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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.
Republican former governor Sarah Palin's memoir "Going Rogue" shot to the top of the US bestseller list in its first week after publication, industry figures showed Wednesday.
If President Barack Obama orders tens of thousands more US troops to Afghanistan next Tuesday as expected there will be an enormous cost both in terms of soldiers' lives and money.
President Barack Obama will head to next month's Copenhagen climate summit to offer the first US plan to cut carbon emissions, officials said Wednesday, reviving hopes the closely watched meeting will succeed.
China will seek binding pollution targets for developed countries and reject similar requirements for itself at an international climate summit next month, China's top climate envoy said Wednesday.
Analysis | Handling of the Afghanistan conundrum has been a spectacle of deliberation unlike anything seen in recent memory.
INSIDE WASHINGTON: Lobbyists, health care heavyweights visited White House early and often
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday he was assured that U.S. influence on Pakistan would help prod Islamabad to crack down on militants who target India.
When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met in Washington this week with President Barack Obama, the White House lavished attention on the unassuming, bookish Indian leader. There was a state dinner. There were movie stars. There was a chandelier-filled tent packed with powerful Americans chatting up powerful Indians. There was talk that the two nations had forged "one of the defining relationships ...
Woe is me: If you want to be all things to all people, remember that many are called but few are chosen.
Britain was told days before invading Iraq that its weapons of mass destruction may have been unusable, a top official told a public inquiry Wednesday, adding the overall intelligence picture was patchy.
Visitor records show top aides met with health care heavyweights while piecing together overhaul of system • 'Cruel' Tax on Health Care? | FULL COVERAGE • Pelosi Says Jobs Bill Worth Inflating Deficit • Weekly Jobless Claims Drop to 466K, Lowest in Year
Kay Bailey Hutchison said Wednesday that she made a mistake by supporting the initial $700 billion bailout of the nation's financial industry and would change her vote if she had the chance.
The White House said President Obama had completed his consultations and would formally announce his decision in a national address in the next week.
President Obama toasted a growing U.S. friendship with India at the first state dinner of his administration Tuesday, an evening of regal pageantry and symbolic politics in a tent on the White House South Lawn.
A former condominium owner who accused Southern Methodist University of forcing him from his home to make way for George W. Bush’s presidential library has reached a settlement with the university.
President Will Announce Plans to Send More Troops Despite War-Weary Public; Exit Strategy Will Be Emphasized
WASHINGTON -- 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 Wednesday
A speech by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at Beth El Synagogue brought out people with a wide variety of political views, both inside and outside the facility.
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison said Tuesday that if elected governor, her education plan would focus on bringing more technology to the classroom, recruiting and retaining teachers, lowering the high school dropout rate and helping school districts find ways to save money.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to announce a redrawn battle plan for Afghanistan, including what the military says could be a roughly 50 percent increase in U.S. forces, in a national address Tuesday night from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in Orange County.
