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Obama Seeks to Improve Food Safety
President Obama announced new leadership and other changes today aimed at improving the safety of the U.S. food supply, declaring that shortcomings during the Bush administration created a "hazard to public health" that is "unacceptable."
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| March 14, 2009; 6:00 AM ET |
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Obama Calls Leaders of Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and the Philippines
By Scott Wilson President Obama phoned the leaders of Saudi Arabia, the Philippines, and Indonesia...
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| March 13, 2009; 7:04 PM ET |
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Obama Rounds Out Staffs at Agencies
By Scott Wilson President Obama announced Friday that he would nominate Tom Perez, a former...
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| March 13, 2009; 6:53 PM ET |
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Gibbs on Stewart's Cramer Interview: 'I Enjoyed It Thoroughly'
By Scott Wilson White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs waded Friday into the cable-television debate...
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| March 13, 2009; 6:49 PM ET |
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Ginsburg: Court Opening Coming 'Soon'
By Robert Barnes Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told law students in Boston Friday that there...
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| March 13, 2009; 5:03 PM ET |
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Holdren and Lubchenco Headed for Confirmation
Two of Obama's top scientific advisers are a step closer to getting to work, now that the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation has unanimously confirmed their nominations.
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| March 13, 2009; 12:20 PM ET |
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Obama: 'I Love the South'
By Ed O'Keefe Experience and professional qualifications trump regional considerations in the selection of Cabinet...
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| March 13, 2009; 12:09 PM ET |
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What's Not Happening Today
By Ben Pershing So much time and energy in Washington is expended trying to guess...
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| March 13, 2009; 8:15 AM ET |
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POTUS Events
President Obama receives his daily briefings between 9:30 a.m. and 9:50 a.m. At noon,...
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| March 13, 2009; 7:01 AM ET |
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Urban Policy Chief Says He's Proud of Record
By Robin Shulman NEW YORK -- Adolfo Carrión Jr., the new director of the White...
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| March 12, 2009; 8:21 PM ET |
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Obama Considering Guard Troops on Texas-Mexico Border
By Spencer S. Hsu President Obama is reviewing a request from Texas Gov. Rick Perry...
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| March 12, 2009; 7:10 PM ET |
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Michelle Obama Shines Her Spotlight on Military Families
By DeNeen L. Brown Supporting military families, she has said, is an issue "close to...
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| March 12, 2009; 4:27 PM ET |
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Biden Hosts White House Stimulus Conference
By Scott Wilson Vice President Biden hosted officials from every state but Idaho for a...
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| March 12, 2009; 12:42 PM ET |
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D.C. Official Arrested in Federal Bribery Sting
By Del Quentin Wilber An official in the D.C. government's office of the chief technology...
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| March 12, 2009; 11:43 AM ET |
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How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
By Ben Pershing You can't please everyone, particularly in politics, but it's also not easy...
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| March 12, 2009; 8:25 AM ET |
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POTUS Events: Getting Down to Business
President Obama entering the Eisenhower Executive Office building yesterday. (Bill O'Leary, The Washington Post) By...
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| March 12, 2009; 7:40 AM ET |
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At the State Department, Sisterhood
By DeNeen L. Brown In their first public appearance together since the inauguration, first lady...
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| March 11, 2009; 10:59 PM ET |
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Microsoft Executive Tapped For Top DHS Cyber Post
Phil Reitinger, currently "chief trustworthy infrastructure strategist" at Microsoft, will become deputy undersecretary of DHS's National Protections Program division.
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| March 11, 2009; 6:53 PM ET |
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Sources: Margaret Hamburg to Head FDA
The Obama administration has tapped Margaret Hamburg, a physician and former New York City health commissioner with an interest in bioterrorism, to run the struggling Food and Drug Administration.
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| March 11, 2009; 6:38 PM ET |
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Steele's Rocky Road
Michael Steele has had a rocky start to his tenure as chairman of the RNC....
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| March 11, 2009; 4:30 PM ET |
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Stimulus Applications Could Overwhelm Grants.gov
The first federal casualty of the stimulus bill was identified by the Office of Management and Budget this week when OMB director Peter Orszag told agency heads to plan for a possible meltdown of the government's main grantmaking portal.
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| March 11, 2009; 1:55 PM ET |
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The Characters in the Briefing Room
Mary Ann Akers reports on the characters who occupy the coveted seats in the...
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| March 11, 2009; 12:46 PM ET |
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POTUS Events: Women & Girls
President Obama will sign an executive order to create the White House Council on Women...
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| March 11, 2009; 8:46 AM ET |
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Obama to Unveil Earmark Reform, Sign Earmark-Filled Omnibus
By Ben Pershing President Obama will make "an announcement about earmark reform" later this morning,...
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| March 11, 2009; 8:15 AM ET |
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Freeman Withdraws From Intel Position
Charles W. Freeman Jr. asked that his name be withdrawn as chairman of the National Intelligence Council, hours after the man who had appointed him, Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair, gave Congress a spirited defense of the outspoken former ambassador.
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| March 10, 2009; 6:36 PM ET |
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The Employee Free Choice Bill Battle Is Joined
By Alec MacGillis Get ready for one of the nastiest fights of President Obama's still...
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| March 10, 2009; 3:11 PM ET |
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The 50-Year Recovery Plan
By Al Kamen The White House is pledging to make sure all taxpayers know exactly...
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| March 10, 2009; 12:17 PM ET |
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Fifty Days In, Obama Jury Still Out
By Ben Pershing Today is the 50th day of Barack Obama's presidency -- halfway to...
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| March 10, 2009; 8:25 AM ET |
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POTUS Events: Obama on Education
President Obama speaks to members of the National Governors Association in the State Dining Room...
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| March 10, 2009; 7:15 AM ET |
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Document: Obama Memo on Signing Statements
The White House has released President Obama's March 9 "Memorandum for the Heads of Executive...
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| March 9, 2009; 4:57 PM ET |
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Obama Pulls Back from Signing Statements
The president has ordered his administration to pull back dramatically from the use of presidential signing statements.
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| March 9, 2009; 3:24 PM ET |
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Obama Lifts Stem Cell Research Funding Ban
President Obama today signs an executive order and presidential memorandum altering the rules on stem cell research.
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| March 9, 2009; 11:53 AM ET |
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Partisan Fights Ahead on Stem Cells, Omnibus
By Ben Pershing President Obama will please his party and anger much of the opposition...
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| March 9, 2009; 8:10 AM ET |
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POTUS Events: Focus on Science
President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk from Marine One after arriving on the...
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| March 9, 2009; 7:03 AM ET |
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Senior Republicans Call for 'Hard Choices' From Obama
On the Sunday talk shows, Republican congressional leaders calle President Obama's budget proposal wasteful and his plan to rescue the nation's ailing banks unrealistic, and they urge the administration to "make hard choices," even if that means allowing some major financial institutions to fail.
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| March 8, 2009; 6:51 PM ET |
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