Posts Tagged Obama
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US to Expand Missile Defense System in Persian Gulf
In a move expected to heighten tension in the Middle East, the Obama administration is quietly expanding its land- and sea-based missile shield system in the Persian Gulf region. The US is dispatching Patriot defensive missiles to Qatar, United Arab
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White House spokesman says Obama will meet with Dalai Lama
"The president told China's leaders during his trip last year that he would meet with the Dalai Lama, and he intends to do so," Bill Burton told reporters covering Obama's planned town hall meeting in New Hampshire later Tuesday. http://on.cnn.com/bH
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Controversial speech from the new Nobel Prize Winner for Peace
Pressenza IPA Obama attempted to justify his concepts of "just war" and "just peace" in a tense speech that veered between the idea that "war is sometimes necessary" and the idea that "war is an expression of human error"; between his ideals of non-
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The World March statement regarding President Obama’s announcement of increases of the troops in Afghanistan.
As the World March arrives in the United States in the city of New York at the start of a 3 day tour, it precedes, by one day, President Obama’s speech at the US Military Academy at West Point, New York where commentators are widely predicting the
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Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize
My Fellow Americans, This morning, Michelle and I awoke to some surprising and humbling news. At 6 a.m., we received word that I'd been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009. To be honest, I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of s
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Victory in the Czech Republic!
Hello friends, As you probably know, Barack Obama has suspended the plan to install the Missile Defense system in Central Europe. This is a big victory for all of us who have been fighting against this terrible project! Attached is our press re
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President Obama Calls for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons
Below is the text of Obama's speech in Prague. There are some wonderful elements: the image of a nuclear arms-free world, the moral responsibility of the US as the only country to have used a nuclear weapon to act first, the negotiation of a new St
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Letter to Obama from the five regional Humanist Spokespersons
Dear President-elect ObamaFirst, please accept our warm congratulations on your election, which has inspired people all over the world; and for the conduct of your campaign, which was carried out with integrity, inspiration and consummate skill.The r
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Letter of czech mayors and nonviolent movement to Obama
Dear President-elect Obama: (22.11.2008) Please accept our congratulations on your victory in the United States presidential election. We address this appeal to you due to our concern for the preservation of the democratic process in the Czech
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New Humanists Support Obama
Barack Obama is the only candidate who opposed the invasion of Iraq from the beginning. He clearly repudiates torture, has pledged to close Guantanamo and restore habeas corpus. Like no other candidate, Obama is a lightening rod for new energies, bri
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