• Early signs of how Hillary Clinton would be a different president than Obama

    Early signs of how Hillary Clinton would be a different president than Obama

    Jun 06, 2014 01:18 PM EDT

    ... anniversary: Speaking of the D-Day anniversary, President Obama is in Normandy, France, joined by dignitaries from around the world, including Queen Elizabeth II, Russian President Vladimir Putin, German President Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande. Obama spoke at Omaha Beach early Friday morning: “Here, we don't just ...

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    Inauguration Goers Offer Memorable Moments From Obama's Speech

    Jan 21, 2013 10:23 PM EDT

    EmbedVideo(5517, 482, 304); In his second inaugural address, President Barack Obama spoke of an ever changing America. He weaved in references from Abraham Lincoln and the Declaration of Independence to Martin Luther King Jr. Hari Sreenivasan recorded some reactions from Americans and foreigners who witnessed the address in Washington ...

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    Full Text: Obama's Afghan Strategy Speech

    Dec 01, 2009 05:00 AM EDT

    ... that the government can take advantage of improved security. This effort must be based on performance. The days of providing a blank check are over. President Karzai's inauguration speech sent the right message about moving in a new direction. And going forward, we will be clear about what we ...

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    Poetry at Obama's Inauguration

    Dec 24, 2008 08:05 PM EDT

    It has been widely noted that President-elect Barack Obama is a reader of poetry. Only days after winning the election, Mr. Obama was spotted with a copy of Derek Walcott’s collected poems. (Walcott recently penned his own poem about Mr. Obama). The president-elect even tried his hand ...

  • News Wrap: Senate approves first spending bill under Trump

    News Wrap: Senate approves first spending bill under Trump

    May 05, 2017 02:09 AM EDT

    ... decommissioned aircraft carrier. The White House also announced he'll travel to Saudi Arabia, Israel and the Vatican this month, his first overseas trip as president, concludes at a NATO summit in Belgium. Former President Obama has weighed in on the French presidential election. He endorsed centrist Emmanuel Macron over ...

  • Al Gore: We need to restore American democracy's immunity to blatant falsehoods

    Al Gore: We need to restore American democracy's immunity to blatant falsehoods

    Mar 13, 2017 11:36 PM EDT

    ... JUDY WOODRUFF: But how much responsibility does he bear for what's going on? AL GORE: Well, I mean, I think that asserting that former President Obama wasn't born in the United States was just the height of irresponsibility, of course. And he corrected that one. There are others ...

  • Will President Trump use his address to Congress as a reset?

    Will President Trump use his address to Congress as a reset?

    Mar 01, 2017 01:14 AM EDT

    ... s a lot of actions going on. (CROSSTALK) AMY WALTER: Look, at this point in 2009, about 75 percent of Americans said, I think that President Obama will deliver change. More people right now believe that about President Trump, 77 percent now saying, I think that Donald Trump can deliver ...

  • Sen. Schumer on Democratic opposition under Trump

    Sen. Schumer on Democratic opposition under Trump

    Jan 24, 2017 12:36 AM EDT

    ... and then to spend all his time talking about extraneous things that related to himself. You know, what he has to realize is, he's president, not candidate. Instead of talking about the numbers of people who showed up at his inauguration, he ought to be talking about the number ...

  • Trump offers vision for his presidency: ‘only America first’

    Trump offers vision for his presidency: ‘only America first’

    Jan 21, 2017 12:24 AM EDT

    Donald Trump started his day with a tweet, declaring, "the work begins!" It was Inauguration Day in Washington, where despite traditions of democracy and civility, political divisions were still on display. Judy Woodruff and William Brangham offer a look at the day’s events, and John Yang weighs in on his view of the inauguration.

  • Meeting White House Press Corps for the last time, Obama looks ahead

    Meeting White House Press Corps for the last time, Obama looks ahead

    Jan 19, 2017 12:22 AM EDT

    In two days his time in the Oval Office will be over. President Obama on Wednesday held his final news conference before the White House Press Corps, defending his decision to commute Chelsea Manning’s prison sentence and looking back at how the nation has changed. But most of the time was spent looking ahead at...