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	<title>BLACK ENTERPRISE &#187; Joe Biden</title>
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		<title>Small Business Owners Speak Out on Healthcare Reform</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/politics/2009/07/14/small-business-owners-speak-out-on-healthcare-reforms/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/politics/2009/07/14/small-business-owners-speak-out-on-healthcare-reforms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joyce Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As every small business owner worth their bottom line has long known, the ability to offer a comprehensive benefits package is key to both attracting and retaining the best employees. But in the past few years alone, the rising cost of health insurance has left many entrepreneurs contemplating cutting health benefits or at a minimum, cutting back on their contributions, and they are anxious for Congress and the White House to enact meaningful reform.]]></description>
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		<title>White House Accelerates Stimulus Pace</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/06/09/white-house-accelerates-stimulus-pace/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/06/09/white-house-accelerates-stimulus-pace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joyce Jones</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recovery Act]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Faced with mounting unemployment figures and criticisms that the administration’s economic stimulus plan is moving too slowly, President Barack Obama announced a “roadmap to recovery” on Monday that he says will create or save 600,000 jobs in the next 100 days.]]></description>
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		<title>Key White House Recovery Projects</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/06/08/key-white-house-recovery-projects/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/06/08/key-white-house-recovery-projects/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BlackEnterprise.com</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roadmap to Recovery]]></category>

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Monday, Vice President Joe Biden said the "Roadmap to Recovery" initiative is an ambitious effort to reflect the commitments of cabinet members for a stepped up level of activity in implementing the Recovery Act in the next 100 days.  "We intend to deliver this increased pace at virtually every agency, and in countless programs," [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minority Businesses Eager for Stimulus Contracts</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/politics/2009/06/05/minority-businesses-eager-for-stimulus-contracts/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/politics/2009/06/05/minority-businesses-eager-for-stimulus-contracts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joyce Jones</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Vice President Joe Biden announced this week that in the 100-plus days since the administration’s $787 billion, two-year economic stimulus bill was signed by President Barack Obama, $126 billion has been disbursed--and it’s just the beginning of great things to come. In the second hundred days, he said, Americans will begin to really see the stimulus bill at work in their communities.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama, Biden on the Record: Infrastructure Investment</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/04/13/obama-biden-on-the-record-infrastructure-investment/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/04/13/obama-biden-on-the-record-infrastructure-investment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BlackEnterprise.com</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ray LaHood]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Thank you, Mr. Secretary.  Mr. President.  (Applause.)  I think the Secretary perfectly summed up at his confirmation hearing what we're doing here, and I want to quote him.  He said, "The most compelling reason for infrastructure investment is that economic" -- excuse me -- "it is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biden on the Record: Recovery Act and Rural America</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/04/01/biden-on-the-record-recovery-act-and-rural-america/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/04/01/biden-on-the-record-recovery-act-and-rural-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BlackEnterprise.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Thank you very much.  The Secretary of Agriculture and I have been friends, as you could probably tell, since the '80s.  Tom was one of the finest governors in the United States of America.  He, literally, has probably forgotten more about rural America than most people know.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biden on the Record: Progressive Governance Conference</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/03/28/biden-on-the-record-progressive-governance-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/03/28/biden-on-the-record-progressive-governance-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BlackEnterprise.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:  Madam President, I should start by saying it's humbling for a mere Vice President to be in the midst of so many Presidents and Prime Ministers.  (Laughter.)  I'm flattered, and I thank you all very much.
I will attempt to -- (inaudible) -- assignment, which was to speak to what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$3.2 Billion in Funding for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/03/26/32-billion-in-funding-for-local-energy-efficiency-improvements/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/03/26/32-billion-in-funding-for-local-energy-efficiency-improvements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BlackEnterprise.com</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Block Grants to Support Jobs, Cut Energy Bills, and Increase Energy Independence

WASHINGTON – Vice President Joe Biden and Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced plans to invest $3.2 billion in energy efficiency and conservation projects in U.S. cities, counties, states, territories, and Native American tribes.  The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program, funded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama, Biden on the Record: National Conference of State Legislatures</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/03/20/obama-biden-on-the-record-national-conference-of-state-legislatures/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/03/20/obama-biden-on-the-record-national-conference-of-state-legislatures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BlackEnterprise.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Remarks by the Vice President and the President to Representatives of the National Conference of State Legislatures
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you all for being here today. When the President signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law, he made it clear to the American people that we're -- he made it clear to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Swearing-in of USTR Ron Kirk</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/03/20/the-swearing-in-of-ustr-ron-kirk/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/03/20/the-swearing-in-of-ustr-ron-kirk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BlackEnterprise.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remarks by Vice President Biden at the Swearing-in of United States Representative Ron Kirk
VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: Hey, folks, how are you? In the tradition I come from, you go to the power center immediately --that's mom. (Laughter.) Congratulations, Mom, and thank you. Please all sit down -- please all sit down. Thank you so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biden on the Record: DNC Meeting</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/03/17/biden-on-the-record-dnc-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/03/17/biden-on-the-record-dnc-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BlackEnterprise.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ THE VICE PRESIDENT: Governor, thank you very much. (Applause.) Thank you all very, very much. (Applause.) I told the Governor he should have known better than accept the job as party chairman. It is one tough job, but all of you make it possible. I want to -- I will not go through all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biden on the Record: Recovery and Reinvestment Act Implementation Conference</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/03/12/obama-on-the-record-recovery-and-reinvestment-act-implementation-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/03/12/obama-on-the-record-recovery-and-reinvestment-act-implementation-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BlackEnterprise.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Opening Remarks by the Vice President at the White House Recovery and Reinvestment Act Implementation Conference
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Mr. Secretary. Thank you. (Applause.) You all remember that old joke of state officials
-- hey, Matt, how are you? -- all know that old joke, "I'm from the federal government, I'm here to help." [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Discussion: Economic Recovery Implementation</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/03/12/top-discussion-economic-recovery-implementation/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/03/12/top-discussion-economic-recovery-implementation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joyce Jones</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be a hot topic of discussion today at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden are hosting a White House conference at which governors and other state officials will share ideas and best practices for implementation of the legislation. There also will be presentations by cabinet secretaries and administration officials. ]]></description>
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		<title>Biden on the Record: NATO</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/03/10/biden-on-the-record-nato/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/03/10/biden-on-the-record-nato/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BlackEnterprise.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ REMARKS BY VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN AT PRESS CONFERENCE WITH NATO SECRETARY GENERAL JAAP DE HOOP SCHEFFER
NATO Headquarters -- Brussels, Belgium
VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN: Thank you very much, Secretary General. I want to thank all the members for the warm welcome they've afforded me. And thank you for your leadership of the Alliance.
Less than a month [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Releases Funds for Transportation Projects</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/03/03/us-releases-funds-for-transportation-projects/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/03/03/us-releases-funds-for-transportation-projects/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Creighton Skinner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ President Barack Obama addresses a crowd gathered at the Department of Transportation to discuss infrastructure spending, as Vice President Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood listen. (Source: White House)
President Barack Obama and Vice President Biden announced the release of $28 billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to states and local [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transcript: Obama, Biden Announce Transportation Investment</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-blogs/2009/03/03/transcript-obama-biden-announce-investment-in-transportation-infrastructure/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-blogs/2009/03/03/transcript-obama-biden-announce-investment-in-transportation-infrastructure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BlackEnterprise.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ President Barack Obama addresses a crowd gathered at the Department of Transportation to discuss infrastructure spending, as Vice President Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood listen. (Source: White House)
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden Announce Investment in Transportation Infrastructure and Jobs for Americans
Vice President Joe Biden: You need not stand for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fiscal Responsibility Summit Remarks</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-blogs/2009/02/23/fiscal-responsibility-summit-remarks/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-blogs/2009/02/23/fiscal-responsibility-summit-remarks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BlackEnterprise.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Remarks by the President and the Vice President at Opening of Fiscal Responsibility Summit
Vice President Joe Biden: Mr. President, I want to begin by thanking all of you for being here today. Represented in this room -- with notable exception is some of my old friends -- what's represented here in this room are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Signs Orders to Close Guantanamo, Prohibit Torture</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/01/22/obama-signs-orders-to-close-guantanamo-prohibit-torture/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/01/22/obama-signs-orders-to-close-guantanamo-prohibit-torture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:25:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Creighton Skinner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama signed four executive orders today that will shut down Cuba’s Guantanamo Bay detention center, prohibit torture, and review war crimes trials.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Reverses Bush Administration Policies</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-blogs/2009/01/22/obama-reverses-bush-administration-policies/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-blogs/2009/01/22/obama-reverses-bush-administration-policies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek T. Dingle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's the second full day of the Barack Obama presidency and Black Enterprise is included among the White House press corps. ]]></description>
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		<title>Parade Watchers Say Wait Was Well Worth It</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-blogs/2009/01/20/parade-watchers-say-wait-was-well-worth-it/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-blogs/2009/01/20/parade-watchers-say-wait-was-well-worth-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brittany Hutson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frigid weather and more than an hour delay did not deter hundreds from snagging a spot curbside on Pennsylvania Avenue to witness President Obama’s first public appearance since he was sworn in this afternoon at the 56th Presidential Inaugural Parade.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Starts Day at Church</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/01/20/obama-starts-day-at-church/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/01/20/obama-starts-day-at-church/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Creighton Skinner</dc:creator>
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President-elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle are greeted at St. John's Episcopal Church by Rev. Luis Leon. (Source: Getty Images)

President-elect Barack Obama started the day with a tradition.
Obama and family and close friends attended a private prayer service at St. John's Church on Lafayette Square. Five other presidents have attended services at St. John's, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Does His Part</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/01/19/obama-does-his-part/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/01/19/obama-does-his-part/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Creighton Skinner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President-elect Barack Obama did his part. And so did thousands of other Americans on today, the National Day of Service in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ]]></description>
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		<title>The People&#8217;s Concert</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/01/18/the-peoples-concert/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/01/18/the-peoples-concert/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Creighton Skinner</dc:creator>
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(Source: PIC)
The star-studded concert kicking off four days of official inaugural celebrations brought out tens of thousands to the National Mall in Washington.
When President-elect Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, arrived, the crowd gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial erupted in cheers. The crowd is expected to reach bout 500,000 people, who have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Lays Wreath at Tomb of the Unknowns</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/01/18/obama-lays-wreath-at-tomb-of-the-unknowns/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/01/18/obama-lays-wreath-at-tomb-of-the-unknowns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Creighton Skinner</dc:creator>
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President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden and their wives pay their respects after laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers at the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. (Source: Getty Images)

President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden started their day with a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery Sunday to lay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The People&#8217;s Train</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-blogs/2009/01/17/the-peoples-train/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-blogs/2009/01/17/the-peoples-train/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek T. Dingle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Obama train slowly rolled into Wilmington, Delaware, it was greeted by almost 8,000 waving and cheering citizens. ]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Takes Econ Message on the Road</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/01/16/obama-takes-econ-message-on-the-road/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/01/16/obama-takes-econ-message-on-the-road/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Creighton Skinner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President-elect Barack Obama went Bedford Heights, Ohio, today to discuss his American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan with workers. The plan aims to save or create three to four million new jobs and make the long-term investments needed to build a 21st century economy.]]></description>
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		<title>Events Schedule, Official Inauguration Theme Released</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/12/10/events-schedule-official-inauguration-theme-released/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/12/10/events-schedule-official-inauguration-theme-released/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janell Hazelwood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration will span over four days, and will not only include the traditional balls, but also service events to honor Martin Luther King's legacy, the Presidential Inaugural Committee announced today. ]]></description>
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		<title>New Economic Policy Post Announced</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2008/12/05/new-economic-policy-post-announced/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2008/12/05/new-economic-policy-post-announced/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To combat the economic challenges facing America, President-elect Barack Obama’s administration has decided to take the bull by the horns and create a new position in the office of the Vice President. Vice President-elect Joe Biden announced today that Jared Bernstein will be his chief economist and economic policy adviser.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama to Announce Economic Team</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/11/24/obama-to-announce-economic-team/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/11/24/obama-to-announce-economic-team/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Creighton Skinner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  
In a move that is expected to ease speculation amid the continued roller coaster ride that is the economy, President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden will introduce his new economic leadership team today. a major step toward enacting an economic recovery plan that aims to save or create 2.5 million jobs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transition Team Announces Key Appointments</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/11/15/transition-team-announces-key-appointments/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/11/15/transition-team-announces-key-appointments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Creighton Skinner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Biden Joe announced key White House appointments.
Valerie Jarrett will serve as senior adviser and assistant to the president for intergovernmental relations and public liaison. Phil Schiliro will serve as assistant to the president for legislative affairs. Ron Klain will be the chief of staff to the vice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ronald Klain Top Name for Biden Chief of Staff</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/11/13/robert-klain-top-name-for-biden-chief-of-staff/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/11/13/robert-klain-top-name-for-biden-chief-of-staff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  The rumor mill in Washington has been in overdrive with people buzzing about Vice President-elect Joe Biden's possible chief of staff pick. The name on the tip of everyone's tongue is Robert Klain, the former chief of staff for Vice President Al Gore.
On Wednesday, Biden reportedly asked Klain to fill the position, says [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cheney to Meet with Biden, Discuss Foreign Policy</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/11/12/cheney-to-meet-with-biden-discuss-foreign-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/11/12/cheney-to-meet-with-biden-discuss-foreign-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janell Hazelwood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vice President Dick Cheney, will meet with Vice President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday at the Naval Observatory in preparation to hand off the post as the nation's second-in-command, according to reports.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Transition Team Sets Guidelines</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/11/11/obama-transition-team-sets-guidelines/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/11/11/obama-transition-team-sets-guidelines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
In keeping with his campaign promise for ethics reform, President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team ramped up efforts to ensure a more “open and transparent” government. The team will be working to curb lobbyist influence in government affairs and as Obama preps for the White House, he’s starting with their influence in his dealings.
For starters, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Launches Transition Website</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/11/06/obama-launches-transition-website/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/11/06/obama-launches-transition-website/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janell Hazelwood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President-elect Barack Obama has launched his Website, Change.gov, for his transition to the White house. The Website went live today, and it invites users to offer their ideas for America's future.]]></description>
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		<title>Young People Ba-Rock the Vote</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/11/06/young-people-ba-rock-the-vote/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/11/06/young-people-ba-rock-the-vote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  
They came out in droves on Tuesday, an estimated 24 million of them in fact. Voters ages 18 to 29 increased their turnout over the last presidential election by a projected 2.2 million, according to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement.

Polls indicate 49% to 54% of the total [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Other Races</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/11/05/other-races/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/11/05/other-races/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Creighton Skinner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  While the race between Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain was definitely THE race last night, there were other issues drawing voters to the ballot.
Overall, the Democrats won five more seats in the Senate, bringing their representation to 56. Republicans now have 40 seats. In the House, there will now be 252 Democrats [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Factchecking the Candidates</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/10/03/factchecking-the-candidates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Creighton Skinner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During and after the one and only vice presidential debate the McCain-Palin and Obama-Biden campaigns were sending out lots and lots and lots of emails factchecking statements made by Sen. Joe Biden and Gov. Sarah Palin in an effort to set the record straight. Of course, the if the fact-check is coming from the opposite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palin vs. Biden</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/10/02/palin-vs-biden/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Creighton Skinner</dc:creator>
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The debate is over.  To her credit, Palin made no gaffes and gained confidence as the debate went on. Her refusal to answer questions and numerous attempts to manipulate the conversation by changing the question was troubling, but likely worked in her favor. Palin also resisted Biden's efforts to link the McCain campaign to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On The Issues: Biden vs. Palin</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/politics/on-the-issues/2008/09/22/biden-vs-palin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
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Issues


Sen. Joe Biden


Gov. Sarah Palin



Iraq
For more information:

Biden:


Palin:


Co-authored a five-point plan to end the war in Iraq, partly by establishing a limited
central government in Baghdad that would be in charge of border defense, oil production
and distribution of oil revenue. In 2007, the Senate voted to endorse parts of the
plan. During an April Congressional hearing Biden probed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Setting the Record Straight</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/09/03/setting-the-record-straight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Creighton Skinner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Republican National Committee announced that it has restarted its Joe Biden gaffe countdown clock as of 9:10 a.m. ET today.  The offense: The Democrat vice presidential nominee and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee mixed up military "battalions" with "brigades."

To clarify, Merriam-Webster.com defines the two as follows:

Battalion noun bat·tal·ion  
 1. a considerable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transcript of Obama&#8217;s Speech</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/08/28/transcript-of-obamas-speech/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alvaro Muir</dc:creator>
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Transcript of Barack Obama's acceptance speech, as prepared for delivery.

To Chairman Dean and my great friend Dick Durbin; and to all my fellow citizens of this great nation; With profound gratitude and great humility, I accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States.

Let me express my thanks to the historic slate of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transcript of Obama&#8217;s Speech</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/08/28/transcript-of-obamas-speech-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BlackEnterprise.com</dc:creator>
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Transcript of Barack Obama's acceptance speech, as prepared for delivery.

To Chairman Dean and my great friend Dick Durbin; and to all my fellow citizens of this great nation; With profound gratitude and great humility, I accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States.

Let me express my thanks to the historic slate of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michelle and Joe on Families</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/08/26/michelle-and-joe-on-families/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Meeks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
In a hot Colfax Events Center, which resembles more of a church on a hot, Sunday morning service, Michelle Obama and Joe Biden shared the stage to give delegates and guests at the Democratic National Convention a glimpse inside the Obama-Biden ticket as it relates to the American families. It’s the first time these two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO BLOG &#8211; Michelle &amp; Joe Talk Family</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon Lanier</dc:creator>
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