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Michelle Obama's Roots: Gates' way
The Swampby Mark Silva The genealogic discovery of a white great-great-great grandfather in the family tree of First Lady Michelle Obama is a quintessential American coda to a year of living divisively. The genealogist Megan Smolenyak, who spent several months in....Tags: Genes and Chromosomes, Slavery, Family, Barack Obama, Kansas
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Candid Obama: 'Era of responsibility?'
The Swamp"We want it both ways," says Wayne Fields, a professor of cultural studies at Washington University in St. Louis. "We want a leader that's humble and certain. We want a leader who is learning but gets it right every......Tags: George W. Bush, Tom Daschle, Politics, Education, Barack Obama
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Obama's speech: 'Brother can preach'
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated again at 3 pm EST Today, on the day that President Barack Obama accepted a Nobel Peace Prize which even the recipient acknowledges has arrived early in his presidency, reviews of his Nobel Lecture are......Tags: Armed Forces, Barack Obama, Executive Branch, Government, Alaska
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Glenn Beck: Obama 'racist?' -- Beer time
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated with FOX statement It'll be beer-time soon at the White House, where President Barack Obama will play host to the black Harvard professor arrested in his own home and the white Cambridge police sergeant who......Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Barack Obama, Minority Groups, Racism, Pennsylvania
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Obama's 'beer summit:' Thursday
The Swampby Peter Nicholas It started out as a casual suggestion: three guys working out their differences over a beer. But President Obama's offer to play host to the cop and the professor entangled in a debate over racial profiling now......Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, James Crowley, Harvard University, Politics, Education
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Henry Gates vs. Rush Limbaugh
The Swampby Mark Silva The BlackBerry that Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. was carrying at dinner at a little Italian restaurant on the upper East Side of Manhattan the other night was about to "explode'' when the president started talking......Tags: Restaurants, Barack Obama, Manhattan (New York City), Casino and Gambling, Government
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Obama calls cop: Bad 'choice of words'
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated President Barack Obama today placed a personal call to the Cambridge, Mass., police sergeant who arrested Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. last week in a saga which the president had publicly termed a measure......Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Minority Groups, Getty Images Inc., Racism
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Obama's police report: Reassessment
The Swampby Peter Wallsten, Peter Nicholas and Richard Simon A day after saying that police "acted stupidly" in arresting a black Harvard University professor in his own home, President Obama appeared to soften his stance Thursday, spreading the blame more...Tags: James Crowley, Minority Groups, Jeremiah Wright, Mike J. Rogers, Crime, Law and Justice
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President, prof, police: 'This one's for you'
The Swampby Mark Silva It was Sgt. James Crowley, the Cambridge police officer who led Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates. Jr., out of his own home in handcuffs, who suggested to President Barack Obama, who first criticized the arrest as stupid......Tags: James Crowley, Barack Obama, Racism, Social Issues, Government
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Obama's healthcare stall, racial furor
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated with response This is what President Barack Obama wanted to talk about this week: Health care. The president was attempting to build a sense of momentum for reform, with the House promising a vote by......Tags: Medicines, Disasters, Medical Specialization, Medicare, Washington, DC
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'Beers without borders:' Swamp talk
The Swampby Mark Silva It's time to consider a new category: "Swamp comment of the day.'' We'd hate to institutionalize any such contest, because commitment is so, well, committed. But after nearly four years of wading through the Swamp and its......Tags: James Crowley, Dining and Drinking, Politics, Barack Obama, Natural Resources
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President, professor, policeman: Talking
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated again at 7:45 pm EDT Enough about beer. The meeting among President Barack Obama, Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Cambridge Police Sgt. James Crowley over a few cold beers at a Rose Garden......Tags: James Crowley, Politics, Barack Obama, Racism, Government
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