Fort Hood Update: Obamas to Attend Memorial Service Wednesday
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are expected to attend a memorial service Wednesday to honor the three soldiers killed in last week’s shooting at Fort Hood.Obama visited Fort Hood...
View ArticleFour Presidents Will Be in Austin for the LBJ Civil Rights Summit
Four U.S. Presidents headline a three-day summit in Austin this week, kicking off a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.Life before the act can sometimes seem foreign to...
View ArticleObama Eulogizes Soldiers Killed at Fort Hood
Update: For the second time in five years, President Obama arrived at Fort Hood to mourn alongside those grieving the loss of their family members in a shooting on post. Three men were killed and...
View ArticlePresident Obama's Coming to Austin: How to Hear His Address & Avoid Traffic...
President Barack Obama will be in Austin today to give the keynote address at the Civil Rights Summit at the LBJ Library. The event is marking the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act.How to Hear...
View ArticleWatch President Obama's Address at the Civil Rights Summit
President Barack Obama is speaking this afternoon at the Civil Rights Summit at the LBJ Presidential Library and Museum in Austin.The summit, gathering four U.S Presidents and dozens of other speakers,...
View ArticleObama Celebrates 50 Years of the Civil Rights Act
President Obama delivered a speech today at the LBJ Presidential Library and Museum at the Civil Rights Summit celebrating 50th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act....
View ArticleImmigration Activists Chain Themselves to MLK Statue to Protest Obama Policies
Protesters gathered on the UT campus to protest President Obama’s immigration policies during his speech today at the Civil Rights Summit. Some chained themselves to the statue of Martin Luther King,...
View ArticleObama Seeks Wider Authority To Release Drug Offenders
Attorney General Eric Holder announced Monday that the Obama administration is formulating new rules that would give it, and the president, far more latitude to pardon or reduce the sentences of...
View ArticleObama Plans To Leave Residual Force Of 9,800 In Afghanistan
(This post was last updated at 3:00 p.m. ET.)President Obama announced on Tuesday a plan to leave a residual force of 9,800 service members in Afghanistan beyond 2014. By 2016, most troops will be out...
View ArticleObama Emphasizes Importance Of Alliances In Foreign Policy Address
President Obama sought to recast if not reboot his overall approach to foreign policy with his graduation address at West Point on Wednesday.In essence answering critics who have complained that his...
View ArticleObama: U.S. Forces Won't Return To Combat In Iraq Crisis
President Obama says the U.S. will send up to 300 military advisers to Iraq to help it cope with the Sunni extremist group ISIS, which has won several key battles in recent days.Obama said Americans...
View ArticlePresident Obama to Visit Austin Next Week
Austin filmmaker Robert Rodriguez will host a fundraiser for President Obama on Wednesday, July 9, according to a Democratic Party source who wished to speak on background. Tickets for the event will...
View ArticleAfter Immigration Meeting Rebuff, Perry Accepts Obama's Invite to Dallas...
Update: Gov. Perry will meet with President Obama, according to KUT's reporting partner the Texas Tribune. “Gov. Perry is pleased that President Obama has accepted his invitation to discuss the...
View ArticleAustin Says 'Thanks Obama!' for All the Traffic
Normally the "Thanks Obama" meme is reserved for things beyond the president's control: paper cuts and infomercial disasters, to name a few.But Pres. Obama's visit to Austin today – and its effect on...
View ArticlePresident Obama is Back in Austin Today
Note: This post initially contained the White House livestream of Obama's speech. As the speech has concluded and is not yet archived, we have removed the embed.A recap:President Obama is flying back...
View ArticleIn Texas, Obama Sets Stage To Answer 'Do-Nothing' Congress
Six years into his administration, President Obama has apparently not given up on the "hope" that was a major theme of his first run for president.What else but undying optimism could explain the...
View ArticleListen: Why Obama's Austin Fist Bumper Made a Call for Gay Rights
By now, you've probably seen the photo from President Barack Obama's recent Austin visit: the president smiling and extending a fist bump to a cashier at Franklin Barbecue.If you've followed the story...
View ArticleMeet Two African Women at UT With Ideas for Improving Access to Some Basic Needs
Some young people in Africa are struggling with problems that many Americans take for granted – including serious unemployment and access to basic needs.A group of 25 young Africans from 18 different...
View ArticleObama: Iraq Must Have Legitimate Government To Combat Insurgency
Updated at 12:25 p.m. ET.President Obama says that the U.S. will continue to provide Iraq with humanitarian and military assistance, but he ruled out ground troops and reiterated administration calls...
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