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DNC director to be next South Africa ambassador

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theGRIO REPORT - Patrick Gaspard, who has held high level positions in politics including his current post as executive director of the Democratic National Committee, will soon be offered a new assignment...
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President Barack Obama is greeted before giving his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill on February 12, 2013 in Washington, D.C. Facing a divided Congress, Obama is expected to focus his speech on new initiatives designed to stimulate the U.S. economy. (Photo by Charles Dharapak-Pool/Getty Images)

State of the Union takeaways for black America

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SLIDESHOW - President Obama hit the road Wednesday to stump for the ideas he outlined in his first State of the Union address of his second term the night before...
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State of the Union

Images: Obama’s State of the Union speech

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama delivered the first State of the Union address of his second term on Tuesday. Here are some images from the address...
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State of the Union: Obama impassioned on guns

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theGRIO REPORT - Obama used the conclusion of his speech to tens of millions of Americans to demand Congress vote on his gun control proposals...
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resident Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union speech before a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol February 12, 2013 in Washington, DC. Facing a divided Congress, Obama concentrated his speech on new initiatives designed to stimulate the U.S. economy and said, 'It’s not a bigger government we need, but a smarter government that sets priorities and invests in broad-based growth'. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Full Text: Obama's State of the Union address

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VIDEO - President Barack Obama‘s 2013 State of the Union address, as prepared for delivery on Feb. 12, 2013...
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102-year-old FL woman a guest at State of the Union

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theGRIO REPORT - A 102-year-old Florida woman who stood in line for three hours to vote this past November will sit in a place of honor at tonight's State of the Union address...
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Melissa Harris Perry, February 10, 2012. (Screen capture)

Melissa Harris-Perry: Obama’s biggest speeches weren’t ‘State of the Union’

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VIDEO - On Sunday, Melissa Harris Perry discussed the State of the Union speech...
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks during the Republican Committee Fundraising Dinner on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, at the Little America Hotel in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Cheney said Saturday night that President Barack Obama has jeopardized U.S. national security by nominating substandard candidates for key cabinet posts and by degrading the U.S. military. (AP Photo/Wyoming Tribune Eagle, Blaine McCartney)

Cheney calls Obama nominees 'second-rate'

Bob Moen, Associated Press
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Saturday night that President Barack Obama has jeopardized U.S. national security by nominating substandard candidates for key cabinet posts and by degrading the U.S. military...
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Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton holds the hand of her ten-year-old son as they listen to speakers during an event with police and community leaders at a neighborhood park where her daughter Hadiya was killed on January 30, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Fifteen-year-old Hadiya was shot and killed when a gunman opened fire in the park yesterday while she was hanging out with friends on the warm rainy afternoon under a shelter in the park. Hadiya was a majorette in her high school band and recently performed in Washington, D.C. during the inauguration. President Obama's Chicago home is less than a mile from the park where Hadiya was killed. Another person was wounded in the leg during the shooting. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Hadiya Pendleton's death draws White House attention

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theGRIO REPORT - The shooting death of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton has drawn national attention, prompting renewed calls for gun regulation, and reigniting the public outrage created by the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut...
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Retired NASA astronaut and Navy Capt. Mark Kelly (R) and his wife, shooting victim and former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ) prepares to give an opening statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee during hearing about gun control on Capitol Hill January 30, 2013 in Washington, DC. Giffords delivered an opening statment to the committee, which met for the first time since the mass shooting at a Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

White House says Obama to meet with Gabrielle Giffords

Nedra Pickler, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) -— Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is following up her dramatic appeal for gun control on Capitol Hill with a visit to the White House...
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