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Published: 02/3/09

Barack Obama to Keep Campaign Promise; Will Meet with Hugo Chavez

By  Mark Impomeni - Politics Daily
Barack Obama to Keep Campaign Promise; Will Meet with Hugo Chavez

President Barack Obama will reportedly meet face-to-face with Venezuelan dictator and avowed enemy of the United States Hugo Chavez later this year when he attends the Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. During the Democratic primary campaign, Obama said that he would meet in person with the heads of Iran, North Korea, Syria, Cuba, and Venezuela without pre-conditions during his first year in office. While he spent the rest of the campaign trying to walk back that promise, saying that there would be unspecified "preparations" before he met with any of the five rogue ...

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Published: 01/11/09

Coming Soon: The New Guantanamo

By  Dave - Politics Daily
Coming Soon: The New Guantanamo

Where will it be?Obama's unequivocal statements on the Gitmo closing are, shall we say, evolving: here's the newest stuff from this morning. ABC News:"I think it's going to take some time and our legal teams are working in consultation with our national security apparatus as we speak to help design exactly what we need to do," Obama said in an exclusive "This Week" interview with George Stephanopoulos, his first since arriving in Washington.Translation, it's not going to happen this year. And we're not sure what to do."It is more difficult than I think a lot of people realize," the ...

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