Posts Tagged ‘ Obama ’

elizabeth birnbaum, obama: President Obama has fired the head of the Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service, according to the Associated Press. The news agency, citing unnamed sources, says Obama will announce later today that Elizabeth Birnbaum has been taken off the job. She’s been head of the MMS since July...
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effigy, obama:The teachers’ union said Thursday that the unidentified teacher has verbally apologized to his students. It also said he has asked Central Falls Superintendent Frances Gallo if he may apologize in writing. A union is condemning an effigy of President Barack Obama that was hung upside down by a...
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Romulus, Michigan (CNN) — The initial impression is that the suspect was acting alone and did not have any formal connections to organized terrorist groups, said the official, who is familiar with the investigation. A Nigerian man is “talking a lot” to the FBI, said a senior U.S. official, after what the United States believes...
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WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have offered Christmas wishes to the US, including a special thanks to the military. They urged Americans to help support military families this holiday season. In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama said, serving as commander in chief, has been his greatest honour as president. He...
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