Though he didn’t find the time to meet face to face with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Iran, President Barack Obama has found time for Whoopi Goldberg, Barbara Walters and the rest of the cast on ABC’s “The View,”...
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President Barack Obama appears on the television show "The View" at ABC Studios in New York City in this file pohto.
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Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam leave after U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney delivered a speech in Jerusalem, Israel.
Ann Romney to Raise Cash at Sheldon Adelson’s Las Vegas Home
First Lady Michelle Obama may have done 56 fundraisers this year, besting Ann Romney’s tally of 37, but the aspiring first lady is not sitting idly by. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Ann Romney is headlining an Oct. 1...
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US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama acknowledge the audience at the conclusion of Obama's acceptance speech.
Michelle Obama: First Lady, `Fine Mom’
The first lady thrilled the Democratic National Convention on its opening night. Tonight, she returned for an encore. “Tonight, I am so thrilled and honored and so proud to introduce the love of my life, the father of our two...
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Former President Bill Clinton speaks during day two of the DNC.
Clinton: Don’t Stop Thinking About Obama – `Hate to Break it to You’
Updated at 10:38, 10:48, 10:54, 11:06 and 11:24 pm EDT Bill Clinton brought down the house before he even arrived. With a replay of the convention music that played at his nomination for president in 1992 — “Don’t Stop Thinking...
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Fact checkers for news organizations worked overtime at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, where Paul Ryan’s speech accepting his party’s vice presidential nomination contained at least seven inaccurate, incomplete or otherwise truth-challenged statements. The Democrats have not been without...
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Supporters wave placards 'We love Michelle' as the First Lady delivers a speech in Charlotte.
Michelle Obama `Fine Mom:’ Romney
The Obama campaign was attempting to draw a stark contrast between President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney in first lady Michelle Obama’s convention address last night — without even mentioning Romney by name. Romney didn’t see it. The...
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Mitt Romney arrives at LaValley Building Supply Inc., for television interviews, on Sept. 5, 2012, in West Lebanon, N.H.
Romney: `Tough Business’ — Competing with the Big Box Stores
Mitt Romney, who is taking a break from campaigning this week to huddle with top advisers on a Vermont estate preparing for next month’s presidential debates, came out of seclusion briefly to travel to a building supply store in nearby...
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Rainbow flags at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte.
Michelle Obama: Going to Work — Appealing to LGBT Voters
Michelle Obama, fresh from a convention stage speech about family, life and politics last night that brought some delegates on the floor to tears, spent the morning working to energize key Democratic constituencies, whose support will be critical in the...
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First Lady Michelle Obama after speaking at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Charlotte.
Michelle Obama: `Who We Are’
The White House is painting a simple contrast in Charlottte. Michelle Obama was raised on Chicago’s South Side in a one-bedroom apartment. Her father, Frasier Robinson, was a city pump operator. Her mother, Marian, was a secretary. She graduated from...
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have dinner with three winners of "Dinner with Barack and Michelle" fundraising contest on August 20, 2012 at Mintwood Place in Washington, DC.
Idaho `Smokejumper’ Joins the Obamas for a Night Out
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama dined at a Washington restaurant tonight with three winners of a contest sponsored by his re-election bid, one of whom is a “highly trained wildfire smokejumper from Idaho,” according to the campaign. The two other contest winners are educators:...
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