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		<title>Obama returning to Silicon Valley in two weeks</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/20/obama-returning-to-silicon-valley-in-two-weeks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 19:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama will return to the Bay Area on Thursday, June 6 for a pair of pricey fundraisers to help U.S. Senate Democrats keep their majority in next year’s midterm elections. Tickets for a 5 p.m. reception at the Palo Alto home of Mike McCue – who helped found tech companies including Paper Software, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pool reports from President Obama&#8217;s SF fundraisers</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/04/pool-reports-from-president-obamas-sf-fundraisers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are the verbatim pool reports filed late last night from President Obama’s San Francisco fundraisers by the Chronicle’s Carla Marinucci: About 100 guests gathered at the home of Democratic billionaire and environmental activist Tom Steyer to hear President Obama Wednesday &#8212; an event inside a three story stucco home which overlooks the Golden Gate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-pipeline protesters to target Obama in SF</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/03/29/anti-pipeline-protesters-to-target-obamas-in-sf/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/03/29/anti-pipeline-protesters-to-target-obamas-in-sf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CREDO and other groups intend to protest outside President Obama’s fundraiser next Wednesday evening in San Francisco to send a message that if he’s serious about fighting climate change he must reject the Keystone XL pipeline. They’ll be targeting the $32,500-per-person Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee fundraising dinner that Obama is headlining along with House Minority [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts on the Iraq War&#8217;s 10th anniversary</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/03/19/thoughts-on-the-iraq-wars-10th-anniversary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/03/19/thoughts-on-the-iraq-wars-10th-anniversary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=22518</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[These two statements cover some of the same points, but seem so very different in tone. From President Barack Obama: “As we mark the 10th anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war, Michelle and I join our fellow Americans in paying tribute to all who served and sacrificed in one of our nation’s longest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New details on President Obama&#8217;s Bay Area visit</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/03/18/new-details-on-president-obamas-bay-area-visit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=22504</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[More details are now available on President Obama’s first visit to the Bay Area since he won his second term – a fundraising junket to benefit Democratic campaigns in next year’s midterm elections. The president will arrive in the Bay Area on Wednesday, April 3 for two events that evening in San Francisco to benefit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama coming to Bay Area for Dem fundraisers</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/03/14/obama-coming-to-bay-area-for-dem-fundraisers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/03/14/obama-coming-to-bay-area-for-dem-fundraisers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=22473</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama will headline his first Democratic fundraiser for 2014&#8242;s midterm election right here in the Bay Area next month. The April 3 fundraiser in San Francisco will raise money for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. According to an invitation obtained by The Associated Press, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will also attend. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What the politicos are saying about Pope Francis</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/03/13/what-the-politicos-are-saying-about-pope-francis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/03/13/what-the-politicos-are-saying-about-pope-francis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From President Barack Obama: “On behalf of the American people, Michelle and I offer our warm wishes to His Holiness Pope Francis as he ascends to the Chair of Saint Peter and begins his papacy. As a champion of the poor and the most vulnerable among us, he carries forth the message of love and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Obama-Romney lunch at the White House</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/11/29/the-obama-romney-lunch-at-the-white-house/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/11/29/the-obama-romney-lunch-at-the-white-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh, to have been a fly on the wall. (Well, maybe not a fly, given President Obama&#8217;s moves.) Here&#8217;s the official readout from the White House: This afternoon, President Obama and Governor Romney visited for an hour over lunch in the Private Dining Room adjacent to the Oval Office. Governor Romney congratulated the President for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want tickets to Obama&#8217;s re-inauguration?</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/11/13/want-tickets-to-obamas-re-inauguration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:57:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the presidential election only a week behind us, members of Congress are starting to take requests for free tickets to President Barack Obama’s second-term inauguration on Monday, Jan. 21, 2013 in Washington, D.C. Some – including Reps. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland; George Miller, D-Martinez; Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto; and Jackie Speier, D-San Mateo – already [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peering ahead toward the &#8216;fiscal cliff&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/11/09/peering-ahead-toward-the-fiscal-cliff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 22:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama today announced he has invited congressional leaders from both sides of the aisle to come to the White House next week to discuss how to handle the tax increases and spending cuts now scheduled to take effect automatically in January. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, responded: “The year 2013 should be the year [...]]]></description>
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