FBI adds 4 hijackers to wanted terrorists list
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Four men wanted for the 1986 hijacking of a Pan Am plane have been added to the FBI's most wanted terrorist list _ with a $5 million reward for each. The suspects were allegedly part of the Abu Nidal terrorist group...
Health care issues: Preventive measures
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A look at key issues in the health care debate: THE ISSUE: Can preventive health measures not only improve the well-being of Americans, but also reduce the cost of health care? THE POLITICS: President Barack Obama...
Obama to host jobs summit
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President Barack Obama puts the focus on jobs Thursday. After his usual morning briefings, Obama will host what the White House is calling the "Jobs and Economic Growth Forum." He'll deliver opening remarks, then hear...
Obama set to meet with Lebanese president
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President Barack Obama will meet with Lebanon's president at the White House on Dec. 14. The White House said in a statement Wednesday that Obama and Michel Suleiman will discuss a broad range of issues of mutual...
Congress, Obama spar over paying for Afghan plan
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Amid soaring budget deficits, President Barack Obama is running into congressional qualms over how to pay for his troop buildup in Afghanistan. Military strategy aside, the $30 billion cost is causing concern on both...
White House Xmas theme: 'Reflect, rejoice, renew'
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The White House is celebrating Christmas with recycled ornaments, natural materials and, of course, a gingerbread White House. The 390-pound work of culinary art is covered in white chocolate and has a marzipan replica...
Wife appeals for info on missing ex-FBI agent
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The wife of a retired FBI agent missing in Iran for nearly three years is making an impassioned appeal for information about her husband as she prepares for a somber milestone in his disappearance. Thursday marks the...
High court hears Florida beach dispute
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The Supreme Court is weighing whether owners of beachfront homes in Florida must be compensated because a beach-widening project cost them their exclusive access to the Gulf of Mexico. The justices heard argument...
Details of White House Christmas decorations
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Inspiration for the Obamas' first Christmas in the White House came from the house itself. Reflecting on its Georgian style, first lady Michelle Obama chose traditional decorations to reflect the scale, architecture and...
White House: Social secretary will not testify
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The White House says its social secretary will not testify at a congressional hearing into the security lapse that mistakenly allowed a couple into last week's state dinner. Press secretary Robert Gibbs said Wednesday...
Gibbs: Pullout date gives Karzai deadline
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The White House spokesman is saying President Barack Obama set a July 2011 date for the beginning of a U.S. troop withdrawal to make sure the Afghan government knows it has limited time to reform itself and take charge...
AP Source: Iranian charged in smuggling case
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Federal authorities are set to announce charges against an Iranian man accused of plotting to violate the ban against shipping sensitive military technology to Iran. A law enforcement official says Immigration and...
Health care issues: Overutilization of care
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A look at key issues in the nation's health care debate: THE ISSUE: Health care costs in the U.S. are far higher than in other countries without better outcomes, and most experts agree that's partly because of the...
Sec'y Clinton: Obama's Afghan policy right for US
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is calling the Obama administration's newly announced surge-and-exit strategy in Afghanistan "the best way to protect our nation now and in the future." In testimony she...
Joint Chiefs head: War strategy refines US focus
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The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says President Barack Obama's new surge-and-endgame strategy in Afghanistan will help military forces find a better focus for their mission. Adm. Mike Mullen, in remarks...
Gates: US cannot cede Afghanistan to Taliban
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates is telling Congress that a U.S. failure in Afghanistan would mean "a Taliban takeover" of the wartorn South Asian nation. In remarks prepared for a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing...
Biden: Party crashers appeared to know everyone
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Vice President Joe Biden, who posed for photos with the White House party crashers at last week's state dinner, says he didn't know the couple, but had assumed they were invited guests. "I just assumed like everyone...
Obama staying at home after his big Afghan speech
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After his big Afghanistan war speech at West Point, President Barack Obama plans to be largely out of sight Wednesday at the White House. He and Vice President Joe Biden will get their daily briefing this morning in...
FACT CHECK: Obama skims over some Afghan realities
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Can more U.S. troops in Afghanistan really convert Afghans into an effective fighting force? Will allies answer the call to do more? Is Pakistan truly prepared to take on the extremists who pose the greatest threat? ...
Excerpts from e-mails of WH gate crashers
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Excerpts from e-mails exchanged between Tareq and Michaele Salahi and Michele Jones, special assistant to the defense secretary, as part of their effort to obtain an invitation to the Obama administration's first state...
Beachfront property dispute at Supreme Court
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The Supreme Court is wading into a new property rights dispute over who owns the sand the state of Florida dumped onto a stretch of beach to control erosion. The justices are being asked to rule for the first time that...
Key elements of Obama's revamped Afghan strategy
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Key elements of the reworked Afghanistan war strategy announced by President Barack Obama on Tuesday: TROOPS: An additional 30,000 U.S. troops will be sent, beginning almost immediately, raising the U.S. total there...
Reaction to Obama's Afghanistan war plans
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Some reaction to President Barack Obama's plans for the Afghanistan war: ___ "The Afghanistan-Pakistan review led by the president has provided me with a clear military mission and the resources to accomplish our...
Text of President Obama's speech on Afghanistan
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Text of President Barack Obama's speech Tuesday about his plans for the Afghanistan war, as provided by the White House: ____ Good evening. To the United States Corps of Cadets, to the men and women of our armed...
PROMISES, PROMISES: Friday is still WH 'trash day'
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President Barack Obama entered the White House promising a new era of openness in government, but when it comes to bad news, his administration often uses one of the oldest tricks in the public relations playbook:...
AP Source: Crashers told 'no' to state dinner
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An administration official says a senior Pentagon staffer did try to get a Virginia couple access to the White House state dinner, but later told them she couldn't get them in. The official had access to e-mails...
US, Russia urge completion of arms control deal
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The U.S. and Russian presidents are urging their nuclear negotiators to step up efforts to complete a new arms control agreement to replace a Cold War-era pact expiring this week. U.S. National Security Council...
Welcome to the White House: Are you on The List?
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It all starts with an engraved invitation that comes in the mail, conveying the coveted offer to attend a state dinner. By the time guests walk up to the gates of the White House, though, that piece of paper is largely...
Health care issues: Shopping for insurance
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A look at key issues in the nation's health care debate: THE ISSUE: Is there an easier, more transparent way for consumers to shop for health insurance? THE POLITICS: Most Americans under age 65 get insurance coverage...
Timeline of Afghanistan War
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Key events in Afghanistan War: Oct. 7, 2001 _ U.S. and British forces begin airstrikes in Afghanistan after the Taliban refuse to hand over al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, blamed for the 9/11 attacks. Nov. 13, 2001 _...
Justice Dept: Gitmo transfers to France, Hungary
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The Justice Department says it has sent a Guantanamo detainee to France, and another to Hungary. The transfers immediately followed the hand-over of two other detainees to Italy to face trial on terrorism charges. The...
Gibbs: Deployment to Afghan will be accelerated
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A White House spokesman says President Barack Obama is ready to lay out an end-game scenario for U.S. involvement in Afghanistan because "we can't be there forever." Robert Gibbs also told MSNBC that Obama's prime-time...
Salahi denies he and wife were gate-crashers
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A man who made his way uninvited into a White House state dinner is denying that he and his wife are gate-crashers. In his first nationally broadcast interview since the incident, Tareq Salahi (TAH'-rehk sah-LAH'-hee)...
Obama described as 'angry' over security breach
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White House press secretary Robert Gibbs says both President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, were angry that two univited people were able to get into a state dinner at the White House. Interviewed Tuesday on...
Obama to outline Afghan strategy at West Point
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President Barack Obama's day will be dominated by his speech on Afghanistan this evening, but he does have other things on tap. This afternoon he'll meet with Nobel laureates and their families in the Oval Office. ...
Pentagon official corresponded with WH crashers
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A Pentagon official who corresponded with the couple who crashed last week's White House State Dinner says she never told them she could get them into the event. Michele Jones said in a statement Monday that she told...
House panel sets hearing on White House breach
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The Secret Service director and the couple who crashed the Obama administration's first state dinner have been called to testify before Congress on Thursday about the incident. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the top...
US: Honduras' election important but not last step
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The United States on Monday called Honduras' weekend election an important step forward but said more needs to be done to achieve reconciliation after a coup earlier this year threw the country into turmoil. Arturo...
Ensign adds Reid race to reasons for staying on
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Sen. John Ensign said Monday that heeding calls for his resignation would make it harder for Republicans to unseat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid next year. Ensign acknowledged in June having an affair with a former...
Obama holds war council to unveil Afghan plan
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The White House spokesman says President Barack Obama held an unannounced meeting with members of his war council on Afghanistan in the Oval Office Sunday night. Robert Gibbs says Obama used the meeting, that included...
Court won't keep paraplegic killer in prison
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The Supreme Court will not stop a lower court from releasing from prison a man who killed his wife just before Thanksgiving 1991, then shot himself in a failed suicide attempt. The high court refused to hear an appeal...
Court won't hear appeal on airplane crash
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The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from a woman who wants to sue the government because air traffic controllers told the pilot of a homemade airplane to continue flying in a thunderstorm before it fatally crashed. ...
Official: Leaders may join Obama at climate summit
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An administration official says some world leaders may change their schedules so they can attend an upcoming climate conference the same day as President Barack Obama. Obama will attend the Copenhagen summit on Dec. 9...
Court won't revive student's suit over grad speech
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The Supreme Court won't revive a student's lawsuit against a school that punished her for talking about her religion during her high school graduation speech. The high court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from...
Court sides with Gov't in detainee photo case
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The Supreme Court has thrown out an appeals court ruling ordering the disclosure of photographs of detainees being abused by their U.S. captors. In doing so Monday, the high court cited a recent change in federal law...
Court turns down Calif. death row inmate's appeal
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The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a California death row inmate who was convicted in the gruesome murders of four people in 1983. The justices said Monday they would not review an appeals court ruling that...
Health care issues: Using parliamentary maneuvers
10:08
A look at key issues in the health care debate: THE ISSUE: If congressional Republicans continue to oppose Democratic plans to overhaul the nation's health care system, should majority Democrats employ a process called...
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...