JENNIFER LOVEN

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Obama joins Hatoyama in call for change

President Barack Obama is joining the Japanese leader in saying the long-standing U.S.-Japanese relationship needs to adapt to the needs of the 21st century.

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White House lawyer who led Gitmo efforts quitting

The White House's top lawyer is returning to private practice and being replaced by a longtime adviser to Barack Obama.

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CAPITAL CULTURE: Obama a tough critic — of himself

"I wish that we had come back with better news from Copenhagen," President Barack Obama said a few weeks ago after an unsuccessful trip across the ocean to try to snag the 2016 Summer Olympics for Chicago.

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Afghan coalition government is an option, US says

The United States would be receptive to a power-sharing arrangement between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his election challenger if they agreed to it, Obama administration officials said Wednesday.

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Analysis: A great prize, but will it help goals?

Now that he's Nobel laureate Barack Obama, will he find smoother sailing for his plans to rid the world of nuclear weapons, to forge Mideast peace and stabilize Afghanistan, to halt climate change?

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Analysis: Chicago's loss is a blow to Obama, too

OK, so it wasn't health care, climate change or war. Still, President Barack Obama's high-profile failure to win the Olympics for Chicago could feed negative narratives already nipping at his heels — that he's a better talker than closer, more celebrity than statesman.

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US, allies seek 'unfettered access' to Iran site

The U.S. and its five allies trying to stop Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program plan to tell Tehran in a key meeting on Thursday that it must provide "unfettered access" to its previously secret Qom enrichment facility within weeks, a senior administration official says.

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US, allies seek 'unfettered access' to Iran site

A senior Obama administration official says the U.S. and its five allies trying to stop Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program plan to tell Iran on Thursday that it must provide within a matter of weeks unfettered access to Iran's previously secret enrichment facility.

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AP sources: Gitmo closing goal of Jan. may slip

President Barack Obama may not be able to meet his stated goal of closing the much-criticized Guantanamo Bay prison by January as his administration runs into daunting legal and logistical hurdles to moving the more than 220 detainees still there.

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Analysis: Obama presidency at pivotal moment

When President Barack Obama said the United Nations had reached "a pivotal moment," he could just as well have been referring to his own presidency.

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Analysis: Obama willing to deep-six public option

President Barack Obama has never been wedded to a government-run health insurance plan.

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Obama drums up support for Chicago Olympic bid

President Barack Obama staged a homecoming-style Olympic rally at the White House Wednesday, saying the whole country is rooting for his hometown of Chicago in its efforts to host the 2016 Summer Games.

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Analysis: Will Obama flinch or fight — or both?

When Barack Obama was considering running for president in 2006, the political strategist who had engineered his Senate victory two years earlier bluntly stated a potentially fatal concern.

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Kind words for Obama, Calderon, Harper — no pacts

President Barack Obama and his counterparts from Mexico and Canada emerged Monday from a speed summit united on recession-fighting and Honduras' ousted leader but still divided on security and trade, the areas that most define their partnership.

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CORRECTS Obama

(Stations: Please substitute the following for V4257, slugged Obama, which moved at 6:20 p.m. Eastern time. The new version CORRECTS typo in Canadian prime minister's name.)

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Obama braces for 'vigorous' town hall health talk

A day before facing a potentially boisterous town hall in New Hampshire, President Barack Obama praised the spirited debate over his health care plans on Monday and predicted "sensible and reasoned arguments" would ultimately prevail in Congress.

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Obama tells Russia's Putin the Cold War is history

President Barack Obama said former Russian President Vladimir Putin and his hand-picked successor should expect an in-person reminder the Cold War is over when the U.S. leader makes his first trip to a Moscow summit.

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Obama to tell Putin: Time to move past Cold War

Days from his first Moscow summit, President Barack Obama declared Thursday that former Russian President Vladimir Putin "still has a lot of sway" in his nation and needs an in-person reminder the Cold War is over.

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Obama: More work needed to create new jobs

President Barack Obama says he's still "deeply concerned" about the continuing loss of jobs across the country.

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Obama condemns violence against Iran protesters

Dramatically hardening the U.S. reaction to Iran's disputed elections and bloody aftermath, President Barack Obama condemned the violence against protesters Tuesday and lent his strongest support yet to their accusations the hardline victory was a fraud.

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Obama scoffs at Ahmadinejad's demand for apology

President Barack Obama's criticism of Iran escalated Friday into an unusually personal war of words. To Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's demand he apologize for meddling, Obama shot back that the regime should "think carefully" about answers owed to protesters it has arrested, bludgeoned and killed.

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Obama talks tougher on Iran violence

President Barack Obama on Tuesday declared the United States and the entire world "appalled and outraged" by Iran's violent efforts to crush dissent, a clear toughening of his rhetoric as Republican critics at home pound him as being too passive.

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Analysis: Deficit could be chink in Obama's armor

The solid armor of President Barack Obama's popularity may have a crack — a nearly $2 trillion-sized one.

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WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama aides engaged in Paris

First lady Michelle Obama's spokeswoman got an urgent call Saturday morning, summoning her to the U.S. Embassy ahead of time. An aide told Katie McCormick Lelyveld that Obama's daughters were ready to leave and she had better hurry.

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