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submitted by eooties 29 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 31 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 chiasma 32 months ago, from latimes.com
Republicans questioned the cost of healthcare reform plans Sunday, and even Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) acknowledged similar concerns and said she wasn't sure there were enough votes among President Obama's fellow Democrats to pass a plan at the moment. More
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submitted by grandie4 32 months ago, from latimes.com
President Obama's push for healthcare reforms gets a boost today from a new study by Harvard University researchers that shows a sizable increase over six years in bankruptcies caused in part by ever-higher medical expenses. The study found that medical bills, plus related problems such as lost... More
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submitted by rodeox 33 months ago, from latimes.com
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told President Obama at a White House meeting Monday that he wanted to resume peace negotiations with the Palestinians, but he stopped short of embracing the U.S. view of a fully sovereign Palestinian state. More
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submitted by eooties 33 months ago, from latimes.com
The U.S. military has begun flying armed Predator drones inside Pakistan and has given Pakistani officers significant control over targets, flight routes and decisions to launch attacks under a new joint operation, according to U.S. officials familiar with the program. More
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submitted by agabriel 33 months ago, from latimes.com
The nation's biggest banks are regaining their health, but some need to replenish their coffers to withstand any new difficulties, the government said in an upbeat report Thursday. The Federal Reserve's highly anticipated "stress tests" found that 10 of the 19 largest banks needed to bolster their.. More
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submitted by chiasma 33 months ago, from latimes.com
In a strikingly defensive explanation of his stance on Bush-era anti-terrorism tactics, President Obama on Wednesday acknowledged for the first time that the harsh interrogation techniques he has banned might have yielded useful information, but that he was nonetheless willing to rule them out on... More
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submitted by bafficio 33 months ago, from latimes.com
The CIA used an arsenal of severe interrogation techniques on imprisoned Al Qaeda suspects for nearly seven years without seeking a rigorous assessment of whether the methods were effective or necessary, according to current and former U.S. officials familiar with the matter. More
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submitted by riverdrops 33 months ago, from latimes.com
Senior Democrats have reached broad agreement on a plan to prevent Republicans from blocking President Obama's sweeping healthcare proposals, congressional officials said Friday. The plan, which would use special provisions of the budget process to prevent a Senate filibuster, threatens to sow... More
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submitted by grandie4 34 months ago, from latimes.com
The U.S. and Cuba built sudden momentum Friday toward easing half a century of hostility as President Obama met Havana's willingness to discuss sensitive topics, including human rights, with a declaration that he was ready for a "new beginning" in relations. More
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submitted by grandie4 34 months ago, from latimes.com
Drought, fires, killer heat waves, wildlife extinction and mosquito-borne illness -- the things that climate change models are predicting have already arrived there, they say. More
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submitted by chiasma 35 months ago, from latimes.com
The Treasury Department is expected to introduce plans today to create a government body to finance the purchase of as much as $1 trillion in toxic assets from ailing financial institutions. The new entity would combine resources of investors along with those of the Federal Reserve and the Federal.. More
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submitted by eooties 36 months ago, from latimes.com
With the Senate's approval Tuesday of a massive, $838-billion economic stimulus package, congressional negotiators launched into a high-risk race to come up with a compromise bill that could be delivered to the White House by the end of the week. It will be anything but easy. There are significant.. More
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submitted by agabriel 36 months ago, from latimes.com
If President Obama is to reshape the nation's healthcare system, he will have to do it without a lieutenant who combined a rare understanding of both healthcare and Washington politics. But Tom Daschle's decision to withdraw from consideration for secretary of Health and Human Services appears... More
