Read more President Obama stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/35818/president-obama.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:14:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74726/jennifer-hudson-to-sing-at-state-dinner.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTonight's first state dinner of the Obama administration is likely to be a star-studded affair, and while the White House has been tight-lipped thus far, details are leaking: Guests at tonight’s celebration of Indian PM Manmohan Singh are said to include Steven Spielberg, David Geffen, and Jeffrey Katzenberg, as well...http://www.newser.com/story/74726/jennifer-hudson-to-sing-at-state-dinner.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:21:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74707/report-obama-will-send-34k-troops-to-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama has made his choice on Afghan strategy after months of deliberations and will announce it next week, administration sources tell McClatchy . The president finalized his decision to send another 34,000 troops in meetings last night, and plans to address the nation on the choice next Tuesday, prior...http://www.newser.com/story/74707/report-obama-will-send-34k-troops-to-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:57:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74698/what-is-it-about-palin-hard-to-say.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhat it is exactly that captivates supporters of Sarah Palin? That's hard to say, especially for them. They gush about their gal because she stands for "freedom" and "realness," and because she's the "epitome of conservativeness" in a video by the New Left Media. But when it comes to details,...http://www.newser.com/story/74698/what-is-it-about-palin-hard-to-say.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:17:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74669/race-speech-obama-is-mia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe moral clarity that Barack Obama revealed in his groundbreaking Philadelphia speech on race has been nowhere to be seen recently, writes Richard Cohen. The Obama who made that speech wouldn't have let the Chinese stage-manage his appearances, or allowed the civilian trial of Khalid Sheik Mohammed go forward without...http://www.newser.com/story/74669/race-speech-obama-is-mia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Nov 2009 2:13:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74673/bloggers-on-jpmorgan-chase-ceo-replacing-geithner-nah.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA report today that JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has the inside track to replace Timothy Geithner as Treasury Secretary is getting mostly guffaws online, with even the conservative Wall Street Journal admitting that Dimon’s way too much an insider for the job just now. Indeed, chuckles Daniel Indiviglio , the...http://www.newser.com/story/74673/bloggers-on-jpmorgan-chase-ceo-replacing-geithner-nah.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 22:00:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74592/first-state-dinner-to-reveal-obama-a-listers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWashington notables are still scrambling for an invitation to the White House state dinner Tuesday in honor of Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh. The event, to be held in a heated tent on the South Lawn, will display who’s truly on Obama’s A-list, and the lobbying for a seat has...http://www.newser.com/story/74592/first-state-dinner-to-reveal-obama-a-listers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 1:42:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74541/46-years-after-kennedy-the-virus-of-hate-is-back.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTomorrow’s 46th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination provides an occasion for Mark Warren to examine “the paranoid strain in the American polity” that has reasserted itself since the election of President Obama, and finds in a Texas Republican congressman just the sort of “skinhead reprobate” whose demagoguery could move one...http://www.newser.com/story/74541/46-years-after-kennedy-the-virus-of-hate-is-back.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 21 Nov 2009 9:08:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74543/billboard-links-obama-to-jihad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA billboard showing President Obama wearing a turban has sparked a lot of attention at the suburban Denver car dealership that put it up. The sign shows a cartoonish Obama and bears the words "PRESIDENT or JIHAD?" Underneath Obama's image is the phrase, "BIRTH CERTIFICATE, PROVE IT!" The words "WAKE...http://www.newser.com/story/74543/billboard-links-obama-to-jihad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 20:42:47 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74536/india-miffed-by-obamas-bond-with-beijing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama might find Indian PM Manmohan Singh a bit prickly when he arrives in Washington this weekend, after Obama gave India short shrift during his recent Asia trip. Obama didn’t mention India at all in his speech on US relations with Asia, and caused further offense in a joint...http://www.newser.com/story/74536/india-miffed-by-obamas-bond-with-beijing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 18:30:48 CST