Barack Obama
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Obama gives pep talk at TechBoston Academy: President hails school as model for nation
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Pres. Obama: President Obama spoke at TechBoston Academy on Tuesday, March 8, 2011. Photo courtesy BPS
For Archana Ailawadhi, a college counselor at TechBoston Academy in Dorchester, it was all about the numbers when President Barack Obama stopped by the school on Tuesday afternoon.
“The students here come from some tough neighborhoods – am I right?” asked the president. “Yes. And yet the graduation rate is almost 20 points higher than the rest of the city – 20 points higher,” Obama said to applause. “Ninety-four percent of the most recent graduating class went to college. Eighty-five percent of those students were the first in their family to do so. Your math and science scores are consistently higher than other Boston schools, and the attendance rate here is 94 percent.”
Ailawadhi smiled, recalling the moment. “I was overwhelmed,” she said after the speech, as local politicians and students milled around the gymnasium of the former Dorchester High School, still soaking in the pomp and circumstance of a presidential appearance. Read more
President Obama's Remarks at TechBoston
Mar. 9, 2011
Courtesy of the White House, here are President Obama's remarks earlier Tuesday at TechBoston Academy. Read more
Obama vs. the IOC’s Hapsburgs: Our guy had no chance
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Rarely – maybe never – have the old world geo-politics crafted so brilliantly at the Congress of Vienna played a bigger role in a sporting issue than in the 2016 Olympic Games fiasco which, in the end, played the president of the United States, no less, for a sucker. Read more
The Reporter goes to the White House
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There were just a handful of Bostonians on hand on Tuesday night in the East Room of the White House, as President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill hosted a St. Patrick's evening reception for the political leadership of Ireland. Read more
Obama vs. Clinton : Two views on the choice
Jan. 31, 2008
Clinton: Ready to lead on day one
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Obama for President
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With an historic presidential election on the horizon, the good news is many of our neighbors have looked up and taken notice.
The contests in both major political parties have been ongoing for a year now, and there's still 278 days remaining until the national election on Nov. 4.
But today, just five days before next week's "super Tuesday" event, there remains no certain nominee in either party. Boston voters will have an opportunity to make their preferences known, and for once, the vote in our state will count for something on a national level. Read more
