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Obama: US combat in Iraq over, 'time to turn page'

Last updated Wednesday, September 1, 2010 - 7:10am

WASHINGTON — Claiming no victory, President Barack Obama formally ended the U.S. combat role in Iraq after seven long years of bloodshed, declaring firmly Tuesday night: "It's time to turn the page." Now, he said, the nation's most urgent priority is fixing its own sickly economy.

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Obama to honor troops as Iraq combat mission ends

The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 7:01am

WASHINGTON — As President Barack Obama prepares to officially end the lengthy and divisive U.S. combat operation in Iraq, he'll personally thank some of the soldiers who fought there for their service to a mission he forcefully opposed from the start.

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Obama to honor troops as Iraq combat mission ends

The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 6:56am

WASHINGTON — As President Barack Obama prepares to officially end the lengthy and divisive U.S. combat operation in Iraq, he'll personally thank some of the soldiers who fought there for their service to a mission he forcefully opposed from the start.

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Obama appeals stem cell ruling; some work to stop

The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 7:38am

WASHINGTON — Promising medical research is in disarray as scientists await an appeal by the Obama administration of a judge's ruling that undercuts taxpayer-funded research using human embryonic stem cells.

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Obama mulls options after stem cell plan blocked

The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - 12:11pm

VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. -- The White House says federally funded stem cell research should continue and is exploring how to respond to a judge's order halting it.

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Oil spill and Iraq combat over, Obama takes break

The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, August 20, 2010 - 7:29am

VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. — Finally, President Barack Obama can relax on vacation.

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Poll: Growing number incorrectly call Obama Muslim

The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, August 19, 2010 - 7:42am

WASHINGTON — Americans increasingly are convinced — incorrectly — that President Barack Obama is a Muslim, and a growing number are thoroughly confused about his religion.

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AP Poll: Obama at new low for handling economy

The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 7:02am

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama earned his lowest marks ever on his handling of the economy in a new Associated Press-GfK poll, which also found that an overwhelming majority of Americans now describe the nation's financial outlook as poor.

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Obama signs $600M border security bill into law

The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, August 13, 2010 - 9:54pm

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on Friday signed a bill directing $600 million more to securing the U.S.-Mexico border, a modest election-year victory that underscores his failure so far to deliver an overhaul of immigration law.

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Confirmation on track, Senate starts Kagan debate

The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 7:40am

WASHINGTON — A confirmation vote is all but assured for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan as the Senate begins debate on making her the fourth female justice.

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In this photograph made on Thursday July 29, 2010, upon landing after a helicopter rescue mission, Tech. Sgt. Jeff Hedglin, right, an Air Force Pararescueman, or PJ, drapes an American flag over the remains of the first of two U.S. soldiers killed minutes earlier in an IED attack, assisted by fellow PJs, Senior Airman Robert Dieguez, center, and 1st Lt. Matthew Carlisle, in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan. July 2010 was the deadliest month for American forces in the nearly 9-year Afghan War. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Obama: US commitment in Iraq is shifting

The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, August 2, 2010 - 7:05am

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will set a course Monday for the nation's changing mission in Iraq as the military prepares to end its combat operations there.

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(Pablo Martinez Monsivais/The Associated Press) President Barack Obama, left, points to Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., center, and Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., right, after signing the Dodd Frank-Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in a ceremony in the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington on Wednesday.

Obama signs sweeping financial overhaul into law

Jim Kuhnhenn The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, July 21, 2010 - 12:08pm

WASHINGTON — Reveling in victory, President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed into law the most sweeping overhaul of financial regulations since the Great Depression, a package that aims to protect consumers and ensure economic stability from Main Street to Wall Street.

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Obama poised to sign sweeping financial overhaul

The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, July 21, 2010 - 7:49am

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama aims to usher in a new era of consumer protections and banking restrictions Wednesday, checking off another legislative victory just before election-year politics overtakes the rest of his major agenda.

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Hill F-16s protect President Obama: Scrambled by NORAD when aircraft entered restricted airspace

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

Last updated Saturday, July 17, 2010 - 12:46am

HILL AIR FORCE BASE -- A pair of Hill Air Force Base F-16s acted as temporary wingmen to President Barack Obama and Air Force One last week.

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Obama HIV/AIDS plan calls for reducing infections

The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 8:38am

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is announcing a new national strategy for combatting HIV and AIDS aimed at helping reduce the number of infections and providing those living with the virus high-quality care free from stigma or discrimination.

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