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Oprah Took Millions From Obama Foe
With Oprah Winfrey, the intersection of politics and education is making for strange bedfellows. Federal tax returns and other reports confirm that she’s accepted at least $5 million for her self-named South African girls’ school from perhaps Barack Obama’s single greatest political enemy. Oprah is probably the most well-known celebrity to back Senator Barack Obama’s [...]
Posted: December 2nd, 2008 under Political.
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Bill Ayers Accuses Critics of Using ‘Politics of Fear’
Weather Underground co-founder Bill Ayers speaks out on the criticism Barack Obama fielded during the presidential campaign for his ties to the 1960s radical. Bill Ayers, the Sixties radical whose ties to Barack Obama dogged the president-elect during the presidential campaign, accused his critics on Friday of trying to “exploit the politics of fear” by [...]
Posted: November 14th, 2008 under Political.
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Source: Obama Meets Clinton in Chicago Amid Talk of Cabinet Post
The New York senator and former first lady is being considered for secretary of state by President-elect Barack Obama, sources say. CHICAGO — President-elect Barack Obama has met with his former rival for the Democratic nomination, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, and is considering her as a possible candidate for secretary of state, Democratic officials said. [...]
Posted: November 14th, 2008 under Political.
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Sarah Palin Defends Herself Against Criticism in FOX News Interview
FOX News’ Greta Van Susteren went to Alaska to get Gov. Sarah Palin’s reflections on the presidential election. After a whirlwind campaign alongside Sen. John McCain, Sarah Palin is defending herself against criticism stemming from the tens of thousands of dollars spent on her wardrobe as well as several reported foreign affairs missteps. [...]
Posted: November 11th, 2008 under Political.
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Obama Planning U.S. Trials for Guantanamo Detainees
The president-elect’s advisers quietly craft a proposal to ship dozens, if not hundreds, of imprisoned terrorism suspects to the United States to face criminal trials President-elect Barack Obama’s advisers are quietly crafting a proposal to ship dozens, if not hundreds, of imprisoned terrorism suspects to the United States to face criminal trials, a plan that [...]
Posted: November 10th, 2008 under Political.
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