BARACK OBAMA
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Obama signs Minnesota-pushed bill to restore military benefits
The Pentagon will restore military personnel leave time that was stripped from nearly 50,000 soldiers in October. President Barack Obama Friday signed into law a bill co-sponsored by all of Minnesota...
Posted on 5/25/12 at 12:59 PM
REPUBLIC INSIDER Washington Post: Romney should emulate Thune approach
The way to defeat Barack Obama is tied to South Dakota's epic 2004 Senate race. At least that's the take of a Washington Post blogger. Chris Cillizza writes that Mitt Romney faces a problem this fall...
Posted on 4/19/12 at 2:29 PM
THE FLENSBURG FILES: TRAVELS AND EXPERIENCES GATHERED OF A FORMER MINNESOTAN Joachim Gauck is President of Germany. Who is Mr. Gauck?
We all have our political discussions at the dinner table this evening. In the US, many families are talking about the elections of 2012 and the direction the country is going regardless of ...
Posted on 3/22/12 at 11:31 AM
STAFF BLOG FLICKERTALES FROM THE HILL Berg marks milestone as unemployment provisions signed into law
North Dakota's representative among few in freshmen class to pass legislation FARGO - North Dakota's Rep. Rick Berg marked a rare milestone as a freshman congressman late Wednesday, when President O...
Posted on 2/23/12 at 4:05 PM
STAFF BLOG DIVERSION DISCUSSION Obama's 2013 budget includes $5M for F-M diversion funding
FARGO In a mixture of thanks and disappointment, North Dakota and Minnesota lawmakers say some federal funding for the Red River diversion is better than none at all. President Obamas 2013 budget, r...
Posted on 2/13/12 at 4:31 PM
Iowa soldier first living recipient of current wars to receive Medal of Honor 
WASHINGTON – Ambushed in Afghanistan, Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta stepped into a “wall of bullets” and chased down two Taliban fighters who were carrying his mortally wounded friend away.
By Associated Press , November 17, 2010
Obama rallies Dems at U of M campaign stop
MINNEAPOLIS – President Barack Obama told the crowd at a Minnesota rally Saturday to “defy the conventional wisdom” and put Democrats like gubernatorial nominee Mark Dayton in office.
By Brian Bakst, Associated Press Writer , October 24, 2010
Fargo-Moorhead teachers to decide whether to show Obama's second address in class
Fargo and Moorhead schools are leaving the decision to air President Barack Obama’s second annual education speech up to classroom teachers.
By Helmut Schmidt , September 13, 2010
Poll: One in 5 thinks Obama’s a Muslim
NEW YORK – “President Obama is a Muslim.” “He’s not an American citizen.” “He wasn’t even born here.”
By Associated Press , August 20, 2010
Senate to confirm Kagan as court's 4th-ever woman
WASHINGTON — Her confirmation assured, Elena Kagan is on the brink of becoming the fourth woman ever to serve as a Supreme Court justice.
By Associated Press , August 05, 2010
44 percent of Minnesotans support Obama
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesotans are apparently split on the direction that President Barack Obama is leading the country.
By Associated Press , August 02, 2010
Political pot heats to a boil
The temperature is not the only thing rising out here in the heartland.
By Gary Emineth , June 20, 2010
After blasting BP, Obama now faces its leaders
WASHINGTON — Fresh from admonishing BP before the world, President Barack Obama now gets his moment with the oil company's leaders. It will be on his turf and, he vowed to an angry nation, on his terms.
By Associated Press , June 16, 2010
Obama defends his Gulf spill response
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he's been talking closely to Gulf Coast fishermen and experts on BP's catastrophic oil spill not for academic reasons but "so I know whose ass to kick."
By Associated Press , June 08, 2010
Biden honors fallen troops; Obama talk rained out
ELWOOD, Ill. (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden hailed America's fighting men and women Monday as the "spine of this nation," while President Barack Obama's Land of Lincoln tribute got washed out by a severe thunderstorm and high winds.
By Darlene Superville, Associated Press Writer , May 31, 2010
Obama inspects Louisiana beach threatened by Gulf oil spill
GRAND ISLE, La. (AP) — Intent on showing firm command of a deepening Gulf Coast crisis, President Barack Obama kneeled on a Louisiana beach Friday and lamented livelihoods and wildlife imperiled by America's largest-ever oil spill.
By Darlene Superville, Associated Press Writer , May 28, 2010
ND man sentenced for threatening Obama
BISMARCK (AP) — A judge says a North Dakota man should be released after serving more than six months in jail for threatening to kill President Barack Obama.
By Associated Press , May 18, 2010
Obama rips 'ridiculous spectacle' of fingerpointing, 'cozy' oil links
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday angrily decried the "ridiculous spectacle" of oil industry officials pointing fingers of blame for the catastrophic spill in the Gulf of Mexico and pledged to end a "cozy relationship" between the oil industry and federal regulators that he said had extended into his own administration.
By Erica Werner, Associated Press Writer , May 14, 2010
Elena Kagan chosen by Obama for Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, declaring she would demonstrate the same independence, integrity and passion for the law exhibited by retiring Justice John Paul Stevens.
By Ben Feller, Associated Press Writer , May 10, 2010
Come on, people, give him a chance
It is about time that people on the right acknowledged that, yes, President Barack Obama is the duly elected president and that, yes, he was born in the United States of America and that, yes, he is a Christian and not part of an Islamic cell.
By Gordon Brenner , April 18, 2010
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