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WARSAW, Poland – Holding out Poland's transformation to democracy as a model for the world, President Barack Obama on Saturday exhorted Western allies and the American public alike to extend their support, energy and vision to those now reaching for democracy in the Middle East and North Africa. Obama wound up his six-day trip to Europe with a message aimed squarely at the people of the United States, saying that in a time of tight budgets, "I want the American people to understand we've got to leave room for us to continue our tradition of providing leadership when it comes...

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama plans to tell the nation's school children that they ultimately are most responsible for their own education. The White House posted Obama's remarks .. on its Web site. ... .. Obama tells young people that all the work of parents, educators and others won't matter "unless you show up for those schools, pay attention to those teaches."

PHILADELPHIA - President Bush said Thursday the Democratic-run Congress shouldn't leave Washington for its August recess without at least finishing a spending bill covering the Defense Department. "In a time of war, one spending bill ought to take precedence over all the rest," Bush said in a speech before a meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council. "Members of Congress ought to finish the spending bill for the Department of Defense before they go on recess so I can sign it into law," the president said. "We got troops in harm's way. They need to exercise their responsibility." Congress is...