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MN Officials Urge President to Speed Up Disaster Declaration Northland's News Center Sun, 29 May 2011 21:08 PM PDT Washington, D.C. (Northland's Newscenter) - Minnesota officials are urging President Obama to speed up disaster declaration for areas damaged by last week's tornado. Sunday pictures of tornado recovery in Joplin, MO KSPR Springfield Sun, 29 May 2011 21:07 PM PDT President Obama toured the damage left behind in Joplin, Mo., after an EF-5 tornado destroyed thousands of buildings and killed dozens on May 22. Hendrik Hertzberg: The speeches of Obama and Netanyahoo. The New Yorker Sun, 29 May 2011 21:01 PM PDT A week ago Monday, Barack Obama hied himself to the landâ€"well, a landâ€"of his forefathers. Like Presidents Kennedy, Nixon, Reagan, and Clinton before him, President Obama deemed it politic to drop in on his ancestral village on the auld sod of Ireland. In tiny Moneygall, surrounded . . . Obama tours and comforts devastated Joplin The Kansas City Star Sun, 29 May 2011 21:01 PM PDT JOPLIN, Mo. | On his first day back in the U.S. following a six-day diplomatic tour of Europe, President Barack Obama made a beeline for Joplin, where he offered comfort and hope to a grief-stricken city. “There is no doubt in my mind that Joplin will rebuild,” Obama said Sunday at a memorial service at Missouri Southern State University. “As president, I can tell you that your country will be ... Devastation around him, Obama tours twister-ravaged Joplin, pledges help for the long haul The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News Sun, 29 May 2011 21:00 PM PDT JOPLIN, Mo. - President Barack Obama on Sunday toured the apocalyptic landscape left by Missouri's killer tornado, consoled the bereaved and homeless, and committed the government to helping rebuild shattered lives. Editorial: For schools in need, a lesson from Memphis Knoxville News Sentinel Sun, 29 May 2011 21:00 PM PDT The headlines in mid-May focused on President Barack Obama delivering the commencement address at a Memphis high school that rose from the depths of despair to the heights of academic achievement. Obama vows national response to Missouri tornado The Star Sun, 29 May 2011 20:58 PM PDT JOPLIN, Mo. (Reuters) - President Barack Obama promised victims of the deadliest U.S. tornado in 65 years that the federal government would help them rebuild, saying on Sunday it was a national tragedy. President Obama speaks to Joplin residents KSDK St. Louis Sun, 29 May 2011 20:58 PM PDT Sunday was a day full of emotion and painful memories, as Joplin residents marked the one week anniversary of the EF5 tornado that ripped part of the town to pieces. Pledge of support The Tribune-Democrat Sun, 29 May 2011 20:57 PM PDT Face to face with the legions of homeless and the bereaved, President Barack Obama on Sunday toured the apocalyptic landscape left by Missouri’s killer tornado, consoled the community and committed the government to helping rebuild shattered lives. Obama visits Joplin, vows commitment Hutchinson News Sun, 29 May 2011 20:55 PM PDT JOPLIN, Mo. - President Barack Obama on Sunday toured the apocalyptic landscape left by Missouri's k ...

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