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Pastor Saeed's wife, Naghmeh, joined Jordan Sekulow Friday on Jay Sekulow Live! to discuss President Obama's remarks Thursday calling on Iran to specifically release her husband and where the fight for his freedom moves from here.
She says she is thankful to the president for elevating her husband's plight and is hopeful that as momentum continues to build that Iran would grant her husband--a U.S. citizen--clemency and allow him to return home.
 
Click here to listen as she shares her emoti
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'First-Ever Presidential Hangout Road Trip' to Be Hosted by Google

President Obama will partner with Google for the “first-ever Presidential Hangout Road Trip,” Google announced today.

“Next Tuesday, at 9pm EST, President Obama will deliver his annual State of the Union address to Congress. Later that week, you’ll have the chance to connect with the President and speak about his administration’s plan in the first-ever Presidential Hangout Road Trip,” claims Google in a blog post.

But it would appear the “Road Trip” does not require the president to hit the ro

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The Secret Service visited with a Florida Republican running for the state assembly Tuesday after he tweeted that President Obama should be arrested and hanged.

Joshua Black, a candidate for state assembly in Florida’s 68th District, on Monday retweeted another person who wrote, “I’m past impeachment. It’s time to arrest and hang him high.”

“Agreed,” Black added to the end of the tweet.

@civilwarcometh@BrandonMArms @RedNationRisingI’m past impeachment. It’s time to arrest and h

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U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, along with daughters Malia (left) and Sasha, sing during the finale of TNT's "Christmas in Washington" on December 15, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Pool/Getty Images North America)
 
Before the concert, which benefits the Children's National Health System, the Obamas helped collect presents for the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, and met with some of the hospital's young patients, who were dressed as elves.
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usatsi_7290795.jpg?w=200Commander in Chief Barack Obama visited DreamWorks Animation campus in California recently and held a private briefing with many of entertainment's most powerful influencers. Among those in attendance was Disney chairman and chief executive Robert Iger. Obama, being the diehard sports fan that he is, made sure to sieze the opportunity to discuss his post-presidential aspirations.
via the Hollywood Reporter:
At the end of the conversation -- which touched on a myriad of topics, from piracy to I
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Not only did President Obama snub the ceremony for the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address today, he ignored and omitted the words "under God" in his rendition of President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, filmed by documentary filmmaker Ken Burns.
"After five years of tearing down religious liberty, it is neither surprising nor unexpected that President Obama disregarded 'under God' when reciting the Gettysburg Address," said Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel. "He has c
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a-the-first-lady-of-the-united-states-michelle-obama-visits-bet-106-and-park-the-jasmine-brand.jpg?w=786&h=523First Lady Michelle Obama was a part of another hard-hitting interview on BET Tuesday night where she talked up her husband and took questions from the audience and world-renowned journalist Bow Wow.
Mrs. Obama told the audience that she believes her husband "has got swag."  She also said that the President "sings all the time."
The full exchange is available below:
MRS. OBAMA: Question number two: On a scale of 1 to 10, how awesome was it when the President started singing "Let's Stay Togethe
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oprahwinfrey.jpgBBC: Oprah Winfrey has been a prominent supporter of Barack Obama. She thinks that both he and the Office of President have been treated with contempt because of the colour of his skin.
"There's a level of disrespect for the office that occurs. And that occurs in some cases and maybe even many cases because he's African American. There's no question about that and it's the kind of thing nobody ever says but everybody's thinking it."
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enhanced-buzz-13510-1384370659-11.jpgJim Messina and John Podesta, top former aides to Barack Obama and Bill Clinton respectively, are currently in talks to co-chair a board backing Hillary Clinton -- a plan that, should it come to fruition, would be a dramatic early symbol of party unity behind the former secretary of state.



Three sources with knowledge of the plans said Messina, an Obama insider who ran the president's campaign last year, and Podesta, a longtime advisor to Bill Clinton, are in discussions to join the board o
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Bill Clinton says President Obama should figure out a way to honor his promise that people who like their insurance can keep it. (OZY via Facebook)
If you haven't heard about it yet, President Clinton sounds off on all things Obamacare during a provocative video interview with OZY, an online magazine.
Right off the bat, Clinton affirms his support for the law, despite its problems. "The big lesson is that we're better off with this law than without it," he says.
Still, the rollout of the on
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An evangelical minister says church leaders who supported President Barack Obama in his last successful bid for the White House should resign.
Decrying the present-day "political monkey house," Douglas Wilson, pastor of Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho, said any evangelical church officials who'd supported the pro-choice Obama exhibited "a fundamental condition of cluelessness."
"Any evangelical leader -- by which I mean someone like a minister or an elder -- who voted for Obama the second time
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Statement by the President
The death of Trayvon Martin was a tragedy.  Not just for his family, or for any one community, but for America.  I know this case has elicited strong passions.  And in the wake of the verdict, I know those passions may be running even higher.  But we are a nation of laws, and a jury has spoken.  I now ask every American to respect the call for calm reflection from two parents who lost their young son.  And as we do, we should ask ourselves if we're doing all we can
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In the latest controversial comments from CBN founder Pat Robertson, the televangelist urged Americans to revolt against Obama in the same way Egyptians protested its ousted former president, Mohammed Morsi.
"You know they revolted in Egypt against the oppressive actions of the Muslim Brotherhood, and this example of state socialism is something that Americans should rise up against," Robertson said on Wednesday's 700 Club, in reference to the HHS Affordable Care Act.
"They snuck that thing b
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No one wants to go back to the brink, but honestly, what have our nation's leaders learned since the last near-collapse?
Almost a century ago Thomas Marshall, Woodrow Wilson's Vice President, got tired of listening to senators blather on about the nation's needs and uttered the words that made him immortal: "What this country needs is a good five-cent cigar." Today, with 24/7 blathering as our national political pastime, let me adapt Marshall's 1917 remark: What this country needs to get its a
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DCJM308-522_2013_204511_high.jpgThe economy is recovering, the White House is dealing with multiple controversies, and President Barack Obama appears generally unaffected either way.
Pictured: President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama watch as singer-songwriter Carole King performs after being presented the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song during an East Room concert honoring King Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)



Several recent polls show the
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The Commander-in-Chief addressed the new grads of Morehouse College, and the FLOTUS delivered her remarks to the students and families of Bowie State University.
While both Obamas made extraordinary points, Michelle was spot on about education issues that affect African Americans and Barack stressed the importance of giving
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U.S. President Barack Obama walks across the South Lawn while departing the White House May 5, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Pool/Getty Images North America)
President Barack Obama said late Thursday he was comfortable with the Food and Drug Administration's decision to lower the age limit for buying the so-called "morning-after" pill without a prescription.
During a news conference in Mexico, where he is traveling for a few days, the president said the FDA's decision to allow girls as young as
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For the fifth time since he moved into the White House, President Obama will host a Passover seder Monday evening, a ritual that is celebrated by Jewish families throughout the world and that the president, a Protestant Christian, says speaks personally to him.   
Pictured: President Obama pauses during his speech at the Jerusalem Convention Center in Jerusalem, Israel, Thursday. The president's speech last week in Israel revealed that his daughters are a key reason he holds Monday's Passover
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4798There is no disputing the historic significance of President Barack Obama's state visit to Israel; his first since he was elected our nation's chief executive just over four years ago.
 
 

During his first term, the president did a great deal to make clear to all - including Israel's adversaries - that he has the back of the Jewish state. In the face of unfair charges during last year's US elections that Obama was somehow anti-Israel, no less an authority than then-defense minister Ehud Barak
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President Barack Obama is flanked on stage by musicians Jay-Z, left, and Bruce Springsteen at a campaign event at Nationwide Arena, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in Columbus, Ohio. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
The president is sending a good message when he hangs out with high-profile members of the African American community.
Just this past Sunday The New York Post's Phil Mushnick penned a rather self-righteous article condemning President Barack Obama's highly visible friendship with the rapper Jay-Z.
The
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