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Tag: Obama

Politics · This or That

When your secret Santa is a former president

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 20, 2018, 9:27 AM Dec 20, 2018
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Barack Obama, 57, has got a lot of time left in the role of former president so he decided to adopt a new role yesterday at a children’s hospital in Washington. Because what else is a former president going to do on a Wednesday? Read more →

Arts & Culture

White House photographer leaves the job as a star

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 19, 2017, 2:04 PM Jan 19, 2017
14

If you know how artists are, perhaps you can understand the sort of thing that drives Pete Souza crazy. Souza, the official White House photographer during the Obama administration (he also was the photographer during the Reagan years), took these two iconic photographs.
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Arts & Culture

Politico: Jon Stewart in Oval Office meetings

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 28, 2015, 7:29 AM Jul 28, 2015
4

In his final days as host of the Daily Show, Jon Stewart’s reputation as the Walter Cronkite of a younger generation is getting new review.
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Obama uses ‘N-word’ in talk about racism

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 22, 2015, 8:08 AM Jun 22, 2015
11

There’s still no more powerful word in the English language right now than the ‘N-word.’ To prove it, we give you the coverage of President Barack Obama using it.
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Obama administration: ‘No photos, please’

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 21, 2013, 3:17 PM Nov 21, 2013
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A long-simmering feud is boiling again between the news media and the Obama administration, which has emerged as a closed administration.
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