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Daily Video August 28 2015

President visits New Orleans ten years after Katrina
Speaking in one of the neighborhoods worst hit by Hurricane Katrina, President Obama praised the city’s recovery and acknowledged the challenges still facing its residents.
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Daily Video March 09 2015

How have voting rights changed in the past 50 years?

The 50th anniversary of the marches for voting rights in Selma, Alabama, brought a new focus to the relationship between race and voting today.
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Daily Video August 11 2014

U.S. sends weapons to stem violence in Iraq
Officials stated this morning that the U.S. has begun arming Kurdish forces in Iraq to stop the advancement of a militant Islamic group that threatens to take over the region.
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Post February 12 2013

President Obama Delivers State of the Union
Every year, the president speaks to a rare joint session of Congress with all 100 senators and 435 …
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Post January 22 2013

Obama Sets Progressive Tone in Inaugural Speech
In his second inaugural address, President Barack Obama outlined the issues he intends to tackle in…
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Post January 02 2013

Taxes on Rich Rise with Fiscal Cliff Deal
Congress and President Obama did not have much of a winter break as they scrambled to come up with …
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Post March 17 2011

Nuclear Power Plant Failures in Japan Raise Safety Questions
Radiation leaks and fires at Japan's nuclear reactors following a massive earthquake and tsunami ha…
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