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Bush family emails hacked; 'can happen to anyone,' experts say
HOUSTON -- Members of the Bush family, including both former presidents, have apparently been hacked, and the Secret Service is investigating. The revelation came after Bush family photos and excerpts of email exchanges were posted online Thursday by...Tags: U.S. Presidential Election (2008), Barbara Bush, AOL LLC, Los Angeles Times, George W. Bush
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The presidential power trap
As Barack Obama prepares to be sworn in for the second time as president of the United States, he faces the stark reality that little of what he hopes to accomplish in a second term will likely come to pass. Mr. Obama occupies an office that many assume...Tags: Interior Policy, Tea Party Movement, Democratic Party, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon
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Babbitt says public lands conservation lagging under Obama
Saying that President Obama is lagging behind even some of his Republican predecessors in protecting public lands, former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt is urging the administration to put more federal land off limits to energy and other resource...
Tags: Conservation, Petroleum Industry, Energy Resources, Environmental Issues, U.S. Department of the Interior
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Inauguration 2013: Obama addresses gays, compromise, climate change
WASHINGTON – After Barack Obama publicly took the oath of office for his second term on Monday, he strongly defended the ideology of his party as he urged Americans to accept compromise as a path toward solving the nation’s problems. “...Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Personal Weapon Control, Conservation, Global Change
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Chuck Hagel a petty decision by Obama
It's official. President Barack Obama has named former Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., as his nominee for secretary of defense. Hence, we may be in store for the worst defense secretary nomination fight since George H.W. Bush's failed appointment of Sen. John...
Tags: Susan Rice, Politics, Barack Obama, The New York Times, Chuck Hagel
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Cliff jumping with Obama
— Why are Republicans playing the Democrats' game that the "fiscal cliff" is all about taxation? House Speaker John Boehner already made the preemptive concession of agreeing to raise revenues. But the insistence on doing so by eliminating...
Tags: Democratic Party, George W. Bush, Politics, Social Security, Barack Obama
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Bronzeville among city sites seeking Obama library
The site where Michael Reese Hospital once stood isn't much to look at, just a 37-acre swath of overgrown land in Bronzeville, behind a shoddy chain-link fence. Developers are itching to build a casino or perhaps a sports entertainment complex on the...
Tags: Children's Memorial Hospital, Lyndon B. Johnson, Willie Dixon, Science and Technology, Michigan Avenue
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Obama replants goal posts in America's midfield
Obama Replants Goal Posts in America's Midfield: In the summer of 2011, when the "Grand Bargain" on deficit reduction failed, U.S. House Speaker John Boehner accused President Barack Obama of "moving the goal posts" -- shifting his demands to the left....Tags: Elections, Parties and Movements, Politics, Social Security, Barack Obama
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Letters: Waiting on Iran
Re "On Iran, there's time," Opinion, Feb. 14 Ray Takeyh counsels the United States and its allies to apply patience as nuclear talks with Iran resume later this month. He contends that "time works best for the United States," while a "take it or leave...
Tags: POLITICO LLC, U.S. Department of State, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, North Korea, Iran
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'What It Takes': A true political classic
One of the many bits of conventional wisdom about politicians is that they're all scoundrels in one way or another. This is especially true of those who run for president. Maybe they don't steal or lie or cheat on their spouse (although plenty do)....
Tags: Entertainment Events, Chicago Tribune, U.S. Army, Politics, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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Obama to visit South Florida for work-free weekend
After days of jetting around the country to sell his State of the Union proposals, President Barack Obama is following the path set by previous presidents — coming to South Florida for some R&R. The White House has been mum about details, the...
Tags: John F. Kennedy, Palm Beach County, Barack Obama, State of the Union Address, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Hagel nomination for Defense secretary hits more roadblocks
WASHINGTON – Efforts to confirm Chuck Hagel as the nation’s new secretary of Defense hit another roadblock Thursday, with Senate leaders saying a vote to move forward with his nomination could be delayed in the face of a “full-scale...
Tags: Politics, Chuck Hagel, John McCain, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Senate
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