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by Steven R. Hurst from hosted.ap.org, 23 months 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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by Steven R. Hurst from hosted.ap.org, 20 months ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The diplomatic crisis prompted by Israel's raid on a flotilla of aid ships bound for the Gaza Strip confronts President Barack Obama with a second major test by the Israeli leadership and presents yet another blow to his goal of brokering peace with the Palestinians.... More
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by Steven R. Hurst from hosted.ap.org, 21 months ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the wake of the Times Square bombing plot, the Obama administration said on Sunday it wants to work with Congress on possible limitations of the constitutional rights afforded terrorism suspects - even for American citizens.... More
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by Robert Burns, Steven R. Hurst from hosted.ap.org, 21 months ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is pressing oil giant BP to clarify how the company will cover costs relating to the Gulf oil spill, even as BP indicated it would pay "legitimate and objectively verifiable" claims.... More
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by Robert Burns, Steven R. Hurst from hosted.ap.org, 21 months ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is trying to reassure fishermen and others on the Gulf Coast that the government is doing all it can as masses of oil from a pipeline rupture endanger fisheries, oyster beds and beaches.... More
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by Steven R. Hurst from hosted.ap.org, 21 months ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Israelis and Palestinians have taken a small, halting step toward peace talks, a modest payoff for President Barack Obama's dogged, behind-the-scenes diplomacy.... More
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by Steven R. Hurst from hosted.ap.org, 22 months ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama kicked off the 47-country Nuclear Security Summit Tuesday, declaring the risk of nuclear attack - not by an enemy nation, but from terrorists - was on the rise despite the end of the Cold War.... More
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by Steven R. Hurst from hosted.ap.org, 22 months ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's nuclear summit has paid early dividends: China's agreement to work with the U.S. on possible sanctions against Iran and Ukraine's decision to rid itself of nuclear bomb-making materials.... More
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by Steven R. Hurst, Anne Gearan from hosted.ap.org, 22 months ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama and presidents, prime ministers and other top officials from 47 countries start work Monday on a battle plan to keep nuclear weapons out of terrorist hands.... More
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by Steven R. Hurst, Anne Gearan from hosted.ap.org, 22 months ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's pledge to one day rid the world of nuclear weapons runs up against global realities this week when representatives from 47 countries try to craft an agreement on keeping nuclear weapons out of terrorist hands.... More
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by Steven R. Hurst from hosted.ap.org, 22 months ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai has so angered his U.S. protectors that the White House put him on notice Tuesday a planned Washington visit might be canceled if he didn't stop blaming the U.S. for his troubles.... More
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by Steven R. Hurst from hosted.ap.org, 22 months ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- On the surface, Afghan President Hamid Karzai's angry, anti-Western flare-up after last week's visit by President Barack Obama might be dismissed as a minor glitch, a verbal clash of political cultures.... More
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by Steven R. Hurst from hosted.ap.org, 22 months ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Buoyed by good news on the jobs front, the White House claimed credit Sunday for reversing the downward economic spiral while bracing out-of-work Americans for a slow recovery.... More
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by Steven R. Hurst from hosted.ap.org, 22 months ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fresh from a bruising victory on health care and a nuclear arms deal with Russia, President Barack Obama turned to a third campaign promise - victory and an honorable exit from Afghanistan. That could prove tougher than any challenge overcome so far, and the president appears ... More
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by Steven R. Hurst from hosted.ap.org, 23 months ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A year ago, President Barack Obama boldly, unequivocally demanded that Israel stop building settlements on the West Bank and east Jerusalem. Today he's left with little choice but to swallow a stinging and very public rebuke from America's closest Mideast ally.... More
