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Obama warns of swift sanctions against Iran

AFP - 44 minutes ago

US President Barack Obama pushed for a "significant regime of sanctions" against Iran unless it accepts international proposals aimed at curbing its nuclear ambitions.

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US denies defense crisis with Russia
AFP via Yahoo! News - 11 minutes ago
President Barack Obama's administration denied a row over the US anti-missile shield was slowing a landmark nuclear treaty with Moscow, after days of sharp Russian criticism of NATO.
Obama would OK health bill minus items he pursued
AP via Yahoo! News - 25 minutes ago
Signaling he'd meet critics part way on health care, President Barack Obama said Tuesday he's willing to sign a bill even if it doesn't deliver everything he pursued through a year of grinding effort at risk of going down as a dismal failure.
Obama warns of swift sanctions against Iran
AFP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 13 minutes ago
US President Barack Obama pushed for a "significant regime of sanctions" against Iran unless it accepts international proposals aimed at curbing its nuclear ambitions.
White House rings with sound of emancipation, protest
AFP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 29 minutes ago
The stately East Room of the White House rang with the sound of 1960s protest Tuesday, as President Barack Obama hosted an evening of the music which formed a soundtrack to the civil rights movement.
Anthem asked to justify rate hike in California
AP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 23 minutes ago
In his push to move stalled health care reform, President Barack Obama is appealing to American pocketbooks by calling one health insurer's major rate hike in California a harbinger of rising premiums.
Obama says music fueled civil rights movement
AP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 48 minutes ago
Crediting civil rights-era protest songs and their spiritual predecessors for his election, President Barack Obama on Tuesday sat in the East Room of his White House and listened to an all-star lineup of performers pay tribute to the music that he said fueled freedom marches and civil disobedience.
Iran boosts nuclear enrichment, drawing warnings
AP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 50 minutes ago
Iranian nuclear technicians set dozens of centrifuges spinning Tuesday to begin enriching uranium stocks to a significantly higher level, prompting President Barack Obama to warn of a "significant regime of sanctions."
Former Va. governor urges DNC chairman's firing
AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Feb 9, 8:30 pm ET
Democratic former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder is urging President Barack Obama to fire Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine, another former Virginia governor.
Despite all the nice talk, partisanship reigns
AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Feb 9, 7:09 pm ET
Partisanship is reaching new heights in Washington, even as President Barack Obama makes almost daily pleas to get along. He's scheduled a bipartisan health care summit, and just Tuesday he hosted GOP leaders at the White House for the first time in two months.
Obama, Republicans find common ground on jobs
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue Feb 9, 7:01 pm ET
President Barack Obama found common ground with Republicans on Tuesday over his top priorities of job creation and deficit reduction but drew a rebuke on healthcare reform.
Senate vote shows new hurdles for Democrats' union base
McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News - Tue Feb 9, 6:56 pm ET
WASHINGTON — The Senate Tuesday failed to advance President Barack Obama's nomination of a union lawyer to the National Labor Relations Board, as the debate and vote became a test of union clout in Congress.
Obama speaks hopefully of movement on jobs bill
AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Feb 9, 6:49 pm ET
President Barack Obama says he doesn't think it's necessary to get an ideal jobs package out of Congress, but that passing something quickly could build momentum toward greater achievements.
Republicans flex new power, block Obama nominee
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue Feb 9, 6:46 pm ET
Senate Republicans flexed their new political muscle on Tuesday and blocked President Barack Obama's nomination of a union lawyer to help referee labor disputes.
GOP blocks Obama labor board nominee
AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Feb 9, 6:36 pm ET
Senate Democrats on Tuesday failed to push through President Barack Obama's choice of a union lawyer to serve on the National Labor Relations Board after two of their own joined Republicans to block the nomination.
When Washington freezes over: Work with me, Obama asks GOP
McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News - Tue Feb 9, 6:26 pm ET
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama urged Republicans Tuesday to work with him and Democratic lawmakers on ways to create jobs, saying that it's critical to agree on something even if neither side gets all it wants.