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Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and billionaire investor Warren Buffett, from different sides of the political spectrum, expressed support on Tuesday for the U.S. government's aggressive steps in 2008 to keep the nation's banks and economy from a complete meltdown.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former President George W. Bush has returned on a Minnesota billboard funded by some people who aren't happy with the way things are going in Washington.
If history and the political lineup are any guides, President Barack Obama's latest effort to cut subsidies for wealthy farmers likely will fare no better than his first try — or his predecessor's attempt.
A billboard with a large grinning picture of former President George W. Bush asks: “Miss Me Yet?”
Minnesota Public Radio news blog, News Cut by Bob Collins, is reporting that a group of "small business owners who feel Washington is against them" is responsible for erecting a giant billboard featuring a picture of George W. Bush and the question: "Miss Me Yet?" over I-35 in Wyoming, Minn.
The government is pushing foreign countries and airlines to deliver personal and criminal information about people planning to fly into the U.S., but the efforts have met with resistance.
The government is pushing foreign countries and airlines to give more information about U.S.-bound fliers, but efforts have met with resistance.
In the week since Dan Coats announced he was preparing to challenge Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh, Democrats have launched a withering, no-holds-barred assault on the former Republican senator, throwing him off-balance and raising questions about whether his prospective candidacy has suffered lasting damage.
John Brennan, the Obama Administration's counterterrorism chief, has helped move Obama closer to Bush policies, but the GOP is attacking from even further to the right
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants to see the United Nations slap sanctions on Iran in "weeks, not months."
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.
Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Henry Paulson, who was paid an $18.7 million cash bonus for his final six months of work on Wall Street in 2006, said bank bailouts he later orchestrated as Treasury secretary should encourage firms to rein in pay.
US President Barack Obama pushed for a "significant regime of sanctions" against Iran unless it accepts international proposals aimed at curbing its nuclear ambitions.
Henry Paulson, former Treasury secretary under President George W. Bush, responding to a question from investment tycoon Warren Buffett, said the U.S. government will be repaid in full for the funds it put into the country's lenders.
President Barack Obama said Tuesday that Iran remains on an "unacceptable" path to nuclear weapons, despite its denials, and that the U.S. and like-minded countries will soon produce a set of punishing sanctions against the Islamic republic.
The United States pressed China, India and other emerging powers to make clearer commitments to fighting climate change, warning that last year's Copenhagen accord risked being "stillborn."
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."
WYOMING, Minn., Feb. 9 (UPI) -- A billboard along an interstate highway in rural Minnesota has a simple message -- a picture of former President George W. Bush and the question "Miss me yet?"
OMAHA, Neb. -- Henry Paulson, the former Treasury chief, and billionaire Warren Buffett said taxpayers will recover every cent paid out to banks during the economic meltdown and may even turn a profit. The staunch Democratic investor and the Treasury secretary under President George W. Bush spoke yesterday before 2...
Democrats have long dominated the late Rep. John Murtha's district in western Pennsylvania, but Republicans have made inroads in recent years that could help them win back the seat — and some longtime Murtha supporters say they're open to voting for a GOP candidate.
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