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20 Feb 2009 13:40

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U.S.: How’s Obama doing in the polls?

  • 67% approval rating, down a bit but still pretty high source
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19 Feb 2009 21:45

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U.S., World: Obama’s first foreign trip: It went alright, eh?

No offense man, any foreign relations are good, but isn’t Canada kind of close? source
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18 Feb 2009 10:52

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Biz, U.S.: Obama’s got a plan to prevent foreclosure

  • $75 billion will be set aside in the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan, to be announced today source
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16 Feb 2009 10:20

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U.S.: One “car czar” isn’t enough. Obama needs a task force.

  • The auto industry is “necessary,” says an Obama advisor. After initially saying he was going to put one guy in charge of the auto industry’s restructuring, Barack Obama thanks a staff is necessary, an official says. The task force would be overseen by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and White House economic adviser Lawrence Summers. Tomorrow is GM and Chrysler’s deadline for submitting their company’s plans to restructure. source
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15 Feb 2009 15:06

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Offbeat, U.S.: Obama’s “spiffy ride”: Air Force One

  • Hey guys, what do you think of my – this spiffy ride here?
  • Barack Obama • Discussing Air Force One, which he gave a good workout this week while he was trying to push the stimulus plan. Like how he corrected himself there? • source
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14 Feb 2009 09:31

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Biz, U.S.: Obama has his stimulus package – he just needs to sign it

  • I will sign this legislation into law shortly, and we’ll begin making the immediate investments necessary to put people back to work doing the work America needs done.
  • President Barack Obama • During his weekly radio address, on the passage of the $787 billion stimulus package he pushed through Congress. He hoped to get bipartisan support but it didn’t happen, with the bill passing along party lines. • source
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12 Feb 2009 10:36

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Offbeat, U.S.: Las Vegas mayor: Obama owes us an apology

  • That’s outrageous… He owes us a retraction. What’s a better place, as I say, than for them to come here? And to change their mind and to go someplace else and to cancel and at the suggestion of the president of the United States — that’s outrageous.
  • Oscar Goodman • Democratic mayor of Las Vegas, on a recent comment by Barack Obama regarding banks using bailout money to take corporate trips to the city • source
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11 Feb 2009 22:15

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U.S.: The stimulus bill dips below $800 billion

  • $789 billion right now, and very, very close to passing source
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11 Feb 2009 10:46

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U.S.: We’re assuming Obama wouldn’t have wanted this delivery

  • A man, with a rifle. At the U.S. Capitol. The man, Alfred Brock, 64, of Winnfield, Louisiana, had an unregistered firearm and a truck full of ammo. He drove up near the north barricade in front of the Capitol and said he had a delivery for the president. Yikes. It’s not the first time an incident like this has happened, either. source
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08 Feb 2009 21:25

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U.S.: Harsh criticism of the stimulus thing from a top senator

  • Everybody on the street in America understands that. This is not the right road to go. We’ll pay dearly.
  • Sen. Richard Shelby • The ranking Republican on the Senate Banking Committee. So, if this isn’t the right road to go down, why didn’t we go down the right road with our last president? Just sayin’. • source
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