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Obama's Euro-test: Power of popularity
The Swampby Christi Parsons At the heart of President Obama's approach to foreign policy has been a promise to end the "unilateral" strategies of his predecessor and heal bruised relations with America's allies. But as Obama makes his presidential debut on......Tags: Business Institutions, Politics, George W. Bush, Defense, Treaties
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Pawlenty: Taxes braking the economy
The Swampby Mark Silva Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, filling out his tax returns this weekend, called on Americans today to think about where all their money is going. "The average American has to work from January 1st until this Monday, April......Tags: Regional Authority, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Barack Obama, Family
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Obama names new performance officer
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama today named a business management consultant to serve as the government's first chief performance officer, part of the new president's pledge to gain control over wasteful spending. Jeffrey Zients, a consultant and...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Disasters, Politics, Defense, Barack Obama
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Obama: Investing in 'what works'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, who has embraced $1-trillion-plus federal budget deficts in the short-run as essential to recovery of the economy in the long-run, is attempting to focus public attention on what he plans to do about controlling......Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Politics, State Budgets, Government Debt, Barack Obama
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Deficit worries spook Democrats
The Swampby Janet Hook With voter anger about the federal deficit intensifying in this election year, Democrats in Congress are edging away from one of their long-held articles of faith -- government spending on social programs such as education and relief......Tags: Politics, San Francisco, Barack Obama, Tom Harkin, David R. Obey
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Update on Nassau's New Deal
Spin CycleFDR can rest easy. His legacy does not appear to face a challenge from the ???New Deal for Nassau??? announced two months ago by Diane Yatauro, right, presiding officer of the Nassau County Legislature. ???By cutting the red tape......Tags: Laws, Politics, State Budgets, Public Relations, Long Island
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Obama: Economic plan is working
The Swampby Christi Parsons President Obama this morning urged passage of his proposals to stimulate hiring by small businesses through tax credits and lending incentives, arguing that such measures are partly responsible for economic recovery over the past few...Tags: Disasters, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Emergency Incidents, Barack Obama
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Obama: Healthcare reform now or never
The Swampby Mark Silva at 1:55 pm and updated at 8:20 pm EDT The word from Air Force One, returning today from a West Coast party fundraising event, was that President Barack Obama put out an airborne telephone call to a......Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Death, Health, Birmingham
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Sarah Palin: 'Disappointed, frustrated'
The Swampby Mark Silva Starting, well, now, just about every critical comment that a Republican with national aspirations has about President Barack Obama will be measured for its 2012 potential. So it goes with Sarah Palin, who tells FOX News Channel's......Tags: Politics, Automotive Equipment, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, National Government
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Obama: Medicare savings part of reform
The SwampBy Mark Silva President Barack Obama, calling containment of the cost of healthcare an essential ingredient of his promise to offer healtccare to more Americans, today is proposing an additional $313 billion of savings in Medicare and other programs.........Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Politics, Barack Obama, National Government, American Medical Association
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Will public worker benefits bankrupt us all?
Mayo on the Side: Broward news columnist Michael Mayo | Sun-Sentinel BlogsI wrote more about the budget battle between the Broward Sheriff and county commission for today???s paper, and my central question was this: When will elected leaders start leaning on public-worker unions for givebacks? Given the new economic realities...Tags: United Air Lines, Politics, California, Local Government, Local Elections
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McConnell on Dems: 'Rush and spend'
The Swampby Mark Silva "Millions are without coverage, and millions are worried about losing the care that they have,'' Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell says of healthcare. Republicans have advanced plans "addressing the needs of small businesses without...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, New York, Barack Obama, National Government
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