44: October 11, 2009 - October 17, 2009
Obama Decries Health-Insurance Industry Effort to "Kill Reform at Any Cost"
By Michael A. Fletcher President Obama hailed the progress Congress is making toward restructuring the...
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| October 17, 2009; 6:00 AM ET |
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Reform Backers Get Good News
By Ben Pershing Two of the drivers of health-care reform in the House and Senate...
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| October 16, 2009; 8:27 AM ET |
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Obama: New Orleans Will Be Better Than Ever
President Obama promised New Orleans residents that his administration would never forget the city that was devastated by a hurricane and floods four years ago.
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| October 15, 2009; 4:00 PM ET |
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No New 'Czar' For Gulf Coast
From the press gaggle aboard Air Force One en route New Orleans, with Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton.
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| October 15, 2009; 1:57 PM ET |
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Report: Majority of Nobel Jury 'Objected to Obama Prize'
The controversy over President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize award continues -- and the AFP reports...
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| October 15, 2009; 10:41 AM ET |
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Courting Seniors, Cont'd
By Ben Pershing For all the change President Obama said he would bring to Washington,...
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| October 15, 2009; 8:25 AM ET |
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Same Call, Different Accounts
Presidents of different countries talk to each other all the time, but sometimes you get a rare glimpse of how each side characterizes the call differently. That was the case today concerning a call between President Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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| October 14, 2009; 8:48 PM ET |
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How Passing Health-Care Reform Could Change the Political Landscape
Not surprisingly, Democrats and Republicans have sharply different expectations for what may happen.
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| October 14, 2009; 4:44 PM ET |
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GOP Web Redesign Greeted With a Mocking Reception
By Garance Franke-Ruta Perhaps instead of everyone in the future being famous for 15 minutes,...
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| October 14, 2009; 3:01 PM ET |
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After Finance Vote, 'Now Comes the Hard Part'
By Ben Pershing In a health-care debate that has often been as fast-paced and only...
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| October 14, 2009; 8:22 AM ET |
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Obamas Throw A 'Fiesta' Mas Fina
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, "Fiesta Latina" -- the latest concert in the Obamas' continuing White House Music Series -- came to life on the South Lawn in a sprawling tent.
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| October 14, 2009; 6:49 AM ET |
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Obama Hails Snowe's "Seriousness of Purpose"
By Anne E. Kornblut President Obama appeared in the Rose Garden late Tuesday afternoon to...
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| October 13, 2009; 5:25 PM ET |
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Obama, Spain's Zapatero Discuss Guantanamo Detainee Transfers
By Anne E. Kornblut With the process of closing the Guantanamo Bay detention center running...
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| October 13, 2009; 5:10 PM ET |
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Nobel Jury Defends Obama Decision
OSLO (AP) - The Norwegian committee that gave Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize is defending its choice amid criticism that the U.S. president has not done enough to deserve the award.
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| October 13, 2009; 10:28 AM ET |
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Long Fight Ahead After Finance Vote
By Ben Pershing The Senate Finance Committee's stint in the driver's seat of the health-care...
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| October 13, 2009; 8:23 AM ET |
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White House Announces Nov. Tribal Nations Conference
With much of the District shut down in honor of Columbus Day, the Obama administration on Monday gave a nod to Native Americans, announcing plans for a White House Tribal Nations Conference to be held on November 5.
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| October 12, 2009; 3:40 PM ET |
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Church of the Presidents Gets Presidential Visit
For the fourth time since being elected president, President Obama and family attended church in the District on Sunday.
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| October 12, 2009; 11:48 AM ET |
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Hillary Clinton Bids Presidential Hopes Adieu
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, the first competitive female candidate for the American presidency who famously cracked but did not shatter the ultimate political glass ceiling, said over the weekend she will not run for president again.
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| October 12, 2009; 10:37 AM ET |
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Insurance Industry Opens Fire on Reform
By Ben Pershing President Obama's efforts to bring various stakeholders on board the health-care reform...
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| October 12, 2009; 8:31 AM ET |
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Democrats Unsure, GOP United on Troop Levels
Afghanistan strategy dominates the Sunday talk shows on October 11, 2009.
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| October 11, 2009; 12:52 PM ET |
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McCain Admits Campaign Tensions Between Palin, Aides
Former presidential candidate John McCain (R-Ariz.) acknowledged on CNN's State of the Union Sunday that tensions flared during his campaign between senior strategist Steve Schmidt and those allied with his running mate, then-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
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| October 11, 2009; 9:41 AM ET |
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Obama Renews Pledge at Human Rights Campaign Dinner
President Obama addressed a fundraising banquet for the Human Rights Campaign Saturday night in Washington, pledging once again to end the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy without providing a specific timeline for ending the ban on out gays and lesbians in the armed forces.
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| October 11, 2009; 8:55 AM ET |
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