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From “Yes we can” to “No we won’t”

10 hours ago ago from En Passant

Many people who were Barack Obama's most enthusiastic supporters a year ago have grown disillusioned and angry. Alan Maass in Socialist Worker looks at the differences between President Obama and Candidate Obama and where the hope for real change lies. AS THE first year of Barack Obama's presidency drew to a close, one event symbolized the gap between the promise he represented to so many people and the frustrating reality: A war ...

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Obama, Medvedev to discuss nuclear arms reduction treaty - WashingtonTV

10 hours ago ago from Congratulations President Obama

Washington Post Obama , Medvedev to discuss nuclear arms reduction treaty WashingtonTV Washington, 18 December (WashingtonTV)—US President Barack Obama and Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev will meet on Friday to discuss efforts at reaching a ... Obama and Medvedev set to meet over nuclear treaty in Copenhagen Times Online Obama , Medvedev to meet on nuclear weapons talks The Associated Press Obama , Medvedev May Get ...

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Obama heads to UN climate change talks in Copenhagen - USA Today

21 hours ago ago from Congratulations President Obama

guardian.co.uk Obama heads to UN climate change talks in Copenhagen USA Today That's the task that awaits President Obama when he arrives Friday in Copenhagen to try to salvage a worldwide pact to address global warming. ... With Climate Deal Up in Air, Obama Takes Lowered Expectations to Denmark FOXNews Obama has goal to wrest a deal in climate talks San Jose Mercury News Obama heads to high-risk, uncertain climate ...

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Getting to Grips with Closing Guantanamo Bay

16 hours ago ago from IntLawGrrls

Following on from Diane's post yesterday on the Obama promise to close Guantanamo Bay, readers may be interested in an op-ed that I have in today's Irish Times on the complexities of this task. There follows a snippet, with the full op-ed here . Obama may find the Guantánamo question more complex than anticipated in this period of transition, but that complexity ought not to be allowed to obscure the possibilities for resolution that ...

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US and Russia to continue nuclear treaty discussions

11 hours ago ago from The Periscope Post

(President Barack Obama meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the Oval Office of the White House 7 May 2009. Photo credit: Official White House Photo by Pete Souz After eight months of talks, US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev are expected to sign a new treaty that would decrease each country’s’ nuclear arsenals by 25 percent, The New York Times reported today. The deal has taken ...

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Obama Presses China on Rules for Monitoring Emissions Cuts

9 hours ago ago from The New York Times

COPENHAGEN President Obama , speaking to world leaders gathered here at the frenzied end of two weeks of climate talks, urged them to come to an agreement no matter how imperfect to address global warming and monitor whether countries are in compliance with promised emissions cuts. Global Warming Recent developments on the politics of global warming with background, analysis, timelines and earlier events from NYTimes.com and ...

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Tom Sullivan: President Obama Loses His Base: He Just Ran Out of Slack

5 hours ago ago from Huffington Post

The media was quick to declare the Obama honeymoon over this summer. Yet supporters exhilarated by Barack Obama's stunning win in November 2008 were still willing to cut him a lot of slack. That slack just ran out. The simplest, most comprehensive health insurance reform -- single payer -- was off the table before the legislative effort on the matter even started. It was replaced with an amorphous "public option." David Sirota and others ...

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Obama, other leaders meet again at climate summit

9 hours ago ago from Media General - TBO.com

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