AP – President Barack Obama used a quiet holiday Monday to meet with wounded service members at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

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Time.com – Nine weeks before the midterm elections, Barack Obama finds himself on the wrong side of the polls. Where did all that adoration go — and is a Republican sweep next?

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Obama Unpopular Ahead of Midterms: Will the GOP Benefit?
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Hell about to freeze over? (The Hill) – President Obama will likely phone his predecessor, President George W. Bush, before delivering his speech on the Iraq war Tuesday. Obama will visit troops in Fort Bliss, Texas, which is in Bush’s home state, before returning to Washington to deliver his address from the Oval Office in the evening. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs acknowledged their divergent views on the Iraq war during the daily press briefing Monday, but said “I don’t believe there are plans to see him, but my sense is, it will be one of the calls he makes tomorrow.”

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AFP – President Barack Obama’s August 31 address marking the end of US combat operations in Iraq will be delivered from the Oval Office, a senior official said Wednesday.

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Obama to deliver Iraq speech from Oval Office: official
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