U.S. President Barack Obama is pushing the themes of his State of the Union address - seeking public support for his policies at a politically charged moment in Washington. American presidents typically take to the road on the day after the State of

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(100) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(一月)

President Barack Obama says Thursday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance will damage the country's democracy and his domestic agenda. The president says he will respond with legislation. The Supreme Court voted 5-to-4 Thursday to strike d

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Burma to Welcome Obama for Historic Visit Burma is set to welcome U.S. President Barack Obama for meetings with President Thein Sein and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Newspaper seller Oo Zay Yar says the nation welcomes Obama and hopes his visi

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President Barack Obama is promoting recent government action to spur job creation, while Republicans maintain focus on trying to discredit last year's health care reform law. In his weekly address, Mr. Obama points to deals he finalized this week wit

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President Barack Obama delivers his second State of the Union Address to the nation on Tuesday, before a joint session of the U.S. Congress. President Barack Obama will face a dramatically altered balance of power in the House of Representatives when

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U.S. President Barack Obama used his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday to outline the benefits of a tax cut package he signed into law in December. President Obama says the tax cut compromise reached with Republicans will help grow the U.S.

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Washington Prepares for Obama Inauguration A record crowd, as large as 1.8 million people, jammed into Washingtons National Mall in January 2009 to see the historic swearing-in of the first African-American president. Obamas public swearing in this t

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Obama to Skip Kenya on Africa Tour Obama's ancestral home is a tiny town called Kogelo in western Kenya. His name adorns schools and restaurants there and members of his family still live in the area. And while many hoped he might visit the area on h

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U.S. President Barack Obama has put forward new plans to further cut Russian and American nuclear capabilities. After a comprehensive review I've determined that we can ensure the security of America and our allies and maintain a strong and credible

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President Barack Obama said the United States will no longer define its relations with Pakistan narrowly and that the partnership will be built on mutual interest, respect and trust. Ravi Khanna 05 December 2009 President Barack Obama speaks about hi

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U.S. President Barack Obama led Americans on Monday in honoring the legacy of the slain civil rights leader, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. For the president, the King Day holiday has a special meaning. Mr. Obama has often talked about America's jo

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (Xinhua)-- The White House on Tuesday said they welcomed the House Republicans' proposal of a short-term extension of debt limit and the President would sign the bill if it could reach his desk. White House spokesman Jay Carney sa

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CHICAGO, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- U.S.President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Monday both spent their final full day of campaigning with packed schedule across eight swing states before returning to headquarters in Chicago

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WASHINGTON, June 29 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama met with a bipartisan(代表两党的) group of senators Tuesday in the White House on climate and clean energy bill, and said he's confident they can get something done this year.Urging

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed an executive order to boost cyber security of critical infrastructure by strengthening cooperation between the government and the private sector. The executive order increa

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U.S. President Barack Obama visited American college campuses on Tuesday, looking for support for his plan to hold down federal student loan rates. The president is appealing to young voters, who overwhelmingly supported him in the 2008 election. Pre

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His presidency began before a crowd a million strong, but when the cheering stopped, he was one man dealing with overlapping crises: an economy in free fall and two unpopular wars. The typical president, I think, has two or three big problems; we've

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama has signed a fiscal cliff bill into law that raises tax rates for the wealthiest Americans and extends tax cuts for most of the U.S. households, the White House said early Thursday. Obama sig

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WASHINGTON, May 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Congress to finish implementing Wall Street reform by finally putting in place banking rules he signed into law two years ago, in order to protect U.S. consumers and help th

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At a recent forum on Sino-US relations held in Beijing, American studies expert Tao Wenzhao from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences says he believes the ties between China and the US will be positive during Obama's second term. China's developmen

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