Even in the midst of a global recession, the U.S. exported an estimated
$1.377 trillion worth of goods last year, according to the authoritative CIA
World Factbook. Nearly half of the exports were capital goods such as
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 Apr 19 2009
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President Barack Obama, left, talks to Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez,right, as El Salvador’s President …
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By Mark S. Smith, Associated Press Writer – 38 mins ago
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PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad – President Barack Obama offered a spirit of cooperation to America’s hemispheric neighbors at a summit Saturday, listening to complaints about past U.S. meddling and even reaching out to Venezuela’s leftist leader.
While he worked to ease friction between the U.S. and their countries, Obama cautioned leaders at the Summit of the Americas to resist a temptation to blame all their problems on their behemoth neighbor to the north.
“I have a lot to learn and I very much look forward to listening and figuring out how we can work together more effectively,” Obama said.
Obama said he was ready to accept Cuban President Raul Castro’s proposal of talks on issues once off-limits for Cuba, including political prisoners held by the communist government.
While praising America’s initial effort to thaw relations with Havana, the leaders pushed the U.S. to go further and lift the 47-year-old U.S. trade embargo against Cuba.
To Latin American nations reeling from a sudden plunge in exports, Obama promised a new hemispheric growth fund, an initiative to increase Caribbean security and a partnership to develop alternative energy sources and fight global warming.
As the first full day of meetings began on the two-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago Saturday, Obama exchanged handshakes and pats on the back with Venezuela’s Hugo
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Apr 18 2009
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US President Barack Obama and his wife first lady Michelle Obama, walk hand in hand as they leave Downing Street…
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LONDON — Maybe it should have been called the O-20.
Just over two months into his presidency, Barack Obama commanded center stage at this high-wattage gathering of the world’s industrialized nations, vacuuming up attention both inside the summit and throughout a sophisticated city not easily star-struck.
Obama proclaimed at the end of the conference that his country would be more humble in the world, but there was nothing modest about the attention he received.
His profile was so immense that it threatened to diminish both the global summit itself and the protests taking place on the streets of London.
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Apr 03 2009
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Greg Laurie
Leading the Way
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Charles Dickens began his classic novel, A Tale Of Two Cities, with the statement, “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” I think that is also an accurate assessment of American culture today. In many ways, we never have seen better times. But in many ways, we never have seen worse times.Remember that often-repeated phrase from a couple of elections ago? “It’s the economy, stupid.” Well, it is not the economy; it is more than that. When our economy was strong, our morals were low. Now when our economy is struggling, our morals are still low. I think the answer could be found in a statement Abraham Lincoln made:
We have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand, which preserved in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us. We have vainly imagined in the deceitfulness of our heart that all of these blessings that we see in our country were produced by superior wisdom and virtue of our own.
Honest Abe had it right. We have forgotten God. This has been especially evident over the last decade in court battles over the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools and the display of the Ten Commandments in public places.
Yet before us in the Ten Commandments, we find God’s blueprint for a society. One of the original reasons for the success of our country is found in its origins and its adherence to these absolutes given to us by God Himself.
These principles are not only good for a nation, but for individuals as well. The Bible says that if we want to live fulfilling, productive, and indeed, happy lives, then we need to know God, walk with Him, and keep His commandments.
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