Obama assails budget plan’s critics
One day after announcing that U.S. combat troops would leave Iraq in 18 months, the president’s weekly address was his first major response to budget criticisms. He portrayed critics as fat cats and power brokers who have enriched themselves at the …
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Obama assails budget plan’s critics
One day after announcing that U.S. combat troops would leave Iraq in 18 months, the president’s weekly address was his first major response to budget criticisms. He portrayed critics as fat cats and power brokers who have enriched themselves at the …
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Some cases where Obama’s policies are like Bush’s
The Obama administration sided with Bush in trying to kill a lawsuit that seeks to recover what could be millions of missing White House e-mails from the Bush years, reasoning that plenty had already been spent and done to recover the messages …
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Pro/con: Obama’s health plan stifles competition
President Obama’s speech to Congress on Tuesday made it clear that he sees a much larger role for government in our $2.2 trillion health sector. It reaffirms his campaign and legislative proposals that pushed initiatives that expand existing …
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Obama challenges lobbyists to legislative duel
WASHINGTON : President Barack Obama vowed to fight America’s powerful interest groups as he seeks to push through Congress a budget plan so breathtaking in its scope and ambition that it could help reshape American society. While tackling the …
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Report: Obama Taps Gov Sebelius For Health Secretary
***UPDATE 2/28 5:50PM*** Politico reports that President Obama has asked Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius to be Health and Human Services Secretary for his administration. She has accepted. Obama is expected to announce the nomination on Monday …
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Obama Heard Commanders in Iraq Choice
WASHINGTON (Feb. 28) ‘” WASHINGTON (AP) ‘” President Barack Obama leaned heavily toward field commanders’ preferences in setting a time frame for an Iraq pullout as he weighed the fervent desires of anti-war supporters who propelled him into office …
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British PM hopes for economic pact in Obama talks
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Saturday he will try to forge a global pact to buck the global economic downturn during talks with U.S. President Barack Obama next week. Brown travels to Washington for a meeting with Obama at the White House …
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British PM hopes for economic pact in Obama talks
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Saturday he will try to forge a global pact to buck the global economic downturn during talks with U.S. President Barack Obama next week. Brown travels to Washington for a meeting with Obama at the White House …
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Oil, banking sector lobbyists working against my budget: Obama
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has apprehended that passing of his annual budget in the Congress “won’t be easy” as ‘interests groups’ from insurance, banking and oil sectors may try to scuttle its smooth passage, as his pro-people provisions …
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