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Little action to stop defense cuts, despite warnings
Defense officials and their allies in Congress have done their best to create a sense of crisis about impending budget cuts, but their warnings have failed to produce any visible result. Instead, partisan divisions have hardened over how to avoid the...Tags: Aerospace Manufacturing, U.S. Senate, Fiscal Cliff, Lindsey O. Graham, Justice System
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President Obama doesn't have a 'pastor problem'
It was a sad moment for many Republicans during the 2008 presidential contest when Arizona Sen. John McCain refused to let his staff use the fiery left-wing sermons of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright against Illinois Sen. Barack Obama. Yoking Obama to his...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Andrew Breitbart, Rush Limbaugh, Social Issues, Christianity
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Does Obama have another Rev. Wright problem? Not with Luis Leon
It was a sad moment for many Republicans during the 2008 presidential contest when Arizona Sen. John McCain refused to let his staff use the fiery left-wing sermons of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright against Illinois Sen. Barack Obama. Yoking Obama to his...
Tags: Jeremiah Wright, The Huffington Post, Illegal Immigrants, Politics, Andrew Breitbart
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On guns: Too little, too late
WASHINGTON -- "Don't get squishy because time has passed," President Obama told members of Congress. But they already have. "Now is the time," the president said. But the time was actually three months ago. Obama made an impassioned bid last...
Tags: Harry Reid, U.S. Senate, Personal Weapon Control, Washington, DC, Barack Obama
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President Obama decides not to endorse in L.A. mayoral runoff
WASHINGTON -- President Obama doesn't plan to weigh in on the Los Angeles mayoral race because it pits two Democrats against each other, his spokesman said Tuesday. Obama appreciates the support City Councilman Eric Garcetti has given him over the...Tags: Wendy Greuel, Elections, White House, Eric Garcetti, Washington, DC
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Senate vote: OK $85 billion cuts, avert shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate approved legislation Wednesday to lock in $85 billion in widely decried spending cuts aimed at restraining soaring federal deficits — and to avoid a government shutdown just a week away. President Barack Obama's...
Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Layoffs and Downsizing, U.S. Senate, Tom Coburn, Unemployment
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Our fruitless quest for missile defense
Foreign policy is often a form of theater, with elaborate rituals and pretenses that no one takes too literally. But rarely have the gimmicks of stagecraft been as obvious as in the latest standoff between North Korea and the United States. Lately, even...
Tags: Science, Central Intelligence Agency, Defense, Barack Obama, Times Square
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U.S., Russia split on disputed chemical weapons strike in Syria
BEIRUT -- The United States and Russia stood behind their respective allies Tuesday as each side in the Syrian conflict accused the other of launching a devastating chemical attack outside the northern city of Aleppo. Washington has backed the ouster of...
Tags: Rebellions, Pakistan, U.S. Department of State, Moscow (Russia), Weaponry
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The unmasking of Paul Ryan and his budget
Quick! Somebody tell President Obama. Alert the members of Congress. Shout it out to the media: I have balanced the budget! That's right. Me. Bill Press, talk show host. I did it. I can't balance my own checkbook, but I balanced the federal budget. In...
Tags: Government Health Care, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Barack Obama, Politics, Parties and Movements
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Obama kicks off week of meetings on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON – President Obama’s public push to restore relations with his congressional colleagues entered its second stage – the luncheon phase – Tuesday, when he conferred with Senate Democrats for the first of four midday...
Tags: Paul Ryan, U.S. Senate, White House, U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Benjamin L. Cardin
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North Korea cuts off hotline, says cease-fire annulled
SEOUL — In the latest sign of heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula, Pyongyang cut off a hotline between North and South Korea and said it had torn up the nations' cease-fire accord, signed in 1953, after the U.S. and South Korea kicked off...
Tags: Armed Conflicts, Petroleum Industry, North Korea, United Nations, Politics
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McManus: Following Rove's muddy path
President Obama owes Karl Rove a thank-you note. During last year's election campaign, Rove and other Republicans showed how federal tax law could be stretched to turn a political committee into a "social welfare" organization. These nonprofit...
Tags: Advertising, Finance, Personal Weapon Control, Economy, Business and Finance, Barack Obama
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