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by Steven R. Hurst from hosted.ap.org, 8 days ago
The filibuster - tool of obstruction in the U.S. Senate - is alternately blamed and praised for wilting President Barack Obama's ambitious agenda. Some even say it's made the nation ungovernable... More
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from hosted.ap.org, 12 days ago
Two hours into a sometimes-contentious televised health care summit, President Barack Obama and Republican lawmakers outlined a few areas where they agree... More
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submitted by trippie48 28 days ago, from google.com
Henry Paulson, the former Treasury chief, and billionaire Warren Buffett said taxpayers will recover every cent paid out to banks during the economic meltdown and may even turn a profit. The staunch Democrat investor and the Treasury secretary under President George W. Bush spoke onstage Tuesday... More
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by Laurie Kellman from hosted.ap.org, 1 month ago
Washington confronted a new world order Thursday as the Democrats' supermajority died, taking with it much of President Barack Obama's agenda and any certainty of his party maintaining control of Congress.... More
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submitted by chiasma 1 month ago, from nytimes.com
President Obama said Wednesday night that leaders in Washington face a “deficit of trust,” as he used his first State of the Union address to try to restore public confidence in his administration and to convince the American people that he is intensely focused on the issues that concern them... More
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submitted by rodeox 2 months ago, from nytimes.com
As he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday, President Obama defended the necessity of some wars, aligned his decision to escalate the combat in Afghanistan with the rationale for other conflicts where the United States has led the fight against oppression and appealed for greater... More
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by Pete Yost from hosted.ap.org, 3 months ago
The White House on Tuesday instructed every federal agency to publish before the end of January at least three collections of "high value" government data on the Internet that never have been previously disclosed, an ambitious order to make the administration as transparent as... More
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from feeds.nytimes.com, 3 months ago
President Obama left much unsaid about Pakistan, where he can send no troops, but he offered hints of an expanded counterinsurgency effort. More
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submitted by eooties 5 months ago, from latimes.com
A day after President Obama went to Capitol Hill to renew his call for a sweeping healthcare overhaul, Democrats on Thursday rallied behind him, giving important momentum to the push for legislation this year. Especially important for the White House was the reaction of several conservative... More
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submitted by bafficio 7 months ago, from news.bbc.co.uk
President Obama's key domestic policy objective is to reform the US system of health care. And the next few weeks will be crucial in determining whether he can deliver the fundamental reform that has eluded his predecessors. More
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submitted by eooties 8 months ago, from nytimes.com
While the Bush administration had defended its program of wiretapping without warrants as a vital tool that saved lives, a new government review released Friday said the program’s effectiveness in fighting terrorism was unclear. More
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submitted by bafficio 8 months ago, from latimes.com
Presidents Obama and Dmitry Medvedev's summit yields agreements on building closer cooperation on military and health issues. Russia will let the U.S. use its airspace in the Afghanistan war. Stepping cautiously in their first summit meeting, President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev... More
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submitted by rodeox 8 months ago, from news.bbc.co.uk
Iran's top legislative body has begun a partial recount of last month's disputed presidential elections. The Guardian Council has offered to recount a random 10% of the votes from the 12 June election. More
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submitted by grandie4 8 months ago, from nytimes.com
Signaling that California is slipping deeper into financial crisis, the state’s controller said Wednesday that his office would soon be forced to issue i.o.u.’s to scores of the state’s creditors, as lawmakers failed at their first attempt as a body to close the state’s multibillion-dollar shortfall More
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submitted by rodeox 8 months ago, from bloomberg.com
Citigroup Inc., the bank that got $45 billion in U.S. rescue funds, will raise base salaries by as much as 50 percent to help compensate for a reduction in annual bonuses, a person familiar with the plan said. More
