Search results for ‘Barack Obama’
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Meryl Streep: movies and Barack Obama
Samira Ahmed speaks to Meryl Streep about her new film and a new era in American politics.
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Barack and Michelle Obama visit Downing Street
Barack and Michelle Obama have visited Downing Street after spending the morning at Buckingham Palace. The couple, who are on a three-day state visit, also laid a wreath at Westminster Abbey.
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Who is Barack Hussein Obama?
That’s the question many Americans still can’t answer. Before he was even elected Obama was called “the biggest celebrity in the world” Yet most Americans feel they still don’t really know him.
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DNC: Obamas stress ‘tight’ election race
The Obamas’ back-to-back speeches electrified Democrats, bringing energy to the Convention, messages of hope reminiscent of 2008 and eviscerating Donald Trump.
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Harris must bring ‘hope, joy and optimism’ says former Obama speechwriter
We spoke to Terry Szuplat, a former speechwriter for Barack Obama, and author of the upcoming book ‘Say It Well’.
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‘Kamala Harris is the embodiment of the Obama coalition’ says political strategist
We speak to pollster and political strategist Cornell Belcher.
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Polls today do not matter ‘what matters is the number of people who turn out to vote’ – former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett
We spoke to the former senior political adviser to President Barack Obama, Valerie Jarrett
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Obama would ‘probably do same thing’ over Syria, says Samantha Power
For anyone in public office, idealism can be tricky to maintain – often incompatible with the need for pragmatism and the harsh realities on the ground.
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Packages containing explosives sent to homes of Obama, Clinton, and to CNN
In the US, packages containing explosives have been sent to the homes of the former president, Barack Obama and the former presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton. Also today, CNN’s offices in New York City were evacuated when a parcel believed to contain a pipe bomb was discovered.
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Trump vs Obama in numbers
How does Mr Trump’s performance compare with how Mr Obama was doing a year after his election?
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Trump frustrated over Obamacare replacement
It was one of his flagship election pledges, yet President Trump has lost his bid to repeal and replace large parts of Barack Obama’s healthcare law for the second time, after two Republican senators refused to back the proposal. A furious President, on Twitter, declared Congress should just repeal Obamacare and worry about replacing it…
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Health care repeal vote over Obamacare
Republicans have voted to repeal and replace Barack Obama’s healthcare scheme after a key vote in the US House of Representatives. It’s taken a flurry of backroom deals to win reluctant Congressmen round – to what was one of Trump’s flagship campaign promises.
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FactCheck: big differences between Trump and Obama on refugees
It’s true that in 2011, the processing of Iraqi refugees entering the US slowed down after tighter vetting was introduced. But it wasn’t an outright ban.
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Obama’s legacy
Jessica Ashooh, from the think tank, the Atlantic Council, and Suzan Johnson Cook, a former adviser to Barack Obama.
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Obama bids farewell
He’s still the President, just. Last night Barack Obama went back to his political roots in Chicago and bid his farewell.
