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Obama’s Cairo Speech

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Posted on Jun 4, 2009
President Obama
whitehouse.gov

The president called his landmark address to the Muslim world “A New Beginning,” and for good reason.

Click here to read the transcript.

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By christian96, June 8, 2009 at 8:01 pm Link to this comment

I hope President Obama has figured out that the
Muslims will smile and listen to anything he has
to say.  What they are WAITING for is the right
time to strike the infidels.  Just wait and see!

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By Mary Ann McNeely, June 8, 2009 at 3:12 pm Link to this comment
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As I’ve heard countless times during my life: “Talk’s cheap”.  Wake me up when Obama actually does something out of the ordinary.

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By Paracelsus, June 7, 2009 at 6:51 pm Link to this comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuASoVK8f9c

For those who question the 9-11 story, Obama insists it is all the fault of Al CIA-da. These are “facts to be dealt with.”

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By cyrena, June 6, 2009 at 6:44 pm Link to this comment

Gee Truthdig,

Thanks for posting this very important and first-of- -it’s-kind-ever speech.

I think I’m surprised. (that it was made available for us here, via youtube as well as the transcript.

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By PatrickHenry, June 5, 2009 at 5:30 pm Link to this comment

In Israel, the ignorant masses thank the U.S. for the $1,000 every jew in Israel gets from the U.S. every year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxt9HwfPwPo&eurl=http://gawker.com/5279556/some-young-jews-are-not-fans-of-obama&feature=player_embedded

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