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Tom Wheeler Nominated To Chair FCC, Mignon Clyburn Named Interim Chair
WASHINGTON (AP) — A White House official says President Barack Obama plans to name a former cable and wireless industry lobbyist to head the Federal…
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Obama Hopes to Add Color to Cabinet With Third Black Member
If all goes well for President Barack Obama, there will be three African Americans in the president’s White House Cabinet. Obama will have three black…
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Rev. Al Sharpton on the Black Agenda, the Kendrick Johnson Case & More
Rev. Al Sharpton talks with the crew about the Kendrick Johnson case in Valdosta, Ga., the latest in the George Zimmerman case and explains how…
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Tests Link Deadly Ricin to Obama Letters Suspect
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — Ricin has been found in a business once used by the man charged in the case of letters laced with the…
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Obama: Review of Boston Attack Information Sharing
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Tuesday that no stone will be left unturned in reviewing whether any sensitive intelligence was missed that could…
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Obama: Flight Delay Fix a ‘Band-Aid’
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the congressional fix for widespread flight delays is an irresponsible way to govern, but he’s prepared to sign…
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Black Voter Turnout Rate Passes Whites In 2012 Election
Roland Martin talks with Andrea Gillespie, assistant professor of political science at Emory University, about the high black voter turnout in the 2012 re-election of…
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Black Voter Turnout Rate Passes Whites In 2012 Election
WASHINGTON — America’s blacks voted at a higher rate than other minority groups in 2012 and by most measures surpassed the white turnout for the…
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Obama to Tap Charlotte Mayor to Run Transportation
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is nominating Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Anthony Foxx, a rising star in Democratic politics, to run the Transportation Department, a…
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Obama Jokes about Aging, Being a Minority, Bangs & More (Video)
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama joked Saturday that the years are catching up to him and he’s not “the strapping young Muslim socialist” he…
