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Courier-Post - 1 minute ago
President Barack Obama will accept the world's best-known peace award by explaining what it means to wage war, an incongruity that has weighed on him and that he will take on directly when he receives the Nobel Peace Prize, White House officials say.
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The Huffington Post - 1 minute ago
What's Your Reaction? ATLANTA — Jimmy Carter's grandson is following the former president into politics with a run for the Georgia state Senate. Democrat Jason Carter says he will run for an Atlanta-area seat that's being vacated by President Barack Obama's nominee to be ambassador to Singapore.
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WCCO Minneapolis - St. Paul - 1 minute ago
President Barack Obama is welcoming a Senate Democratic compromise on a government-run insurance, saying it clears the way for passage of an historic bill. Obama said Wednesday the Senate made critical progress on a "creative framework" that he believes will pave the way for the legislation. Senate moderates and liberals hammmered out a plan that includes nonprofit national health plans ...
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Navy Times - 2 minutes ago
WASHINGTON — Progress against the insurgency in Afghanistan probably will be slower than during the buildup of U.S. forces in Iraq two years ago, and the war will be “harder before it gets easier,” a top U.S. general said Wednesday.
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Bay News 9 Tampa Bay - 2 minutes ago
Obama, pushing ahead on economy, still hopes for bipartisan support on jobs, business growth
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Bloomberg - 2 minutes ago
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- General David Petraeus , the top U.S. commander in the Middle East and Central Asia, struck a note of caution on the war in Afghanistan, saying making headway against the insurgency probably will take longer than in Iraq.
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Bloomberg - 2 minutes ago
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Municipal bond issuance is projected to rise by 7.9 percent in 2010 as state and local government general-purpose funding predominates in the $2.8 trillion market, according to a survey of municipal underwrites and dealers.
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The Politico - 4 minutes ago
House GOP bring letter to Obama expressing concerns about stimulus and trip to Copenhagen.
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Braintree Forum - 5 minutes ago
State Attorney General Martha Coakley won the Dec. 8 Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate seat the late Edward Kennedy held for 47 years, dramatically outdistancing a four-way field with nearly half the vote in a low-turnout contest and heading into a Jan. 19 special election with Republican state Sen. Scott Brown. Coakley captured 47 percent of the statewide vote, with 98 percent of precincts ...
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Channel 8 San Diego - 5 minutes ago
The top U.S. environmental official told a divided U.N. climate conference Wednesday that the Obama administration's moves to "make up for lost time" and cut greenhouse gases would complement congressional action and wasn't intended to bypass recalcitrant lawmakers.
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New York Times - 5 minutes ago
Japan’s prime minister said Wednesday that he wants to present concrete proposals to President Barack Obama next week in hopes of ending a growing rift over an American military air base in Okinawa.
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The Daily Reflector - 6 minutes ago
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is welcoming a Senate Democratic compromise on a government-run insurance, saying it clears the way for passage of an historic bill.
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AP via Yahoo! Finance - 9 minutes ago
A long-running effort to allow the import of lower-cost prescription drugs faces a new twist -- President Barack Obama's administration is raising safety concerns that could effectively scuttle it, even though Obama backed the plan as a senator.
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Carson Times - 9 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — After agreeing tentatively to jettison a key liberal priority — a full-blown government-run insurance option — Senate Democrats woke up Wednesday to some positive signs for the fragile coalition backing President Barack Obama’s health care bill.
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Boston Globe - 10 minutes ago
Christmas at the White House isn't for sissies. Take quantities that might work in a private home -- guests, cookies, parties, cards, whatever -- and add some extra zeros to get a feel for a White House-sized holiday season.