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December 02, 2009
Unmending Wall
The New Republic, December 2, 2009
 The absence of Barack Obama from Berlin on the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall may be explained in many ways, and one of the explanations may be his view of the world. He is kein Berliner. ...
Reset Button
The New Republic, December 2, 2009
 When Barack Obama tapped Hillary Clinton to be his secretary of state, the typical reaction came in two stages. The first was to think it was nuts. How could two blood rivals possibly make good foreig...
December 01, 2009
Polls and elections: preelection poll accuracy in the 2008 general elections; Report
Presidential Studies Quarterly, December 1, 2009
   Voters in the 2008 presidential election decidedly endorsed Democrat Barack Obama over his Republican opponent John McCain in the first-ever contest between two sitting U.S. senators. Amid growing e...
The contemporary presidency: the political utility of empathy in presidential leadership; Report
Presidential Studies Quarterly, December 1, 2009
 President Barack Obama made headlines during consideration of new U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor when he repeatedly stated that the personal quality of empathy would play a decisive role i...
The 2008-2009 presidential transition through the voices of its participants; TRANSITION STUDIES; Report
Presidential Studies Quarterly, December 1, 2009
 It was mid-morning at the White House on January 20, 2009. President and Mrs. George W. Bush were hosting the traditional pre-inauguration coffee in the Blue Room for President-Elect and Mrs. Barack O...
November 25, 2009
LANGUAGE SERVICES ASSOCIATES LSA; LSA American Sign Language Interpreter Selected to Interpret for President Barack Obama This Veterans Day
Healthcare Finance, Tax & Law Weekly, November 25, 2009
  On Wednesday, November 11th, thousands are expected to congregate at Arlington National Cemetery for the 56th Annual National Veterans Day Observance. As President Barack Obama takes the stage to del...
November 24, 2009
U.S.-INDIA BUSINESS COUNCIL USIBC AND CONFEDERATION OF INDIAN INDUSTRY CII; USIBC & CII Shape 2010 "Pro-Growth" Agenda
India Business Newsweekly, November 24, 2009
  Industry leaders from the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), led respectively by Chairman & CEO of PepsiCo, Indra K. Nooyi, and TVS Group Chairman, Venu S...
November 23, 2009
PROGRAM ON INTERNATIONAL POLICY ATTITUDES PIPA AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND; As Hu Jin Tao, Obama Prepare to Meet, World Public Gives China, U.S. Low Marks on Climate Change
The Business of Global Warming, November 23, 2009
  With President Barack Obama on his way to meet his Chinese counterpart in Beijing for talks on global climate change and other important issues, a poll by WorldPublicOpinion.org shows that publics in...
The Obama Diaspora; When Barack Obama's half-brother George releases his autobiography early next year, he may transition from Kenyan bad boy to best-selling author. How are the fellow members of the far-flung First Family adjusting to their sudden associative celebrity?
New York Magazine, November 23, 2009
 To reach the home of George Obama, the president's youngest half-brother, you skirt around the skyscrapers of central Nairobi and head north twenty minutes toward Huruma, one link in a necklace of slu...
Anti-Obama, Pro-America; What is the loyal opposition to do?
The Weekly Standard, November 23, 2009 Monday
 President Obama chose not to travel to Germany for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Instead, he graced the occasion with a video address. He didn't have time in his two-and-a-half ...
November 22, 2009
AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION; Obama Lifts US Travel Ban on HIV-infected; Updated AIDS Bill Puts New Focus on Testing
Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly, November 22, 2009
  AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today lauded President Barack Obama for lifting a 22 year-old ban prohibiting HIV-positive foreigners from traveling to the US. The US was one of only twelve countrie...
MEDICARE AND MEDICAID; Obama Healthcare Reforms Fall Short, but Betterthanmedicare.com Closes the 'Donut Hole'
Nursing Home & Elder Business Week, November 22, 2009
  With his proposed health care reform plan, President Barack Obama has set his sights on cutting name-brand prescription drug costs by 50 percent for Medicare patients who fall into the "Part D" cover...
November 21, 2009
A special form of disrespect
The Spectator, November 21, 2009
 Barack Obama's increasing disregard for Britain's views is no way to treat an ally whose troops have fought side by side with America since September 11, says Con Coughlin Washington It says much abou...
Force-feeding prisoners and the role of physicians
The Lancet, November 21, 2009 - November 27, 2009
   In his Sept 29 address to the United Nations General Assembly, President Barack Obama told the world that for those "who question the character and cause of my nation" two "concrete actions" should ...
Politics
The Economist, November 21, 2009
 ? This article contains a table. Please see hard copy. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Barack Obama paid his first visit to China, where he held talks with his counterpart, Hu Jintao, and the prime minister, We...
Trials to come; After Guantánamo
The Economist, November 21, 2009
 Tough choices as a deadline is missed AT HIS inauguration, Barack Obama insisted that the choice between America's safety and its ideals was a false one. In a clear dig at his predecessor for abuses i...
Let's agree to agree; America, China and climate change
The Economist, November 21, 2009
 Barack Obama and others admit that Copenhagen will at most produce only an outline climate agreement. But that would be a lot better than nothing EXPECTATIONS for the Copenhagen climate conference, to...
Waiting (and waiting) for a plan; Barack Obama and Afghanistan
The Economist, November 21, 2009
 The president continues to take his time AS HIS plane was refuelling in Alaska en route to Asia, Barack Obama made a vow to the troops who greeted him at Elmendorf air base. "I want you guys to unders...
Resistant to sticks and carrots; Cuba and the United States
The Economist, November 21, 2009
 The difficulty of pressing for change in a police state THOSE who hoped that the arrival in power of Barack Obama and Raúl Castro would bring a thaw in the continuing 50-year cold war between the Unit...
The Pacific (and pussyfooting) president; Barack Obama in Asia
The Economist, November 21, 2009
 America's president shows an alarming lack of self-confidence. So does China's FOR some critics of Barack Obama, America's dependence on China as the holder of some $800 billion of its government debt...
Scaling the Asian wall; Barack Obama in Asia
The Economist, November 21, 2009
 The president pays Asia the compliment of courtesy; rewards are not immediate IT TOOK Barack Obama nearly a year in office to get to East Asia. When he did, it was for an intensive nine-day obstacle c...
November 20, 2009
Lee, Obama vow efforts to denuclearize N. Korea, ratify FTA
Yonhap (South Korea), November 20, 2009 Friday
 South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and U.S. President Barack Obama urged North Korea Thursday to immediately return to nuclear negotiations, vowing joint efforts to fully denuclearize the communist ...
(News Focus) Obama assures Seoul not being bypassed in U.S. talks with Pyongyang
Yonhap (South Korea), November 20, 2009 Friday
 On his first trip to South Korea, U.S. President Barack Obama sought Thursday to show to both South and North Korea that Washington's imminent dialogue with Pyongyang will be conducted through close c...
Where the beef?: Korea-US summit even more disappointing than expected
Yonhap (South Korea), November 20, 2009 Friday
 (EDITORIAL from the Korea Times on Nov. 20) After the third summit between Presidents Lee Myung-bak and Barack Obama, rival political parties here issued contrasting comments - as usual. The governing...
N. Korea criticizes U.S. military in S. Korea during Obama trip
Yonhap (South Korea), November 20, 2009 Friday
 North Korea blamed the U.S. military in South Korea for stoking regional tension in contrast to its own "sincere" peace efforts, a routine claim that surfaced again as U.S. President Barack Obama visi...
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