Obama reduces 2010 pay increases to 2% (USA Today)
President Obama notified Congress on Monday he is reducing pay increases for federal workers from 2.4% to 2%.
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Pentagon worried about Obama’s commitment to Afghanistan (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News)
WASHINGTON ‘” The prospect that U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal may ask for as many as 45,000 additional American troops in Afghanistan is fueling growing tension within President Barack Obama’s administration over the U.S. commitment to the war there.
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Hatoyama Seeks ‘Yukio-Barack’ Rapport as He Plans to Woo China
Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) — When Yukio Hatoyama travels to the U.S. this month as Japan’s new prime minister, he’ll have a chance to tell President Barack Obama just what he envisages in calling for a ‘more equal alliance.’ Hatoyama’s Democratic …
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Ousted Illinois Gov. Blagojevich explains himself, pick for Obama’s …
CHICAGO – Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says in a new book that White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel wanted his help in arranging to leave the Obama administration after two years to reclaim his seat in Congress. Blagojevich writes in “The …
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How Obama Could Win Big on Health Care
Health care reform is in trouble but with adjustments, President Obama could win big. With several bills moving through the House, the elements of his preferred approach are clear. Universal Coverage and Community Ratings’”everyone plays and pays …
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Obama aides see need for more troops in Afghanistan (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Many of President Barack Obama’s top advisers on Afghanistan agree with military commanders that more troops are needed to reverse Taliban gains in the country’s east and south, U.S. officials said on Monday.
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Obama golfs with trade envoy as China case looms (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Facing a September 17 deadline on whether to restrict tire imports from China, President Barack Obama Monday met with U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk over a game of golf.
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Encountering Peace: President Obama: Pro-Israeli, pro-Palestinian, pro …
President Obama’s popularity in Israel is at an all time low for a US president. Only 4% of Israelis believe that the president is pro-Israeli, according to a survey published last week by the Jerusalem Post . President Obama does not face elections …
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Another Kennedy May Head to the Senate
President Barack Obama presents the first pen to Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., after signing the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act at an event at The SEED Public Charter School in this April 2009 file photo, in Washington, D.C. The death of Kennedy …
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Tighter Oversight on Border Laptop Searches
Given all the personal details that people store on digital devices, border searches of laptops and other gadgets can give law enforcement officials far more revealing pictures of travelers than suitcase inspections might yield. That has set off …
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