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 Best Sports Movie Pep Talks 

When you're down, these clips can get you going

Jul 18, 09 5:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - World got you down? Let one of these coaches buck you up: AskMen picks the best sports movie inspirational talks. The top five:
  1. Kurt Russell, Miracle: “If we played ‘em 10 times, they might win nine. But not this game.”
  2. Al Pacino, Any Given Sunday:
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sports • film • Al Pacino • list • Knute Rockne • speech • Billy Bob Thornton • Gene Hackman • Pat O'Brien • Kurt Russell • sports movie • Miracle on Ice

(Newser) - The current health care system is a “ticking time-bomb” for the federal budget, Barack Obama told the American Medical Association today, speaking before a crowd of doctors in Chicago. He sharply criticized the current system, which pays doctors for each test or treatment provided, saying it “has taken... More »

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Barack Obama • Chicago • American Medical Association • health care reform • speech

(Newser) - President Obama skillfully made the case for women's rights in the Muslim world during his Cairo speech today with the help of the hijab, or head scarf, writes Tracy Clark-Flory in Salon. "I reject the view of some in the West that a woman who chooses to cover her... More »

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Barack Obama • Middle East • Muslims • women's rights • Egypt • Cairo • speech • President Obama

Iran: Obama's 'Sweet' Words Won't Score With Muslims

Supreme leader slams US before Obama speech

Jun 4, 09 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s speeches may be “beautiful,” but it’s not enough to win over the Muslim world, Iran’s supreme leader said in his own speech today, Reuters reports. “The nations of this part of the world...deeply hate America because during many years they have... More »

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Iran • Muslims • United States • Cairo • speech • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • President Obama

OPINION

 Obama Echoes Bush— 
 But Does It Better 

Why? 'He is decidedly not' his predecessor

Jun 4, 09 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s speech in Cairo sounded a lot like President Bush’s 2006 speech to Muslims—yet Obama’s manages to carry far more weight, writes Michael Crowley in the New Republic. Both spoke of respect for “the history and traditions of the Muslim world”; both suggested governmental... More »

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Barack Obama • Islam • Middle East • Muslims • Cairo • speech • George W. Bush • President Obama

OPINION Roundup

 Obama 'Shrewd' 
 in Cairo Speech 


Jun 4, 09 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Most of America wasn’t even awake when it happened, but Barack Obama’s Cairo speech got people talking anyway, the Washington Post reports. The New York Times says Obama delivered a "sweeping and forceful—at times scolding and combative" message, which included what the Wall ... More »

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Barack Obama • Islam • Middle East • Egypt • Muslim • Cairo • speech • opinion

 Obama Seeks 
 'New Beginning' 
 for US, Muslims 

Calls for end to 'cycle of suspicion and discord'

Jun 4, 09 6:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Speaking in Cairo, President Obama called for a “new beginning” for the US and the Muslim world, the BBC reports. The “cycle of suspicion and discord must end,” he said at Cairo University, urging a “sustained effort...to respect one another and seek common ground.”... More »

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Islam • Middle East • Muslims • Cairo • speech • keynote speech • President Obama

(Newser) - Katie Couric today delivered the Class Day speech to Princeton graduates, and posted the speech on the Huffington Post. Some highlights:
  • "I’ve been called a cougar lately in the tabloid press—today I’m very happy to be an honorary tiger! Coming here was a real no
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Katie Couric • Donald Rumsfeld • Rush Limbaugh • speech • Princeton • Sarah Palin • CBS Evening News • Class Day

 Obama Salutes Fallen Troops 

Hosts breakfast, lays wreath at Arlington

May 25, 09 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama marked Memorial Day with tributes to the military and fallen troops, the AP reports. He began the day with a breakfast for those who had lost loved ones in the military; afterward, he visited Arlington National Cemetery for the traditional laying of a wreath at the Tomb of... More »

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Arlington National Cemetery • speech • Memorial Day • President Obama • Tomb of the Unknowns

(Newser) - Today's "televised smackdown" between Obama and Cheney was the "political world's equivalent of Ali-Frazier," writes Dana Milbank in the Washington Post. After the president warned against "fear-mongering," Cheney came out swinging. He "used the word 'attack' 19 times, 'danger' and 'threat' six times apiece,... More »

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national security • Dick Cheney • vice president • speech • harsh interrogation • Gitmo • President Obama

(Newser) - Standing in front of the Constitution, President Obama today delivered a watershed speech on terrorism, arguing that President Bush’s approach to war was, “quite simply, a mess.” He outlined his plan to clean up, saying he’ll try Guantanamo detainees in both federal court and military commissions... More »

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Barack Obama • torture • Guantanamo Bay • speech • George W. Bush • detainees • military commissions • Obama administration • President Obama • torture photos

(Newser) - In what’s becoming a much-hyped political showdown, Barack Obama and Dick Cheney will deliver back-to-back speeches on national security this morning, CNN reports. Obama’s 10am speech will lay out a framework for closing Guantanamo Bay, offering a high-minded defense of his decisions so far regarding it and its... More »

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Barack Obama • Dick Cheney • torture • Guantanamo Bay • speech • Obama administration

 Sri Lanka Prez: 
 We're 'Liberated' 

Body of rebel leader said to be found

May 19, 09 8:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sri Lanka’s leader celebrated the country’s “liberation” from the Tamil Tigers after 26 years of war in a speech to parliament today, the BBC reports. “Today we have been able to liberate the entire country from the clutches of terrorism," said Mahinda Rajapaska. "We... More »

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Sri Lanka • Tamil Tigers • parliament • speech • ethnic conflict • Mahinda Rajapaksa • Tamils • Velupillai Prabhakaran

Obama to Address Muslim World From Egypt

President to tackle US-Muslim relations on first Middle Eastern trip

May 9, 09 3:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama will travel to Egypt next month to deliver a speech aimed at mending America's relationship with the Muslim world, McClatchy Newspapers reports. Egypt is a politically risky choice due to President Hosni Mubarak's heavy-handed autocratic rule, but a White House spokesman said the country "in many ways... More »

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Barack Obama • Islam • Middle East • Hosni Mubarak • Egypt • Muslim • speech • Arab • President Obama

 Iranian Prez Dropped Holocaust 
 Denial From UN Speech 

Ahmadinejad had called it 'ambiguous and dubious'

Apr 21, 09 10:28 AM CDT
(AP) - It didn't stop a mass walkout, but Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad actually toned down the speech he gave at a UN racism conference yesterday, the UN said today, dropping language denying the reality of the Holocaust. In the original text of his speech, he said of Western nations: "Following... More »

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Iran • United Nations • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Holocaust • Switzerland • racism • conference • speech • Ban Ki-Moon • denial

(Newser) - President Obama said today that the US faces a long slog in finding its way out of financial tumult, but emphasized that he is seeing signs of hope, the New York Times reports. "Times are still tough," he said. "By no means are we out of the... More »

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recession • speech • economy • Obama administration • financial crisis • President Obama • economic downturn

 Obama Tells Young Turks 
 to Look Past US 'Stereotypes' 

Says America still stands for greater good

Apr 7, 09 6:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama wrapped up his first foreign trip as president with a request of the world: Look past his nation's stereotypes and flaws. "You will find a partner and a friend in the United States of America," he declared today in a town hall meeting with Turkish students.... More »

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Turkey • Europe • stereotypes • US image • speech • town hall meeting • President Obama

OPINION

 Obama's Becoming a Windbag 

Obama's European speeches fail to impress one listener

Apr 6, 09 4:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama's European speeches are starting to sound repetitious and long-winded to Iain Martin of the Daily Telegraph. His London speech had flashes of brilliance but was too often "interminable, windy and not very impressive," Martin grumbles, and the president hammed it up in Prague yesterday with oh-puhlease... More »

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Barack Obama • Prague • speech • President Obama

 Obama Pitches 
 Nuke Drawdown, 
 Slams Korean Launch 

Pledges 'concrete steps' from US; says new treaty in the works

Apr 5, 09 10:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama laid out his vision for a worldwide nuclear drawdown before a vast audience in Prague today, the New York Times reports, taking the opportunity to lambaste North Korea's rocket test yesterday and urge the UN Security Council to punish Pyongyang. “This provocation underscores the need for action,... More »

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nuclear weapons • Prague • speech • nuclear disarmament • Obama administration • President Obama

Summers Reaped Millions
From Bailout Recipients

Earned $2.7M in speakers fees last year

Apr 4, 09 7:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lawrence Summers, President Obama's top economic adviser, received hefty speaking fees last year from Wall Street giants that later got bailout cash, Bloomberg reports. Summers received a total of $2.7 million from firms like Goldman Sachs and Citigroup on top of the $5.2 million salary he got from... More »

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Wall Street • hedge fund • speech • financial disclosure • Lawrence Summers • National Economic Council

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