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Barack Obama

Dozens arrested at last day of Chicago public schools closing protests

Obama pledges urgent aid to Oklahoma town

Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama has declared a major disaster in Oklahoma, ordering federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts...
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GOP nominee's anti-gay views stir controversy

David A. Love
OPINION - Virginia Republicans have selected a dyed-in-the-wool, black conservative minister and activist as their nominee for lieutenant governor. And he has drawn particular criticism for his homophobic views...
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White House aides learned of IRS details in April, but didn't tell Obama

Michael O'Brien, Political Reporter, NBC News
NBC News - The White House first learned of a draft report detailing abuses by IRS officials in targeting conservative groups in late April...
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Children play ball in front of a giant portrait of former president Nelson Mandela in a park in Soweto, South Africa, Sunday, March 31, 2013. Mandela remains in a hospital while he receives treatment for a recurrence of pneumonia. Presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj says there are no updates on 94 year old Mandela since an official statement Saturday on his condition. That statement reported the anti-apartheid leader was breathing without difficulty after having a procedure to clear fluid in his lung area. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

Obama to visit South Africa, Senegal, Tanzania

Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama will visit three African nations this summer...
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People sit in the rain and listen as President Barack Obama delivers the 129th commencement speech at Morehouse College Sunday, May 19, 2013, in Atlanta. In a soaring commencement address on work, sacrifice and opportunity, the President told graduates of the historically black college to seize the power of their example as black men graduating from college and use it to improve people's lives. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

No 'excuse' for simplifying Obama's Morehouse message

James Braxton Peterson
OPINION - Interestingly enough, both the president’s detractors as well as his supporters will seize on the same soundbite from his address to the 2013 graduating class at Morehouse College...
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Graduate Frederick Anderson stands in the pouring rain as President Barack Obama acknowledges him during his Morehouse College 129th Commencement ceremony address Sunday, May 19, 2013, in Atlanta. After a difficult childhood Shelton graduating Phi Beta Kappa and is on his way to Harvard Law School. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama speech makes Morehouse grads 'proud'

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - President Obama delivered a fearless and passionate commencement address at Morehouse College on Sunday, which despite the steady rain, left the crowds captivated...
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Obama to Morehouse grads: Set an example

Darlene Superville, Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) -rically black Morehouse College to seize the power of their example as black men graduating from college...
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Members of the Morehouse College 2002 graduating class sing their school song during commencement ceremonies May 19, 2002 in Atlanta. About 500 men received their undergraduate degrees from the predominately black school. (Photo by Erik S. Lesser/Getty Images)

Black pastor vs. Obama at Morehouse

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theGRIO REPORT - President Obama will deliver the commencement speech at Morehouse College -- the storied predominantly black men's college an alma mater of Dr. Martin Luther King -- on Sunday. But he won't find a total respite from controversy...
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First lady Michelle Obama delivers the commencement speech during the Bowie State University graduation ceremony at the Comcast Center on the campus of the University of Maryland May 17, 2013 in College Park, Maryland. Obama received and Honorary Doctor of Laws degree before addressing the 600 graduates of Maryland's oldest historically black university and one of the ten oldest in the country. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

President, first lady address HBCU graduates

Lilly Workneh
theGRIO SLIDESHOW - Graduation season is underway and students and their families are joined by a few special guests as they celebrate their achievement...
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The release of e-mails related to the administration's response to the Benghazi attack show how little of a role United States Ambassador Susan Rice played in the entire controversy, making it easier for the President Obama to tap his longtime friend as National Security Adviser sometime over the next three years.

Could GOP's Benghazi push benefit Susan Rice?

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANALYSIS - The release of e-mails related to the administration's response to the Benghazi attack show how little of a role United States Ambassador Susan Rice played in the entire controversy, making it easier for the President Obama to tap his longtime friend...
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