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Libya is the latest threat to Obama's re-election Washington Examiner Sat, 02 Apr 2011 17:14 PM PDT Brian Hughes Examiner Staff Writer Follow Him @BrianHughes_ President Obama last week finally received the kind of economic news he was desperate to hear. Unemployment had hit a two-year low. But even as the news broke, Obama was bogged down in a new military action that threatens to undermine the domestic agenda on which he is building his re-election effort. If the shellacking in ... Obama: Shift from imported oil, new jobs will come KMIR 6 Palm Springs Sat, 02 Apr 2011 17:13 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says shifting the U.S. away from imported oil and toward cleaner forms of energy will add momentum to a trend that has led to 1.8 million new jobs in the past 13 months. Obama criticizes Quran burning, Afghan attacks KMIR 6 Palm Springs Sat, 02 Apr 2011 17:13 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is extending his deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of those killed in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif by protesters enraged by the burning of a Quran in Florida. Renewing Myanmar focus, US to name envoy AFP via Yahoo!Xtra News Sat, 02 Apr 2011 17:12 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama will soon appoint the first US special envoy on Myanmar, officials said, signaling a renewed effort to pry open the nation after its much criticized political transition. AP sources: Obama set to launch re-election bid FOX 24 Macon Sat, 02 Apr 2011 17:10 PM PDT President Barack Obama is about to make one of Washington's worst kept secrets official: He wants a second term. Little headway made at Guantanamo Los Angeles Times Sat, 02 Apr 2011 17:08 PM PDT Lawyers fighting to free detainees thought they gained ground in 2008 when the Supreme Court gave prisoners the right to a trial and Obama was elected president. But nothing much has changed, and now a series of appeals may be doomed. The lawyers who spent years fighting to free prisoners at Guantanamo Bay thought they had won in 2008 when the Supreme Court gave detainees a right to go to court ... Obama likely to announce re-election bid next week The Malaysian Insider Sat, 02 Apr 2011 17:04 PM PDT WASHINGTON, April 3 â€" US President Barack Obama is likely to announce plans next week to run for re-election and file campaign papers with the Federal Election Commission as early as Monday (tomorrow), a Democratic official said yesterday. Filing with the FEC would allow Obama to start raising money for a 2012 campaign that is expected to break ... Bill Maher Praises GOP For ‘Standing By Their Convictions’ And ‘Shoving Things Down America’s Throat’ Mediaite Sat, 02 Apr 2011 17:01 PM PDT Bill Maher took some time on his program last night to give a "tough love" pep talk to the Democrats-- one that often arises mid-conversation with Maher but rarely takes center stage in a segment. Noting that "A Cheney, A McCain, and a Bush" had come out in support of gay marriage, he wondered aloud where President Barack Obama was on the issue, and why the Democrats refused to take hard stances. Blagojevich speaks to high school students at convention The Naperville Sun Sat, 02 Apr 2011 16:58 PM PDT Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich , speaking with high school students from around the Midwest, gave an inside look into his time in office and his recent trial for allegedly attempting to sell President Barack Obama ’s former U.S. Senate seat.Blagojevich was the keynote speaker Saturday at the Junior State of America’s Spring State Convention at the DoubleTree Hotel in Oak Brook.Students ... Obama condemns Qu'ran burnings 3news Sat, 02 Apr 2011 16:56 PM PDT President Barack Obama is extending his deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of those killed in Afghanistan.

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