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The ground Obama plans to cover on his two-day stint in Florida reflects the changing landscape since the freshly inaugurated president came to Fort Myers in February to pitch his economic stimulus plan. His poll numbers are down, unemployment is up and health care reform hangs in the balance. http://www.miamiherald.com/1348/story/740547.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1348/story/740547.html Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:36 EDT Obama hosts town hall meeting in Ft. Myers, FL http://www.miamiherald.com/1348/story/678673.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1348/story/678673.html Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:20 EDT Read Leonard's columns on Barack Obama<a name="inaug-stories" id="inaug-stories">  </a> http://www.miamiherald.com/1348/story/678674.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1348/story/678674.html Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:20 EDT Learn about Obama's cabinet, transition team and supporters http://www.miamiherald.com/1348/story/678675.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1348/story/678675.html Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:21 EDT A look at Obama's personal milestones http://www.miamiherald.com/obama/story/1301989.html http://www.miamiherald.com/obama/story/1301989.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:48 EDT President Barack Obama dashed from a Navy hangar in Jacksonville to a swanky Miami Beach hotel Monday to buff his image in a recession-weary state and bag $1.5 million to defend the Democratic majority in Congress. The ground Obama plans to cover on his two-day stint in Florida reflects the changing landscape since the freshly inaugurated president came to Fort Myers in February to pitch his economic stimulus plan. His poll numbers are down, unemployment is up and health care reform hangs in the balance. http://www.miamiherald.com/obama/story/1164553.html http://www.miamiherald.com/obama/story/1164553.html Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:50 EDT Congressional negotiators are divided over how to raise taxes to pay for overhauling the nation's health care system, as key players disagree over whether to increase income taxes on wealthy people or find alternatives such as taxing insurers that sell high-end policies. http://www.miamiherald.com/obama/story/1094378.html http://www.miamiherald.com/obama/story/1094378.html Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:02 EDT Congressional negotiators have agreed to drop an amendment to a defense approrpiations bill that would have prevented the Obama administration from releasing any freed Guantánamo detainees into the United States or transferring them to U.S. prisons for trial. http://www.miamiherald.com/obama/story/1088111.html http://www.miamiherald.com/obama/story/1088111.html Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:54 EDT Lebanon's pro-Western political parties turned their focus Monday toward crafting a stable coalition government hours after voters soundly rebuffed efforts by Iran-backed Hezbollah politicians to secure more political power in Beirut. Analysts said Obama's call last week in Cairo for a "new beginning" for U.S.-Middle East relations helped tilt the balance toward America's allies. http://www.miamiherald.com/obama/story/1088112.html http://www.miamiherald.com/obama/story/1088112.html Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:52 EDT Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has given the new U.S. commander in Afghanistan 60 days to conduct another review of the American strategy there, the fifth since President Barack Obama took office less than five months ago. The review comes even as the Pentagon said benchmarks promised on March 27 still are being drafted. http://www.miamiherald.com/obama/story/1081476.html http://www.miamiherald.com/obama/story/1081476.html Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:14 EDT One of the Cairo cafe questions debated in the days leading up to the speech was: Would Obama say "salaam" to the Arabic-speaking world? The answer: Yes, sometimes mistakenly. http://www.miamiherald.com/obama/story/999823.html http://www.miamiherald.com/obama/story/999823.html Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:55 EDT President Barack Obama told Americans Tuesday to brace for "more job loss, more foreclosures, and more pain" in 2009, saying the recession isn't over yet despite some early promise from the government's massive spending on bailouts and economic stimulus. http://www.miamiherald.com/obama/story/968522.html http://www.miamiherald.com/obama/story/968522.html Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:08 EDT With both of Texas' U.S. Senate seats held by Republicans, the White House on Wednesday said it has asked the 12 Democratic members of the Texas delegation in the House of Representatives to interview potential nominees to Justice Department and judicial branch appointments. http://www.miamiherald.com/obama/story/956771.html http://www.miamiherald.com/obama/story/956771.html Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:06 EDT The Senate on Wednesday easily confirmed former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk as the U.S. trade representative, making him the ambassador for a new, more limited Obama administration approach to free trade. http://www.miamiherald.com/obama/story/952645.html http://www.miamiherald.com/obama/story/952645.html Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:19 EDT President Barack Obama's popular support is eroding, as a new poll by the independent Pew Research Center shows his approval rating dropping below the 60 percent threshold. http://www.miamiherald.com/obama/story/920003.html http://www.miamiherald.com/obama/story/920003.html Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:08 EST Calling this a "day of reckoning" for years of mistakes, President Barack Obama worked Tuesday night to assure a recession-weary nation that he's charting a new course out of the depths and ultimately to a prosperous future. http://www.miamiherald.com/obama/story/901609.html http://www.miamiherald.com/obama/story/901609.html Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:25 EST President Obama won approval of the economic stimulus plan late Friday with little margin for error — it's got the bare minimum 60 votes necessary in the Senate — despite his popularity and the sense of urgency that opened the doors for quick action by a slow-moving legislative branch. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1340981.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1340981.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST New Florida Sen. George LeMieux's first foray into foreign relations has drawn brickbats from former high-ranking State Department officials who say his effort to block the Obama administration's new ambassador to Brazil is damaging U.S. relations with Latin America. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1338790.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1338790.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Gov. Charlie Crist and the state's top highway safety appointee endorsed a ban on texting while driving Tuesday, adding new momentum to an idea that has never taken hold in the Legislature. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1338788.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1338788.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Gov. Charlie Crist and legislative leaders are discussing a new tax to pay for South and Central Florida rail service in the hopes that federal officials will send billions of dollars to the state for a new bullet train. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1335577.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1335577.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Alex Sink, Florida's chief financial officer and the leading Democratic candidate for governor, told the state's largest gay rights group Sunday that homosexuals should be allowed to adopt if it's in the children's ``best interest.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1335580.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1335580.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Supporters of the U.S. embargo against Cuba have contributed almost $11 million to members of Congress since 2004 in a largely successful effort to block efforts to weaken sanctions against the island, a new report shows. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1330848.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1330848.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Republicans should have the wind at their backs this election season with President Barack Obama's poll numbers dropping and independents turning away from Democrats. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1330847.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1330847.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Florida Democratic Party Chairwoman Karen Thurman has dumped the head of the party in Miami-Dade, claiming he tried to shake down local candidates for money and browbeat staff members and elected officials. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1330763.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1330763.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:12 EST Florida Democratic Party Chairwoman Karen Thurman has dumped the head of the party in Miami-Dade, claiming he tried to shake down local candidates for money and browbeat staff members and elected officials. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1327162.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1327162.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Signaling another shift in direction at the Public Service Commission, state utility regulators ordered their staff Tuesday to come up with ``more robust'' energy conservation goals that reward customers for using less energy. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1325301.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1325301.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:00 EST As an underdog U.S. Senate candidate courting the GOP's conservative wing, Marco Rubio takes a hard-line position against illegal immigration: no amnesty. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1322675.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1322675.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio is emerging as the champion of activists fed up with Republicans who don't stay true to conservative principles. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1321339.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1321339.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST State Sen. Dan Gelber says the proposed anticorruption package he unveiled earlier this week is more vital than ever in light of the Securities and Exchange Commission's investigation of possible fraud by the board that oversees the state pension fund. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1344943.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1344943.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The average cost of Citizens Property Insurance coverage for windstorm damage will increase next year but not as much as first expected. <p/> Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty approved an average 5.9 percent hike for single-family homeowners and 9.3 percent jump for businesses, according to an order issued Friday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1344947.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1344947.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio is about to go on MSNBC's Morning Joe. Attorney General Bill McCollum, running for governor, updates supporters that he is ``honored'' to get the endorsement of Gov. Charlie Crist. And Sen. Dan Gelber, hoping to be Florida's next attorney general, wants you to know he's thankful for America's veterans. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1343136.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1343136.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Call this Scott Rothstein's pineapple-juice scam.<p/> Coconut Grove businessman Todd Snyder was lured into it just days before the Fort Lauderdale lawyer's Ponzi scheme imploded in late October. Snyder wired a bank more than $2 million to buy a slice of Rothstein's purported $500 million settlement with Dole Food Co. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1342657.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1342657.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A high-octane effort to let U.S. tourists visit Cuba got a major endorsement Thursday from one of the island's leading dissidents, who suggested that ``along with suitcases, Bermuda shorts, and sunblock, support, solidarity, and freedom could come too.'' Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez, who this week drew the attention of President Barack Obama, wrote in an essay to House Foreign Affairs chairman Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., that lifting the ban on U.S. travel to Cuba ``could bring more results in the democratization of Cuba than the indecisive performance of Raúl Castro.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1340982.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1340982.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Gov. Charlie Crist ordered an internal investigation and a citizen lodged an ethics complaint Wednesday over the extensive taxpayer-funded travel of Juvenile Justice Secretary Frank Peterman between the state capital and Tampa, near his family home. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1340981.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1340981.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST New Florida Sen. George LeMieux's first foray into foreign relations has drawn brickbats from former high-ranking State Department officials who say his effort to block the Obama administration's new ambassador to Brazil is damaging U.S. relations with Latin America. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1338788.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1338788.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Gov. Charlie Crist and legislative leaders are discussing a new tax to pay for South and Central Florida rail service in the hopes that federal officials will send billions of dollars to the state for a new bullet train. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1338790.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1338790.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Gov. Charlie Crist and the state's top highway safety appointee endorsed a ban on texting while driving Tuesday, adding new momentum to an idea that has never taken hold in the Legislature. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1337207.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1337207.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The two leading candidates for Florida's governor have grounded their high-flying ways on state-owned airplanes.<p/> Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink and Attorney General Bill McCollum have dramatically cut back their use of state aircraft since a Herald/Times analysis in June revealed that they had racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in flights, including questionable use of planes by family members and use of the planes to commute to work from their homes in other parts of the state. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1335580.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1335580.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Supporters of the U.S. embargo against Cuba have contributed almost $11 million to members of Congress since 2004 in a largely successful effort to block efforts to weaken sanctions against the island, a new report shows. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1335574.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1335574.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Florida's constant search for more money could mean a tougher approach to businesses that fail to file annual reports on time. <p/> By law, the 1.2 million corporations in Florida must file an annual report with the state, which can charge a $400 fine on every company that skips the May 1 filing deadline. The state, however, must waive the fine for most businesses if the company says it never got a reminder notice to submit a report. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1330909.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1330909.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The investment scam by Fort Lauderdale attorney Scott Rothstein ``could well exceed $1 billion,'' making it one of the biggest fraud cases in South Florida history, the head of the FBI in Miami said Thursday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1346955.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1346955.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:59 EST With just over two weeks to go before global climate negotiations in Denmark, the United States has yet to decide whether it can meet international expectations and offer to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by a certain amount in the next decade. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1346894.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1346894.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:54 EST The Senate is ready to begin a volatile, high-stakes health care debate that's sure to be punctuated by tense and unpredictable battles over some of the most incendiary issues in American politics today. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1346821.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1346821.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:23 EST The outcome of the upcoming global climate negotiations in Denmark could hinge on whether the United States offers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by a certain amount in the next decade. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1346789.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1346789.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:23 EST The upcoming Senate debate on a health care overhaul is sure to be punctuated by tense and unpredictable battles over some of the most incendiary issues in American politics today. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1346562.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1346562.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:04 EST Two Democratic senators say the health care overhaul bill now going to the Senate floor for debate is a key to saving jobs and reducing the spiraling American budget deficit. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1346561.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1346561.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:04 EST A leading Democratic senator says the proposed health care overhaul must pass the Senate by the end of the year, so that lawmakers can begin to concentrate on the economy and job creation. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1346555.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1346555.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:59 EST Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer says health care reform that includes a public option can pass the Senate. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1346539.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1346539.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:32 EST A moderate Democratic senator who voted to allow debate over a health care bill says he might not support the bill in its next hurdle in the Senate. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1346528.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1346528.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:17 EST A Democratic senator says moderates in his party shouldn't be allowed to dictate the terms of the health care debate and that the final bill should include a government-run option for Americans lacking insurance. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1346519.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1346519.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:02 EST Lawmakers broke along party lines on a new aspect of the health care debate Sunday as a former National Institutes of Health chief urged women to ignore guidelines that delay the start of breast cancer screenings. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1346479.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1346479.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:12 EST Rep. Emanuel Cleaver wanted people to stop complaining for a day and count their blessings. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1346448.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1346448.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:27 EST Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will be a tough act to follow, even for the Kennedys. His death, coupled with the decision by family members not to seek the seat he held for nearly five decades, has prompted predictions that the family's long-running political dynasty is over. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1301613.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1301613.html Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:24 EDT With Haiti poised to enjoy the economic benefits of long-elusive stability, foreign diplomats are scrambling behind the scenes to keep it all from unraveling as several lawmakers demand the ouster of the country's prime minister. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1281788.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1281788.html Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:26 EDT Cuba's workplace cafeterias are closing, President Raúl Castro keeps saying the well-off shouldn't get the same subsidies as the poor, and now there are rumblings that one of the stalwart vestiges of the revolution -- the ration booklet -- has outlived its usefulness. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1279547.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1279547.html Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:25 EDT A Cuban blogger who has become an international sensation for offering frank criticism of her country's communist system said she was denied government permission Monday to travel to New York to receive a top journalism prize. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1279295.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1279295.html Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:25 EDT A powerful campaign to allow all Americans to travel to Cuba is rumbling through Congress, with both backers and opponents predicting eventual victory and a Cuban-American Senator holding a key vote. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1275157.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1275157.html Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:24 EDT A controversial media reform bill, set to be debated in the Argentine Senate on Friday, pits two powerful forces against each other -- President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and the country's largest media conglomerate. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1273683.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1273683.html Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:23 EDT Diplomats pushed the two sides of the Honduran political conflict into direct talks for the first time in nearly three months, but left the country Thursday with no commitment from the coup-installed government to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1270203.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1270203.html Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:22 EDT A trio of South Florida Republican lawmakers said Tuesday that the remedy to the post-coup woes in Honduras lies in U.S. support of next month's scheduled elections. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1262329.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1262329.html Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:57 EDT A U.S. president has limited ways to ease the embargo on Cuba -- unless he or she certifies that Havana is moving toward democracy or Congress overturns U.S. laws on the sanctions, according to a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1260565.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1260565.html Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:45 EDT The June 28 coup that ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya ``deeply offended the core principles of the Americas,'' a top Obama administration official said Wednesday, calling for de facto authorities there to ``fully and immediately restore all civil and constitutional rights to the Honduran people.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1258651.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1258651.html Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:44 EDT Condemning the Honduran coup as a throwback to Latin America's ugly history, Costa Rican President Oscar Arias said Tuesday that the country can't have free and fair elections until its de facto government lifts a repressive decree that silenced opposition media and forbade public gatherings. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1258399.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1258399.html Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:52 EDT Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said Haiti enjoyed the backing of its Latin American neighbors more than ever on Tuesday as he spoke on the opening day of the Americas Conference. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1248828.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1248828.html Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:21 EDT It's been 89 days since Manuel Zelaya was booted from power. He's sleeping on chairs, and he claims his throat is sore from toxic gases and "Israeli mercenaries'' are torturing him with high-frequency radiation. http://www.miamiherald.com/obama/story/1088111.html http://www.miamiherald.com/obama/story/1088111.html Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:54 EDT Lebanon's pro-Western political parties turned their focus Monday toward crafting a stable coalition government hours after voters soundly rebuffed efforts by Iran-backed Hezbollah politicians to secure more political power in Beirut. Analysts said Obama's call last week in Cairo for a "new beginning" for U.S.-Middle East relations helped tilt the balance toward America's allies. http://www.miamiherald.com/obama/story/1088112.html http://www.miamiherald.com/obama/story/1088112.html Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:52 EDT Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has given the new U.S. commander in Afghanistan 60 days to conduct another review of the American strategy there, the fifth since President Barack Obama took office less than five months ago. The review comes even as the Pentagon said benchmarks promised on March 27 still are being drafted. http://www.miamiherald.com/obama/story/1081476.html http://www.miamiherald.com/obama/story/1081476.html Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:14 EDT One of the Cairo cafe questions debated in the days leading up to the speech was: Would Obama say "salaam" to the Arabic-speaking world? The answer: Yes, sometimes mistakenly.