US to send envoy to NKorea for nuclear talks
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The Obama administration has decided, after months of deliberation, to accept an offer by North Korea to send a special envoy to Pyongyang for direct talks on nuclear issues, two administration officials said Monday. ...
AP sources: Bill Clinton to speak to Dem senators
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Former President Bill Clinton plans to visit Capitol Hill on Tuesday to discuss health care legislation with Senate Democrats. Officials says the former president is scheduled to speak during the Democrats' weekly...
Radical imam praises alleged Fort Hood shooter
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A radical American imam on Yemen's most wanted militant list who had contact with two 9/11 hijackers praised alleged Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan as a hero on his personal Web site Monday. The posting on...
Radical imam praises alleged Fort Hood shooter
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A radical American imam on Yemen's most wanted militant list who had contact with two 9/11 hijackers praised alleged Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan as a hero on his personal Web site Monday. The posting on...
Obama encourages federal hiring of veterans
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The White House launched an effort Monday that it says will turn the government into a model employer of military veterans and possibly provide encouragement for private employers to do the same. President Barack Obama...
Conn. governor decides not to seek another term
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Gov. M. Jodi Rell will not run for re-election next year, saying Monday that she plans to dedicate her last 14 months in office to solving Connecticut's ever-darkening economic problems. "It's time," Rell said, her...
Obama willing to go to Copenhagen for climate deal
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President Barack Obama said Monday that he'd be willing to attend an international climate summit in Copenhagen next month if it appears a deal is in the offing and his presence there would help clinch it. Nations are...
Senate tips Richmond appeals court to Democrats
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The Senate gave President Barack Obama a major victory Monday in his efforts to remake the federal courts, confirming a judge who will tip the political balance on the once-conservative appeals court based in Richmond. ...
Strings attached to stimulus dollars for schools
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The Obama administration is ready to hand out more stimulus dollars for schools, but this time, strings are attached. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said another $11.5 billion is available to states, which have...
High court looks at life sentences for juveniles
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A seemingly divided Supreme Court wrestled Monday with whether teenagers can be locked away forever for their crimes. The question arose in two cases involving Florida men who are serving life prison terms with no...
Abortion foe seeks curbs in Senate health bill
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Abortion opponents in the Senate want tough restrictions in the health care overhaul bill, similar to the limits passed by the House this past weekend. The issue could roil an already shaky Democratic effort to pass a...
White House: 3 Americans held in Iran are innocent
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The White House is calling for the release of three Americans being held in Iran on accusations of espionage. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Monday that the three were hiking near the border with Iraq...
Health care issues: Tax increases for overhaul
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A look at key issues in the health care debate: THE ISSUE: What taxes will increase if Congress overhauls health care? THE POLITICS: All of the health care packages are expensive _ the House bill is projected to cost...
Terror training camps smaller, harder to target
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Under growing pressure from U.S. missile strikes, the al-Qaida terror network is relying more heavily on local insurgent groups along the Pakistan border to house training camps that are growing smaller and more mobile,...
Obama to sign vet jobs order, meet with Netanyahu
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President Barack Obama plans to make the federal government the model employer of America's veterans. Obama is to sign an executive order Monday evening to establish a Council on Veterans Employment and a Veterans...
Obama will meet Netanyahu at White House
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The White House announced Sunday that President Barack Obama would be meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu during the Israeli prime minister's trip to Washington to address Jewish groups, ending days of uncertainty. ...
Obama calls new election law a milestone for Iraq
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President Barack Obama hailed the Iraqi parliament's passage Sunday of a much-delayed election law, declaring it a milestone as the Iraqi people take charge of their future. In a Rose Garden statement, Obama said the...
GOP officials say Dems put agenda ahead of country
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Democrats just don't get the election message from voters and are pushing a liberal, big government agenda at their party's peril, Republican officials said Sunday as they predicted a political price after the...
Casey: Shootings leading to a hard look at Army
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The Army's chief of staff says the Army is taking a hard look at itself to make certain that something like the Fort Hood rampage doesn't happen again. The shootings left 13 dead and 29 wounded. The alleged gunman,...
Senator: Senate will investigate Army shootings
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The chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee says he plans to begin a congressional investigation of the shootings at Fort Hood. An Army major, Nidal Malik Hasan (nih-DAHL' mah-LEEK' hah-SAHN'), is suspected...
Casey says war in Afghanistan needs more US troops
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The Army's chief of staff says he believes more troops are needed in Afghanistan. But Gen. George Casey isn't saying exactly how many more should be sent into the war. Casey says more troops would help cut into the...
Army chief: Avoid speculation about Hasan's faith
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The Army chief of staff says it's important for the country not to get caught up in speculation about the Muslim faith of the alleged Fort Hood gunman. Gen. George Casey says he's instructed his commanders to be on the...
High court to look at life in prison for juveniles
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Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the attack. Terrance Graham, implicated in armed robberies when he was 16 and 17, was given a...
2010 elections: Democratic fears, Republican hopes
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Oh, how the tables have turned. Nervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections. It was just three years ago that the GOP lost the House and...
House Roll Call: How they voted on abortion issue
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The 240-194 roll call Saturday by which the House voted to prohibit federal funding of abortions in a Democratic-written health care bill. A "yes" vote is a vote to prohibit federal funding of abortions. Voting yes...
House Roll Call: Health care
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The 220-215 roll call Saturday by which the House passed a Democratic-written health care bill. A "yes" vote is a vote to pass the bill. Voting yes were 219 Democrats and 1 Republican. Voting no were 39 Democrats and...
Iran, North Korea top Clinton's overseas agenda
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Nuclear impasses with Iran and North Korea are the dominant issues for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on her trip to Europe and Asia, which begins with a stopover in Germany to commemorate the 20th...
Key details of Democrats' health overhaul bill
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The House health care bill passed Saturday would: _Require most Americans to purchase health insurance or pay a fine. _Expand health care coverage to 36 million more people over the next decade. _Require employers...
House passes resolution honoring Fort Hood victims
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The House has passed a resolution honoring the victims of the attack at Fort Hood, Texas. House members passed the resolution 428-0 late Saturday, just minutes after passing the Democrats' health care overhaul bill. ...
House kills Republican health overhaul bill
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The House has used a near party line vote to reject a Republican health overhaul bill. Shortly before beginning its vote on a Democratic plan, the chamber voted 258-176 against a GOP version that would have lowered...
Obama to attend memorial for Fort Hood victims
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President Barack Obama will attend a memorial service Tuesday honoring victims of the Ford Hood shootings, an attack he described as "all the more heartbreaking and all the more despicable" because it occurred on the...
Obama prods House to pass health care bill
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President Barack Obama says now is the time for Congress to "answer the call of history" and approve legislation revamping the country's health care system. After meeting for nearly an hour with House Democrats, Obama...
Shortage of military therapists creates strain
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Amputations. Combat stress. Divorce. Suicide. For troubled service members, military therapists are at their sides. But with the U.S. fighting two wars, an acute shortage of trained personnel has left these therapists...
Obama arrival in Tokyo delayed by a day
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President Barack Obama is attending a memorial service at Fort Hood on Tuesday and now won't get to his planned first stop in Asia next week until one day later than expected. The president was to leave Washington on...
Obama statement on health care legislation
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Text of President Barack Obama's remarks Saturday at the White House on health care legislation: Good afternoon, everybody. I just want to say a few words about the landmark vote that the House of Representatives is...
Rep. Dingell takes gavel as House debates health
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Democrats gave the gavel Saturday to the longest-serving House member ever as the chamber began debating legislation overhauling the country's health care system. Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., was given the honor of...
Health bill clears first hurdle in House
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President Barack Obama's health care initiative has cleared its first big hurdle in the House, with lawmakers voting to advance the debate. The House voted 242-192 in favor of a must-pass procedural measure setting the...
House opens debate on historic health bill
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The House has opened debate on President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul that would extend insurance to tens of millions of Americans and enact dramatic changes to the country's medical system. In the...
Obama to speak to House Dems as health vote nears
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President Barack Obama is heading to Capitol Hill for talks with House Democrats as they scramble to find enough votes to pass landmark legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system. The president will speak...
Details emerge about Fort Hood suspect's history
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He was by turns caring and contentious, a man quick to say "I am blessed" in casual greeting yet one who seemed to stew in discontent that he could not always keep to himself. Army psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hasan,...
AP Sources: Rampage gun purchased legally
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A 5.7-millimeter pistol used in the Fort Hood shooting was purchased legally by suspect Nidal Hasan at a Texas gun shop, law enforcement officials said Friday. Army Col. John Rossi, deputy commander at Fort Hood,...
Revolutionary War hero becomes honorary US citizen
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Finally, Gen. Casimir Pulaski became an American citizen on Friday, 230 years after the Polish nobleman died fighting for the as yet-unborn United States. President Barack Obama signed a joint resolution of the Senate...
Lawmakers' briefing causes confusion on wounded
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A pair of military briefings to members of Congress about the Fort Hood rampage resulted in confusion and conflicting information late Friday on the number of wounded. Two congressmen and a senator said they had been...
Obama says don't jump to conclusions on shooting
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President Barack Obama said Friday the entire nation is grieving for those slain at Fort Hood, and he urged people not to jump to conclusions while law enforcement officers investigate the shootings. Obama met Friday...
Classmate: Hasan said terror fight a war on Islam
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A classmate of the Fort Hood shooting suspect says Maj. Nidal Hasan was an outspoken opponent of the U.S. war on terror and called it a "war against Islam." Dr. Val Finnell was a classmate of Hasan's at the Uniformed...
Obama visits wounded US soldiers at Walter Reed
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President Barack Obama spent nearly two hours visiting wounded U.S. soldiers Friday afternoon. The president met with 19 soldiers being treated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, as well as the families of three...
USDA says it wants to resolve Indian farmer claim
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The Obama administration intends to seek resolution to a lawsuit filed by American Indian farmers who alleged discrimination in the granting of federal agricultural loans over three decades. The lawsuit, filed in 1999,...
Suspect's cousin talks to FBI, mortified by attack
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The cousin of the suspected Fort Hood shooter says family members have met with the FBI and answered all their questions. Nader Hasan of northern Virginia says his family will continue to cooperate with law...
House votes to strengthen chem plant security
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The House approved legislation Friday aimed at making chemical and water treatment facilities less vulnerable to terrorist attack. The three-part legislation would give federal agencies greater power to require...
Frank takes dig at colleague in health care debate
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Democratic Rep. Barney Frank took a dig Friday at the Republican lawmaker who organized a protest by conservatives against health care legislation. Frank, a Massachusetts liberal, told an audience: "Some of the people...