Read more President stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/11908/president.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:16:41 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73510/obama-to-honor-veterans-during-alaska-visit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama will visit Alaska next week for the first time, stopping at Elmendorf Air Force Base to observe Veterans Day with base personnel while Air Force One refuels. Like most recent presidents, Obama will visit Alaska en route to Asia, the Anchorage Daily News reports. The president would like...http://www.newser.com/story/73510/obama-to-honor-veterans-during-alaska-visit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Nov 2009 15:43:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72699/obama-emerges-from-white-frat-house.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTurns out Tom Friedman played golf with President Obama last month—and fellow New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd isn't ashamed to admit she felt "a twinge of envy." Dowd's happy that Obama finally invited a woman to join him on the links this weekend, after catching heat over all-male...http://www.newser.com/story/72699/obama-emerges-from-white-frat-house.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Oct 2009 7:44:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65333/faint-sarkozy-hospitalized-after-jog.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNicolas Sarkozy “felt faint” during his usual morning jog today, reports the Guardian, and was admitted to the hospital where he was under observation and undergoing further tests. Elysee Palace declined to comment further, saying it would release further details this afternoon. The energetic French president is known as something...http://www.newser.com/story/65333/faint-sarkozy-hospitalized-after-jog.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 26 Jul 2009 10:23:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65259/fearing-bloodshed-zelaya-leaves-honduras.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOusted President Manuel Zelaya took a symbolic step into his homeland today, vowing to reclaim his post a month after soldiers flew him into exile. But he stayed less than 30 minutes before returning to Nicaragua, saying the risk of bloodshed was too great. He said he would give talks...http://www.newser.com/story/65259/fearing-bloodshed-zelaya-leaves-honduras.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Jul 2009 21:49:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57613/no-shock-barack-aces-day-100-presser.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama's 100th-day press conference last night was a "schizophrenic affair," writes Mike Madden in Salon, with the president fielding questions on everything from swine flu to torture to the intricacies of running a profitable car company. On every issue, Obama stuck to the "loose, easy style" that marked his...http://www.newser.com/story/57613/no-shock-barack-aces-day-100-presser.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 30 Apr 2009 6:50:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53484/1988-reagan-right-putin-left.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt’s 1988. President Ronald Reagan is making a visit to the Soviet Union, where he tours Moscow’s Red Square alongside Mikhail Gorbachev. He stops and takes questions from a group of tourists about human rights in the United States. Except they’re not tourists, Radio Free Europe reports. They’re KGB agents...http://www.newser.com/story/53484/1988-reagan-right-putin-left.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Mar 2009 14:34:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51577/sen-shelby-questioned-obama-citizenship-paper.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSen. Richard Shelby may be a “birther”—one who questions whether Barack Obama is in fact a natural-born American and therefore eligible to be president, Salon reports. When asked about Obama citizenship rumors, the Alabama Republican replied: “His father was Kenyan and they said he was born in Hawaii, but...http://www.newser.com/story/51577/sen-shelby-questioned-obama-citizenship-paper.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Feb 2009 16:14:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/50824/for-chavez-the-end-is-near.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHugo Chavez has a slight lead in tomorrow’s referendum that would allow him to extend his rule in Venezuela, but the realities of the country’s economy make the issue “mostly irrelevant,” Edward Schumacher-Matos writes in the Washington Post . No matter the outcome, his days are numbered. The steep drop in...http://www.newser.com/story/50824/for-chavez-the-end-is-near.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 14 Feb 2009 16:04:09 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49134/bush-rejected-pardons-for-milken-other-high-rollers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGeorge Bush formally denied pardons for several prominent politicians and businessmen on his last day in office, the Justice Department told the Los Angeles Times today. Among those whose pleas fell on deaf ears were Michael Milken, a businessman convicted of insider trading and stock evasion, and Randall Cunningham, a...http://www.newser.com/story/49134/bush-rejected-pardons-for-milken-other-high-rollers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Jan 2009 15:00:16 CST