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<title><![CDATA[ U.S. closes embassy in Tripoli, prepares sanctions ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 23:58:01 EST</pubDate>
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The Obama administration announced Friday that it is finalizing sanctions against the regime of Libyan strongman Moammar Gaddafi and has temporarily closed the U.S. Embassy in strife-tornTripoli.
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<dc:creator>William Branigin</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Obama's proposed budget for fiscal 2012 focuses on education, energy, research ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:36:00 EST</pubDate>
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President Obama submitted a budget blueprint for fiscal 2012 on Monday full of surgical cuts and cautious trade-offs to lawmakers clamoring for bold action to reduce government spending and control a budget deficit expected to rise to a record $1.6 trillion this year.
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<dc:creator>Lori Montgomery</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Clinton to announce new 'AfPak' envoy  ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:36:00 EST</pubDate>
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has chosen a new special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, after months of delay and disagreements between the White House and the State Department over the parameters of the job that became vacant with the December death of Richard C. Holbrooke, senior ...
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<dc:creator>Karen DeYoung </dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Obama budget projects record $1.6 trillion deficit ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:26:02 EST</pubDate>
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President Obama rolled out a $3.7 trillion budget blueprint Monday that would trim or terminate more than 200 federal programs next year and make key investments in education, transportation and research. The plan is aimed at boosting the nation's economy while reducing record budget deficits.
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<dc:creator>Lori Montgomery</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Comments by Panetta stoke unmet expectations ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:08:00 EST</pubDate>
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CIA Director Leon Panetta helped touch off an avalanche of erroneous expectations Thursday when he testified that there was a "strong likelihood" that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak would step down by the end of the day.
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<dc:creator>Greg Miller</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Obama says businesses must hire, invest to grow economy ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 20:42:00 EST</pubDate>
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President Obama on Monday pledged to make government an ally of companies as they emerge from the bleak downturn of recent years, even as he challenged executives to do their part to help resurrect the economy.
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<dc:creator>Brady Dennis</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Obama orders all fed agencies to review regulations ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:04:00 EST</pubDate>
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President Obama n Tuesday ordered every federal agency to conduct a systematic review of existing regulations, laying out a regulatory strategy that aims to walk the fine line between protecting public health and safety and freeing business to pursue profits. The order puts agencies across the gover
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<dc:creator>Lori Montgomery</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Maine seeks exemption from provision of health-care law ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:53:01 EST</pubDate>
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Days before a key and controversial provision of the health-care law is set to take effect, Maine is the only state to have asked the Obama administration for an exemption, despite concerns expressed by at least a dozen states.
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<dc:creator>N.C. Aizenman</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Hawaii with Obama: State of the Union, Reagan on the book pile and a car chase ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 12:47:00 EST</pubDate>
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White House advisers have begun preparing President Obama's next State of the Union address, looking to use the speech to launch the second stage of the Obama presidency.
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<dc:creator>Perry Bacon Jr.</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Senate Democrats give up on earmark-laden spending bill ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 23:29:00 EST</pubDate>
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Senate Democrats on Thursday abandoned their efforts to approve a comprehensive funding bill for the federal government after Republicans rebelled against its $1.2 trillion cost and the inclusion of nearly 7,000 line-item projects for individual lawmakers.
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<dc:creator>Paul Kane and Mary Beth Sheridan</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Republican lawmakers compete to lead key House committees ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:34:25 EST</pubDate>
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Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.) opened his pitch to be the next Appropriations Committee chairman with a video that showed a grossly obese Uncle Sam. That fella will be going on a big diet, Lewis declared.
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<dc:creator>Paul Kane</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Sen. Kyl dampens administration hopes for ratification of arms treaty ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:39:00 EST</pubDate>
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A key Republican senator on Tuesday dampened the Obama administration's hopes of passing a nuclear treaty with Russia by year's end, saying the Senate should not consider the pact during the congressional lame-duck session.
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<dc:creator>Mary Beth Sheridan and Walter Pincus</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ State projects will drive funding for high-speed rail ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:57:01 EST</pubDate>
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The Obama administration plans to reallocate money designated for high-speed rail if the states granted the funds reject them.
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<dc:creator>Michael D. Bolden</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Netanyahu presents incentives for extending building freeze ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2010 19:47:01 EST</pubDate>
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Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday presented his cabinet with a package of diplomatic and security incentives offered by the Obama administration to extend a 90-day freeze on new building in West Bank settlements and restart stalled peace negotiations.
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<dc:creator>Joel Greenberg</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ White House reiterates support for repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell' ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 20:49:01 EST</pubDate>
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The Obama administration reiterated its support Monday for repealing the military's "don't ask, don't tell" law and policy as Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) worked to strip language repealing the ban from the annual defense authorization bill.
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<dc:creator>Ed O'Keefe</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Supreme Court dismisses first health-care challenge ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 17:58:00 EST</pubDate>
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The Supreme Court passed up its first chance to review Congress's overhaul of the health-care system on Monday, which was not a surprise. Lower courts are just beginning to hear challenges to the law, so a decision by the justices to step in now would be highly unusual.
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<dc:creator>Robert Barnes</dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 23:16:55 EST</pubDate>
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President Obama said a Republican proposal to preserve the full array of Bush administration tax cuts for two more years presents a "basis for conversation" that could lead to a compromise as lawmakers prepare to meet next week for a high-stakes showdown over taxes.
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<dc:creator>Lori Montgomery</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Most troops wouldn't oppose serving with gays, survey finds ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 22:40:01 EDT</pubDate>
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A majority of active-duty and reserve service members surveyed by the Defense Department would not object to serving and living alongside openly gay troops, according to multiple people familiar with the findings.
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<dc:creator>Ed O'Keefe</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Our nation's secrets, stuck in a broken system ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Bob Woodward's book calls into question the legitimacy of the presidential secrecy system.
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<dc:creator>Jack Goldsmith</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ As midterms near, Obama works to re-ignite 2008 enthusiasm in Philadelphia ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 01:14:03 EDT</pubDate>
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The administration and the Democratic National Committee are betting that rallies like this one will help remind voters of 2008's off-the-charts enthusiasm and prod them to the polls to vote for Democratic candidates.
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<dc:creator>Nia-Malika Henderson</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Obama makes it official: Rahm to Rouse ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:39:00 EDT</pubDate>
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President Obama on Friday announced his highest-level changing of the guard, naming a longtime aide of few words, Pete Rouse, to replace on an interim basis the irrepressible Rahm Emanuel as chief of staff.
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<dc:creator>Scott Wilson</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Rouse begins as chief of staff ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:01:02 EDT</pubDate>
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The Pete Rouse era began shortly before noon on Friday. And quickly, the White House started feeling the difference.
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<dc:creator>Anne E. Kornblut</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Obama answers skeptics after recession is declared officially over ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 03:22:00 EDT</pubDate>
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On the day that the Great Recession was officially declared to be part of history, President Obama confronted deepening angst from business leaders and ordinary Americans who have little faith that the recovery is for real.
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<dc:creator>Neil Irwin and Nia-Malika Henderson</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Black scholars to debate how to hold Obama 'accountable' ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:47:00 EDT</pubDate>
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A group probing whether President Obama is addressing matters of concern to African Americans will discuss the issue Saturday at the annual conference of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation hours before Obama is scheduled to address conference attendees.
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<dc:creator>Krissah Thompson</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Obama touts economic policy in Fairfax ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 03:21:00 EDT</pubDate>
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With just 50 days to go before the midterm elections, President Obama took his economic message to a Virginia suburb, telling a local family and small-business owners that the policies his administration has put in place, will lead to a more solid future.
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<dc:creator>Nia-Malika Henderson</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Obama pushes for passage of small-business incentives ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:55:00 EDT</pubDate>
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President Obama on Friday named university professor Austan Goolsbee  to head the Council of Economic Advisers and urged quick passage by Congress of a package of small-business incentives to help create jobs and revive a still-lagging economy.
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<dc:creator>Lori Montgomery, Ariana Eunjung Cha and Anne E. Kornblut</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Judge in California rules on military's ban on openly gay service members ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:31:00 EDT</pubDate>
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A federal judge in California said Thursday that the U.S. military's ban on openly gay service members violates the Constitution, the most recent in a string of court rulings overturning restrictions on the rights of the country's gay men and lesbians.
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<dc:creator>Robert Barnes</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ A way past the terrorist detention gridlock ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Now is the right time to resolve our terrorist detention quandry.
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<dc:creator>Jack Goldsmith</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ With Richard Daley's retirement, Rahm Emanuel could run for Chicago mayor ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:03:00 EDT</pubDate>
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White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has made no secret of his desire to run for mayor of Chicago one day, saying as recently as April that becoming chief executive of his home town had "always been an aspiration."
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<dc:creator>Anne E. Kornblut and Dan Balz</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ White House at odds with former budget chief over tax cuts ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The Obama White House has never had much regard for the unsolicited advice it gets from the Washington pundit class.
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<dc:creator>Karen Tumulty</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Republicans making gains against Democrats ahead of midterm elections ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Republicans are heading into the final weeks of the midterm campaign with the political climate highly in their favor, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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<dc:creator>Dan Balz and Jon Cohen</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ State Dept. approves $36M in anti-drug funds for Mexico despite human-rights record ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:09:03 EDT</pubDate>
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The State Department has determined that Mexico can receive millions in anti-drug money that was contingent on its human-rights performance, but officials said Friday that they are withholding additional funds in hopes of seeing more progress.
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<dc:creator>Mary Beth Sheridan</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ U.S. sues over Arizona immigration practices ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:34:01 EDT</pubDate>
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The Justice Department filed another lawsuit against immigration practices by Arizona authorities, saying Monday that a network of community colleges acted illegally in requiring noncitizens to provide their green cards before they could be hired for jobs.
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<dc:creator>Jerry Markon</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Obama urges GOP to drop opposition to jobs bill ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:13:00 EDT</pubDate>
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President Obama urged congressional Republicans on Monday to drop their opposition to a jobs bill that he said is desperately needed to spur hiring but has been blocked because of "pure partisan politics."
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<dc:creator>William Branigin</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Obama administration sides with utilities in Supreme Court case about climate change ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:09:02 EDT</pubDate>
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The Obama administration sided with major utility companies in a Supreme Court case about climate change on Thursday, angering environmentalists who say that the administration's broad argument could hurt their ability to force reductions in greenhouse gas emissions or even to bring other lawsuits.
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<dc:creator>Steven Mufson</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Administration halts prosecution of alleged USS Cole bomber ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:47:01 EDT</pubDate>
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The Obama administration has shelved the planned prosecution of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the alleged coordinator of the Oct. 2000 suicide attack on the USS Cole in Yemen, according to a court filing.
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<dc:creator>Peter Finn</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Among Democrats, economic pressures are changing tax-cut dynamics ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:34:00 EDT</pubDate>
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With the economy rapidly weakening, some senior Democrats are having second thoughts about raising taxes on the nation's wealthiest families and are pressing party leaders to consider extending the full array of Bush administration tax cuts, at least through next year.
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<dc:creator>Lori Montgomery</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ 44: For Obamas, a beach vacation in the rain ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:37:07 EDT</pubDate>
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VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. -- The weather here is awful, turning the island into a blustery, rain-soaked mess for the First Family's vacation. Much of their fun has, by necessity, moved indoors during the days-long storm.
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<dc:creator>Scott Wilson</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ For Obama, a chance to regain some political momentum ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The White House faces a delicate messaging task next week as President Obama seeks to bring one foreign engagement to an end while making a new bid for American influence abroad.
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<dc:creator>Michael D. Shear</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ President Obama and his religion ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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John L. Esposito, professor of religion and international affairs at Georgetown University, and author of The Future of Islam, discusses the recent Pew Research poll which revealed that a growing number of Americans think President Obama is a Muslim, White House reaction to the poll, the controversy about building a mosque near Ground Zero in New York and perceptions that many Americans have about the Muslim faith and its followers.
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<dc:creator>John L. Esposito</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Poll shows more Americans think Obama is a Muslim ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The number of Americans who believe -- wrongly -- that President Obama is a Muslim has increased significantly since his inauguration and now accounts for nearly 20 percent of the nation's population.
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<dc:creator>Jon Cohen and Michael D. Shear</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ State Dept. sponsors trip for imam connected to N.Y. mosque project ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the man behind the Park51 Muslim community center and mosque proposed on a site near New York's Ground Zero, leaves this week for a three-nation Middle East tour on behalf of the State Department, during which he is expected to speak about the controversy surrounding his p...
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<dc:creator>Foreign Policy's Josh Rogin</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Obama loosens tie along campaign trail to rally Democratic votes ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:20:00 EDT</pubDate>
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COLUMBUS, OHIO -- The jacket has been off more than on. The sleeves always rolled up. And President Obama, the proxy candidate for his party this midterm election season, has warmed to the task with each stop.
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<dc:creator>Scott Wilson</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ In Ohio, two races test Democrats' strategy for midterm elections ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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COLUMBUS, OHIO -- There could not be two better examples of what President Obama and the Democrats want the fall elections to be about than Ohio Republicans Rob Portman and John Kasich.
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<dc:creator>Dan Balz</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Democrats, Republicans spar over mosque near Ground Zero ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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President Obama's remarks Friday and Saturday on a proposed mosque and Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero sparked heated exchanges on the Sunday morning news shows.
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<dc:creator>Felicia Sonmez and Matt DeLong</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ In effort to spur gulf tourism, Obamas dive in ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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PANAMA CITY, FLA. -- Most people who arrive for their weekend getaway in the hot and humid area commonly called the "Redneck Riviera" make a beeline for the beach, rip off their clothes and take a quick dive in the ocean.
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<dc:creator>Michael D. Shear and Michael W. Savage</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Pentagon push to phase out top brass causing much consternation ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Of all the spending cuts and budget battles the Pentagon is confronting, none is causing more angst than Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates's vow to start getting rid of generals and admirals.
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<dc:creator>Craig Whitlock</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Former White House social secretary Desirée Rogers named Johnson Publishing CEO ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Desirée Rogers, the former White House social secretary, has been named chief executive officer of Johnson Publishing, the company announced Tuesday.
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<dc:creator>Robin Givhan</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Former bin Laden cook reaches secret sentencing deal with U.S. government ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:57:00 EDT</pubDate>
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GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA -- A former cook for Osama bin Laden's entourage in Afghanistan has reached a agreement with the U.S. government that will allow him to serve any sentence at a minimum-security facility at Guantanamo Bay, according to statements by lawyers at a military commission on Monday.
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<dc:creator>Peter Finn</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Obama administration awards $159.1 million for training geriatric-care workers ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:13:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The Obama administration awarded $159.1 million in grants Thursday to educational programs that train nurses and geriatric specialists as well as those that recruit and support students from minority groups that are underrepresented in those fields.
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<dc:creator>N.C. Aizenman</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[  Obama freezes bonuses to federal appointees  ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 08:49:39 EDT</pubDate>
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President Obama ordered a freeze Tuesday on all bonuses and other monetary awards to federal political appointees, saying "like households and businesses across the country, the federal government is tightening its belt."
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<dc:creator>Scott Wilson</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Obama says WikiLeaks disclosure is reason for concern but doesn't reveal new issues ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:17:00 EDT</pubDate>
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President Obama said Tuesday that the Afghanistan war documents leaked this week raise no fundamentally new issues about the conflict but added that their disclosure "could potentially jeopardize individuals or operations."
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<dc:creator>Michael D. Shear And Ellen Nakashima</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ U.S. continues effort to counter China's influence in Asia ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The Obama administration's announcement Thursday that it will resume relations with Indonesia's special forces, despite the unit's history of alleged atrocities and assassinations, is the most significant move yet by the United States to strengthen ties in East Asia as a hedge against China's rise.
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<dc:creator>John Pomfret</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Justice Dept. won't file charges in Bush-era firings of U.S. attorneys ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Prosecutors have concluded their two-year investigation into the Bush administration's firing of U.S. attorneys and will file no charges, the Justice Department said Wednesday.
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<dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Excluded from invitation list for Obama's signing of Wall Street reform: Wall Street titans ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:22:00 EDT</pubDate>
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When President Obama steps Wednesday onto the stage at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center to sign Wall Street reform into law, many of the titans of Wall Street will be absent.
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<dc:creator>Michael D. Shear</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Lawmakers trade partisan barbs over regulation of offshore drilling ]]></title>
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House lawmakers exchanged partisan barbs Tuesday as they looked back on how the current and former administrations have regulated offshore drilling over the past decade.
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<dc:creator>Juliet Eilperin</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Biden rejects 'racist' label for tea party ]]></title>
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The "tea party" movement is not racist, Vice President Biden said, though he believes that some of those involved in the movement have expressed racist views.
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<title><![CDATA[ Ex-Justice official says limits on detainee questionings may have been exceeded ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The former top Justice Department official whose office wrote memos blessing harsh interrogation techniques for terrorism suspects told congressional investigators that CIA interrogators might have exceeded the legal limits set by those memos.
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<dc:creator>Jerry Markon and Peter Finn</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ 2008 voter-intimidation case against New Black Panthers riles the right ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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A 2008 voter-intimidation case has become a political controversy for the Obama administration as conservative lawyers, politicians and commentators raise concerns that the Department of Justice has failed to protect the civil rights of white voters.
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<dc:creator>Krissah Thompson</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ U.S. Chamber of Commerce, White House at odds ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:42:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The fragile detente between the White House and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce appears to have crumbled.
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<dc:creator>Michael D. Shear</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Obama wants billions more in energy tax credits ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:02:00 EDT</pubDate>
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LAS VEGAS -- President Obama on Friday urged Congress to pass new tax credits for clean energy companies, arguing that such industries will help the country emerge stronger from the devastating recession of the past two years.
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<dc:creator>Michael D. Shear</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Obama tries diplomatic outreach to Israeli public ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:43:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The American people have gotten used to the Barack Obama soft sell, the casual sit-down interview with a popular television anchor that is designed to bring the president into the country's living rooms, let him open up a bit.
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<dc:creator>Michael D. Shear</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Obama bypasses Senate by appointing Medicare chief ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:56:00 EDT</pubDate>
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President Obama on Wednesday appointed health-care expert Donald M. Berwick to administer the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, bypassing the Senate confirmation process over strong objections from Republicans who oppose the choice.
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<dc:creator>William Branigin and N.C. Aizenman</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ U.S. tries to calm Georgia's fears about reset of relations with Russia ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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TBILISI, GEORGIA -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton wrapped up a tour of former Soviet bloc countries Monday by assuring Georgia's pro-American leaders that they will not be abandoned as the Obama administration improves relations with Russia.
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<dc:creator>Mary Beth Sheridan</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Obama attacks GOP over Boehner's remarks on financial overhaul bill ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:22:01 EDT</pubDate>
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RACINE, WIS. -- President Obama launched a broad attack against Republican lawmakers on Wednesday, accusing them of being out of touch with ordinary Americans and sympathetic to oil interests as he sought to capitalize on recent remarks that many in the Democratic Party view as potentially costly...
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<dc:creator>Anne E. Kornblut and Dan Balz</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ The Kagan hearings: Drama at the staff level is unseen but intense ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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When Elena Kagan's Supreme Court nomination showdown kicks off Monday in the Senate Judiciary Committee, the ritualistic partisan jousting will begin. But on the sidelines, away from the cameras, a more intense match will play out between the top Democratic and Republican staffers on the panel.
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<dc:creator>Mary Ann Akers</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ High-tech Obama makes 'Twitters' gaffe ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:42:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Barack Obama is the BlackBerry President. He's the first modern, high-tech, always connected American leader.
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<dc:creator>Michael D. Shear</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Obama says he is 'confident' in war leadership ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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President Obama said Thursday that there will be no additional changes for now in his leadership team on Afghanistan, but that he will be "insisting on unity of purpose" and "paying very close attention" to its performance.
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<dc:creator>Karen DeYoung</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Before and after McChrystal's removal, a flurry of White House activity ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:12:00 EDT</pubDate>
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After he spent more than 15 hours flying from his post on the other side of the world, it took less than 30 minutes Wednesday morning for Gen. Stanley McChrystal to find out what most in Washington assumed was coming: He was out.
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<dc:creator>Michael D. Shear</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Obama orders McChrystal back to Washington after remarks about U.S. officials ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal's belittling critique of some of the Obama administration's top officials left the president with a stark choice on Tuesday: overlook comments that border on insubordination, or fire his top commander at a critical moment in Afghanistan.
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<dc:creator>Greg Jaffe and Ernesto Londoño</dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The Obama administration released a strategy Tuesday to end homelessness by expanding programs to secure housing for veterans and families with young children and by building on efforts to help chronically homeless people.
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<dc:creator>Henri E. Cauvin</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Is Gen. Stanley McChrystal someone the president can afford to fire? ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:27:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Is Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal someone the president can afford to fire?
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<dc:creator>Greg Jaffe and Ernesto Londoño</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Obama steps up fatherhood advocacy with new mentoring initiative ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:12:00 EDT</pubDate>
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President Obama visited an arts and recreation campus in a low-income Washington neighborhood Monday to tout the importance of fatherhood, and announced a new effort to bring together children, famous dads and nonprofit groups to promote the father-child relationship.
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<dc:creator>Krissah Thompson and Michael D. Shear</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Cases against Wall Street lag despite Holder's vows to target financial fraud ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Since taking office at the height of the financial crisis, President Obama has promised to hold Wall Street accountable for the meltdown. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. reinforced that message in November when he vowed to prosecute Wall Street executives and others responsible for the crisis.
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<dc:creator>Jerry Markon</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Tough-talking Obama is a change of pace ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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He started the week promising to "ride herd" over oil giant BP. Then he said he was talking to fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico so he would " know whose ass to kick ."
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<dc:creator>Anne E. Kornblut</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ U.S. 'secret war' expands globally as Special Operations forces take larger role ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Beneath its commitment to soft-spoken diplomacy and beyond the combat zones of Afghanistan and Iraq, the Obama administration has significantly expanded a largely secret U.S. war against al-Qaeda and other radical groups, according to senior military and administration officials.
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<dc:creator>Karen DeYoung and Greg Jaffe</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Justice Department's Civil Rights Division steps up enforcement ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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When Thomas E. Perez took over the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division in October, he found an office that was a shadow of its historic self.
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<title><![CDATA[ At nuclear conference, U.S. expects little, gains little ]]></title>
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It didn't end in failure. That was perhaps the best the U.S. government could boast about a month-long conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which ended Friday in New York.
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<title><![CDATA[ Most Guantanamo detainees low-level fighters, task force report says ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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About 10 percent of the 240 detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, when President Obama took office were "leaders, operatives and facilitators involved in plots against the United States," but the majority were low-level fighters, according to a previously undisclosed government report. About 5 ...
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<dc:creator>Peter Finn</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ President Obama will skip Memorial Day visit to Arlington National Cemetery ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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President Obama is skipping the traditional Memorial Day visit to Arlington National Cemetery, a move that has dismayed some veterans -- and comes at a sensitive moment in the administration's relationship with the military.
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<dc:creator>Anne E. Kornblut and Ed O'Keefe</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ President Obama's national security strategy looks beyond military might ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Military superiority is not enough to maintain U.S. strength and influence in the world, and the United States must build global institutions and expand international partnerships beyond its traditional allies, according to a new national security strategy prepared by the Obama administration.
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<dc:creator>Karen DeYoung</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ First lady Michelle Obama spreads message of hope to Detroit students ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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DETROIT -- First lady Michelle Obama brought her passion for mentoring to this beleaguered blue-collar city, urging a crowd of some 5,000 high school students -- and an equal number of grown-ups -- to "fight for every inch of your future."
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<dc:creator>Robin Givhan</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ President Obama to send more National Guard troops to U.S.-Mexico border ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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President Obama will deploy 1,200 National Guard troops and request an extra $500 million to secure the Mexican border, his administration said Tuesday, a move dismissed by Republicans as insufficient to win their cooperation on an overhaul of the nation's immigration system.
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<dc:creator>Michael D. Shear and Spencer S. Hsu</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Bomb attempt revives New York complaints of inadequate homeland security funding ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The failed car-bomb attempt in Times Square this month has revived complaints by New York leaders that the city receives an inadequate share of federal homeland security grants given its ranking as a top terrorist target.
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<dc:creator>Spencer S. Hsu</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ The Cable: Race for Arctic resources may outpace U.S. policy development ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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As ice caps melt, opening up new shipping routes and access to billions of dollars' worth of oil and natural gas riches, the Arctic is fast becoming the new global frontier amid fears that a no-holds-barred scramble for resources might someday provoke an international crisis.
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<dc:creator>Josh Rogin</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Elena Kagan: '10th justice' has deep legal knowledge but no bench experience ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 07:16:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The woman President Obama has chosen to be the 112th justice of the Supreme Court has never been a judge -- not that it was of her own choosing.
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<dc:creator>Robert Barnes</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Elena Kagan never let lack of experience hold her back ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The woman President Obama has chosen to be the 112th justice of the Supreme Court has never been a judge -- not that it was of her own choosing.
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<dc:creator>Robert Barnes</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ U.S. is expected to reveal size of nuclear stockpile ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The Obama administration is likely to reveal a closely guarded secret -- the size of the U.S. nuclear stockpile -- during a critical meeting starting Monday at which Washington will try to strengthen the global treaty that curbs the spread of nuclear weapons, several officials said.
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<dc:creator>Mary Beth Sheridan and Walter Pincus</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Campaign urges reinstating ban on offshore oil drilling ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:40:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The liberal group MoveOn.org, which was one of President Obama's staunchest supporters during the 2008 campaign, called on its members Friday to telephone the White House and demand that Obama reinstate the ban on offshore oil drilling.
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<dc:creator>Michael D. Shear</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ From POTUS, a rare visit on 'Baby AF1' -- and another sad goodbye ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:27:00 EDT</pubDate>
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President Obama made a rare visit to the back of Air Force One on Wednesday night for a brief chat with reporters -- the kind of access that his press corps has been grumbling has been too infrequent in his White House.
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<dc:creator>Michael D. Shear</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Obama administration defies congressional subpoena on Fort Hood documents ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The Obama administration said Tuesday it would provide more information to Congress about the Fort Hood shootings but continued to defy a subpoena request for witness statements and other documents.
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<dc:creator>Craig Whitlock</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Brookings Institution-based Hamilton Project relaunches ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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In the late years of the George W. Bush administration, a group of veterans of the Clinton White House's economics shop launched the Hamilton Project, a research effort aimed at developing policies to strengthen the nation's long-term economic prospects.
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<dc:creator>Neil Irwin</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ FDA plans to limit amount of salt allowed in processed foods for health reasons ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The Food and Drug Administration is planning an unprecedented effort to gradually reduce the salt consumed each day by Americans, saying that less sodium in everything from soup to nuts would prevent thousands of deaths from hypertension and heart disease. The initiative, to be launched this year,...
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<dc:creator>Lyndsey Layton</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Obama picks Donald Berwick of Harvard to run Medicare and Medicaid ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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President Obama formally announced Monday his nominee for administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, fulfilling widespread expectations that he would tap Donald Berwick, a Harvard University professor and leading advocate for improving health-care quality and efficiency.
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<title><![CDATA[ Obama lacks domestic, international support for key nuclear ambitions ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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In signing a new arms treaty with Russia and hosting a major nuclear terrorism summit, President Obama has shown leadership on his pledge to move toward a world without nuclear weapons.
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<dc:creator>Mary Beth Sheridan</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Third-party groups join chorus clamoring for 2011 federal budget ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:07:01 EDT</pubDate>
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For congressional Democrats hoping to avoid the political hits involved in writing a budget this year, not writing a budget is proving to be nearly as painful. All week, Republicans have been accusing Democratic leaders of shirking their duty to face up to the nation's budget woes. On Friday, out...
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<dc:creator>Lori Montgomery</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ At Space Center, Obama defends changes in space program ]]></title>
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CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. -- President Obama told an enthusiastic crowd at the Kennedy Space Center Thursday that NASA should aim to send astronauts to explore asteroids beyond the moon by 2025 and visit Mars in the next decade.
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<dc:creator>Marc Kaufman and Scott Wilson</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Obamas report $5.5 million in income on 2009 tax return ]]></title>
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On Jan. 20, 2009, Barack Obama raised his hand and took the oath of office. It made him president, and it didn't hurt his book sales, either.
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<dc:creator>Michael D. Shear and David S. Hilzenrath</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Attorney General Eric Holder stands his ground at Senate hearing ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Senators challenged Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Wednesday over the Obama administration's long-delayed pledge to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay and its plans to try alleged Sept. 11 co-conspirators. But Holder conceded little and emerged from the session mostly unscathed.
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<dc:creator>Spencer S. Hsu</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Obama sends letter to Karzai, reaffirming U.S.-Afghanistan cooperation ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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President Obama moved this week to close a growing breach with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, sending him a letter reaffirming their close ties and reiterating an invitation to visit Washington next month.
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<dc:creator>Karen DeYoung and Joshua Partlow</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Mine company faulted on safety issues, regulators say ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The company that owns the West Virginia coal mine where at least 25 workers died this week has pressed its employees for higher productivity rates, sometimes at the expense of safety, according to regulators, lawyers who have sued the company and documents.
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<dc:creator>Jerry Markon, David A. Fahrenthold and Kimberly Kindy</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ New nuclear arms policy shows limits U.S. faces ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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In a landmark speech in Prague last year, President Obama pledged to "put an end to Cold War thinking" and move toward a world without nuclear weapons. This week, that soaring vision came down to Earth, with the issuance of a new policy reflecting the limits the president faces.
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<dc:creator>Mary Beth Sheridan</dc:creator>
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