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First 100 Days

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April 29, 2009

Obama calls first 100 days tense but fruitful

ARNOLD, Mo. (AP) — Marking his symbolic 100th day in office, President Barack Obama told Midwesterners: "I'm pleased with the progress we've made but I'm not satisfied."

April 27, 2009

What will come from Obama's changes?

Decades ago, a joke about the country’s 34th president went like this: Did you hear about the new Eisenhower doll? Wind it up and it stands still for eight years.

April 26, 2009

Obama’s presidency so far

Decades ago, a joke about the country’s 34th president went like this: Did you hear about the new Eisenhower doll? Wind it up and it stands still for eight years.

April 19, 2009

Obama waiting to see what Cuba does next

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — President Barack Obama says America’s estranged relationship with Cuba will not change overnight. It just did — at least in tone.

April 19, 2009

Obama hopes to ease U.S. friction

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — President Barack Obama offered a spirit of cooperation to America’s hemispheric neighbors at a summit Saturday, listening to complaints about past U.S. meddling and even reaching out to Venezuela’s leftist leader.

April 10, 2009

Obama seeks war funds

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is seeking $83.4 billion for U.S. military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, pressing for special troop funding that he opposed two years ago when he was senator and George W. Bush was president.

April 8, 2009

Obama: Iraq must take charge

BAGHDAD — Flying unannounced into a still-dangerous war zone, President Barack Obama told U.S. troops and Iraqi officials alike Tuesday it is time to phase out America’s combat role in a conflict he opposed as a candidate and has vowed to end as commander in chief.

April 5, 2009

Obama continues quest for elimination of nukes

PRAQUE, Czech Republic — For half a century, American presidents have talked about easing or eliminating the threat of nuclear annihilation while maintaining an arsenal at the core of U.S. defense strategy.

April 5, 2009

Obama to ease Cuba travel ban

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration intends to allow Americans to visit relatives in Cuba and send money back to their families on the communist island nation, senior U.S. officials said Saturday.

April 5, 2009

Obama hails help in Afghanistan

STRASBOURG, France — President Barack Obama hailed “strong and unanimous support” from NATO allies on Saturday for his stepped-up anti-terror strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan and welcomed their “down payment” promises of 5,000 fresh forces.

April 3, 2009

G-20 OKs $1.1 trillion in loans

LONDON — Anxiously assembled at the most perilous moment for the global economy since the Great Depression, the world’s financial powers pledged hundreds of billions of dollars for emergency loans to combat spreading chaos. But they rebuffed President Barack Obama’s bid for new stimulus spending and made no guarantees.

April 1, 2009

Twenty nations, small hopes at fiscal summit

LONDON — Desperate but divided on ways to lift their nations from economic misery, world leaders converged for an emergency summit Tuesday holding scant hopes of finding a magic-bullet solution for the crisis that brought them hurrying to London.

March 31, 2009

Obama puts brakes on GM and Chrysler plans

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama asserted unprecedented government control over the auto industry Monday, bluntly rejecting turnaround plans by General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC, demanding fresh concessions for long-term federal aid and raising the possibility of quick bankruptcy for either ailing auto giant.

March 26, 2009

House, Senate release budgets

WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats advanced budget outlines Wednesday that largely mirror President Barack Obama’s spending priorities while imposing marginal changes to tame ballooning deficits.

March 9, 2009

Obama overturning Bush policy on stem cells

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Monday he is allowing federal taxpayer dollars to fund significantly broader research on embryonic stem cells because "medical miracles do not happen simply by accident," and promised his administration would make up for the ground lost under his predecessor.

March 6, 2009

Overhauling health care

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama summoned allies, skeptics and health care figures of all stripes to the White House Thursday to debate ideas for overhauling the nation’s costly system and declared, “The status quo is the one option that is not on the table.”

March 6, 2009

Clinton encourages fresh start with Russia

BRUSSELS, Belgium — NATO agreed after an intense internal debate Thursday to restore normal relations with Russia seven months after it froze ties in response to Moscow’s invasion of Georgia.

March 5, 2009

Obama starts big push for health care overhaul

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama summoned allies, skeptics and health care figures of all stripes to the White House Thursday to debate ideas for overhauling the nation's costly system.

March 5, 2009

Housing bailout launched

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration kicked off a new program Wednesday that’s designed to help up to 9 million borrowers stay in their homes through refinanced mortgages or loans that are modified to lower monthly payments.