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   Presidential transition of Barack Obama

   Barack Obama said he hoped to sign the stimulus package into law soon after taking office on Jan. 20. ... During a news conference on December 11, 2008, Obama linked health care reform to the upcoming economic stimulus package, noting that "It's not something that we can sort of put off because we're in an emergency."
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   Political positions of Barack Obama

   "My plan fully closes the Enron loophole and restores common-sense regulation," Obama said. ... Barack Obama made critical statements about the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) during the Democratic primaries, calling the trade agreement "devastating" and "a big mistake".
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   Barack Obama

   Obama said that "we're still locked in this notion that if you appeal to white folks then there must be something wrong." ... "The top strategist for Sen. Barack Obama has just 14 seconds of video of what is one of the most pivotal moments of the presidential candidate's political career.
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   Barack Obama presidential primary campaign, 2008

   In the book, Obama said "Pot had helped, and booze. ... ↑ "Barack Obama at the DNC Winter 2007 Meeting" (video), Democratic National Committee (February 2 2007).
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   David Axelrod (political consultant)

   He often likens Obama to Robert F. Kennedy and told The Washington Post, "I thought that if I could help Barack Obama get to Washington, then I would have accomplished something great in my life." ... "Just over half of [Iowa's] Democratic caucus-goers said change was the No. 1 factor they were looking for in a candidate, and 51 percent of those voters chose Barack Obama," said CNN senior political analyst Bill Schneider.
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   Jeremiah Wright controversy

   After the last of these, Obama spoke more forcefully against his former pastor, saying that he was "outraged" and "saddened" by his behavior, and in May he resigned his membership in the church. ... Lawrence Korb, Director of National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and former assistant Secretary of Defense in the administration of Ronald Reagan defended Wright's military service, stating, "We've seen on television, in a seemingly endless loop, sound bites of a select few of Rev. Wright's many sermons.
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   John McCain presidential campaign, 2008

   Stating that he did not support McCain's bid for the White House, Davis, who had himself lobbied for the same cause Iseman lobbied McCain for, said that McCain only wrote a letter to the FCC to ask them to "act soon" and refused to write a letter that supported the sale of the television station the article talked about. ... Obama has condemned the Weathermen's violent actions.
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   Born Free

   In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said that Born Free was one of the first movies he had ever seen, and that he remembered it having an impact on him at an early age. ... Films about animals
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   I Got a Crush... on Obama

   When asked about the video by the Des Moines Register on June 18, 2007, Obama said, "It's just one more example of the fertile imagination of the Internet. ... Barack Obama Presidency
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    A More Perfect Union (speech)

    Wikinews has related news: Barack Obama gives speech on racial division ... Rev. Troy Benton, lead pastor at a church outside Atlanta, said he did not "see how you can be an African-American preacher and not try to figure out how to have something to say this Sunday (March 23, 2008), even though it’s Easter."

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• Presidential transition of Barack Obama,
• Political positions of Barack Obama,
• Barack Obama,
• Barack Obama presidential primary campaign, 2008,
• David Axelrod (political consultant),
• Jeremiah Wright controversy,
• John McCain presidential campaign, 2008,
• Born Free,
• I Got a Crush... on Obama,
• A More Perfect Union (speech)