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News Articles: barack obama

Former President Barack Obama address the crowd at the Greenbuild Conference at the Georgia World Congress Center.

Barack Obama Addresses Crowd At Greenbuild Conference In Atlanta

Former President Barack Obama spoke in Atlanta Wednesday, on the second day of the Greenbuild conference. His speech came on the morning of the...

November 20, 2019
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By:
  • Ross Terrell
Susan Rice has served as U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. and as President Barack Obama's National Security Advisor. Now, she's author of a new autobiography called "Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For."

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From Prejudice to Foreign Policy, Ambassador Susan Rice Faces It All With 'Tough Love'

Susan Rice has been called a lot of names. She was nicknamed "Spo" as a child, for her sporting athletic abilities. President Barack Obama labeled her...

October 21, 2019
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By:
  • Emilia Brock and
  • Virginia Prescott

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Political Rewind: Andra Gillespie Book On Race and The Obama Administration

On this edition of Political Rewind, Emory University political science professor Andra Gillespie acknowledges that the election of Barack Obama as the...

April 17, 2019
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By:
  • Bill Nigut
Former President Barack Obama holds a get out the vote rally at Morehouse College in Atlanta Friday, Nov. 2.

Obama Urges Georgians To Vote For Stacey Abrams

“The consequences of any of us staying home really are profound, because America is at a crossroads." That was the message from former President Barack...

February 08, 2019
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Left, Former President Barack Obama campaigns for Stacey Abrams in Atlanta. Right, President Donald Trump campaigns for Brian Kemp in Macon.

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Political Rewind: Midterm Election Closing Arguments

On this edition of Political Rewind, a contentious battle for governor is ending with the most bitter recriminations yet.

November 05, 2018
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By:
  • Robert Jimison
Outside the board of elections in Macon during early voting in 2016.

New For Some Registered Voters: Actually Voting

A big shift in how Georgians vote is shaping up in this election year. Georgia is headed into the last of three weeks of early voting before election...

October 30, 2018
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
From Left: President Bill Clinton, Former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, President Barack Obama

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Historical Campaign Stop Turns 90

On this edition of Political Rewind, Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport has been the city’s most lucrative asset. But will scandals and...

August 20, 2018
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By:
  • Robert Jimison
In this Nov. 30, 2017 photo, former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a campaign rally, in Dora, Ala.

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Georgia Could Benefit From A Roy Moore Win

On this edition of Political Rewind, as the Alabama Senate race heads to the finish line, President Trump rallies voters to turn out for Roy Moore,...

December 11, 2017
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By:
  • Bill Nigut
President Barack Obama speaks to the Disabled Veterans' annual convention, Monday, Aug. 1, 2016, in Atlanta.

Despite Achievements, Obama Says Work To Be Done To Support Veterans

President Obama visited Atlanta Monday to discuss his administration’s efforts to help the nation’s veterans. He told the annual meeting of the Disabled...

August 01, 2016
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By:
  • Sam Whitehead

Obama Vows To Step Up Fight Against Opioid Abuse

President Obama visited Atlanta Tuesday to lay out his administration's plans to step up its fight against what it calls the prescription opioid and...

March 29, 2016
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By:
  • Sam Whitehead

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