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submitted by chiasma 12 days ago, from nytimes.com
President Obama said Wednesday night that leaders in Washington face a “deficit of trust,” as he used his first State of the Union address to try to restore public confidence in his administration and to convince the American people that he is intensely focused on the issues that concern them... More
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submitted by rodeox 2 months ago, from nytimes.com
As he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday, President Obama defended the necessity of some wars, aligned his decision to escalate the combat in Afghanistan with the rationale for other conflicts where the United States has led the fight against oppression and appealed for greater... More
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by Pete Yost from hosted.ap.org, 2 months ago
The White House on Tuesday instructed every federal agency to publish before the end of January at least three collections of "high value" government data on the Internet that never have been previously disclosed, an ambitious order to make the administration as transparent as... More
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from feeds.nytimes.com, 2 months ago
President Obama left much unsaid about Pakistan, where he can send no troops, but he offered hints of an expanded counterinsurgency effort. More
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submitted by eooties 5 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 6 months ago, from news.bbc.co.uk
President Obama's key domestic policy objective is to reform the US system of health care. And the next few weeks will be crucial in determining whether he can deliver the fundamental reform that has eluded his predecessors. More
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submitted by eooties 7 months ago, from nytimes.com
While the Bush administration had defended its program of wiretapping without warrants as a vital tool that saved lives, a new government review released Friday said the program’s effectiveness in fighting terrorism was unclear. More
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submitted by bafficio 7 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 rodeox 7 months ago, from news.bbc.co.uk
Iran's top legislative body has begun a partial recount of last month's disputed presidential elections. The Guardian Council has offered to recount a random 10% of the votes from the 12 June election. More
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submitted by grandie4 7 months ago, from nytimes.com
Signaling that California is slipping deeper into financial crisis, the state’s controller said Wednesday that his office would soon be forced to issue i.o.u.’s to scores of the state’s creditors, as lawmakers failed at their first attempt as a body to close the state’s multibillion-dollar shortfall More
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submitted by rodeox 7 months ago, from bloomberg.com
Citigroup Inc., the bank that got $45 billion in U.S. rescue funds, will raise base salaries by as much as 50 percent to help compensate for a reduction in annual bonuses, a person familiar with the plan said. More
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submitted by chiasma 7 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 agabriel 7 months ago, from news.bbc.co.uk
The US government has announced a major reform of banking regulation to prevent future financial crises. The overhaul will require big banks to put more money aside against future losses to curb excessive risk taking. More
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submitted by trippie48 7 months ago, from bloomberg.com
Hundreds of thousands of people marched through Tehran to protest Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s re-election, as the nation’s supreme leader said opposition allegations of vote-rigging should be investigated. More
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submitted by eooties 8 months ago, from washingtonpost.com
The Obama administration pressed ahead yesterday with its plans to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, flying a detainee to New York to face federal trial despite bipartisan opposition in Congress to bringing such prisoners to the United States for trial, resettlement or continued... More
