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Gate crashers met Obama at state dinner with India (Reuters)
Reuters - A couple who penetrated layers of security to enter a State Dinner at the White House this week without an invitation met U.S. President Barack Obama in the receiving line, a White House official said on Friday.
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Democrats expect U.S. healthcare overhaul to pass
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leading Democrats on Sunday said they expect Congress to pass a major healthcare reform backed by President Barack Obama, but supporters may have to accept legislation that falls short on some issues.
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Newsweek: Why Cheney should run in 2012
Three years out, the GOP field does not offer a putative nominee. When Gallup polled on the Republican race for 2012, it asked about Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, Tim Pawlenty, and Haley Barbour. Cheney covers all the ground ...
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Democrats expect U.S. healthcare overhaul to pass (Reuters)
Reuters - Leading Democrats on Sunday said they expect Congress to pass a major healthcare reform backed by President Barack Obama, but supporters may have to accept legislation that falls short on some issues.
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Obama prepares to announce Afghan surge (AFP)
AFP - Barack Obama is set to make the boldest strategic move of his presidency on Tuesday and order a surge of tens of thousands more US troops into an increasingly unpopular war in Afghanistan.
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Obama: A good communicator, but not yet a great one (McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — He's soared to great heights, moving people with words that put him in a rarified league with such great communicators as Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan.
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Senator opposes Fed chief Bernanke renomination
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Bernie Sanders said on Sunday he will not vote to reconfirm Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve, in a preview of the rough treatment Bernanke may get this week on Capitol Hill.
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Senators give Obama advice on Afghanistan strategy speech
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Huckabee unsure about another presidential bid
(CNN) - Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Sunday he remains undecided about another presidential run in 2012, but called the possibility "less likely than more likely."
Appearing on "FOX News Sunday," Huckabee noted the election is ...
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Reliable Sources: Media takes a new tone with Obama
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Somali training camps fuel threat of attacks on US (AP)
AP - The recruits gather in scorching desert hideouts in Somalia, use portraits of President Barack Obama for target practice, learn how to make and detonate bombs, and vow allegiance to Osama bin Laden.
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Obama's expected new Afghan plan sparks debate (AP)
AP - As President Barack Obama gets ready to announce a redrawn battle plan for Afghanistan, lawmakers are weighing in on the expected large increase in U.S. forces there.
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Obama 'realism' faces Afghan test (Politico)
Politico - Obama ran on a promise to restore cold-eyed calculations of national interest to American foreign policy.
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Obama prepares to announce Afghan surge (AFP)
AFP - Barack Obama is set to make the boldest strategic move of his presidency on Tuesday and order a surge of tens of thousands more US troops into an increasingly unpopular war in Afghanistan.
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Bernanke Warns of Risks in Push to Revamp Fed
In an op-ed article for The Washington Post, Ben Bernanke warns that legislation “would strip the Fed of all its bank regulatory powers.”
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News exec: Dinner crashers shopping interview (AP)
AP - A television executive says the couple that crashed President Barack Obama's first state dinner is offering to talk to broadcast networks about it for a payment of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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U.S. Will Push Mortgage Firms to Reduce More Loan Payments
Only a tiny fraction of mortgages have been permanently reduced under a $75 billion program for troubled homeowners.
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MIT analysis backs Obama health plan
The report finds Americans buying individual coverage will pay less than today's prices.
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9,000 Marines to Helmand after Obama speech: report (AFP)
AFP - The US military will deploy up to 9,000 Marines to Afghanistan's Helmand province -- doubling US presence there -- in the days after President Barack Obama's war strategy announcement this week, the Washington Post said Saturday.
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Summit aside, economy out of Obama's hands
President Obama plans on holding a 'jobs summit' this week to aid the economy.
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Can Obama retain Hispanic support?
Hispanic voters are consistently giving the president exceptionally strong marks and the White House is employing an aggressive strategy to keep it that way.
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Gate crashers met Obama at state dinner with India (Reuters)
Reuters - A couple who penetrated layers of security to enter a State Dinner at the White House this week without an invitation met U.S. President Barack Obama in the receiving line, a White House official said on Friday.
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Pres. Obama cheers on brother-in-law at basketball game
(CNN)– President Obama took his family on an outing Saturday to the Oregon State-George Washington University basketball game in support of First Lady Michelle Obama's brother Craig Robinson.
Robinson, who coaches the Oregon State ...
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Biden to Iraq leaders: Settle election law dispute (AP)
AP - Vice President Joe Biden is encouraging Iraq's leaders to resolve differences and agree to legislation allowing a national vote to take place next year.
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Obama at hoops game to see brother-in-law's team (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama is taking in the Oregon State-George Washington University basketball game.
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Bernanke: Don't tamper with the Fed
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke warns Congress in a new op-ed.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) – Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, just days ahead of his confirmation hearing, is warning Congress that actions limiting the central ...
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Entering the Superproject Void
With the Erie Canal and even the Big Dig behind us, the future of giant public works projects is uncertain.
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Afghanistan: CNN poll results
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Video: Obama cites economy in weekly address
Nov. 28: During his weekly radio and Internet address, President Obama says, “As much as we all have to be thankful for, we also know that this year millions of Americans are facing very difficult economic times." (Other)
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Dinner crashers shook hands with President Obama (AP)
AP - This time, the picture is the story.
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Obama to announce Afghanistan troop strategy Tuesday
Washington (CNN) – President Obama will announce the U.S. troop strategy for Afghanistan in a speech at 8 p.m. ET Tuesday at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Wednesday.
In the ...
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Obama challenge: keep Hispanic support (AP)
AP - Barack Obama has erased George W. Bush's inroads among Hispanics, with these influential voters consistently giving the president exceptionally strong marks and the White House employing an aggressive strategy to keep it that way.
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Gate crashers met Obama at state dinner with India (Reuters)
Reuters - A couple who penetrated layers of security to enter a State Dinner at the White House this week without an invitation met U.S. President Barack Obama in the receiving line, a White House official said on Friday.
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Parties launch stimulus P.R. offensives
Both Dems and Republicans engage in a high-stakes battle to shape public perceptions of the stimulus.
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Bernanke Says Limiting Fed Independence Would âImpairâ Economy (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg - Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S.
Bernanke said removing the central bank from bank supervision
and tampering with its political independence would âseriously
impairâ economic stability in the U.S.
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Party Crashers Said to Have Met Obama in Dinner Receiving Line (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg - Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama met in the
receiving line an uninvited couple who slipped past security at
this weekâs state dinner honoring India Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh, a photograph released yesterday by the White ...
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U.N. censure may start more confrontational phase with Iran
The resounding censure of Iran on Friday by the board of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. nuclear watchdog, signals the start of a potentially more confrontational phase in the Obama administration's dealings with the Islamic republic, ...
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Party Crashers Cause a Hangover
Obama requested a full review of how a Virginia couple crashed a state dinner for India's prime minister. Aides said that they had met the president on the receiving line.
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Secret Service: officers didn't verify crashers (AP)
AP - The Virginia couple who crashed a presidential dinner met President Barack Obama in the receiving line, the White House said Friday, as a "deeply concerned and embarrassed" Secret Service acknowledged its officers failed to check whether the ...
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White House gatecrashers met Obama: reports (AFP)
AFP - The two aspiring reality TV stars who gatecrashed a White House state dinner this week reportedly met President Barack Obama at the event, while the US Secret Service issued Friday an unusual mea culpa for the security lapse.
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Secret Service takes blame for White House party crashers (McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The director of the Secret Service took the blame Friday for security failures that allowed a publicity-hungry couple from Virginia who weren't on the guest list for President Barack Obama's first state dinner ...
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Gate crashers met Obama at state dinner with India (Reuters)
Reuters - A couple who penetrated layers of security to enter a State Dinner at the White House this week without an invitation met U.S. President Barack Obama in the receiving line, a White House official said on Friday.
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Obama orders review of crashers
The president orders a full review into how a Virginia couple managed to make their way into the W.H.
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Obama to meet with Australian prime minister
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will visit the White House Monday as President Obama begins a week during which he will announce his war strategy in Afghanistan and appeal to allies such as Australia for more help.
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Obama administration closely monitoring Dubai debt outlook (McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON_ The Obama administration said Friday that it's carefully watching developments in a looming debt default by the Persian Gulf emirate of Dubai, whose efforts to fend off creditors sent stocks skidding in the United ...
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Charges Possible in Gate-Crashing Incident
The Secret Service said it wants to hear those connected to the incident in which a couple snuck into a state dinner this week, and has not ruled out charges.
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Aerial-gunning foes ask Obama to ban practice (AP)
AP - A wildlife advocacy group Friday asked President Barack Obama to end aerial gunning of coyotes and other predators, citing an Idaho incident where a shotgun-wielding parachutist illegally fired on a wolf.
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Christmas season kicks off at the White House
(Photo credit: Getty Images) Michelle Obama and her two daughters, Sasha and Malia, began Christmas preparations Friday, receiving the official White House Christmas tree. Continuing a White House tradition, the tree was delivered on a ...
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Treasury, Fed delay Internet gambling ban 6 months
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve on Friday delayed the implementation date for a new Internet gambling payment ban for six months, a move that gives lawmakers time to overturn it or end confusion over illegal practices.
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Ho-ho-ho! White House Christmas tree arrives
The White House is now open for Christmas. First lady Michelle Obama, along with daughters Malia and Sasha, received the official White House Christmas tree on Friday: an 18 1/2-foot Douglas fir delivered by traditional horse-drawn carriage.
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