A Call to Service: Obama asks Americans to participate in society like never before

Seeks to form civilian national security force after winning election


Response to speech from residents

Town Finds Drug Agent Is Really an Impostor

A man who pretended to be a federal agent has stirred a legal and political controversy in a small Missouri town.

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Let's Get Organized!

McCain's war record challenged

"McCain is running for president of the United States, not the student council. He should stop feigning shock and outrage and start answering some very legitimate questions about his character and his experience." "McCain isn't being mocked, he's being questioned." Sound familiar swiftboat fans?

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Obama speaks on patriotism, remarks by surrogate

Speech encourages individualized acts, ideas of patriotism
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During an Independence Day-themed speech describing his take on patriotism, Presumptive nominee Barack Obama (D-IL), cleared up remarks made Sunday by surrogate and Obama military advisor, Ret. Gen. Wesley Clark. He questioned whether McCain's military experience qualified him to be commander-in-chief.

Indirectly but apparently addressing the issue, Sen. Obama said Monday, McCain needs no further proof of his patriotism due to his and other U.S. military member's service to the country--"period, full stop."
He was addressing a group in Independence, MO at the Truman Memorial Building.
Obama also wondered how this country would preserve values while still seeking liberties. He said challenging each other's patriotism is rooted in 40-year-old debates where questioning government ideology or attacking symbols of the country like the flag or war veterans led to charges of unpatriotic behavior.

He said even without the steady hand of a father to guide him or anchoring in any one community while growing up, he still demonstrated his ideology of patriotism.

Speaking from recent experiences, Obama said he has had his own patriotism called into question--an act he will not let stand.
"I'll never question the patriotism of others in this campaign and I will not stand idly by when I hear others question mine," he told the audience.

He said attacking those ideas demonstrates the inability of some to truly understand America.
Quoting famous writer and Missouri native, Mark Twain, Obama said Americans should support their country all of the time and only government, when it deserves it.

In 1926, the Truman Memorial building was erected as a tribute to those who had lost their lives in World War I.

Michelle Obama has busy summer ahead

Stump speeches and get-out-the-vote rallies are so yesterday. This summer, the primaries finally over, Obama is filling in her schedule with events that underscore her roles as girlfriend and working mom.

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Group with Clinton connections ready to back Obama

By rights, a group that helped elect Bill Clinton president and counts Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as one of its leaders should be hostile territory for Barack Obama.

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No Free Pass: Reopening black farmers' suits could cost billions

UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 2, 2010
"The Black farmers’ settlement was also discussed during the interview with Steele stating “… Harry Reid could move this thing in a heartbeat. The President could release $100 million that’s already free and clear in a heartbeat. They haven’t. Republicans are working with John Boyd and the Black farmers to get that done.” Roland responded by explaining that $100 million could be released but that sill would leave $1.4 billion owed to the Black farmers." -Roland S. Martin blog


WASHINGTON (AP) -- When Congress reopened the government's discrimination settlement with black farmers, lawmakers budgeted just $100 million for damages. They probably should have handed over a blank check.
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Buffett: evidence points to worsened economy

Billionaire Warren Buffett has already said he thinks the U.S. economy is in a recession, and now he says the economy is getting worse.
Buffett told CNBC in a live interview last week that all the data he sees from Berkshire Hathaway Inc. subsidiaries shows the economy weakening.
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