Search results for ‘Sarah Smith’
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Obama urges political unity in State of the Union speech
The shooting of a Congresswoman in Arizona sparks a rare show of political partnership at Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, but how long will it last? Sarah Smith reports.
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Obama urges political unity in State of the Union speech
The shooting of a Congresswoman in Arizona sparks a rare show of political partnership at Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, but how long will it last? Sarah Smith reports.
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China’s President in US for trade talks
President Obama didn’t get the headlines he’d hoped for the last couple of times he met President Hu Jintao. He wants this week to be different, writes Washington Correspondent Sarah Smith.
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The American economy: what role does China play?
As President Hu Jintao of China prepares to visit the United States, Sarah Smith looks at whether the Chinese are helping the US economy or trying to take it over.
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Arizona shooting: Obama urges healing
President Barack Obama leads a memorial to the victims of the Arizona shooting spree and urges Americans to debate “in a way that heals, not a way that wounds”, writes Sarah Smith.
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Arizona shooting: state defends weapons culture
As the man charged with the attempted murder of Gabrielle Giffords appears in court, Washington Correspondent Sarah Smith speaks to Arizona residents who vehemently defend their lax gun laws.
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Arizona shooting suspect charged with murder
As 22-year-old Jared Loughner is charged with murder, America falls silent to pay tribute to those killed in Saturday’s Arizona shootings. Sarah Smith asks whether the attack was inevitable.
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Grave controversy at America’s military burial site
It’s a sacred place where America buries thousands who served, but recently Arlington cemetery has sparked uproar after the remains of soldiers were found in the wrong graves. Sarah Smith reports.
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Veteran US diplomat Richard Holbrooke dies
Veteran diplomat Richard Holbrooke, who was President Obama’s special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, has died at the age of 69. Sarah Smith looks back at the life of the “foreign policy giant”.
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US transplant patients told to pay for vital organs
Channel 4 News Correspondent Sarah Smith reports from the US where people are being told that a massive budget deficit mean they have to find the money themselves for life-saving operations.
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Happy Thanksgiving, don't touch my junk
Airline security checks: passengers have been sounding very militant recently and the blogosphere is full of people saying they are determined to make their protest at Thanksgiving, blogs Sarah Smith.
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Sharia law: an election issue in Oklahoma
At the recent US midterms voters in Oklahoma were given the choice to ban Sharia law from being considered in courts. Sarah Smith asks why it was a controversial question.
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US midterms: Democrats get desperate
The Democrats are getting desperate for votes on the eve of the US midterm elections, writes Sarah Smith, as all polls point to major gains for the Republican Party.
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Halloween cobwebs shroud US midterm elections
With the US midterm elections looming, Washington Correspondent Sarah Smith goes in search of an elusive candidate and finds cobwebs at the Tea Party.
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Obama facing midterm backlash in Kentucky
The backlash against President Obama in the US midterm elections has even spread to those who depend on the aid they could lose if the Republicans win power, as Sarah Smith reports from Kentucky.
