"This is my one small contribution to the history of our times: To tell the history of our times in the language of our times." - The Rev. James B. Simpson.

Obama ends ban for those with HIV

If we want to be the global leader in combating HIV/AIDS, we need to act like it.

— Obama announces on Oct. 30, 2009 that a U.S. travel ban against people infectd with the HIV virus will end in early 2010.

Stock markets make a comeback

My biggest concern is much more akin to taking the IV tube out of the patient, We have to move from an economy that is stimulated by the government to an economy that's self-sustaining. That needs to be orchestrated extremely carefully.

— On October 14 the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 10,000 for the 1st time in a year and is a major part of the stock markets comeback. But economist, such as chief market strategist at Jeffries & Co. - Art Hogan, worry that long term gains will not last unless government help is withdrawn.

Obama attends the dignified transfer of bodies

Obviously it was a sobering reminder of the extraordinary sacrifices that our young men and women in uniform are engaging in every single day, not only our troops but their families as well...Obviously the burden that both our troops and their families bear in any wartime situation is going to bear on how I see these conflicts and it is something that I think about each and every day.

— Obama, talking about his late-night attendance at the dignified transfer of bodies from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq at Dover Air Force Base- Oct. 29, 2009.

Obama in New Orleans

Those folks who are trying to stand in the way of progress ... let me tell you, I'm just getting started, I don't quit. I'm not tired. I'm just getting started.

While at a town hall meeting in New Orleans (10-15-09), President Obama fired back at critics who say he has not done enough during his nine months in office.

Health care reform gets a major boost

Is this bill all that I would want? Far from it. Is it all that it can be? No. But when history calls, history calls. And I happen to think that the consequences of inaction dictate the urgency of Congress (taking) every opportunity to demonstrate its capacity to solve the monumental issues of our time.

Advocates for health care reform got a major boost when key GOP moderate, Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), announced Tuesday (10-13-09) that she will vote for the Senate Finance Committee's $829 billion bill

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