(RTTNews) President Barack Obama is continuing to campaign on education, saying that despite the fact that the economy is adding jobs in the private sector, public workers and teachers continue to see their jobs threatened. “A great teacher can change the trajectory of a child’s life. They can offer an escape from poverty to...
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President Barack Obama on Tuesday bestowed the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, on Nobel Prize winning writer Toni Morrison and others who he said are his personal heroes. From the famous – singer-songwriter Bob Dylan – to the not so well-known – Bill Foege, an epidemiologist who helped eradicate smallpox...
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Adding insult to infamy, the alleged escort at the center of the Secret Service scandal in Cartagena, Colombia, gave an exclusive interview to Today on NBC, describing the accused agents, among other things, as “stupid,” “idiots” and as having left “their duty behind.” The 24-year-old Dania Londono Suarez told NBC that the Secret Service...
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Barack Obama on Wednesday became the first sitting president to announce his support for same-sex marriage. In a sit-down interview with ABC’s Robin Roberts, he completed what has been a markedly long evolution on the matter. “I’ve always been adamant that gay and lesbian Americans should be treated fairly and equally,” Obama told Roberts,...
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Every presidential candidate needs celebrities to vouch for them to boost their image with voters. Tyler Perry hosted a gala event at his Atlanta movie studio for President Barack Obama. Later, Perry hosted a smaller fundraiser at his French provincial mansion along the Chattahoochee River. AP
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