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President Obama delivers a speech regarding education on Monday.
President Obama requested that Congress approve further military action against the Islamic State last week, but some say the appeal is long overdue.
In Tuesday’s State of the Union, President Barack Obama showed a serious desire to implement his plan of two years of tuition-free community college for young people who are, as he put it, “willing to work for it.” His initiative has been stirring some controversy in Washington, D.C., and beyond ever since he first made his ideas public.
President Obama is poised to take unilateral action on immigration reform despite claims that such actions would reach beyond the power of the executive office.
President Obama has approved to send approximately 1,500 additional troops to Iraq after months of a largely unsuccessful airstrike campaign against the Islamic State.
Brig. Gen. Mark Martins, chief prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, visited University of Richmond on Thursday to decipher the intricacies of military law and explain his role at one of the world’s most notorious military bases.
Last Friday, President Obama and Vice President Biden launched a national campaign to stop and prevent sexual assault on college campuses. Their “It’s On Us” campaign was launched Sept. 19 with an event at the White House to kick off its efforts of “preventing sexual assault at colleges and universities, changing the culture on campuses and better engaging men in this new effort.”
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama hope that institutions of higher education can step up to help underprivileged youth facing challenges when applying to college, they said during the College Opportunity Summit last Thursday.
In June of 2009, President Obama went to Cairo to give his first major foreign policy address as president of the United States. In it, the president outlined his administration's agenda for dealing diplomatically with other nations, confronting terrorism, and "restoring" America's standing in the world.
Upon entering the Alice Haynes Room Monday to watch President Barack Obama's second inauguration, students and faculty were greeted by a life-sized cardboard cutout of a smiling photograph of Obama.
Virginia liberals, a group that includes many Richmond students, had two victories to celebrate after last week's election. Not only did Barack Obama win a second term as president, but he also won Virginia, a state that was considered thoroughly Republican until four years ago.
The announcement that Barack Obama will serve a second term as U.S. president after beating challenger Mitt Romney warranted a mixed reaction from the University of Richmond community on Tuesday.
Here we are. Election Day 2012. Tomorrow, you'll wake up and either wear a righteous smirk or a miserable frown to your 9 a.m. That's because by then, you'll know who won the Presidential Election --- hopefully.
I support Barack Obama for many reasons, but I will only touch on a few of these reasons due to time constraints.
Gov. Mitt Romney, Republican Presidential Candidate, will be speaking at a rally inside the Robins Center at the University of Richmond this Sunday, with doors opening at 2:15 p.m. and the rally starting at 4:15 p.m.
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-- Picking the site of a political convention, where parties officially nominate their candidates for President, takes a great deal of careful thought. The choice of Charlotte, N.C. by Barack Obama and the Democratic Party highlights a renewed focus on the "blue South."
I would like to now inform you that your basic rights as U.S. citizens are being stripped away from you as I write this letter.
There's a reason economists from all angles are encouraging Congress to adopt President Obama's jobs proposal announced Thursday and outlined on our campus Friday: its sound economic policy. Most aspects of his $450 billion proposal will give a big boost to our economy next year, perhaps raising 2012's GDP growth by as much as 2 percent while lowering unemployment by 1 percent.
I want to begin this article by stating that the University of Richmond's College Republicans were honored to have President Obama choose to speak at Richmond, or as one of my professors said it, "Eat your hearts out UVA, Virginia Tech and William & Mary."