Obama seeks new partnership with Pakistan
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The Washington Post reports that the White House is seeking to bring Pakistan into a new strategic partnership that would increase trade and military cooperation between the two nations. The newspapers said Monday that...
Obama welcomes Australian prime minister
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The White House says Afghanistan and climate change will top President Barack Obama's agenda when he meets with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Monday's meeting comes a day before Obama delivers a national...
Drug courts successful for few who get in
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In a five-year span, Candice Singer went from being a respected juvenile defense lawyer to a homeless meth addict who once broke into a house just to take a shower. By the time she was arrested, Singer was charged with...
Maine's moderate Republican senators thriving
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Moderate Republicans may be a vanishing breed elsewhere, but Maine Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins are thriving. In a narrowly divided Senate, the two women who are willing to buck their conservative GOP...
White House: Iran isolating itself with nuke plans
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The White House says if Iran really does plan to building 10 new uranium enrichment facilities, then the development would be another instance of flaunting the United Nations. Presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs notes...
Huckabee leaning against another presidential run
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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says he's leaning slightly against running for president in 2012 but says it's far too early to say what he will do. Huckabee says how the 2010 congressional elections turn out will...
Senate report: Bin Laden was 'within our grasp'
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Osama bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of U.S. troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders made the crucial and costly decision not to pursue the terrorist leader with massive force, a...
Biden to Iraq leaders: Settle election law dispute
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Vice President Joe Biden is encouraging Iraq's leaders to resolve differences and agree to legislation allowing a national vote to take place next year. Biden spoke with Iraqi leaders on Saturday. Biden's office says...
Saddam was telling truth in missing Gulf War pilot
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Saddam Hussein was telling the truth, this time. The United States just didn't believe him. So it took the most powerful military in the world 18 years to find the remains of the only U.S. Navy pilot shot down in an...
Dinner crashers shook hands with President Obama
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This time, the picture is the story. After the Secret Service insisted that President Barack Obama was never endangered by a security breach that allowed a reality TV hopeful and her husband to crash his first state...
Big challenge for Obama: retain Hispanic support
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Barack Obama has erased George W. Bush's inroads among Hispanics, with these influential voters consistently giving the president exceptionally strong marks and the White House employing an aggressive strategy to keep...
Military divorces increasing from war stress
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The divorce rate in the armed forces continues to edge higher, despite efforts by the military to help struggling couples. There were an estimated 27,312 divorces among roughly 765,000 married members of the...
Nader noncommittal to Conn. Senate run
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Consumer activist and Connecticut native Ralph Nader said Friday he is "absorbing" the reaction he's receiving about a possible bid for the U.S. Senate, saying he wants to first gauge the level of grassroots support...
White House says uninvited dinner couple met Obama
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A White House official says the Virginia couple who attended a state dinner without an invitation met President Barack Obama in the receiving line. Michaele and Tareq Salahi were admitted into Tuesday's dinner for...
Secret Service: officers didn't verify crashers
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The head of the Secret Service says his agency failed to verify whether a Virginia couple was on the guest list when they crashed a White House state dinner. Director Mark Sullivan said Friday the agency is deeply...
Tis the season: White House Christmas tree arrives
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The White House is open for Christmas. A day after celebrating Thanksgiving, first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha received the official White House Christmas tree: an 18 1/2-foot Douglas fir...
Military divorces edge up again in 9th year of war
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The toll for a nation long at war is evident in military homes: The divorce rate in the armed forces edged up again in the past year despite many programs to help struggling couples, and the rate now is a full...
Obama set to meet with Australian prime minister
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President Barack Obama will meet with the Australian prime minister at the White House on Monday. The White House said in a statement Friday that Obama and Kevin Rudd will discuss a range of issues, including the war...
White House endorses IAEA censure of Iran
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The White House says a vote by the U.N. nuclear watchdog's board to censure Iran over its disputed nuclear program shows the "growing international deficit of confidence" in Iran's intentions. Iran has refused to...
No decisions in high court's horn of plenty
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For the first time under Chief Justice John Roberts, the Supreme Court failed to issue opinions before Thanksgiving in any of the cases that were argued in recent months. The court operates under no deadlines, but...
New climate targets may not change daily life much
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Americans' day-to-day lives won't change noticeably if President Barack Obama achieves his newly announced goal of slashing carbon dioxide pollution by one-sixth in the next decade, experts say. Except for rising...
Obama telephones thanks to 10 US service members
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President Barack Obama enjoyed a quiet first Thanksgiving at the White House, telephoning U.S. servicemen and women stationed around the world and spending time in the company of his family and friends. Obama placed...
Kirk's low-key approach in Senate drawing notice
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Paul Kirk never figured to upstage the legend whose death opened up a Senate seat. Even so, the stylish Massachusetts lawyer and former Democratic Party chairman has taken on such a low profile as Edward M. Kennedy's...
Obamas plan quiet first White House Thanksgiving
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The first family is spending the long holiday weekend in Washington. President Barack Obama has no scheduled events. On Friday, first lady Michelle Obama will accept the Official White House Christmas Tree _ an 18...
Obama's Thanksgiving proclamation
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President Barack Obama's Thanksgiving Day proclamation, as released by the White House: What began as a harvest celebration between European settlers and indigenous communities nearly four centuries ago has become our...
Obama will unveil Afghan troops move at West Point
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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....
Ex-CNN host Lou Dobbs weighs Senate run in NJ
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Former CNN host Lou Dobbs is seriously considering running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey in 2012 as a stepping stone to a possible White House bid _ a congressional matchup that would pit one of illegal immigration's...
Obama's first pardon: A turkey named Courage
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After 10 months in office, President Barack Obama on Wednesday granted his first pardon _ to Courage, a 45-pound turkey spared from the Thanksgiving table. Accompanied by daughters Sasha and Malia, Obama stood under...
US revises statement on land mine policy
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The Obama administration is backtracking on an announcement that it had reviewed its policy allowing military use of land mines and decided to leave it in place. On Tuesday, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said...
Obama family distributes Thanksgiving treats
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The Obama family passed out turkeys, stuffing and other Thanksgiving favorites to people at a food pantry organization. President Barack Obama tucked pumpkin pies into people's bags at Martha's Table in downtown...
Obama's Thanksgiving proclamation
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President Barack Obama's Thanksgiving Day proclamation, as released by the White House: What began as a harvest celebration between European settlers and indigenous communities nearly four centuries ago has become our...
US welcomes Israeli settlement moratorium
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The Obama administration on Wednesday welcomed Israel's decision to temporarily freeze new construction in Jewish settlements in the West Bank as a step toward restarting Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. Secretary of...
India's PM Singh warns Pakistan on terrorism
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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (MAHN'-moh-hahn SING) is issuing a stern warning to Pakistan on the eve of the first anniversary of the Mumbai terrorist attacks. He said Wednesday that Pakistan must punish the...
Lou Dobbs weighs Senate run in New Jersey
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Former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs is seriously considering running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey as "an intermediary step" that could lead to a run for the White House. Dobbs told former Sen. Fred Thompson's radio program on...
Obama to pardon turkey
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President Barack Obama will publicly pardon a turkey in a Rose Garden ceremony Wednesday, honoring a Thanksgiving season tradition that dates to Harry Truman's presidency. Millions of other turkeys won't be so lucky...
Stars, top Dem donors make state dinner guest list
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Celebrities, major Democratic fundraisers and prominent Indian businessmen were among those scoring coveted invitations to President Barack Obama's first state dinner. Most of the names on the 338-person White House...
Evening gowns, saris at Obama's first state dinner
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Traditional evening gowns and vibrantly colored saris mixed with banded-collar dinner jackets and tuxedos at President Barack Obama's first state dinner. There also were turbans and bindis and diamonds aplenty, as...
Despite pact, few blacks at Coast Guard school
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Eight years after the U.S. Coast Guard and the NAACP signed a voluntary agreement to work together to boost the number of African-Americans at its 1,000-cadet service academy, the annual enrollment and graduation...
Obama administration will not sign land mine ban
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The Obama administration has decided not to sign an international convention banning land mines. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said Tuesday that the administration recently completed a review and decided not to...
Obama toasts India as state dinner begins
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President Barack Obama honored India's prime minister with a toast in which he called the United States' relationship with India a "great and growing partnership." Obama opened the state dinner of his presidency with...
List of White House state dinner guests
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The list of expected guests for President Barack Obama's first White House state dinner in honor of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, as provided by the White House. ___ Obama and first lady Michelle Obama Singh...
Ill. Democrats: Keeping Obama Senate seat not easy
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The White House and Illinois Democrats said Tuesday that their bid to hold on to President Barack Obama's old Senate seat won't be easy and their difficulties aren't just because of the scandal that engulfed ousted Gov....
Feds: Phila. plot to buy weapons for Hezbollah
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A grand jury in Philadelphia indicted four men Tuesday for an alleged plot to support the Lebanon-based terror group Hezbollah through illegal schemes, including buying the group more than a thousand machine guns. The...
Obama state dinner guest list touched by Hollywood
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Hollywood A-listers are coming out in force for President Barack Obama's state dinner for India. Actors Alfre Woodard and Blair Underwood were among the hundreds invited to dinner Tuesday night in a tent on the White...
USDA: States struggle to administer food stamps
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With more Americans going hungry than ever before, the Agriculture Department is concerned that dozens of states aren't adequately administering food stamp programs designed to provide food to low-income Americans. ...
Salazar fires back at oil industry 'untruths'
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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar lashed out at the oil and gas industry Tuesday, accusing some industry trade groups of acting like an arm of the Republican Party in criticizing the Obama administration's record on energy...
Eligible people receiving food stamps by state
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Estimated participation rates of citizens eligible for food stamps by state. Missouri _ 100 percent Maine _ 91 percent Michigan _ 89 percent Tennessee _ 87 percent Oregon _ 87 percent West Virginia _ 85 percent ...
Conservative concedes a 2nd time in NY House race
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The Conservative Party candidate conceded a race in upstate New York for a U.S. House of Representatives seat for the second time Tuesday, saying he doesn't have enough votes. Last week, Doug Hoffman withdrew his...
Guest chef raids White House garden for big dinner
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On a damp, chilly Tuesday, guest chef Marcus Samuelsson was still out tromping around the White House garden picking herbs for that evening's state dinner at the White House. Samuelsson, the award-winning chef of...
GOP opens probe into climate science e-mails
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Congressional Republicans are investigating e-mails stolen from a British climate change research center that they say show scientists attempting to suppress data that does not support man-made global warming. Oklahoma...