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President Obama

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Obama pushes early childhood education expansion

Josh Lederman and Philip Elliott, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's ambitious plan to expand preschool programs comes as one out of every 13 students already in Head Start classrooms is at risk of being kicked out if lawmakers don't sidestep a budget meltdown.
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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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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

Joy-Ann Reid
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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President Barack Obama and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton walk away from the podium during the Transfer of Remains Ceremony for the return of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Libyan embassy employees at Joint Base Andrews September 14. 2012 in Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Stevens and the three other embassy employees were killed when the consulate in Libya was attacked September 11. (Photo by Molly Riley-Pool/Getty Images)

Obama's powerful embrace of Hillary Clinton

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANALYSIS - President Obama's enthusiastically praised and championed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a joint interview Sunday night, sending what amounted to direct signals to his supporters...
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama

First lady wears Naeem Khan to National Prayer Service

Sophia Nelson
President Barack H. Obama started his first day in his second term of office at the National Prayer Service held at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC, which held a near-capacity crowd. He and first lady Michelle Obama were joined by dignitaries, guests, family, friends, members of Congress, and cabinet officials
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'Obama commerce' is alive and well

Joy-Ann Reid
theGRIO REPORT - President Barack Obama's second inaugural is in full swing in Washington, and so is the spirit of entrepreneurship...
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Singer Lupe Fiasco performs at the Hollywood Palladium on October 17, 2012 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Lupe Fiasco bashes Obama, escorted off stage at inaugural concert

Carrie Healey
theGRIO REPORT - Lupe Fiasco was escorted off the stage by security in Washington, D.C. on Sunday after insulting President Barack Obama and performing a 30-minute antiwar song during an inauguration themed show...
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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama attend a church service at Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., on Inauguration Day, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Obama, first family attend services at oldest black church

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
theGRIO REPORT - The Metropolitan A.M.E. Church in Washington, D.C. is hosting the first family this morning during a service celebrating the second inauguration of America's first black president simultaneously with the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King....
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In this combination of file photos, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks at a peace rally in New York on April 15, 1967, left, and President Barack Obama speaks at an election night party in Chicago after winning a second term in office on Nov. 7, 2012. Inauguration Day coincides with the King holiday, marking what some say is an inextricable tie between the nation's first black president and the civil rights movement. Obama plans to incorporate the legacy of that movement into his inauguration. (AP Photo, File)

MLK's road map for Obama's new term

Rep. Elijah E. Cummings
OPINION - There is still much to do, and President Obama remains uniquely positioned to help our nation achieve the tenets of humanity and equality of which Dr. King could only dream...
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