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CAPITAL CULTURE: Big first year leaves Obama tired

After a sleepless, overnight flight to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize earlier this month, President Barack Obama made a not altogether surprising admission. He was tired.

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Tags: united states, tired obama
Key dates surrounding the Christmas Day attack

A look at key events surrounding the Christmas Day attack on a U.S. airliner. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is accused of trying to detonate an explosive device hidden on his body as the plane approached...

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Obama orders review of watchlist and air safety

President Barack Obama said Monday he has ordered a review of the nation's watchlist system and of its air safety regulations following a Christmas Day attack on a U.S. airliner. As an al-Qaida group...

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Tags: united states, airliner attack
US condemns violence in Iran

The Obama administration on Sunday strongly condemned the Iranian government's crackdown on protesters, offering its support to civilians "seeking to exercise their universal rights."

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Tags: united states, us iran
Obamas salute military in their Christmas message

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama offered Christmas wishes to the nation on Thursday, including a special thanks for the U.S. military. They urged Americans to help support...

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Tags: united states, obama christmas
Obama makes Christmas calls to US troops

President Barack Obama says he personally delivered a holiday message to a few members of the U.S. military.

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Tags: united states, obama troops
Obama vents frustration at Senate delays

President Barack Obama on Wednesday expressed frustration with the way the Senate does business, saying the use of delaying tactics there harms the nation's ability to "deal with big problems in a...

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Tags: united states, obama health care
Obama: climate change disappointment justified

President Barack Obama says the public is justified in its disappointment with the outcome of the United Nations climate change summit.

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Guantanamo prison may have to stay open until 2011

President Barack Obama's commitment to close the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by next month may be delayed until 2011 because it will take months for the government to buy an...

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Tags: united states, guantanamo, politic
Harry Lappin director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, left, and Alan Liotta, principal director of the U.S. Department of Defense of Detainee Policy, answer questions during  an Illinois legislative hearing Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009 in Sterling, Ill. regarding an Obama administration decision to buy the underused Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Ill.  to house up to 100 Guantanamo Bay detainees. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
Obama to get 'sports stuff' for Christmas

President Barack Obama is getting "sports stuff" for Christmas.

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