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Obama pledges support for veterans, families

CNN - Politics - Thu, 2025-04-24 19:27
Under a scorching morning sun, President Barack Obama laid a wreath to fallen U.S. warriors Monday at Arlington National Cemetery as part of Memorial Day ceremonies that will include the launch of a 13-year commemoration of the Vietnam War.
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Obama pledges support for vets, families

CNN - Politics - Thu, 2025-04-24 19:27
President Barack Obama used a Memorial Day ceremony to say it is time for America to properly welcome home Vietnam veterans and show them and their families the respect and gratitude they deserved but didn't receive decades ago.
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Obama honors Iraq deaths, vows end to Afghan war

President Obama on Monday commemorated the first Memorial Day since troops were finally withdrawn from Iraq last year by remembering some of the more than 4,000 American troops who died in the conflict and promising to continue to wind down the war in Afghanistan.

Mr. Obama first laid a wreath ...

Obama honors veterans, vows end to Afghan war

President Obama on Monday officially kicked off a years-long commemoration of the Vietnam War, saying the country should use the 50th anniversary of the conflict's start as a chance to apologize for poor treatment of returning veterans, which he called "one of the most painful chapters" in U.S. history.

"It ...

Remembering prisoners of war

CNN - Politics - Thu, 2025-04-24 19:27
"Rolling Thunder" gathered in Washington honoring past POWs, as well as rally for current POW Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.
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Remembering prisoners of war

CNN - Politics - Thu, 2025-04-24 19:27
"Rolling Thunder" gathered in Washington honoring past POWs, as well as rally for current POW Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.
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Fight for the Latino vote in 2012

CNN - Politics - Thu, 2025-04-24 19:27
The Obama campaign says it will spend a million dollars on commercials for Latino votes. CNN's Paul Steinhauser reports.
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Fight for the Latino vote in 2012

CNN - Politics - Thu, 2025-04-24 19:27
The Obama campaign says it will spend a million dollars on commercials for Latino votes. CNN's Paul Steinhauser reports.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Obama to honor fallen troops on Memorial Day

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is paying tribute to the men and women who have died defending America, saying that for the first time in nine years Americans "are not fighting and dying in Iraq" and the war in Afghanistan is "winding down."

But he also says the pain ...

Obama to honor fallen troops on Memorial Day

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is paying tribute to the men and women who have died defending America, saying that for the first time in nine years Americans "are not fighting and dying in Iraq" and the war in Afghanistan is "winding down."

But he also says the pain ...

Campaigns dig through online data to target voters

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-04-24 19:27
NEW YORK (AP) -- Voters who click on President Barack Obama's campaign website are likely to start seeing display ads promoting his re-election bid on their Facebook pages and other sites they visit. Voters searching Google for information about Mitt Romney may notice a 15-second ad promoting the Republican presidential hopeful the next time they watch a video online....

Campaigns dig through online data to target voters

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-04-24 19:27
NEW YORK (AP) -- Voters who click on President Barack Obama's campaign website are likely to start seeing display ads promoting his re-election bid on their Facebook pages and other sites they visit. Voters searching Google for information about Mitt Romney may notice a 15-second ad promoting the Republican presidential hopeful the next time they watch a video online....
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