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President Obama's claims of wanting to give people a fair shot, make everyone do their fair share and have everyone play by the same set of rules may be the making of a great slogan, but his policies will lead to "debt, doubt and decline," a top

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Presidents Day is just around the corner and of course that makes us reflect on our country's leaders — and Obama's State of the Union Address tonight at 9 p.m. EST. But c'mon, we're a hotel website so what it.

Below are some great videos to share with your class for Presidents' Day. Even if you don't take the time to teach all of the Presidents during this month, at least these short videos acknowledge (in most cases) all of them.

Presidents Day is just around the corner and of course that makes us reflect on our country's leaders — and Obama's State of the Union Address tonight at 9 p.m. EST. But c'mon, we're a hotel website so what it.

Presidents Day Holiday. ~ Posted on January 30, 2012. The Lebanon Special School District will be closed on Monday, February 20, 2012 in observance of Presidents Day. Students will return to school on Tuesday, February 21, 2012.

Below are some great videos to share with your class for Presidents' Day. Even if you don't take the time to teach all of the Presidents during this month, at least these short videos acknowledge (in most cases) all of them.

The website has many parts to it, but I wanted to share the Presidents exhibit with you. Click on President Kennedy to go this part of the site. Here, students can learn about different Presidents, and by finding the interactive

By Jonathan Soble in Tokyo Fujio Mitarai, the 76-year-old chairman of Canon, is to resume day-to-day control of the Japanese camera and printer maker for the first time in six years, in a move the company said was designed to strengthen its leadership

Presidents Day Holiday. ~ Posted on January 30, 2012. The Lebanon Special School District will be closed on Monday, February 20, 2012 in observance of Presidents Day. Students will return to school on Tuesday, February 21, 2012.

Allen West (R-Fla.) attracted the attention of Taitz after telling a crowd over the weekend that Obama and Democrats should take their ideas and "get the hell out of the United States of America." "We need to let President Obama, Harry Reid,

Host Michel Martin speaks with Republican Congressman Allen West, who represents Florida's 22nd district. They discuss what voters in the Sunshine State are looking for in Tuesday's primary, and what he's doing to attract more African-Americans to vote

Host Michel Martin speaks with Republican Congressman Allen West, who represents Florida's 22nd district. They discuss what voters in the Sunshine State are looking for in Tuesday's primary, and what he's doing to attract more African-Americans to vote

by Andrew Abramson | January 29th, 2012 WEST PALM BEACH — Lost in Herman Cain's surprise endorsement of Newt Gingrich Saturday night at the Kravis Center was a rousing speech by Rep. Allen West, who received a bigger applause and ovation than either

Sarah Palin offers GOP voters some 20-year-old advice from 1992; Internet writers and readers will have to now deal with SOPA's bigger, more evil twin: ACTA; Where's the REAL reporting on Obama?; Allen West and Alienation; Bob Livingston has some dire

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer is making headlines after she used some aggressive body language in a heated exchange with President Obama on a tarmac in Phoenix on Wednesday. A photo of the tense conversation has

On Thursday, the Morning Joe crew discussed yesterday's intense meeting (and, consequently, perfect photo-op) between President Barack Obama and Arizona Governor Jan Brewer. As we reported last night, the two

How Brewer Is Benefitting From Tiff With Obama: Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is doing quite well a day after she got into an argument with President Obama – or at least the sales of the book that began the very public argument are.

may have flaked on his support of comprehensive immigration reform, but he's still a standup guy — a class act from whom other Arizona politicos (we won't name namesjust kidding — specifically, Governor Jan Brewer) could learn a thing or two.

WASHINGTON — GOP White House hopeful Newt Gingrich constantly — the latest time on Sunday — invokes the name of the late Saul Alinsky — a Chicago native — when he wants to assert that President Barack Obama is

SAUL ALINSKY, AN INFLUENCE ON OBAMA? Carney gets a question about whether 60s radical/community organizer Saul Alinsky was an influence on the President, as Newt Gingrich charges. "Look, the president's background as a community organizer is well

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich gave his victory speech in South Carolina, during which he acknowledged rival candidate Ron Paul and late Jewish American activist Saul Alinsky. The reference to Mr. Alinsky was also an acknowledgement to

It's a name that doesn't come up often. But it's a name that GOP presidential hopeful, Newt Gingrich has been

Newt Gingrich is continuing to attack President Obama by tying him to Saul Alinsky, the person who is considered by many to be the father of modern-day community organizing (and who died forty years ago). Gingrich's

PBO gave Al a little shoutout as well: "Don't worry Rev., I cannot sing like you, but I just wanted to show my appreciation." Here's footage of the deal, give it a watch, throw up your thoughts. In case you didn't know, this isn't Barack's first

President Obama has a message to his donors: Let's stay together. While speaking Thursday night during a fundraiser at the historic Apollo Theater in Harlem, the commander in chief showed off some impressive singing

During a speech at a fundraising event in New York Thursday night, President Barack Obama sang while thanking Al Green, who performed earlier at the same event. (Jan. 20) (/The Associated Press) Correction: Clarification: SuperFan badge holders

Hey now! The Prez has a decent set of pipes! He should get Bill Clinton on the horn, have him bring over his sax and jam! Ah! We can see the SNL sketch now! During a speech at a fundraising event

(AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari) President Barack Obama took a brief and unexpected turn as a soul singer at a New York fundraiser, crooning a bar from an Al Green classic and then joking that he hadn't been ushered offstage. It happened at Manhattan's

RTW is the idea that it's your choice to be in the union right? If that is what it is why are people making a fuss over it?

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – A Republican-dominated Indiana Senate committee endorsed the right-to-work bill that has prompted a three-day standstill in the Indiana House. The Senate labor committee voted 6-4 to send the bill to

This should be of particular interest to conservatives in my home state of South Carolina. Writes Red State founder Erick Erickson: It's not just Rick.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) — Friday afternoon, every seat was taken at the Public Safety Academy to discuss Right to Work legislation.

One of the things to pay attention to in Mitt Romney's latest South Carolina ad is his implicit defense of the state's “right-to-work” law, which makes it more difficult for unions to organize.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) — Friday afternoon, every seat was taken at the Public Safety Academy to discuss Right to Work legislation.

A Republican-dominated Indiana Senate committee endorsed the right-to-work bill that has prompted a three-day standstill in the Indiana House.

You need JavaScript enabled to view it KENDALLVILLE — A protest against a right-to-work law for Indiana drew some 40 people to a busy intersection in Kendallville Saturday. The group carried signs and held banners at the corner of US 6 and SR 3 North,

But Saturday afternoon, every seat was taken at the Public Safety Academy to discuss Right to Work legislation. And what started as an impromptu town hall meeting, turned into a union rally against Right to Work. Democratic Representative Win Moses

Unless they pay hundreds of dollars in union dues, they cannot work. Right-to-work has returned to the national agenda. Twenty-two states have passed right-to-work laws that let workers decide whether to support unions or not. Right-to-work prohibits

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) — Friday afternoon, every seat was taken at the Public Safety Academy to discuss Right to Work legislation.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) — Friday afternoon, every seat was taken at the Public Safety Academy to discuss Right to Work legislation.

If you thought Gov. John Lynch's veto put an end to right-to-work legislation, think again.

But Saturday afternoon, every seat was taken at the Public Safety Academy to discuss Right to Work legislation. And what started as an impromptu town hall meeting, turned into a union rally against Right to Work. Democratic Representative Win Moses

WASHINGTON — The union representing NFL players spoke out Friday against a controversial right-to-work bill on the table in Indiana, arguing that the legislation is merely a "political ploy" that would drive down workers'

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President Obama confirmed plans to have all U.S. troops out of Iraq by Jan. 1, formally ending the war that began more than eight-and-a-half years ago and has taken more than 4,400 American lives.

“After nearly nine years, America’s war in Iraq will be over,” Obama said at the White House, adding that most U.S. troops will be “home for the holidays.”

Obama noted that he pledged to end the Iraq war during his 2008 presidential campaign.

The president spoke in the White House briefing room after holding a secure video conference with Iraq prime minister Nouri al-Maliki. Obama said he and the Iraqi leader are in “full agreement about how to move forward.”

The U.S. has had a long-standing agreement to withdraw all combat troops from Iraq by the end of this year, but officials from both countries had discussed maintaining a U.S. residual force to train Iraqi forces.

But the U,S, eventually balked at maintaining a residual force because Iraq has refused to grant American troops legal immunity in Iraqi courts.

Obama praised the U.S. troops for their efforts in Iraq, saying they will leave “with their heads held high, proud of their success, and knowing that the American people stand united in our support for our troops.”

He also pledged assistance and “a strong and enduring partnership” with the government in Iraq.

With our diplomats and civilian advisers in the lead, we will help Iraqis strengthen institutions that are just, representative, and accountable,’ Obama said. “We’ll build new ties of trade and of commerce, culture and education that unleash the potential of the Iraqi people.”

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Adam Jeffery | CNBC.com

They are CEOs and money managers, doctors and lawyers, as might be expected. But they are also computer technicians, scientists and even farmers. Some are singers and movie stars (even though they may not like to admit it) and the rest of them are spread among various professions.

These days they are also the most vilified members of American society – also known as the 1 Percenters, who control about two-fifths of the country’s wealth and fuel nearly 100 percent of the protests around Wall Street, through the rest of the country and around the world.

“We are the 99 percent!” is the favorite refrain of the protesters, who believe they are being cheated out of the lifestyle they deserve by the elite ruling class.

A look at who constitutes the 1 Percenters is at once instructive, disturbing and a bit surprising.

It is instructive in that the greatest number do not appear to be the bankers and traders at the center of the Occupy Wall Street movement’s ire. It is disturbing in that such a small group can control so much wealth and power. And it is a bit surprising in that while the protesters make it sound as if concentration of wealth is a relatively new phenomenon, it in fact has been pretty much this way for going on a century now.

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The Arab Spring has seen seemingly indomitable leaderships toppled and a mass call, particularly among young people, for reform. Its fall-out has left the leaders of Saudi Arabia feeling under siege, as Middle East analyst Roger Hardy explains.

Consider how the world looks to Saudi Arabia’s frail and aging ruler, King Abdullah.

Enemies lurk everywhere. The Arab Spring has unleashed forces which no-one can control, and from which no Arab state is immune.

Iran is deemed to be stirring every pot, from Lebanon to Bahrain.

Neighbouring Yemen is increasingly unstable – and plays host to a branch of al-Qaeda which threatens Saudi security.

Barack Obama’s America is seen as betraying the Saudi kingdom in its hour of need.

Saudi Arabia, in short, is under siege – and King Abdullah’s instinct is to batten down the hatches.

Echoes from the past

In some ways, Saudi rulers have been here before.

In the 1950s and 1960s, a wave of Arab nationalism emanating from Egypt swept over the Middle East – threatening the pro-Western monarchies such as the House of Saud with destruction.

Then, too, the kingdom felt encircled by hostile forces.

Then, too, petro-dollars and Western support were weak tools for fending off trouble.

Not that oil wealth does not sometimes come in handy.

One of King Abdullah’s responses to the Arab Spring has been massive hand-outs to keep his people sweet.

Moreover, the kingdom has more reason than ever to use cheque-book diplomacy in a bid to win friends and influence people throughout the region.

But such measures may not be enough.

Read More http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15149351

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“President Obama was considering clemency, but I told him, ‘Over my dead body are we going to let him out before his time.’ If it were up to me, he would stay in jail for life,” U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was quoted as saying during a meeting with rabbis in Florida in a New York Times article published on Saturday.

The Times article reported that U.S. President Barack Obama has turned to Biden to shore up support amongst U.S. Jews.

Read more http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/report-obama-weighed-clemency-for-pollard-but-biden-vehemently-opposed-move-1.387562

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Popular satirist and host of The Daily Show implies that the Palestinian UN bid is legitimate because ongoing negotiations with Israel have not borne fruit.

The host of a popular satirical news show in the United States weighed in on the Palestinian bid for United Nations membership on Thursday night, deriding U.S. President Obama’s suggestion that Palestinian statehood could only come as a result of negotiations with Israel.

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Sooner or later, it’s going to happen. Most likely, the moment will come just before his first head-of-state meeting in New York. Or perhaps it will happen just before his first side-bar meeting with Binyamin Netanyahu. Or then again, it may come as the cumulative reaction to a series of embarrassing encounters with fellow world leaders. But the moment will come.

At some point this coming week, during his visit to the this year’s opening of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, US President Barack Obama is going to have a nearly irresistible urge. He is going to want to stand up to his hovering political handlers and the smothering bureaucracy which tries to dictate his every move, summon his personal dignity, and say “Enough”.

In April of 1995, President Clinton played host to then-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan. US-Pakistan relations were in sharp decline. A few years before, the US had begun to implement sanctions mandated by the so-called Pressler Amendment, under which Pakistan was to be punished with a complete cutoff of aid and of military sales if it were found to be pursuing a nuclear-weapons capability. The first President Bush had made such a finding, and now the ties between the two countries were being progressively cut.

At the heart of the growing ill-feeling between the two nations was the US cancellation of a previously-agreed sale of 28 F-16 fighter aircraft. The Pakistanis had realised when they signed the purchase deal that it might be cancelled if the Pressler Amendment were invoked. Now, given the law and the previous assertion of Pakistani culpability from President Bush, there was no longer any question of delivering the aircraft. But there was another wrinkle.

Read more  http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/09/2011919102245537768.html

Secreatry of State Hillary Clinton arrives at the Elysee palace for a meeting with french President Nicolas Sarkozy prior to a conference on Libya‘s post-Moamer Kadhafi future on September 1, 2011 in Paris. Photographer: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images

The most popular national political figure in America today is one who was rejected by her own party three years ago: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Nearly two-thirds of Americans hold a favorable view of her and one-third are suffering a form of buyer’s remorse, saying the U.S. would be better off now if she had become president in 2008 instead of Barack Obama.

The finding in the latest Bloomberg National Poll shows a higher level of wishful thinking about a Hillary Clinton presidency than when a similar question was asked in July 2010. Then, a quarter of Americans held such a view.

“Looking back, I wonder if she would have been a stronger leader, knowing the games and the politics and all that goes on,” said Susan Dunlop, 50, a homemaker in New Port Richey, Florida. “I don’t think she would have bent as much.”

Clinton, 63, a former first lady and U.S. senator from New York, fought with Obama for the Democratic nomination until June 2008, in what was often a combative primary that included her questioning his presidential readiness.

While 34 percent say things would be better under a Clinton administration, almost half — 47 percent — say things would be about the same and 13 percent say worse.

“Some of her appeal is that she is not Barack Obama,” said J. Ann Selzer, president of Des Moines, Iowa-based Selzer & Co., which conducted the Sept. 9-12 poll.

Read More  http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-16/clinton-popularity-prompts-some-remorse-poll.html

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National September 11 Memorial site in New York

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has “specific, credible but unconfirmed threat information” as the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks nears, agency spokesman Matt Chandler said in a statement.

The threat concerns a possible al-Qaeda-sponsored attack targeting New York or Washington on or near the anniversary of the attack, said a different U.S. official, who wasn’t authorized to discuss the matter publicly. The official said the intelligence concerns a possible vehicle-borne attack, perhaps on a transportation hub or bottleneck, and cautioned that the options may be broader than a car or truck bombing.

Another intelligence official, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, said the information hasn’t been fully vetted.

President Barack Obama was briefed on the threat today and received updates throughout the day, according to a statement from a White House official who asked not to be identified.

Obama directed counter-terrorism officials to redouble their efforts, which had already been increased in advance of the anniversary of the 2001 attacks on New York City’s World Trade Center and the Pentagon outside Washington, D.C., the White House official said.

New York police will increase security after receiving information of the possible targeting of New York for an attack keyed to the Sept. 11 anniversary, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.

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