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Do Americans agree with Obama's economic concerns?
Mar 22, 2012
In this week's Attitude Check, we get feedback from Gallup about how Americans feel about the various issues that President Barack Obama brought up in his exclusive Marketplace interview.
Behind the scenes of Marketplace's interview with Obama
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Kai Ryssdal
Mar 22, 2012
Yesterday, Marketplace host headed out to Nevada to meet with President Obama. You may have heard the interview, but what was Kai really thinking as he interviewed the man who runs the U.S.A.?
The Obama interview: Health care law 'the right thing to do'
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Kai Ryssdal
Mar 22, 2012
In an exclusive interview with Marketplace, President Obama said he would have loved more cooperation from Congress on the health care law, and had started out with a plan Republicans at one time supported. "Over time," he said, "people will say this was the right thing to do."
PODCAST: Marketplace meets President Obama, Solo cups get sold
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Mary Dooe
Mar 22, 2012
The president will be talking energy today in Cushing, Okla. -- the starting point for the southern part of the Keystone XL Pipeline. But come Monday, the president will have another issue to worry about: the future of his health care law. Yesterday, Marketplace's Kai Ryssdal sat down with President Obama in Nevada and asked him about it. The president also outlined what he sees as the "recipe for success" for the American economy. One California chain, Umami Burger, is getting ready to test the market for the $15 patty -- with all the fixings -- nationwide. And we check in with Frank Newport for our weekly Attitude Check.
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Obama's 'all of the above' plan means nothing
Mar 22, 2012
President Obama's new energy policy is really no policy at all, say commentator Bill McKibben.
Obama touts new energy agenda
Mar 21, 2012
The president begins a two-day tour to highlight his new "all of the above" strategy.
The Obama interview: U.S. must invest in itself
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Kai Ryssdal
Mar 21, 2012
On a two-day trip to promote his energy policy, President Obama said the nation must invest in alternative energy or cede leadership to China. He called on Congress to help create jobs by providing more aid to struggling homeowners and investing more in infrastructure.
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Big Obama donors missing in action
Mar 20, 2012
President Barack Obama has raised just half of what he got from big donors at this point in his election campaign four years ago.
Attitude Check: Consumer confidence and global warming
Mar 15, 2012
Your politics even determines your take on the weather outside.
U.S., EU and Japan protesting China's rare earth policy
Mar 13, 2012
It takes a lot of what are called rare earths to make the electronics that keep us going in the 21st century. The Obama Administration believes China is holding back its supply of these special metals to drive up prices and now the U.S. , the European Union, and Japan are taking their beef about China to the World Trade Organization.