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President Barack Obama's top aides promised on Wednesday "robust" negotiations toward a global climate change deal this month, but firmly stated the United States does not owe the world "reparations" for centuries of carbon pollution.
POST CARBON | Agency lists measures ranging from stricter fuel economy standards to promotion of renewable offshore energy projects.
President Barack Obama is sticking to the U.S. refusal to negotiate monitoring of biological weapons, the top U.S. arms official said Wednesday.
Cleaning up the way Washington works and providing a transparent, open government was one of President Obama's key pledges upon taking office.
The debate over what students should learn (and how) delays the reauthorization of the education law.
Pastry chefs at the White House traditionally start their holiday planning as early as October before the 100-hour workweeks begin.
Barack Obama delivers the traditional Nobel Peace Prize lecture in Oslo on Thursday, the fourth U.S. president to be given the honor.
December 9, 2009
A look at the four U.S. presidents who have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
President Borrows Strategies from Democratic, Republican Predecessors to Fight Recession
Today is Wednesday, Dec. 9, the 343rd day of 2009. There are 22 days left in the year.
While most of the 2012 GOP presidential buzz is focused on a group of former and soon-to-be former governors, Sen. John Thune is increasingly being viewed as the Capitol's most likely White House contender.
Keeping up with a perennial Loop Favorite . . . Alberto "Fredo" Gonzales , the former attorney general, is now contentedly ensconced in his poli-sci teaching gig at Texas Tech in Lubbock. Gonzales is one of about 20 people -- including former U.N. nuke inspector in chief Mohamed ElBaradei , Yao Ming...
SEOUL -- President Obama's special envoy to North Korea traveled Tuesday to Pyongyang to find out whether the North Koreans, after a long bout of provocative behavior, are willing to return to international talks aimed at dismantling their nuclear weapons.
The Obama administration is trying to get the "emergency" out of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Many U.S. businesses are waiting for a “clear signal” on clean-energy policies that would put a price on carbon-dioxide pollution, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson said today.
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