By Curtis Prendergast – President Obama briefed the press this afternoon on the position of the United States with regard to the recent events in Egypt. For the past two weeks thousands of protesters have demanded that President Hosni Mubarak step down as leader of Egypt. In a historic move that put an end to… [Read more…]
By Curtis Prendergast – President Obama delivered his third State of the Union address on Tuesday evening. One of the issues he mentioned was immigration reform. This year’s address discussed immigration reform much more than his previous addresses. In 2009, President Obama did not mention immigration in his address. In 2010 he said: “And we… [Read more…]
By Curtis Prendergast – President Obama delivered the annual State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday. Among the issues he discussed were several that are particularly relevant to the Arizona / Sonora borderlands. The annual speech is a requirement laid out in the Constitution. Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution reads, in… [Read more…]
Video by Kirsten Boele – Below is the video of a compilation of clips from President Obama’s speech at the University of Arizona on January 12. Below is the video of a compilation of clips from all of the speeches. ###
By Curtis Prendergast – Tucson — In the wake of a mass killing on Saturday, President Obama called for nationwide healing. In a series of speeches on the University of Arizona campus, which were punctuated by repeated standing ovations, high-ranking federal officials made a concerted effort to show how the killings resonated across the country.… [Read more…]
February 11, 2011 by cachocurt
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