When Barack Obama held his first prime-time news conference as president, the financial crisis was at its peak and not a single Republican had voted for his economic stimulus bill. So he pleaded for their partnership. Four years later, this...
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President Barack Obama tours the Copper Mountain Solar Project, the largest photovoltaic plant operating in the country, on March 21, 2012 in Boulder City, Nevada.
Climate Treaty Hinges on Obama — Speaking Out, Former Aides Say
Written with Alex Morales One of the biggest things President Barack Obama can do to fight global warming is to talk about it. That’s the conclusion of at least seven former presidential aides and advisers serving in three administrations. Their comments...
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Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials conference.
Jeb Bush’s American `Restoration’
The divide between the impoverished and privileged in the United States is widening, with a society of once great ideals following a disturbing path toward an unsustainable future — a nation in need of “restoration.” A new regime of educational...
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Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush on the final day of the Republican National Convention (RNC).
Jeb Bush: `Here’ for Education
Updated at 1:15 pm EST Jeb Bush is in town. The former Florida governor, brother of one former president and son of another, is encamped in Washington — in a hotel just a few blocks from the White House, as...
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Lobbyists Heather and Tony Podesta — one of Washington’s best-known power couples — sported scarlet “Ls” at the 2008 Democratic National Convention four years ago as a reaction to then-presidential candidate Barack Obama’s exclusion of influence-peddlers from his campaign. Even...
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