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| Naresh -- In just a few hours, President Obama will be speaking from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to mark the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's famed speech at the March on Washington. Trust me, you don't want to miss this. Attend our interactive livestream of the President's speech -- starting at 2:45 p.m. Eastern Time -- and join the national discussion today. Over the next few months, we're going to have many fights on the issues you and I care so much about. Today's anniversary reminds me that anything worth having has never come easy -- real change comes when the people who want it come together to make it a reality. That's why Organizing for Action is here, after all. Make sure you don't miss President Obama's remarks -- log on for the interactive livestream at 2:45 p.m. Eastern Time: http://my.barackobama.com/MLK-at-50-Livestream Thanks, Abby Abby Witt Deputy National Director of Issue Campaigns Organizing for Action |
Rouhani wins Iran's Presidential election Moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani won Iran's presidential election on Saturday, the interior ministry said, scoring a surprising landslide victory over conservative hardliners without the need of a second round run-off.Interior minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar announced on state television that Rouhani secured just over 50 percent of the ballot based on a 72 percent turnout of 50 million eligible voters. Mr Hassan Rouhani ... got the absolute majority of votes and was elected as president," Najjar said. Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, a hard-line conservative, lagged behind with about 16 percent of the votes. Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, he too a hard-line conservative, earned 11 percent. The voter turnout was 72.7 percent. President-elect Hassan Rohani, sixty four years old, is known as a moderate conservative. He has been stressing the need to improve ties with Western nations, and is back...
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