Politics New AFL-CIO Chief Has Tough Road Ahead August 31, 2009 • The nation's largest labor organization, the AFL-CIO, gets a new president next month. Former United Mine Workers President Richard Trumka will replace John Sweeney. Trumka faces major challenges, including the long-term decline in union membership. But he also will have a friend in the White House in President Obama. New AFL-CIO Chief Has Tough Road Ahead Listen · 4:00 4:00 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/112416510/112416754" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Care Warner: Discussion Must Include End-Of-Life Care August 28, 2009 • Some of the hottest debate over health care this summer has been about end-of-life care. Critics warn of "Death Panels" that would decide who gets life saving treatment. President Obama and others counter that claim is baseless. In Virginia Thursday, Democratic Senator Mark Warner held a town hall meeting designed to specifically address end-of-life issues. Warner: Discussion Must Include End-Of-Life Care Listen · 3:44 3:44 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/112323639/112323622" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, 1932-2009 Obama: Honored To Call Teddy A Friend August 26, 2009 • President Obama says Sen. Ted Kennedy touched the lives of many people. Even though the two didn't know each other for very long, Obama says he was honored to call him a friend. Kennedy's endorsement of Obama was very important in the race for the White House. Obama: Honored To Call Teddy A Friend Listen · 4:17 4:17 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/112240219/112240218" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Care Radio, Grassroots Used To Push Health Care Rx August 21, 2009 • With polls showing public support slipping for the White House push to change health care, President Obama reached out to two different audiences Thursday. He's trying to gain control of the debate on overhauling health care. Obama invited a conservative talk radio show to the White House; then the president visited the Democratic National Committee headquarters where he talked about health care to the audience and to thousands watching online. Radio, Grassroots Used To Push Health Care Rx Listen · 4:09 4:09 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/112094077/112094194" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Politics Obama Tries To Retake Health Care Dialogue August 20, 2009 • President Obama said Thursday any bill he signs must reduce costs, protect consumers, provide affordable choices and not add to the federal deficit. He was answering questions on health care from callers on a talk radio interview at the White House. Obama Tries To Retake Health Care Dialogue Listen · 4:03 4:03 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/112075122/112075755" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Politics Obama Blasts Defense Pork August 17, 2009 • President Obama called the conflict in Afghanistan "a war of necessity." Speaking Monday to the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention, Obama also lashed out at wasteful Pentagon spending and pledged to veto any pork-laden defense bills. Obama Blasts Defense Pork Listen · 3:23 3:23 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/111963976/111963964" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Care Obama Takes Health Care Battle To The People August 17, 2009 • President Obama has been using campaign-style events to push for a major overhaul to the nation's health care system. The president held three town hall meetings on health care last week. Obama's focus has been fighting the information war against opponents of the Democrats' health plan. Obama Takes Health Care Battle To The People Listen · 4:20 4:20 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/111944141/111944115" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Money And Influence Obama's Health Care Pitch Suddenly Gets Personal August 16, 2009 • At his third town hall meeting on health care in a week, President Obama's argument for an overhaul to the nation's health care system took an unexpectedly personal turn. Obama's Health Care Pitch Suddenly Gets Personal Listen · 4:11 4:11 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/111931428/111931415" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Politics Obama Faces Skeptical Crowds At Town Halls August 15, 2009 • So far, President Obama's health care town halls haven't been marked by the intense anger and outrage that many members of congress have seen. But at an airplane hanger at a small airport in Montana, Obama did hear, first-hand, some of the worries many have about proposed health care changes. NPR's Don Gonyea reports on the latest town hall confrontation. Obama Faces Skeptical Crowds At Town Halls Listen · 4:13 4:13 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/111917141/111917117" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Care Obama Takes Health Care Case To Montana August 14, 2009 • President Obama has headed west to make his case for a national health care system with a role for the government. He's taking on skeptics in Bozeman, Mont., familiar ground for Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus. Obama Takes Health Care Case To Montana Listen · 3:27 3:27 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/111899503/111899474" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Care Muted Reaction To Obama Health Care Town Hall August 12, 2009 • Over the past week, members of Congress have been shouted down and booed at town hall meetings around the country, but President Obama got a far different reaction Tuesday when he came to talk health care in coastal New Hampshire. The loud debate over the issue took place outside the president's forum. Muted Reaction To Obama Health Care Town Hall Listen · 4:03 4:03 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/111797233/111797278" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Care Obama Takes On Health Care Critics August 11, 2009 • President Obama took his health care campaign to Portsmouth, N.H., where hundreds of supporters and opponents lined up to hear him and demonstrate. Obama Takes On Health Care Critics Listen · 3:12 3:12 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/111786678/111786643" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Economy Obama Points To Signs Of Economic Recovery August 5, 2009 • President Obama returned to Elkhart County, Indiana, which has the highest unemployment rate in America, to tout progress toward economic recovery. Obama also repeated a promise to overhaul health care this year despite stiff opposition from Republicans and some in his own party. Obama Points To Signs Of Economic Recovery Listen · 3:39 3:39 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/111589248/111589221" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Financial Turmoil Grips World Markets $1 Billion Stimulus Plan Keeps Cops On Streets July 29, 2009 • Vice President Joe Biden and Attorney General Eric Holder went to Philadelphia Tuesday to talk about the stimulus funds that cash-strapped cities are getting to help put police officers on the streets. The event was held to try to counter Republican criticism that the stimulus package didn't do enough to help small businesses. $1 Billion Stimulus Plan Keeps Cops On Streets Listen · 3:59 3:59 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/111273327/111273574" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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The Two-Way White House 'Gaggle' Media Briefings Return July 27, 2009 • A slight shift for President Barack Obama's press office in recent days. The daily morning gaggle, a White House staple through administration after administration, but absent in the current White House, has returned.
