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Margaret Talev

National campaign aims to give military families a hand

The Obama administration on Tuesday launched a national campaign for U.S. military families that calls on companies, individuals, civic and religious groups and schools to find ways help veterans, reservists and their families navigate work, school, psychological stress and day-to-day life. | 04/12/11 16:48:00 By - Margaret Talev and Erika Bolstad

National campaign seeks to give military families a hand

The Obama administration on Tuesday launched a national campaign for U.S. military families that calls on companies, individuals, civic and religious groups and schools to find ways help veterans, reservists, spouses and their children when it comes to navigating work, school, psychological stress and day-to-day life. | 04/12/11 15:25:26 By - Margaret Talev

Budget deal reveals wide cuts, more politics to come

Look for cuts in high-speed rail, community development projects, and other social programs from the spending reduction agreement between the White House and Congress. | 04/11/11 19:08:00 By - David Lightman and Margaret Talev

Obama really likes the states he visits, especially for 2012

From the time he took office in January 2009 through the end of March, Obama visited 38 states — some far more often than others, with the most-visited tending to be crucial to his 2012 re-election strategy — according to a McClatchy analysis of the 317 documented events in that period. | 04/07/11 16:13:00 By - Margaret Talev and Chris Adams

Obama renews pitch for clean energy to reduce oil appetite

President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced a goal to cut U.S. reliance on foreign oil by one-third by 2025, saying that demand from growing economies such as China and India probably will force prices up in the long term. | 03/30/11 19:09:00 By - Margaret Talev and Kevin G. Hall

Obama: U.S. action in Libya necessary, unique and limited

President Barack Obama on Monday declared the U.S.-led military intervention in Libya a success, saying it averted a massacre by longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi and that NATO's takeover of the multilateral mission this week means the U.S. can quickly shift to a support role with less risk and cost. | 03/28/11 20:51:00 By - Margaret Talev and David Lightman

Samantha Power: The voice behind Obama's Libya action

Samantha Power made her reputation arguing that the United States has a moral responsibility to do more to rally the world to stop genocide and human rights violations. President Barack Obama's decision to back a multilateral intervention in Libya suggests that her voice is being heard. | 03/25/11 15:06:00 By - Margaret Talev

Obama vows U.S. role in Libya will be limited

As Western powers and Arab allies prepared to meet Saturday for an emergency summit on Libya, President Barack Obama pledged to support a United Nations-backed military campaign against Col. Moammar Gadhafi but said that he wouldn't send troops to Libyan soil or take over the operation. | 03/18/11 19:22:00 By - Shashank Bengali, Margaret Talev and David Lightman

Obama: Gadhafi must restore water, phones or face assault

Prsident Barack Obama said Friday that the United States will assist if international force is needed to stop Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi from killing his people, but will not send American ground troops to Libya or take over the effort. Any ceasefire must include an end to pro-Gadhafi troops marching on rebel-held cities. | 03/18/11 15:27:05 By - Margaret Talev

Obama ducks transparency award, but reason isn't clear

A coalition of open-government groups will present President Barack Obama a "sunshine" award for taking important steps toward openness and transparency in government, even though some of them are voicing concerns about gaps between his rhetoric on these issues and his administration's actions. | 03/16/11 18:35:00 By - Margaret Talev

Crisis at Japanese nuclear complex prompts calls for U.S. review

As Japan copes with one crisis after another at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex, a review of federal records indicates that nearly a quarter of America's nuclear reactors in 13 states share the same design of the ill-fated Japanese reactors. | 03/14/11 19:11:00 By - Rob Hotakainen, Renee Schoof and Margaret Talev

Obama to resume military tribunals for Guantanamo terror suspects

The Obama administration on Monday announced that it will resume using military tribunals to try suspected terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but officials said they're not giving up on trials in civilian courts and are still considering their options for trying 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other accused 9/11 plotters. | 03/08/11 06:32:32 By - Margaret Talev and Marisa Taylor

Obama to seek help from U.S. Muslims to combat Islamic radicalism

Days before congressional hearings into Islamic radicalization begin, President Barack Obama's deputy national security adviser said the administration also is taking the threat seriously but is working in "partnership" with Muslim-American community groups. | 03/06/11 19:15:00 By - Margaret Talev

In person, on camera, Obama calls for Gadhafi to go

For the first time, President Barack Obama called publicly and personally Thursday for Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi to go, said he'd authorized U.S. military aircraft to help evacuate refugees at the Libyan border and said the U.S. might need to intervene more there to get food to starving civilians. | 03/03/11 18:10:00 By - Margaret Talev

Singer James Taylor is among 20 honored by Obama

For singer-songwriter James Taylor, Wednesday at the White House was "pretty much the peak" of a long and successful career, right down to the moment that the Marine band played "Your Smiling Face." | 03/02/11 18:56:00 By - Margaret Talev

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