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President-elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama are getting their daughters Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10, ready for their first day of school in Washington, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. The family is staying at the Hay Adams Hotel in Washington.
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WASHINGTON – Two Democratic officials say President-elect Barack Obama has chosen former Clinton White House chief of staff Leon Panetta to run the CIA. Panetta was a surprise pick for the post, with no experience in the intelligence world. An Obama transition official and another Democrat disclosed his nomination on a condition of anonymity since it was not yet public.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama will name former White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta to head the Central Investigation Agency (CIA), said media reports on Monday.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama will nominate an Army veteran, Leon Panetta, as the new head of the Central Investigation Agency, CNN reported on Monday.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has won the highest proportion of popular vote since Republican George H. W. Bush defeated Democrat Michael Dukakis in 1988, according to figures released Wednesday.
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CHICAGO – Rafi Zelikowsky skipped class on Tuesday to camp out in downtown Chicago and wait for Barack Obama, the man who captured the hearts of so many young voters.
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His name etched in history as America's first black president, Barack Obama turned from the jubilation of victory to the sober challenge of leading a nation worried about economic crisis, two unfinished wars and global uncertainty.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- The following are the Electoral College votes projected to win by major U.S. presidential candidates as of 0100 EST Wednesday (0600 GMT), according to U.S. television networks.
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PARIS – Inspired by Barack Obama, the French first lady and other leading figures say it's high time for France to stamp out racism and shake up a white political and social elite that smacks of colonial times.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit on Saturday voiced his hope that U.S. president-elect Barack Obama will refresh efforts to help advance the Middle East peace.
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BEIJING, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao and U.S. president-elect Barack Obama Saturday discussed in a telephone conversation relations between China and the United States and major international issues of common concern, including the ongoing global financial crisis.
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MANILA, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines is expecting that the "special bond" with the United States will be bolstered after U.S. president-elect Barack Obama takes presidency, the government said on Saturday.
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"The big picture and the long term … the world in which my children and grandchildren will live." This is what worries Howard Marks, founder of the $50 billion Oaktree investment management firm.
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US President-elect Barack Obama, from the first day of his campaign, caught voters' attention with his campaign slogan - "The Change We Need". When he takes office early next year, will there be any changes to Sino-US economic ties?
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- President-elect Barack Obama owed his success to tremendous support from African Americans, Latinos and Asian Americans, according to CNN's latest exit polls.
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President George W. Bush's farewell speech is more than a goodbye to the nation that elected him twice. It is his last chance in office to define his tumultuous presidency in his own, unfiltered terms — a mission that will keep his fire burning even after he fades off to a quieter life.
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CHICAGO, United States, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Despite poll numbers showing Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's clear lead in his home state of Illinois, his supporters in the state's biggest city are still trying to canvass more votes for him before election day.
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TAMPA, Fla. – Barack Obama radiated confidence and John McCain displayed the grit of an underdog Monday as the presidential rivals reached for the finish line of a two-year marathon with a burst of campaigning across battlegrounds from the Atlantic Coast to Arizona.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- U.S. presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain traveled through key states Monday, before they go to the polls hours later on Tuesday.
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As President-elect Barack Obama assembles his national security team, he is also contemplating the future role of U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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President-elect Barack Obama is relying on a team of Washington veterans, including several who worked for former President Bill Clinton, to staff his transition.
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Monday's meeting with President Bush at the White House comes more than two months before Barack Obama takes office on January 20th of 2009
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WASHINGTON – In one of the US economy's darkest hours in decades, it looks as if people are taking Barack Obama up on his exhortations for hope and change.
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WASHINGTON -- Democrat Barack Obama leads Republican John McCain in six of eight key battleground states one day before the US election, including the big prizes of Florida and Ohio, according to a series of polls released on Monday.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- Undecided voters have dwindled in the closing days of the United States presidential election, which may blow the hope of a final comeback of Republican presidential nominee John McCain, a new survey shows.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Patrick Campbell worries Barack Obama will raise his taxes but thinks John McCain will send people off to war. He says that leaves him leaning toward Obama ... maybe.
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As the eulogies wash over Barack Obama, he can at least rely on his wife Michelle Obama - America's next First Lady - to bring him down to earth.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential candidate, was elected the 44th president of the United States on Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- The following are major claims on key foreign policy issues between Republican candidate John McCain and Democrat candidate Barack Obama, both are racing for U.S. presidential election on November 4, 2008.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- As the U.S. elections on Nov. 4 loom, U.S. media and political analysts have begun to speculate on the results by coloring 50 states and the District of Columbia in red, blue and purple in anticipation of the outcome.
