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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jan 16, 2017

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order as follows: Executive Order 13764—Amending the Civil Service Rules.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Aug 26, 2016

As long as I'm President, we're going to keep doing everything we can to slow the spread of this virus and put our children's futures first.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Aug 2, 2016

Today, the President made grants of commutation of sentences to 214 individuals.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jul 21, 2016

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order as follows:

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Oct 14, 2015

We obviously have a national security interest, as the President said today, in making sure that Afghanistan can't be used as a safe haven for terrorists to attack our nation again.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· May 28, 2015

As President, I am committed to ensuring every child in America—regardless of who they are or where they live—has the opportunity to explore these treasured spaces.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Nov 20, 2013

There is established, effective 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on November 22, 2013, a Board of three members to be appointed by the President to investigate and report on these disputes.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Apr 19, 2013

I congratulate President Giorgio Napolitano on his reelection as President of Italy.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Oct 2, 2012

Under the President's policies, middle-income Americans have been buried.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jul 29, 2012

The American people deserve better than this unprecedented partisan obstruction of the President's efforts to ensure a fair and functioning judiciary.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jul 18, 2012

We need to come together behind a simple proposition that the Syrian President is waging a brutal, murderous campaign against his own people.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jul 18, 2012

In November 2011, the President signed into law the Returning Heroes Tax Credit.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jul 12, 2012

I think what the people of southern Virginia have seen is they've seen the President of the United States lay out a specific plan.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jul 12, 2012

Ultimately when you're president, you're always responsible, even if you've got an uncooperative Congress.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Apr 29, 2012

As President, I've worked to strengthen the ties between our two nations since my first days in office.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Apr 26, 2012

If the President is presented with H.R. 4628, his senior advisors would recommend that he veto the bill.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Apr 22, 2012

If the President is presented with a Resolution of Disapproval that would reverse these measures adopted by the NLRB, his senior advisors would recommend that he veto the Resolution.

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