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Obama and Karzai

President Obama has not yet made his decision about a new strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Whereas the president was waiting for the previously scheduled November 7 Afghan run-off election to make his announcement, now that the run-off has been scrapped, the President's announcement could come any day.

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President Obama Robocalls for Gov. Corzine in New Jersey

President Barack Obama records a robocall urging New Jersey residents to vote for Gov. Jon Corzine on Tuesday.

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Michelle Obama: Mentor-In-Chief

ABC News' Yunji de Nies Reports: Michelle Obama welcomed nearly two dozen 10th and 11th grade girls to the White House this afternoon, kicking off the First Lady’s leadership and mentoring initiative. “Mentoring has been something that has been important...

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After "Messy" Process, President Obama Congratulates Afghanistan’s “Legitimate” – If Not “Credible” --- President

President Obama telephoned Hamid Karzai at roughly 1:45 pm ET this afternoon, delivering to him the best wishes of the United States for a second presidential term after an election fraught with corruption and accusations of illegitimacy.

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Today’s Q’s for O’s WH – 11/2/2009

TAPPER: President Obama last month in Pittsburgh said of the Afghan elections and the aftermath, "What's most important is that there's a sense of legitimacy in Afghanistan among the Afghan people for their government." Is there a sense of legitimacy in Afghanistan among the Afghan people for the Karzai government?

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President Obama Warns of Future Job Loss, “We are just not where we need to be yet”

“We are just not where we need to be yet,” said President Obama in kicking off today’s meeting of the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board (PERAB), “We have got a long way to go.”

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White House Prepares for Disappointing Election Day

You can tell that the White House isn't expecting such a great election day -- Democrats are down in recent polls in the governor's races in both Virginia and New Jersey -- both by how much officials are insisting the outcomes have no relevance to the President and how much they're trying to change focus to the conservative in-fighting in the special election for an upstate New York congressional seat.

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The Presidential Planner

Today the President refocuses on the economy and will hold a meeting with the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board (PERAB).

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