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New York Daily News - Thu Nov 26, 4:20 pm ET
President Barack Obama and a top House Republican acknowledged in holiday messages Thursday the economic struggles facing Americans this Thanksgiving but offered starkly different recipes for relief.
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AP via Yahoo! News - 11 minutes ago
Americans' day-to-day lives won't change noticeably if President Barack Obama achieves his newly announced goal of slashing carbon dioxide pollution by one-sixth in the next decade, experts say.
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AP via Yahoo! News - 12 minutes ago
As President Barack Obama prepares to pour up to 35,000 more U.S. troops into Afghanistan, a much smaller contingent of NATO trainers — many of them European — form a crucial part of the strategy to win the war and get foreign troops home.
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AP via Yahoo! News - 31 minutes ago
The Secret Service maintains that President Barack Obama was never in danger at a state dinner after an uninvited Virginia couple got through security, but it wouldn't comment on whether anyone is screened for radiological or biological weapons.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 0 minutes ago
Days before he is expected to order more troops to Afghanistan, President Barack Obama paid tribute to the US military , lamenting families with an empty seat at their Thanksgiving table.
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Politico via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 11:26 pm ET
In his speech to the nation on Tuesday, President Barack Obama must convince supporters who thought they’d voted for an anti-war president to back a plan expected to roughly double the number of troops in Afghanistan from when he took office.
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New York Times - Thu Nov 26, 10:13 pm ET
Her one-hour Christmas special at the White House will include an interview with President Barack Obama, Ms. Winfrey announced on her blog late Wednesday.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 7:39 pm ET
Brazilian diplomats denied Thursday that there is a crisis in relations with the U.S., while acknowledging differences with the government of President Barack Obama on issues such as Iran's nuclear ambitions and relations with post-coup Honduras.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 5:27 pm ET
President Barack Obama enjoyed a quiet first Thanksgiving at the White House, telephoning U.S. servicemen and women stationed around the world and spending time in the company of his family and friends.
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Washington Post - Thu Nov 26, 4:27 pm ET
DENVER -- Thousands of drivers on the nation's roads don't carry auto insurance, despite laws in all but two states requiring it. Critics of President Barack Obama's health overhaul plan ask: What are the chances scofflaws will treat a requirement to carry health insurance any differently?
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AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 4:11 pm ET
President Barack Obama's top aides met frequently with lobbyists and health care industry heavyweights as his administration pieced together a national health care overhaul, according to White House visitor records obtained by The Associated Press.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - 40 minutes ago
Afghan President Hamid Karzai reached out to the Taliban on Friday, part of a call for reconciliation that the palace says will be the main focus of his second term that began last week.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - 42 minutes ago
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday marked the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha with a call on the Taliban and other Islamist insurgents to join peace talks in the war-torn country.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 3:50 pm ET
Senior US officials traveled to China two weeks before President Barack Obama's trip there to pressure Beijing to further isolate Iran, The Washington Post reported Thursday.
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Bloomberg - 47 minutes ago
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Australian leader Kevin Rudd is struggling to force through legislation aimed at reducing carbon emissions, as he flies to Washington for talks with President Barack Obama on global warming.