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      <title>Call to Renewal Keynote</title>
      <description>Senator Obama spoke at the Call to Renewal Conference.. </description>
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      <title>Homeland Security Appropriations</title>
      <description>Senator Obama discusses the Homeland Security Appropriations bill</description>
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      <title>Fuel Economy Reform Act</title>
      <description>The Fuel Economy Reform Act of 2006 seeks to break the decades-long logjam on increasing fuel economy standards by taking a new, more flexible approach.  </description>
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      <title>Partnership for Public Service: Q and A with Tim R</title>
      <description>Yesterday, Senator Obama took part in a question and answer session hosted by Meet the Press host Tim Russert at the Warner Theatre in downtown Washington.  It was part of the fourth annual summer intern event sponsored by the Partnership for Public Service  </description>
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      <title>09.06.06 Africa Trip Recap</title>
      <description>Senator Obama just returned from a 15-day trip to Africa where he visited South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Chad.  He discusses his tour of Robben Island prison, meeting with U.S. troops, visiting refugee camps of those fleeing the genocide in Darfur and the need for addressing Africa's growing AIDS epidemic.</description>
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      <title>09.14.06 Coburn-Obama Transparency Bill</title>
      <description>Senator Obama discusses the Coburn-Obama Transparency Bill, which creates a public searchable website of all federal spending.  This will allow the American people to find out where their tax dollars are going.  It's been passed by both the House and the Senate and the President has indicated he'll sign it in to law, possibly next weekl.</description>
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      <title>09.20.06 Energy Independence  Speech - MoveOn Prog</title>
      <description>Senator Obama delivered this speech to 700 students of Georgetown University today  as part of the MoveOn Progressive Vision series</description>
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      <title>09.26.06 Transparency Act and Chemical Plant Secur</title>
      <description>Senator Obama discusses the "Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act" being signed in to law today, as well as the chemical plant security legislation agreed upon by House and Senate negotiators last week that is far too weak and fails to adequately protect American lives.</description>
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      <title>11.15.06 Senate Democratic Majority</title>
      <description>Senator Obama discusses the new Senate Democratic majority and upcoming legislation, including an increase in the minimum wage, implementing all of the 9/11 Commission recommendations and a real energy policy.
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      <title>12.07.06 Iraq Study Group</title>
      <description>Senate Obama discusses the Iraq Study Group report that was just released and his own thoughts on how to move forward in Iraq.  You can read the speech he gave in November to the http://obama.senate.gov/speech/061120-a_way_forward_in_iraq/index.html</description>
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      <title>01.03.07 Against an Escalation in Iraq</title>
      <description>Senator Obama discusses President Bush's plan to escalate the Iraq war with a so-called "surge" of troops.  By doing so, the President would be overriding the expressed concerns of Generals on the ground, Secretary Powell, the bipartisan Iraq Study Group and the American people. </description>
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      <title>01.08.07 Ethics Legislation: A Chance to Change th</title>
      <description>Senator Obama discusses the need for new ethics legislation with the start of the 110th Congress</description>
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      <title>01.31.07 Iraq War De-escalation Act</title>
      <description>Senator Obama discusses legislation he introduced yesterday: the Iraq War De-escalation Act of 2007. </description>
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      <title>03.22.07 Dignity for Our Wounded Warriors</title>
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Senator Obama discusses the serious problems uncovered at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the need to ensure the men and women recovering at military hospitals across the world get the best care we can offer.</description>
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      <title>04.12.07 Housing for Homeless Veterans</title>
      <description>Senator Obama discusses the Homes for Heroes Act, a bill that would expand housing and rental assistance for homeless veterans. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) estimates that approximately 200,000 adult veterans live on the streets or in shelters on any given day, and nearly twice as many are homeless at some point during the year.
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