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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Dwight Eisenhower

Dwight Eisenhower stories: 10 news summaries

 America's 
 Best Political 
 Memoirs 

Sarah Palin hasn't got anything on Ulysses S. Grant

Nov 19, 09 4:38 PM CST
(Newser) - With Going Rogue flying off the shelves, Time looks back on the best political memoirs ever, including:
  • Ulysses S. Grant—The first presidential memoir to take the nation by storm, Grant finished his book just days before he died, and loaded it with thoughtful reflections and Civil
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Barack Obama • memoir • autobiography • Richard Clarke • Ulysses Grant • Dwight Eisenhower • Sarah Palin Going Rogue

 10 Obscure Inauguration Tidbits 

Which president was forgotten at his successor's ceremony?

Jan 18, 09 12:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Ahead of Tuesday’s inauguration, the Chicago Tribune compiles a list of the 10 best little known facts about ceremonies past.
  • George Washington had to borrow money to attend his own inauguration.
  • No, William Henry Harrison’s long-winded, “fatal” speech on a chilly morning in 1841 didn’
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Washington DC • John F. Kennedy • inauguration • Ulysses Grant • former presidents • Dwight Eisenhower • George Washington • Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

 Inauguration 
 Announcer 
 Been at Mic 
 Since Ike 

Brotman, 81, thinks Obama's may be most spectacular

Jan 16, 09 1:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Charlie Brotman, the octogenarian MC stationed closest to the presidential reviewing stand during Tuesday’s Inaugural Parade, has had a front-row seat to history since 1957, when he was chosen to announce President Eisenhower’s, USA Today reports. Brotman expects Barack Obama’s inauguration will be the most spectacular ever.... More »

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Barack Obama • Washington DC • John F. Kennedy • Ronald Reagan • inauguration • Dwight Eisenhower • Inauguration Day • inaugural parade • Charlie Brotman

 Inaugural Bibles: 
 Past Presidential Picks 

Lincoln provided the Bible, but Obama must turn to others for verse ideas

Jan 15, 09 11:52 AM CST
(Newser) - As Barack Obama prepares to take the oath of office Tuesday with his hand on the Lincoln Bible, the Wall Street Journal offers a sample of the Bibles other presidents have chosen—and the passages they've chosen to open them to. Eisenhower, Carter, and Bush Sr. took their oaths on... More »

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Barack Obama • Jimmy Carter • John F. Kennedy • Bill Clinton • George HW Bush • Abraham Lincoln • Bible • inauguration • Dwight Eisenhower • George Washington • President Obama • Inauguration Day • presidential oath

(Newser) - Since the days of George Washington, outgoing presidents have found saying goodbye to the nation to be cathartic—and sometimes used the speech to warn of worries to come. Ahead of tomorrow's Bush address, the Houston Chronicle looks at some favorites.
  1. Washington: Set the tone, paying tribute to the
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White House • Richard Nixon • president • Ronald Reagan • Harry Truman • Dwight Eisenhower • George Washington

Obama Outlines Ike-Style Public Works Push

May quickly provide infrastructure funding; states want $136B

Dec 6, 08 10:30 AM CST
(Newser) - President-elect Obama pledged today to approve billions in government expenditures on public works projects when he assumes office, the New York Times reports. Invoking Eisenhower’s Interstate program, Obama said “we will create millions of jobs,” possibly by funding some or all of $136 billion in infrastructure... More »

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Barack Obama • infrastructure • transition • economic stimulus package • Election 2008 • Dwight Eisenhower • President Obama • spending package • public works • Interstate system

GLOSSIES

Obama Girls Join Exclusive White House Sorority

If predecessors are any sign, Malia and Sasha are in for 'a helluva good time'

Nov 19, 08 11:53 AM CST
(Newser) - If Malia Obama sneaks a boy into the White House, it won’t be an action without precedent. The generations of girls who occupied what Margaret Truman billed “the Great White Jail” form a sort of underground society, Lauren Collins writes in the New Yorker. The Johnson sisters, for... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • White House • Harry Truman • Dwight Eisenhower • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • Marian Robinson • President Obama

 Rice Set for
 Historic Meet
 With Gadhafi

First secretary of state visit to Libya in 55 years

Sep 3, 08 3:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice will become  first US secretary of state to visit Libya since the Eisenhower administration when she meets Friday with leader Moammar Gadhafi, reports the Voice of America. The meeting demonstrates the radical improvement in relations between the two nations since Gadhafi turned away from terrorism and scrapped Libya's... More »

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Darfur • Condoleezza Rice • State Department • Libya • Moammar Gadhafi • David Welch • Lockerbie • Human Rights Watch • Pan Am • Dwight Eisenhower • Western Sahara

Army Can Execute Death-Row Soldier, Bush Rules

Ronald Gray set to become first service member put to death since 1961

Jul 28, 08 7:20 PM CDT
(AP) - President Bush today approved the execution of an Army private, administration officials said. It was the first time in over a half-century that a president has affirmed a death sentence for a member of the US military. Bush OK'd the military's request to execute Ronald A. Gray, convicted in connection... More »

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capital punishment • military law • George W. Bush • Dwight Eisenhower • Ronald A. Gray

OPINION

 For McCain, Dole 
 Better Analogy Than Ike 

How GOP candidate positions himself for November will prove telling

Apr 18, 08 4:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - The war to define John McCain hasn't started—the Democrats are still working on each other—but while his advisers look to build the next Dwight Eisenhower, some say McCain may be closer to Bob Dole. John Heilemann of New York tags along as McCain, "a candidate of pronounced... More »

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Mitt Romney • Barack Obama • John McCain • Bob Dole • Dwight Eisenhower

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