Obama celebrates Spain and Hispanic music
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President Barack Obama welcomes Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (zah-pah-TEH'-roh) to the White House on Tuesday. The two leaders will have a working lunch. In the evening, the president and first...
CAPITAL CULTURE: In a word, they are Obama's faves
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For all his flourish, President Barack Obama sure falls back on a few familiar phrases. Make no mistake. Change isn't easy. It won't happen overnight. There will be setbacks and false starts. Those who routinely...
US wants bunker-buster fast, denies Iran is reason
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The Pentagon is speeding up delivery of a colossal bomb designed to destroy hidden weapons bunkers buried underground and shielded by 10,000 pounds of reinforced concrete. Call it Plan B for dealing with Iran, which...
Teachers benefit from job-saving stimulus spending
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Teachers appear to have benefited most from the effort to save jobs with the $787 billion recovery package, which sent billions of dollars to states that were on the verge of ordering heavy layoffs in education. The...
A look at the MOP, 'massive ordnance penetrator'
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The "massive ordnance penetrator," or MOP bomb, will be the largest conventional bomb in the U.S. arsenal. It is now undergoing testing and is slated to come on line by mid-2010. The bomb, made by Boeing Co., is...
Official: Taliban better financed than al-Qaida
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The Taliban are in much stronger financial shape than al-Qaida and rely on a wide range of criminal activities to pay for attacks on U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan, a senior Treasury Department official said...
Dems scramble after warning from health insurers
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Insurance companies aren't playing nice any more. Their dire message that health care legislation will drive up premiums for people who already have coverage comes as a warning shot at a crucial point in the debate and...
GOP uses ACORN to fight bank redlining law
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Conservative Republicans are capitalizing on the troubles of community activist group ACORN _ ranging from charges of voter registration fraud to embarrassing videos of its employees _ to revive their long-standing...
Summers: Bush era set stage for economic troubles
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A top White House official issued a robust defense of the Obama administration's recovery policies on Monday with a pointed critique of economic conditions and fiscal policies during the presidency of George W. Bush. ...
Job data to show stimulus aided teachers, laborers
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President Barack Obama's stimulus plan spared tens of thousands of teachers from losing their jobs, state officials said Monday amid a nationwide effort to calculate the effect of Washington's $787 billion recovery...
Obama invites tribal leaders to Nov. WH conference
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President Barack Obama is inviting Native American leaders to a White House conference on Nov. 5. The president says he wants to hear directly from them about how his administration can meet their needs and help make...
Job losses mar recovery, create woes for Dems
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A distressed economy is widely blamed for President George H.W. Bush's re-election defeat in 1992, and a decade earlier, for the loss of 26 House seats in midterm elections by Ronald Reagan's Republicans. Yet in both...
Amtrak ridership down, but still near record high
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Amtrak said Monday its ridership dropped by more than 1 million passengers during the past year, but was still the second-highest year in the railroad's history. Figures released by the nation's intercity rail operator...
Cities lag in preparations for high-stakes census
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With the 2010 census looming, major U.S. cities whose residents are at high risk of being missed are struggling with a shortage of money and manpower to prepare for an accurate count. A study by the Pew Charitable...
Key senator says Afghanistan mission in jeopardy
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Saying the U.S. mission in Afghanistan is in "serious jeopardy," the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee says more troops are needed to combat an increasingly potent Taliban. Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein's...
Clinton says Nobel a recognition of Obama's vision
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she thinks President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize because of "his attitude toward America's role in the world." "His willingness to really kind of...
Clinton to press Russia on Iran, arms control
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton travels to Russia on Monday hoping to win Moscow's backing for a strong stance on Iran's nuclear program and looking for progress on a new arms control pact. American...
Analysis: Vitriol, invective at the speed of light
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Vitriol and invective stain American political history, but falsehoods, half-truths and innuendo now spread with the speed of light across partisan airwaves and the Internet _ the din drowning out the country's moderate...
Job losses mar recovery, create woes for Dems
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A distressed economy is widely blamed for President George H.W. Bush's re-election defeat in 1992, and a decade earlier, for the loss of 26 House seats in midterm elections by Ronald Reagan's Republicans. Yet in both...
Weapons failed US troops during Afghan firefight
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In the chaos of an early morning assault on a remote U.S. outpost in eastern Afghanistan, Staff Sgt. Erich Phillips' M4 carbine quit firing as militant forces surrounded the base. The machine gun he grabbed after...
Climate plan sends air of unease across Rust Belt
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Nestled in Ohio's Amish country, Bill Belden's 124-year-old family owned brick company has thrived on the region's rich red clay and shale, and cheap energy from abundant coal. Which he's convinced that a climate bill...
Obamas attend Episcopal church near White House
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President Barack Obama and his family attended Sunday services at St. John's Church, an Episcopal church on Lafayette Square just across the street from the White House. Obama, first lady Michelle and daughters Sasha...
Key Democrat wants boost in forces in Afghanistan
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The U.S. mission in Afghanistan is in "serious jeopardy" and needs more troops to turn the tide against an increasingly potent Taliban insurgency, the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Sunday, putting her...
Senate GOP leader says he would back troop request
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Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says that if President Obama asks for more troops in Afghanistan to fulfill a request by commanders there, he expects Republicans to support the action. McConnell says the...
Air of unease across Rust Belt from climate plan
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Nestled in Ohio's Amish country, Bill Belden's 124-year-old family owned brick company has thrived on the region's rich red clay and shale, and cheap energy from abundant coal. Which he's convinced that a climate bill...
Obama again pledges to change policy on gays
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President Barack Obama restated his campaign pledge to allow homosexual men and women to serve openly in the military, but many in his audience of gay activists were left wondering when he would make good on the...
Key Democrat urges better strategy for Afghanistan
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A leading Democrat on military matters says a better strategy and a firm resolve to succeed in Afghanistan are more important than an increase in U.S. troops there. The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee,...
McCain says Palin remains strong force in the GOP
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Sen. John McCain says Sarah Palin remains a formidable force in the Republican Party despite widespread criticisms of his 2008 running mate. McCain says he still has great affection for the former Alaska governor. One...
Wait for benefits is 3 years if health care passes
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Sixty years is how long Democrats say they've been pushing for legislation that provides health care access for all Americans. They'll have to wait another three if President Barack Obama gets a bill to sign this year. ...
Frank urges gay activists to lobby for change
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Rep. Barney Frank, an openly gay member of Congress, says he'd rather see gay rights supporters lobbying their elected officials than marching in Washington this weekend, calling the demonstration "a waste of time at...
GOP mocks Obama's peace prize, Russians praise it
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While Russia's president congratulated President Barack Obama for winning the Nobel Peace Prize, Republicans see the award as so outrageous that they're using it to raise campaign money. Obama won the prize "for...
Clinton talks to Mubarak; US envoy busy in Mideast
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U.S. officials are keeping in touch with Mideast leaders in hopes of getting the faltering peace process back on track. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on...
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Band director says one adult killed, several students hurt when bus rolls over in Idaho. ...
Clinton basks in diplomatic victory
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton basked in the glow of praise from her Nobel laureate boss on Saturday after spearheading successful efforts to salvage historic accords between longtime bitter foes Turkey...
Obama: One more push for health care cooperation
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President Barack Obama sees both "unprecedented consensus" from outside Congress on his drive to remake the nation's health care system and obstructionism by some on Capitol Hill. "The historic movement to bring real,...
Congress could thwart bid to view abuse photos
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Congress is set to allow the Pentagon to keep new pictures of foreign detainees abused by their U.S. captors from the public, a move intended to end a legal fight over the photographs' release that has reached the...