Just before the first of the year, a congressman asked the president if he still planned to sign the Emancipation Proclamation.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

Mr.Obama was asked what he said to the fiery critic of the United States during their first handshake.

VOA: standard.2009.04.18

We have stepped away from the brink,". It was the first major Obama presidential news conference at which he was not asked questions about foreign affairs.

VOA: standard.2009.07.23

He asked the First Minister to take the opportunity to defend the national industry and urge fisheries control to be given back to Scotland.

BBC: Photo of Scottish flag

In fact, they have spent rather less than he first asked them to.

BBC: Business

He famously asked his first wife, his high school geometry teacher for a divorce, when she was in the hospital with uterine cancer, Gingrich held himself to standards.

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