Read more Barack Obama stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/84/barack-obama.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:58:49 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/74554/us-recruits-allies-for-afghan-surge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama isn't planning to go it alone: The administration has hopes that from 3,000 to 7,000 NATO troops will be committed to joining the US troop surge in Afghanistan by the time he rolls out his new strategy after Thanksgiving. Advanced talks are underway, the Wall Street...http://www.newser.com/story/74554/us-recruits-allies-for-afghan-surge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 21 Nov 2009 8:39:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74548/obamas-stimulus-finally-gets-some-respect.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEconomists are still fighting about whether the economic stimulus was too small, or too big and wasteful, but a consensus is emerging, at least, that the $787 billion package, flawed as it is, is working. With a quarter of the money now spent, the New York Times says a broad...http://www.newser.com/story/74548/obamas-stimulus-finally-gets-some-respect.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 21 Nov 2009 6:21:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74324/the-decades-best-quotes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith the end of the decade near, Newsweek has rounded up the top 10 most important quotes from 2000 to 2009. A selection: "Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job": President George W. Bush, Sept. 2, 2005. In one line to then-FEMA director Michael Brown, Bush summed up everything...http://www.newser.com/story/74324/the-decades-best-quotes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 21 Nov 2009 5:48:34 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 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74528/limbaughs-wrong-gallups-obama-approval-below-50.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new Gallup poll is the latest this week to show President Obama's approval ratings falling below 50%. Today's results, which appear to refute Rush Limbaugh's contention that Gallup's results are tilted to favor Obama, show 49% of voters approve of his handling of the presidency and 44% do not....http://www.newser.com/story/74528/limbaughs-wrong-gallups-obama-approval-below-50.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 14:03:54 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74325/eastwood-is-top-badass.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGQ has broken this year's Man of the Year honors into several categories. That's why Clint Eastwood is Badass of the Year, Barack Obama is Leader of the Year, and Tom Brady the Comeback of the Year. Click the source link for the full list, and see the photo gallery...http://www.newser.com/story/74325/eastwood-is-top-badass.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 19:33:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74318/americas-best-political-memoirs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith Going Rogue flying off the shelves, Time looks back on the best political memoirs ever, including: Ulysses S. Grant —The first presidential memoir to take the nation by storm, Grant finished his book just days before he died, and loaded it with thoughtful reflections and Civil War action.http://www.newser.com/story/74318/americas-best-political-memoirs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 16:38:43 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74429/obama-to-cuban-blogger-next-move-is-castros.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagProminent Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez emailed a list of questions to President Obama, and in an unusual move, he responded. Obama's answers, which Sánchez posted today, largely reiterate his stated positions on Cuba. But he also indicates he has no interest in "talking for the sake of talking," and he...http://www.newser.com/story/74429/obama-to-cuban-blogger-next-move-is-castros.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 15:33:18 CST