the head of the Wal-Mart Foundation as his budget director in the midst of a partisan battle over government spending.

Obama announced his selection of Sylvia Mathews Burwell at the White House Monday, noting that she comes on as the government grapples with $85 billion in automatic cuts

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Obama, Top Lawmakers To Meet Friday On Budget Cuts

Associated Press — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:10:32 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama will meet Friday with congressional leaders to discuss what to do about $85 billion in mandatory spending cuts.

The top Democrat and Republican in both the House and Senate will attend

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Senate Confirms Hagel As Secretary of Defense

Associated Press — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:17:27 +0000

Former Republican U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel has cleared Senate confirmation to become the nation's Secretary of Defense

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Obama Warns Sequester Will Cause Job Losses

Associated Press — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:23:16 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is warning that "people will lose their jobs" if across-the-board budget cuts take effect as scheduled next week.

Obama says the $85 billion in cuts — known as the sequester — are "severe" and says they won't help the economy and won't create jobs

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Obama To Stress Jobs During State Of The Union Address

Associated Press — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:45:41 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — The American public will get rhetoric and imagery in President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. The speech will contain a heavy dose on the economy and play out against a visual backdrop dominated by the nation's current debate over guns

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U.S. Pays Tribute To King As Obama Begins New Term

Associated Press — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:52:00 +0000

ATLANTA (AP) — The youngest daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. hailed the inauguration of the nation's first black president to a new term as one of the achievements made possible by the civil rights struggle her father helped lead decades ago

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A Look At President Obama's Gun Control Measures

Associated Press — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:08:47 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — Proposals for curbing gun violence announced Wednesday by President Barack Obama:

NEEDS CONGRESSIONAL ACTION:

— Requiring background checks on all gun sales. The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence says 40 percent of gun sales are conducted with no criminal background check, such as at gun shows and by private sellers over the Internet or through classified ads

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Gas Industry Awaits Obama Action [AUDIO]

Doug Randall — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:00:50 +0000

Wyoming Senator Mike Enzi says senior lobbying groups need to put forward plans for maintaining the viability of Social Security. The natural gas industry is waiting to see what action President Obama takes on issues related to their industry during his second term. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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Obama and Mckayla Maroney Are Very Disappointed In… Something

Dan Seitz — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 17:00:45 +0000

President Obama met with the 2012 United States Olympic Gymnastics Team and... well... you can see what happened for yourself.

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Business Council Providing Food Database [AUDIO]

Doug Randall — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:40:15 +0000

The Wyoming Business Council Agribusiness Division is providing a means for the state's agriculture producers and processors to connect with buyers through a national food-related database. Amy Richards has details. Federal authorities in Wyoming have filed felony charges against a Wyoming man who allegedly threatened to kill President Obama and harm his family. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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Tuesday The Morning Zone Has Judah Freed and Mayor Kaysen

Dave Chaffin — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 11:43:20 +0000

Catch The Morning Zone today and hear what Judah Freed and Mayor Rick Kaysen have to say.

7:07AM MDT: Judah Ken Freed is a seasoned media and politics journalist, a veteran radio broadcaster, and a frequent radio guest. Freed says, Obama Needs More than Social Media President Obama's campaign team is mounting the most sophi

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Election 2012 — President Obama Has the Support of Smartphone Users

Shauna Wright — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:13:10 +0000

Many national polls show President Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, essentially tied in the upcoming race for the White House. But according to a new survey, there’s at least one segment of the population Obama has mostly locked up: smartphone users.

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