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President Obama is finalizing a new Afghanistan war strategy and will make an announcement "within days," spokesman Robert Gibbs said early this morning. Gibbs did not specify a day, but said the announcement would not be before the Thanksgiving weekend. That points to a major speech early next ...
USA Today · 21 minutes ago
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Two top Democrats say they want to impose a new tax on the wealthy to finance any increase in U.S. troops for the Afghanistan war. Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., chairman of the purse string-controlling House Appropriations Committee, is calling the idea a "war surtax." He said that just as the federal ...
FOXNews.com · 10 hours ago
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Sen. Joseph Lieberman, speaking in that trademark sonorous baritone, utters a simple statement that translates into real trouble for Democratic leaders: "I'm going to be stubborn on this." Stubborn, he means, in opposing any health-care overhaul that includes a "public option," or government-run ...
FOXNews.com · 6 hours ago
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Patrick Kennedy tells newspaper that bishop barred him from Communion Diocese confirms it, says ban came in a confidential pastoral discussion in 2007 Bishop says he's "disappointed" that Kennedy made their conversation public Kennedy fought ban on funding abortion, but voted for health care bill ...
CNN · 4 hours ago
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The acknowledgment of the affair has led to a huge fall from grace for a man that many viewed as a rising star within the GOP. He's now fighting to complete a second term in office that continues through 2012.The Hamptons and Ensigns had been close family friends for years. Hampton told "Nightline" ...
MSNBC · 1 hour ago
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Sarah Palin drew a crowd of over 4,000 on Monday to her book signing at Fort Bragg, though the former Alaska governor kept her appearance from turning into the kind of "political platform" that some military officials were concerned about. Palin did not give a speech during her three-hour stop at ...
Fox News · 8 hours ago
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Several U.S. policy makers consider JPMorgan Chase’s chief executive, Jamie Dimon, as a potential successor to U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, The New York Post reported, citing sources. Mr. Dimon “would love to serve his country,” the newspaper quoted people familiar with his ...
New York Times · Nov. 23, 2009
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ABC News' reports: Fresh off his week-long trip to Asia, President Obama today assembled his fourth Cabinet meeting of his administration for “updates on progress made across several areas,” including national security, the budget, health insurance, and the economy. Mr. Obama said he ...
ABC News · 13 hours ago
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President Obama announced on Monday a campaign to enlist companies and nonprofit groups to spend money, time and volunteer effort to encourage students, especially in middle and high school, to pursue science, technology, engineering and math.“You know the success we seek is not going to be ...
New York Times · 9 hours ago
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In his sixth term, Representative Dennis Moore, Democrat of Kansas, officially announced his retirement at the end of next year. The decision by Mr. Moore, a centrist or Blue Dog Democrat, became known over the weekend and set off a flurry of discussion about whether Democrats will be able to hang ...
New York Times · 14 hours ago
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