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In a reversal, Barack Obama proposed Monday that the government sell 70 million barrels of oil from its strategic petroleum stockpile to help reduce gasoline prices.
Monday, August 04, 2008, 10:07:47 AM Former President Clinton acknowledges there are some things "I wish I hadn't said" during the Democratic presidential nomination fight, but denies he made racist statements about Barack Obama.
Sunday, August 03, 2008, 11:59:39 PM 
Poll: Democratic Sen. Barack Obama holds a 2 to 1 edge over Republican Sen. John McCain among the nation's low-wage workers, but many are unconvinced that either presidential candidate can fix the ailing economy.
Sunday, August 03, 2008, 9:34:40 PM 
Looking to build Democratic unity, Barack Obama has called for restoration of full voting rights for convention delegates from the key swing states of Florida and Michigan.
Sunday, August 03, 2008, 12:30:37 AM 
In his first extended interview since his wife exited the presidential campaign in defeat, Bill Clinton says he is glad to be back doing international foundation work in Africa.
Saturday, August 02, 2008, 7:39:15 PM 
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Saturday described John McCain's campaign against him as one driven by cynicism but not racism.
Friday, August 01, 2008, 7:33:50 PM 
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Friday he would be willing to support limited additional offshore oil drilling if that's what it takes to enact a comprehensive policy.
Friday, August 01, 2008, 11:46:52 AM 
The Democratic presidential candidate called for a package of new measures to fight rising energy costs, including a $1,000 tax rebate for low- and middle-income workers.
Friday, August 01, 2008, 7:21:58 AM 
A new rap song points to the dilemma facing Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, who wants the support of the hip-hop community but needs to steer clear of the controversy so commonly associated with its music.
Thursday, July 31, 2008, 6:40:39 PM 
Barack Obama and John McCain traded old-school political jabs Thursday, with McCain contending that he had been wrongly accused of planning a racial attack and Obama countering that his opponent was inventing a controversy to avoid talking about the issues.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008, 4:21:45 PM 
The Democratic presidential candidate said he offers fundamental change from reckless Republican economic policies that he he says would continue under Republican rival John McCain.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008, 2:16:41 PM 
Barack Obama and the Democratic National Committee are setting aside $20 million to target and mobilize Hispanic voters in the presidential election this fall, the Obama campaign said Tuesday.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008, 11:40:06 AM 
Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has told close associates that he has had "very serious" conversations with Sen. Barack Obama about joining the Democratic presidential ticket.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008, 10:51:45 AM 
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama planned to meet Tuesday with the prime minister of Pakistan, one of a series of private sessions for discussions ranging from international to economic concerns.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008, 8:35:39 AM 
After Hillary Rodham Clinton lost the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, one of her delegates wanted to send a message. So Mary Beth Pyle wore a Clinton T-shirt to a unity dinner meant to build support for Barack Obama.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008, 1:33:29 AM 
John McCain has sought to keep alive a story about Barack Obama calling off a visit to troops recuperating from wounds in Germany. Here's what really happened.
Monday, July 28, 2008, 5:14:59 PM 
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and Republican rival John McCain shift from world affairs to the top issue for American voters -- the faltering U.S. economy.
Monday, July 28, 2008, 4:40:34 PM 
Barack Obama's bid to place a new Social Security tax on very high incomes is either a bold or foolhardy plan, depending on who critiques it.
Monday, July 28, 2008, 2:39:05 AM New voters, particularly younger people and African Americans, are a key to the strategy of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, but the return on the investment is uncertain.
Sunday, July 27, 2008, 10:45:57 PM 
Barack Obama, back in his home town after a tour of Afghanistan, the Middle East and Europe, saw a doctor at the University of Chicago Medical Center on Sunday night to deal with a sore hip.
Sunday, July 27, 2008, 1:36:52 PM Presidential candidate Barack Obama gave a vote of confidence to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, saying he had made some good decisions in difficult circumstances.
Sunday, July 27, 2008, 10:24:31 AM 
There is little question that Barack Obama captured Europe's heart during the tumultuous visit that ended Saturday evening, but hard questions remain about whether Obama, if he wins, could transform that enthusiasm into concrete policy gains.
Saturday, July 26, 2008, 10:52:11 PM 
Presidential contender Barack Obama defended his decision to travel to Europe and the Mideast on Saturday, saying that problems encountered by Americans are often best dealt with by working with allies.
Saturday, July 26, 2008, 9:21:21 PM Republican John McCain's campaign on Saturday sharply criticized Democratic rival Barack Obama for canceling a visit to wounded troops in Germany, contending Obama chose foreign leaders and cheering Europeans over "injured American heroes."
Friday, July 25, 2008, 8:12:57 PM 
An Israeli newspaper's decision to publish a handwritten prayer left by Barack Obama in the cracks of Jerusalem's Western Wall drew criticism Friday as an invasion of his privacy.
Friday, July 25, 2008, 1:39:00 PM 
Democrat Barack Obama says Iran should promptly accept an international call to freeze its uranium enrichment program.
Friday, July 25, 2008, 12:18:32 PM ![July 19: President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki have agreed to pursue a]()
The Democratic candidate wants to sound like the voice of reason on U.S. foreign policy — the guy who would abandon Bush administration policies. Problem is, the president keeps beating him to it.
Friday, July 25, 2008, 11:27:50 AM 
The Republican senator, fresh from an Iraq trip with Barack Obama, said the presidential candidates should focus on the war's future and not argue over the success of last year's troop surge.
Friday, July 25, 2008, 9:58:49 AM 
Conservatives are poised to argue that Obama's popularity with audiences abroad ought to raise doubts among Americans at home.
Friday, July 25, 2008, 9:55:16 AM Live Votes: What do you thin of Obama's trip?
Friday, July 25, 2008, 8:59:18 AM 
Barack Obama touched on American and European ideals in his speech in Berlin on Thursday, but was vague on crucial issues of trade, defense and foreign policy that currently divide Washington from Europe.
Friday, July 25, 2008, 8:19:48 AM A new poll finds Barack Obama leading John McCain by wide margins among Hispanic voters. But what impact will Latinos have on Election Day?
Friday, July 25, 2008, 5:25:24 AM ![July 24: Speaking before a massive crowd in Berlin, Sen. Barack Obama said America has made]()
Barack Obama's campaign has received roughly 10 times more money from declared U.S. donors living in Germany, France and Britain than his Republican rival.
Thursday, July 24, 2008, 4:44:01 PM 
Barack Obama told NBC News on Thursday that the next president would have his work cut out to resolve “conflict and tension” between Washington and Europe that had built up during the Bush presidency.
Thursday, July 24, 2008, 4:20:21 PM 
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama stood before an enormous crowd in Berlin on Thursday and summoned Europeans and Americans to work together to defeat terrorism.
Thursday, July 24, 2008, 3:36:29 PM If the presidential election were decided by speeches alone, it would be over already.
Thursday, July 24, 2008, 2:05:42 PM Deep Background: Today Barack Obama made it official. He doesn’t have and can’t release any copies of the thesis-length paper he wrote 25 years ago while a senior at Columbia University.
Thursday, July 24, 2008, 1:37:23 PM 
Both Israelis and Palestinians came away from the Democratic candidate's visit to the Holy Land with the feeling he would do more for Mideast peace than President Bush has.
Thursday, July 24, 2008, 11:15:42 AM 
Barack Obama is going for the gold. The Democratic presidential contender has decided to buy $5 million in national advertising on NBC during the broadcast of the Olympic games.
Thursday, July 24, 2008, 5:40:45 AM 
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama made an unscheduled pre-dawn visit to Jerusalem's Western Wall on Thursday, at the end of a trip aimed at showing his strong support for Israel.
Thursday, July 24, 2008, 12:11:27 AM 
Meticulous planning for his recent trip to Israel reveals the lengths to which Barack Obama is going to ensure support among Jews, a traditional Democratic constituency.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008, 8:44:41 PM 
U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama said on Wednesday a nuclear Iran would pose a "grave threat" and that the world must stop Tehran from obtaining an atomic weapon.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008, 6:52:45 PM The Obama team's shifting response to McCain's recent troop-funding ad shows that the candidate is trying to stay above the fray as much as possible. But is that the wisest move?
Wednesday, July 23, 2008, 2:32:09 PM 
The likely Democratic presidential nominee and his wife are determined that his bid not disrupt the normal, happy childhood of their daughters.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008, 1:04:25 PM Though reports have suggested that Clinton supporters are giving Obama a big fundraising hand, the numbers don't bear that out. At first, this may look like a minus for Obama, but raising more than $50 million without contributions from former Clinton donors is actually more impressive.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008, 8:34:18 PM 
Jordan, Israel and Germany aren't normally known as swing states in a presidential campaign. But Barack Obama's off to a fast start in his attempt to change that with an election-season tour designed to show him as a potential commander in chief, equally comfortable sitting down — presidential style — with kings and other foreign leaders.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008, 3:01:01 PM 
Barack Obama said on Tuesday that the situation in Iraq is improving and that U.S. military attention should turn to Afghanistan.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008, 2:39:21 PM 
Older white voters are more open to voting Democratic this year than in the past, but the Democratic presidential candidate still needs to close the sale.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008, 11:41:20 AM 
In Berlin, where John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton all made famous speeches, the Democratic presidential hopeful will find himself stepping into perhaps another iconic moment.
Monday, July 21, 2008, 8:13:58 PM 
Officials say Baghdad may be trying to use the U.S. presidential election as leverage in talks about the future of American's military presence and obligations in the war.
Monday, July 21, 2008, 6:37:22 PM Leading pundits from the countries the candidate will likely visit—and three more he should—offer suggestions for Obama, as well as a look at how he's perceived in their nations.
Monday, July 21, 2008, 12:45:27 PM Iraq’s government welcomed Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Monday with word that it apparently shares his hope that U.S. combat forces could leave by 2010.
Monday, July 21, 2008, 9:51:50 AM He's been called a naive idealist. But in terms of foreign policy, he's the true realist in the race.
Sunday, July 20, 2008, 2:39:34 PM 
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged steadfast aid to Afghanistan in talks Sunday with its Western-backed leader and vowed to pursue the war on terror "with vigor" if elected, an Afghan official said.
Saturday, July 19, 2008, 7:58:30 AM The focus of the presidential debate shifted to Afghanistan this week as both Barack Obama and John McCain called for more troops to be dispatched there. Are Democratic leaders convinced that they have popular support for a long nation-building commitment in Afghanistan?
Friday, July 18, 2008, 7:20:16 PM 
A new U.S.-Iraqi agreement raising the possibility of a withdrawal timeline threatens to complicate the war policies of presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain.
Friday, July 18, 2008, 3:18:19 PM 
Both presidential candidates vow to reform the nation's defense procurement if elected president, yet each is unwilling to take a stand against the rising cost of a White House perk: the new Marine One helicopter.
Friday, July 18, 2008, 2:42:25 PM Barack Obama needs to convince the public that he can lead the free world, and he needs to do it starting now.
Friday, July 18, 2008, 11:56:54 AM 
The Democratic presidential hopeful's trip to the Middle East and Europe marks the Democrat's first high-profile step onto the international stage and is planned to put him into settings often occupied by presidents.
Friday, July 18, 2008, 7:13:50 AM 
Barack Obama’s huge foreign policy team, organized like a mini State Department, is on the spot this week as the senator plans his overseas trip.
Thursday, July 17, 2008, 3:34:59 PM 
This week's controversial New Yorker cover could hurt Obama -- but not for the reasons that have been widely, and wildly, articulated.
Thursday, July 17, 2008, 3:04:13 PM 
The former president said Thursday he is eager to campaign for Obama whenever the Democrat needs him, but has not given any thought to whether he wants to speak at the party convention in Denver.
Thursday, July 17, 2008, 2:04:56 PM 
What gets under the Democratic presidential candidate's skin? Criticism of his wife, Michelle Obama.
Thursday, July 17, 2008, 11:28:06 AM 
To what extent can the Democratic candidate reassure primary and caucus voters that he is ready to be their president? The answer may determine the outcome of the general election.
Thursday, July 17, 2008, 8:57:01 AM 
The Democratic presidential candidate raised $52 million in June, the campaign said on Thursday, a jump from last month and more than double the $22 million raised by his Republican rival John McCain.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008, 10:12:13 PM 
Fox News says the Rev. Jesse Jackson used the N-word during a break in a TV interview where he criticized presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008, 2:43:06 PM 
If the candidate's historic campaign to become the first black president boosts black turnout as drastically as he predicts, he could crack decades of Republican dominance across the South.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008, 2:08:30 PM 
Democrat Barack Obama warned on Wednesday about the danger of "fighting the last war" as he pledged to focus on emerging nuclear, biological and cyber threats if elected president.
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