Author: Michael D. Shear
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Obama challenges U.N. to act; Gadhafi offers an earful
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 23 — President Obama pledged a new willingness to work with the world’s nations in his first address here Wednesday, but he demanded of them in return a renewed sense of responsibility about confronting the globe’s crises. From the moment he started speaking, the new American president made clear his determination to…
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OBAMA: ‘The time for bickering is over’
Declaring that the “time for bickering is over,” President Obama sought to revive the prospects for the passage of far-reaching health-care reform by seizing ownership Wednesday night of an initiative he has largely left in lawmakers’ hands. In a televised address to a joint session of Congress, Obama prodded them to quickly enact comprehensive legislation…
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Biography of Sarah Palin
WASHINGTON – She has been known, at times, as “Sarah Barracuda.” It began with her ferocity on the high school basketball court. As co-captain her senior year, Sarah Palin was a point guard who made the final free throw that won the Wasilla Warriors their first state championship.A decade later, the nickname resurfaced when she…