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A top House Republican today blasted a ruling by the Justice Department that allows the Obama administration to pay ACORN for services provided under contracts signed before Congress passed a law banning the community advocacy group from receiving taxpayers money....
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White House
Barack Obama
ACORN
On the eve of his big speech on Afghanistan, President Obama will huddle with the leader of a coalition partner in that war-torn country. The White House announced today that Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will be at the White...
World
Afghanistan
Kevin Rudd
The White House said today that a censure of Iran for its intransigence on its nuclear program shows that the international community is steadfast in stopping it from obtaining nuclear weapons. More than two dozen nations on the United Nations...
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Iran
United Nations
Republicans say that Americans should be thankful for their blessings today -- but also very worried about the economy and the path that President Obama and Democrats are charting for the country. "Millions of families have seen jobs and careers...
White House
Barack Obama
President Obama, with a jobs refrain on the brain, uses the traditional Thanksgiving Day message to tell Americans that he feels their economic pain and is doing his best to make things better. "As much as we all have to...
White House
Barack Obama
By Eric Moskowitz, Globe Staff On the eve of Thanksgiving, Stephen Pagliuca today released the most pointed television ad yet of the Senate race, calling out rivals Martha Coakley and Michael Capuano as potential obstacles to the passage of...
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By Farah Stockman, Globe Staff WASHINGTON -- George Mitchell, the former US senator from Maine who helped hammer out a peace agreement in Northern Ireland, did not look daunted when he took the podium today to announce that Israel had...
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Washington, D.C
Ireland
Israel
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President Obama continued his outreach to the world's
Muslims today, sending greetings to pilgrims to Mecca. He...
also noted that his administration is assisting Saudi authorities in preventing the spread of swine flu. "Michelle and I would like to ...
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Obama greets Muslim pilgrims
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US leaders are urging Americans to join in the international call to stop violence against women on the 10th anniversary of a day set aside to raise awareness. "Violence against women is found in every culture around the world. It...
White House
Joe Biden
By Farah Stockman, Globe Staff WASHINGTON -- As the nation waits for President Obama to announce a new strategy in Afghanistan, International Crisis Group released a report today calling for sweeping reforms in the country, including the resignation of the...
World
Afghanistan
Foreign Policy
Washington, D.C
There's now a time and place for President Obama's long-awaited announcement on Afghanistan. He will address the nation at 8 p.m. Tuesday from the US Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., the training ground for many officers who have served...
White House
Barack Obama
Afghanistan
President Obama will fulfill a Thanksgiving tradition today, granting a pardon to a turkey from North Carolina. But this web-savvy administration is going a nontraditional route. Not only will it air the entire ceremony live at about 11:35 a.m....
World
Turkey
He won't have a signed bill to bring with him, but President Obama is planning to attend the global warming summit in Copenhagen next month. A White House official is telling the Associated Press that Obama will join at least...
White House
Barack Obama
boston.com - 3 days ago
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The barrage of Republican attacks on climate change
legislation appears to be having an impact: the GOP...
rank and file is more skeptical that global warming is real. A Washington Post/ABC News poll released this afternoon said that the belief... ...
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GOP doubts grow on global warming
By Martin Finucane, Globe Staff Victoria Reggie Kennedy, widow of the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy, says she is not interested in running for the Senate. In an episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" slated to air Wednesday, Winfrey tells...
Congress
Edward M. Kennedy
Oprah Winfrey
Abortion rights groups today announced a lobbying campaign to strip restrictions out of the health care legislation in Congress. They plan a national week of action next week, including a lobbying day in Washington on Dec. 2, to stop the...
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Washington, D.C
boston.com - 3 days ago
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Keeping up their attack on the Obama administration's
stimulus plan, top House Republicans today urged the man...
in charge to stop claiming jobs that haven't been confirmed. House GOP leader John Boehner and Representative Darrell Issa, the senior ...
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Republicans tell Biden: Stop using jobs numbers
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In the overheated political culture of Washington, it's
the hottest ticket in the nation's capital -- an...
invite to President Obama's first state dinner tonight. So many people wanted to be there that the White House moved the black-tie event... ...
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Obama's first state dinner
Several media organizations are reporting this morning that President Obama plans to announce his long-awaited decision on Afghanistan next Tuesday, probably in a prime-time speech. Obama huddled with his war council Monday night for what was expected to be the...
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