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Barack Obama News Timeline.These are articles about Barack Obama aggregated by Daylife from sources all around the world.

Created by vineet on May 20, 2008

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• Obama calls Mandela
  Feb 13, 2010 9:31 PM

  ...Mandela to mark the 20th anniversary of his release from prison, which helped usher in the end of white minority rule. "President Obama expressed the American people's great admiration for president Mandela, who was very appreciative of the call," White House...
  http://www.iol.co.za/widgets/rss_redirect.php?artid=nw20100214071743966C939280&setid=1&sectid=6&url=iol&vne=0&csect=Politics

• President Obama official schedule and guidance, Jan. 6, 2010. Meets with educators
  Jan 6, 2010 5:04 AM

  ... THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary _______________________________________________________________________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 5, 2010 DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2010 In the morning...
  http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2010/01/president_obama_official_sched_200.html

• Obama to meet with NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden
  Dec 15, 2009 6:33 PM

  ...the White House seemed to favor an approach that emphasized the strategy recommended by the presidential panel, partly because the Obama administration does not want to give NASA billions of dollars more in funding necessary to salvage Constellation. For the...
  http://feeds.orlandosentinel.com/~r/orlandosentinel/news/local/lake/~3/1Bu7fuNV_7Y/os-sl-write-stuff-obama-meets-nasa-admin-2001215,0,7419449.storylink

• Your turn: Want to comment on Obama's health care speech?
  Sep 9, 2009 12:22 PM

  ...Barack Obama tonight will take his health reform plan before a joint session of Congress and before a live televised audience. Do you plan to watch? And would you be willing to share your opinion about the speech and whether it changes or solidifies your position...
  http://jconline.com/article/20090909/NEWS09/90909011

• Obama Faces Afghan Quagmire Dilemma
  Sep 2, 2009 1:32 PM

  ...from Afghanistan is an early voice in what soon may be many as U.S. public opinion turns against the war. For President Obama, it's getting to be quagmire time. Like President Johnson in Vietnam, he is faced with having to prosecute his predecessor's war....
  http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NprProgramsATC/~3/tpjzBJstpMw/story.php

• Why Obama could relate to Gates arrest
  Jul 28, 2009 10:17 PM

  ...I'll tell you why Barack Obama said what he did. When he was asked last week about the racially-charged arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, the president could have -- and as a political matter, should have -- given a diplomatic non-answer. Instead,...
  http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1161692.html

• Oklahomans weigh-in on Obama's health plan
  Jul 23, 2009 8:04 PM

  4 comments have been made on this story so far. Tell us what you think below!         We need your help Thank you to everyone who has registered with tulsaworld.com. We have seen an increase
  http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20090723_298_0_ManyTu802533&rss_lnk=11

• Obama to meet powerful Putin for first time
  Jul 6, 2009 6:05 PM

  ...States was just $36 billion in 2008, the same amount as with Poland, and investment has lagged that of European competitors. Obama, who praised Medvedev as straightforward and professional, said before his trip that Putin still had one foot stuck in the Cold...
  http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/-FPQT46P_-0/idUSTRE5640IZ20090707

• Obama to revive Guantanamo military trials!
  May 13, 2009 12:42 AM

  ...roles in the September 11, 2001 terrorist strikes, including the plot's self-proclaimed mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Obama's decision would come as Republicans have fiercely assailed his order to close the detention facility at the US naval base in...
  http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=531266&sid=WOR

• King: Second 100 days will be bigger test for Obama
  Apr 26, 2009 6:37 AM

  ...homes and be able to feed their families." Watch diners in Las Vegas discuss Obama's performance in White House » Asked to give Obama a grade at the 100-day mark, Goodman was for the most part complimentary. "You've got to give credit where it's due, and...
  http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_mostpopular/~3/sWvP4DtgRpo/index.html

• Obama nominates Bush critic at State
  Mar 23, 2009 5:13 PM

  ...of the Long & Foster Companies which includes Long & Foster Real Estate and its Affiliated Businesses including Mortgage, Title, Insurance, and Home Service Connections. Stevens joined the Long & Foster Companies in July 2006 as President of Affiliated Businesses....
  http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/03/obama_nominates_3.html

• Obama Slams Sudan For Expulsion of Aid Groups
  Mar 11, 2009 8:52 AM

  "We have a potential crisis of even greater dimensions than we already saw," Obama said as he held the first talks of his presidency with the UN secretary general in the Oval Office. "I impressed upon the Secretary General how important it is from our
  http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BreakingNewsPoliticsElection-Sefermpost/~3/ZXcg7KjcBlA/obama-slams-sudan-for-expulsion-of-aid-groups.html

• Stephen Lendman : Guantánamo Under Obama
  Mar 9, 2009 1:48 PM

  ...and ordering the closing of the Guantanamo detention camp within a year, government official said." The closure EO is titled: "Executive Order -- Review and Disposition of Individuals Detained at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and Closure of Detention Facilities." Sec....
  http://www.counterpunch.org/lendman03092009.html

• Obama was no ruder to Brown than Brown was to Bush
  Mar 6, 2009 2:02 AM

  ...the historically fanciful (inherited bitterness toward the British over the Mau Mau uprising) to the dismissively patronising (Obama is simply amateurish and inexperienced at dealing with foreign leaders). Goodness knows it was painful to watch the contrast...
  http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/janet_daley/blog/2009/03/06/obama_was_no_ruder_to_brown_than_brown_was_to_bush

• McCain-led Republicans Craft Alternative to Obama Stimulus Package
  Feb 4, 2009 12:03 AM

  ... Bulgaria news Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency - www.sofianewsagency.com) is unique with being a real time news provider in English that informs its readers about the latest Bulgarian news. The editorial staff also publishes a daily online newspaper "Sofia...
  http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=100952

• Man accused of threatening Obama pleads not guilty
  Feb 3, 2009 11:57 PM

  ...Refer to a friend DURANGO, Colorado (AP) - A Colorado man accused of threatening to kill President Barack Obama and blow up a suburban Minneapolis mall has pleaded not guilty. Twenty-year-old Timothy Gutierrez of Cortez appeared in federal court in Durango...
  http://www.pr-inside.com/man-accused-of-threatening-obama-pleads-r1041697.htm

• Obama euphoria as left-liberalism latest toxic manifestation
  Feb 1, 2009 11:56 AM

  ...-- their Obama worship is based on his charisma and/or his race, not vicious partisanship. And some Bush haters do not worship Obama, finding him insufficiently left-wing. These folks may not be genuine Bush haters, though; their hatred more likely is directed...
  http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/02/022702.php

• 'SNL': It's time to replace Fred Armisen as Barack Obama
  Feb 1, 2009 11:47 AM

  ...No, he doesn't. Armisen is Japanese, Venezuelan & German. He is diversity. I think he does OK as Obama. It's just that Obama hasn't shown any traits that can be reduced to a comedy caricature. Thank God for Biden and his big mouth! He beat out Wyatt Cynac...
  http://feeds.ew.com/~r/ew/popwatch/~3/529064904/fred-armisen-ob.html

• Obama to hear advice of service chiefs on Iraq
  Jan 27, 2009 7:13 PM

  ...would risk the safety of U.S. troops remaining behind to train Iraqis and fight al-Qaida or cause backsliding in Iraqi stability. Obama wants to shift the Pentagon's focus so that troubled Afghanistan becomes the top military priority, by increasing the troop...
  http://www.pr-inside.com/obama-to-hear-advice-of-service-r1029093.htm

• President Obama To Order Guantánamo Closed
  Jan 21, 2009 3:50 PM

  ...and hope that any ambiguity is due to the fact that this order was done on day one in record time. We are confident that President Obama understands that indefinite detention without trial must end once and for all and that detainees should be either prosecuted...
  http://www.aclu.org/safefree/detention/38437prs20090121.html?s_src=RSS

• Stevie Wonder Contributes New Song to ?THE OBAMA SOUNDTRACK' Compilation CD
  Jan 15, 2009 9:15 AM

  ...The song also appeared on a special music compilation CD, Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement, a benefit project for the Obama campaign. While on the campaign trail, President-to-be Obama had cited by name five landmark albums of the artist's young...
  http://www.pr-inside.com/stevie-wonder-contributes-new-song-to-r1009181.htm

• Hot Detroit car for sale used to be Obama's
  Jan 15, 2009 9:10 AM

  ...Blue Book value is around $13,500, said Donald Moore, the general manager of Rosenthal Chrysler and Jeep in Arlington, Va. Moore estimated that Obama bought the car for about $32,000. He sold it early in his presidential campaign and bought a hybrid....
  http://www.bradenton.com/politics/story/1156704.html

• Wax Obama at Madame Tussauds
  Jan 15, 2009 9:10 AM

  ...BERLIN: Barack Obama's wax doppelganger has already taken office in Berlin â five days before the real-life Obama takes over in Washington. Standing between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy at Madame Tussauds' newest museum,...
  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Wax_Obama_at_Madame_Tussauds/rssarticleshow/3985411.cms

• Obama & His Blackberry: A Few Words Say It All
  Jan 15, 2009 9:10 AM

  ...President-elect Barack Obama faces a conundrum: He likely has to relinquish his coveted BlackBerry as part of his taking office on January 20. But as recently as last week he made it clear, once again, he's not happy about it. Be the first to add your opinion...
  http://www.blackberrytoday.com/articles/2009/1/2009-1-15-Obama-His-Blackberry.html

• Obama announces national security team
  Jan 9, 2009 12:03 PM

  ...President-elect Barack Obama [Images] has named Leon Panetta, a former White House Chief of Staff, to head the Central Intelligence Agency and retired admiral Dennis Blair as the director of the National Intelligence. John Brenna, a former leader of the National...
  http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2009/jan/10obama-announces-national-security-team.htm

• The Obama Administration's Choices On Cuba
  Dec 31, 2008 10:57 AM

  DOBBS FERRY, N.Y., Dec. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement by John McAuliff, executive director of the Fund for Reconciliation and Development, a non-governmental organization he founded in 1985 to normalize relations with
  http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/12-31-2008/0004948076&EDATE=

• Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich defies Senate and names Roland Burris to replace Obama
  Dec 30, 2008 1:25 PM

  ...integrity and asked that the corruption allegations not "taint this good and honest man." "The people of Illinois are entitled to have two United States senators represent them in Washington D.C.," Blagojevich said. "As governor I am required to make this...
  http://www.wctrib.com/index.cfm?&forumcomm_check_return

• Bush, Obama Invoke Nation's First Christmas In 1776 During Holiday Messages (AHN)
  Dec 25, 2008 3:54 AM

  ...the nation's first Christmas in 1776. In a message also recorded on video and posted online at the transition team's website, Obama, who officially succeeds Bush when he is sworn in on Jan. 20, paid tribute to "the brave men and women who serve our country...
  http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7013522962

• How to spend the Obama trillion: 100k per car to retrofit hybrids
  Dec 19, 2008 4:34 PM

  ... Comment Policy: We reserve the right to edit or delete comments, and in extreme cases to ban commenters, at our discretion. Comments must be relevant and civil (and, especially, free of name-calling). We think of comment threads like dinner parties at our...
  http://volokh.com/posts/1229731693.shtml

• Obama To Address Growing Deficit -- Later
  Dec 19, 2008 3:54 PM

  ... Authorities recover the body of a Texas A&M University student from Conroe missing since a boating accident on Richland Chambers Lake. Electricity customers across the Houston area will soon have to pay new charges on their monthly electric bills, KPRC ...
  http://www.click2houston.com/money/18321290/detail.html?rss=hou&psp=money

• 'Tough Job' Ahead for Obama's Labor Secretary- Obama Defends Rick Warren Choice
  Dec 18, 2008 3:22 PM

  ...two weeks ago by applicants who delayed filing their claims during the Thanksgiving holiday week. Blank expressed confidence in Obama's recovery plan, but added, "There are no guarantees with this economy." The Associated Press contributed to this report...
  http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/12/18/rep-solis-tapped-labor-secretary-sources-say/

• Privacy groups meet with Obama FTC review team
  Dec 16, 2008 11:28 PM

  ...advertising guidelines. The group announced Tuesday it updated its code of conduct, but multiple groups at the meeting with the Obama transition team said that behavioral tracking and targeting is still a problem that the FTC needs to address. Susan Grant,...
  http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10125017-38.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-5

• Obama Picks Iowa Gov. for Ag. Post
  Dec 16, 2008 10:39 PM

  ...because of an inability to raise money. He endorsed Clinton and campaigned actively for her in the long primary campaign against Obama. After Obama defeated Clinton, Vilsack endorsed him. First elected governor in 1998, Vilsack, 58, carved out a reputation...
  http://www.newsmax.com/politics/vilsack_agriculture_post/2008/12/16/162642.html?utm_medium=RSS

• Obama slams Bush over foreclosures
  Dec 8, 2008 4:25 AM

  WASHINGTON Criticizing the White House directly for the first time since November's election, President-elect Barack Obama yesterday accused President Bush of not doing enough to stem the nation's home foreclosure crisis. Obama vowed that if the Bush
  http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20081208/NEWS21/812080313/-1/RSS02?source=rss_localnews

• Name by name, Obama's Cabinet taking shape
  Dec 5, 2008 4:10 PM

  ...Day by day, name by name, President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet is taking shape, and other top jobs are being filled. A look at who has made the list and who is being talked about for jobs that are still open: DEFENSE SECRETARY: Robert Gates, a holdover from...
  http://www.bradenton.com/politics/story/1078600.html

• Obama puts limit on contributions for inauguration
  Nov 25, 2008 6:22 PM

  WASHINGTON President-elect Barack Obama has named a team of high-profile executives and fundraisers to oversee his inauguration and imposed limits on who can contribute to it and how much they can give. The group leading the Jan. 20 celebrations
  http://www.freep.com/article/20081125/NEWS15/81125093/1118/RSS

• Obama Economic Team Rolls Up Its Sleeves
  Nov 25, 2008 4:09 AM

  ... President-elect Barack Obama says bold action is needed to "jolt" the economy and save millions of jobs. He's urging Congress to pass a major job creating stimulus bill. He also named key leaders of his economic team Monday....
  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97439587&ft=1&f=1003

• Obama names economic team
  Nov 24, 2008 9:37 AM

  ...said one Obama aide, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the details of the Obama package have not been fleshed out. Obama could delay any tax increase to 2011, when current Bush administration tax cuts expire. House Republican leader John Boehner...
  http://www.spokesmanreview.com/breaking/story.asp?ID=17921

• Obama names Treasury chief
  Nov 24, 2008 9:34 AM

  ...assembled an economic team with the vision and expertise to stabilise our economy, create jobs, and get America back on track," Obama said. "Even as we face great economic challenges, we know that great opportunity is at hand - if we act swiftly and boldly....
  http://www.fin24.co.za/articles/default/display_article.aspx?Nav=ns&ArticleID=1518-1783_2431891

• Obama's Cell Phone Records Breached
  Nov 20, 2008 6:48 PM

  ...OBAMA'S PHONE RECORDS HAVE BEEN BREACHED ON A PHONE HE NO LONGER USES!!! Call in the National Guard! The FBI! The CIA!!! The media in America is a BIG FAT JOKE. first breached....then impeeched....can't wait til the soup lines start forming, but they will...
  http://news.aol.com/main/obama-presidency/article/obamas-cell-phone-records-breached/256218

• Obama as 'science president'
  Nov 20, 2008 6:47 PM

  ...supporting basic research and science education that will benefit the public good long after he leaves office. It's clear Mr. Obama is comfortable with technology. He made good use of the Internet to recruit and stay in touch with his followers and raise...
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thedailysource/~3/460265889/p08s01-comv.html

• A US newspaper urges Obama to sign FTA with Taiwan
  Nov 12, 2008 8:52 PM

  TAIPEI (Taiwan News) - An American conservative Washington D.C.-based think tank Heritage Foundation's Asian Studies Center Director Walter Lohman and the US-Taiwan Business Council President Rupert Hammond-Chambers jointly published a commentary
  http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=787631&lang=eng_news&cate_img=83.jpg&cate_rss=news_Politics_TAIWAN

• 'Plum Book' Is Obama's Big Help-Wanted Ad
  Nov 12, 2008 8:22 PM

  The 209-page paperback, officially titled "The United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions," is exciting reading for people coveting jobs in the incoming Obama administration. It details the positions -- some high-level, some almost
  http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/politics/administration/index_xml/~3/-Gt5R7USL7Q/AR2008111203303.html

• Taliban urges Obama to scrap Bush's foreign policies and end wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
  Nov 12, 2008 3:40 AM

  ...days after the election, two Iraqi insurgent groups posted separate Internet messages reported by SITE calling on Obama to withdraw troops from Iraq. Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, self-styled head of the al-Qaida front group Islamic State of Iraq, said "You do not...
  http://feeds.courant.com/~r/Courant/Politics/~3/450574788/sns-ap-taliban-obama,0,276278.story

• Inside story: How Obama won Florida
  Nov 8, 2008 8:55 PM

  TAMPA -- Inside a converted cigar factory in the heart of Ybor City, a group of Barack Obama staffers hunch over their laptops in intense, nearly silent concentration. This is the nerve center of Obama's Florida operation, and the election is four
  http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/763256.html

• Obama sets tougher tone with staff picks
  Nov 6, 2008 10:36 PM

  CHICAGO -- Barack Obama is signaling a shift in tactics and temperament as he moves from candidate to president-elect, picking sharp-elbowed Washington insiders for top posts. His choice Thursday for White House chief of staff -- Rahm Emanuel, a fiery
  http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081107/POLITICS01/811070413/-1/rss

• Bush set to meet Obama next week
  Nov 6, 2008 9:18 AM

  ...offered the post of chief-of-staff. This will also be America's first wartime presidential transition in four decades Mr Obama is next expected to appoint a treasury secretary to tackle the country's economic crisis. Likely contenders reportedly include...
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/us_elections_2008/7714007.stm

• Obama Team Considers High-Profile Military Cuts
  Nov 6, 2008 9:16 AM

  ...Although Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye says he doubts President-elect Barack Obama would cut the military, a new briefing paper indicates that Obamas transition team is considering doing just that in some areas. In my discussions with Senator Obama, he has indicated...
  http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/obama_military_cuts/2008/11/06/148450.html?utm_medium=RSS

• Syrians Celebrate Obama Election
  Nov 5, 2008 8:13 PM

  During the election Barack Obama promised to bring stability to the region through creative diplomacy. That means America talking to its enemies, an end to the Bush policy of ostracising certain states. Here in Syria that is giving grounds for optimism.
  http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/US-Elections-2008/Barack-Obamas-Win-Welcomed-In-Syria-Amid-Hopes-Of-Better-Relations/Article/200811115144149?f=rss

• Obama's Victory Speech: 'Hope of a Better Day'
  Nov 4, 2008 11:25 PM

  ...founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer. US President-elect Barack Obama speaking to thousands of supporters in Chicago once it became clear that he had been voted in as America's 44th president. It's...
  http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,588520,00.html