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I missed the first one.  When Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as our first African-American president with an agenda that I believed passionately in,…

“Can we claim as a nation that we’re altogether there, letting them know that they’re loved and teaching them to love in return?” President Obama…

In a Newsone essay, First Lady Michelle Obama talks about the importance of every voice being heard and counted, about a fight that never ends.…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says it is “hard to say” whether his new stance supporting same sex marriage will hurt his re-election. He…

President Obama is speaking out on allegations involving the Secret Service and prostitutes in Colombia.  Several Secret Service agents are on leave after allegedly bringing prostitutes to their hotel rooms in Colombia.  The President says he holds the Secret Service to a high standard of behavior.  He says the agency overall is very professional and […]

(Washington, DC)  —  President Obama will deliver remarks at today’s groundbreaking ceremony for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.  Among those joining the president will be Georgia Congressman John Lewis, former First Lady Laura Bush, and actress Phylicia Rashad.  The Smithsonian’s newest museum will be built next to the Washington Monument […]