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Fayetteville man wins lunch with President Obama

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President Barack Obama had lunch Friday with a man from Fayetteville and three other winners of an online contest for his campaign donors. Bill Blackwelder is a 31-year-old Afghanistan war veteran who lives in Fayetteville. The U.S. Army reservist is c... »

Bowles, Simpson show coming to Duke

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Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, who led the bipartisan deficit commission, will speak at Duke University on Jan. 18. The event, "Decision Time: Bowles, Simpson and the Federal Budget," is part of Duke's Terry Sanford Distinguished Lecture series. The ... »

The epistolary campaign

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The presidential contest turned into a war of written words when President Barack Obama came to Fort Bragg to thank the troops. First, GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney wrote and open letter to Obama highlighting high unemployment for veterans. The ... »

Romney to Obama: Vets' unemployment "a disgrace"

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Mitt Romney, a contender for the GOP presidential nomination, wrote an open letter to President Barack Obama today, lambasting him for the state's unemployment rate. Obama was at Fort Bragg today to welcome troops home from Iraq. Romney's letter was pu... »

Obama campaign continues to expand operations

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Obama's campaign organization, Organizing for America, will formally open its fourth campaign office in North Carolina this evening in Fayetteville. The office, located  in the Eutaw Village Shopping Center, will be formally opened at an event attended... »

Obama campaign gets jump in organizing N.C

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President Barack Obama already  has a jump on his Republican rivals in North Carolina when it organizing the state. With North Carolina considered a key battleground state, the Obama campaign has moved to start much earlier here than it did in the 2008... »

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State of the Union reactions mixed from Fayetteville residents

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Fayetteville residents were split on their reactions to President Obama's third State of the Union address on Tuesday night, but many could agree on one thing: Obama knows how to deliver a speech. »

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