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# Obama

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# WHITE HOUSE LOLS
"Some might call this amnesty" ... Obama pardons two turkeys from their terrible and delicious fate
“I am here to announce what I’m sure will be the most talked-about executive action this month.”
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Nov 26th 2014, 10:10 PM
# Irish Abroad
A Galway man is introducing Barack Obama in Chicago tonight
Obama is being introduced at a rally in Chicago by Galway man and restaurateur Billy Lawless.
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Nov 25th 2014, 4:55 PM
# michael brown
Tensions high as grand jury reaches decision in Ferguson police shooting
It’s feared that tonight’s announcement could provoke a violent backlash.
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Nov 24th 2014, 9:35 PM
# outta here
The only Republican in Barack Obama's national security team is resigning
Chuck Hagel is stepping down as Defence Secretary.
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Nov 24th 2014, 4:35 PM
Voices
Opinion: At last, a lifeline for the undocumented Irish in the US
President Obama’s action is the first ray of light in a long time for undocumented Irish men and women effectively trapped in the shadows of places like Boston, New York, Chicago and San Francisco.
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Nov 21st 2014, 12:00 PM
# Irish Abroad
50,000 Irish citizens could be affected by Obama's immigration law change
The President will be using his power to create a system that better facilitates undocumented immigrants.
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Nov 20th 2014, 3:32 PM
RTÉ Teletext also fell prey to the old Obama-Osama mistake
First CNN, now Teletext. Is anybody safe?
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Nov 9th 2014, 2:30 PM
# Switcheroo
CNN is the latest to fall victim to the classic Obama-Osama mix up
Not again.
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Nov 8th 2014, 5:00 PM
# zero dark shirty
"I shot him two times in the forehead" - Two Navy Seals row over who killed Bin Laden
Robert O’Neill is the latest former Seal to claim he shot the Al-Qaeda leader.
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Nov 7th 2014, 8:10 AM
# midterm elections
Republicans eye the Senate in close midterm vote
Democrats could lose Senate seats in as many as 10 states.
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Nov 4th 2014, 10:55 PM
Voices
Opinion: If the USA practises torture, then so could any other country
Torture, as well as being abhorrent, doesn’t actually work: it yields unreliable results and can damage subsequent intelligence gathering.
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Nov 2nd 2014, 7:30 PM
# Threat
Was the Russian government behind White House computer hacking?
The White House says it takes the breach very seriously.
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Oct 30th 2014, 8:24 AM
# north lawn
White House fence jumper charged with kicking two police dogs
Ah here, not again.
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Oct 23rd 2014, 7:53 PM
# SWAG
Obama pulls smoothest move ever after voter tells him "don't touch my girlfriend"
He didn’t even flinch.
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Oct 21st 2014, 6:00 PM
# new man in town
New US ambassador to Ireland says he is the luckiest man in the United States
Kevin O’Malley disagrees that it is merely the US laws that facilitates the ‘double Irish’ tax code.
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Oct 11th 2014, 12:59 PM
# gone
US Secret Service chief resigns over security breaches
Julia Pierson had only taken up her post 18 months ago after a prostitution scandal erupted within the agency
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Oct 1st 2014, 10:47 PM
Voices
Opinion: The US should step back and let the Middle East tackle Isis
It is time to stop air strikes and let the people of the Middle East decide their own fate – together and without interference.
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Sep 30th 2014, 8:00 PM
# held hostage
Captured British aid worker pleads for his life in audio file sent to his wife
Alan Henning was seized during an aid mission to Syria last December.
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Sep 23rd 2014, 9:32 PM
# khorasan
A little-known terror group was 'on verge of major attack' on the US
The group, unaffiliated to the Islamic State group, was also targeted in air strikes today.
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Sep 23rd 2014, 6:52 PM
# military operation
US Navy record missile attack on Islamic State group and upload it on YouTube
The US navy have documented the attack by filming the Tomahawk Land-Attack Missiles in action.
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Sep 23rd 2014, 1:51 PM
# Climate Change
Leonardo DiCaprio and Al Gore are at the UN Climate Summit but China and India are no shows
Leaders from China and India, two of the world’s largest polluters, are not attending.
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Sep 23rd 2014, 10:20 AM
# it's on
Obama set to arm Syrian rebels against ISIS - but only after Republican support
Thanks, guys.
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Sep 18th 2014, 10:55 PM
# call to action
Obama says the Ebola crisis is 'spiralling out of control'
The American president ordered 3,000 US military personnel to West Africa to combat the growing health crisis.
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Sep 17th 2014, 10:47 AM
# Air Strike
US bombs Islamic State near Baghdad for first time
Last week Obama ordered a “relentless” war against the Islamic State.
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Sep 16th 2014, 7:45 AM
# end the outbreak
Obama orders 3,000 US troops to West Africa to 'turn the tide' on Ebola
The current outbreak has killed 2,400 people so far.
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Sep 16th 2014, 7:41 AM
# Iraq
CIA triples its estimate of the number of Islamic State fighters
Up to 2,000 Westerners are fighting with the group, the intelligence agency says.
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Sep 12th 2014, 7:41 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Temperatures of up to 22 degrees today… Here’s everything you need to know as you start your Thursday.
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Sep 11th 2014, 8:28 AM
# degrade and destroy
Obama orders "relentless" war against Islamic State
The President said in a televised address that the US would “degrade, and ultimately destroy” the group.
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Sep 11th 2014, 6:46 AM
# prime time address
Obama to lay out Islamic State battle plan
The speech will give Obama a chance to redress criticism that he has been slow to respond to IS, amid fears fighters armed with Western passports could hit US targets.
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Sep 10th 2014, 11:19 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Another warm September day on the way… Here’s everything you need to know.
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Sep 10th 2014, 8:26 AM
# seizing your moment
Little boy gets bored in the White House, performs amazing faceplant
Cue thunderous round of applause.
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Sep 9th 2014, 2:12 PM
# oh hi barack
Barack Obama meets young family... in a field... in England
And he jumped in for a family photo.
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Sep 6th 2014, 2:08 PM
# busy enough day
Ukraine president to brief Western leaders before Welsh Nato summit
Meanwhile, Obama and Cameron have vowed to destroy Islamic State in the Middle East.
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Sep 4th 2014, 9:14 AM
# Crossing the line
Ukraine death toll nears 2,600 as West turns up the heat on Russia
NATO leaders are in crisis talks today.
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Aug 29th 2014, 10:31 AM
# Tan Suit
Obama: 'It's plain to see Russia is arming rebels in Ukraine'
However the President’s suit made more waves on Twitter.
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Aug 28th 2014, 10:04 PM
# Iraq
Iraqi troops launch major operation against IS fighters over Saddam's hometown
Meanwhile, Washington insists it is not ‘on the same page’ as Syria in their fight against Islamic State militants.
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Aug 19th 2014, 11:02 AM
# Ferguson
Stores looted after police say slain US teen is robbery suspect
The shooting of an unarmed black teenager has led to rallies, protests and rioting in the town.
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Aug 16th 2014, 11:34 AM
# RIP
President Obama issues statement following death of Robin Williams
“He made us laugh. He made us cry”.
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Aug 12th 2014, 7:30 AM
# islamic state
Who else, besides Americans, are flying military jets in Iraq? They might not be Iraqis...
Russians or Iranians might have piloted planes that targeted Islamic State militants last week.
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Aug 11th 2014, 3:30 PM
# Donetsk
West warns Russia against further faux aid missions into Ukraine
Ukraine also reported that several of its positions were still coming under mortar fire from Russian territory.
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Aug 10th 2014, 3:17 PM
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