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...seven members of the bipartisan commission, created by an executive order from President Barack Obama, will have their first meeting in mid-July, according to The New York Times...
...July 21, charges were dropped against Gates, but a day later, the incident reached its pinnacle of media attention when President Barack Obama said the Cambridge Police Department “acted stupidly,” adding that racial profiling remained a fact of life for minorities in America. He later distanced himself from his comments, saying that he blundered in his “choice of words,” and invited Crowley and Gates to the White House for conversation and beer...
President Barack Obama has appointed School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Dean Cherry A. Murray to a national commission tasked with providing recommendations to prevent future spills that result from offshore drilling...
President Barack H. Obama made good on his health-care reform promise, while Republicans likewise made good on less constructive aspirations to delay it—a debate that we commented on with equal parts optimism and skepticism. The House of Representatives 220-215 vote represented a bittersweet victory, moving sweeping health-care legislation forward at the necessary cost of the unjust Stupak Amendment. The national debate reached fever pitch and the bill seemed doomed as it stalled for months in Congress, prompting us to take up a call for legislative reconciliation despite criticism from Republicans who, hypocritically, have historically...
Raskin added that young people’s enthusiasm and organization around President Barack Obama’s campaign is proof that students today are still eager to be politically active...