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US White House hopeful Romney makes gaffe on poor
Jakarta Globe
by Michael Thurston | February 02, 2012 Republican White House frontrunner Mitt Romney stumbled a day after his Florida triumph with a gaffe about poor Americans, while rival Newt Gingrich eyed a boost Thursday from Donald Trump.
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US White House hopeful Romney makes gaffe on poor
FRANCE 24
Republican White House frontrunner Mitt Romney stumbled Wednesday after his big win in Florida, saying he was not concerned about "very poor" Americans -- a gaffe that earned sharp criticism. AFP - Republican White House frontrunner Mitt Romney ...
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White House downplays Panetta's Afghanistan comments
The Hill (blog)
By Jeremy Herb and Amie Parnes - 02/02/12 02:19 PM ET The White House Thursday downplayed comments made by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta that the US would end its combat mission in Afghanistan in 2013.White House press secretary Jay Carney said that ...
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Obama Proposes More Help for Troubled US Homeowners
Voice of America
February 01, 2012 Obama Proposes More Help for Troubled USHomeowners Kent Klein | White House President Barack Obama has unveiled a plan to boost the economy by helping some homeowners refinance their mortgages. The initiative, announced Wednesday, ...
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Republicans push to stop automatic spending cuts
Reuters
The White House also opposes efforts to circumvent the across-the-board spending cuts at the center of a budget brawl between Democratic President Barack Obama and Republicans in Congress during last year's fight to increase the US debt limit.
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White House: Iran sanctions not aimed at oil markets
Reuters
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Thursday the Iran sanctions proposed by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama should be enforced in a way that does not hurt the United States' allies or disrupt oil markets.
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Romney stock trades clash with divestment pledge
USA TODAY
But it was not until October 2010, on the eve of his secondWhite House run, that Romney's trust sold off the last 27 shares of Novo Nordisk stock — among 90 shares worth $7700 that Romney's trust sold that year. Romney supported stem cell research ...
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USA TODAY
US Senate Dems Introduce 'Buffett Rule'
NASDAQ
Sheldon Whitehouse (D., RI) would ensure that anyone earning more than $2 million in income each year, including from capital gains, would pay a minimum 30% federal tax rate, Mr. Whitehouse said on the Senate floor Wednesday morning.
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OP/ED: The U.S. House Learns To Listen
Patch.com
In the early days of 2010, the Nancy Pelosi-led House and the Obama White House were working in a fever pitch to pass a national health care overhaul bill. They were determined to cram this gigantic bill down your throat whether you wanted it or not.
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White House: No comment on call to investigate MPAA for SOPA bribery
PC Advisor
Those comments prompted a petition at WhiteHouse.gov asking President Barack Obama's administration to investigate Dodd "after he publicly admitted to bribing politicians to pass legislation." The White House has encouraged US residents to start ...
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Tape of dramatic White House conversations following JFK assassination made public
Mirror.co.uk
by Steve Myall, Daily Mirror 2/02/2012 A tape of dramatic conversations between the US presidential plane and the White House immediately after President Kennedy was assassinated have been made public. The recordings have not been heard for almost 50 ...
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US lawmakers urge SWIFT to drop Iranian banks
Reuters
If accepted, the provision would push the White House to press SWIFT, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, to shut out Iran's central bank and its other financial institutions from the infrastructure used for moving money ...
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House panel approves critical infrastructure cybersecurity bill
Infosecurity Magazine (US)
A US House bill introduced on Wednesday would lift legal barriers to sharing of cyber threat information between the US government and private sector. The House Republican Cybersecurity Task Force, set up by HouseSpeaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) in June ...
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Honda, Kia Fume as Obama Saves Auto-Show Love for US Makers
BusinessWeek
They trucked in their most fuel- efficient vehicles, as requested by White House staff. Obama walked in, strolled past cars made in the US by foreign companies and spent much of his half-hour tour being photographed with a Dodge Dart, a Ford Mustang ...
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Obama says looks to Christian faith in crafting policies
Chicago Tribune
Obama, who rarely goes to church and speaks far less about his religion than his White House predecessors, told about 3000 people at a National Prayer Breakfast that the challenges facing the United States required him to listen to God, avoid "phony ...
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Merck Announces Full-Year and Fourth-Quarter 2011 Financial Results
Business Wire (press release)
WHITEHOUSE STATION, NJ--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2011. Non-GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) earnings ...
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US objective is to stabilise Afghanistan, dismantle al-Qaeda: White House
Economic Times
Washington: The goal of the US is to disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaeda and give Afghanistan government the 'breathing room' necessary to build up its armed forces, the White House has said. "The President's strategy (on Afghanistan) is very clear.
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Columbus Area Business Leader to Participate in Upcoming White House Briefings
PR Web (press release)
On February 7, Oxford Consulting Group President Michelle Kerr and other Central Ohio business and community leaders are participating in meetings at the White House to discuss ideas for increasing job creation, business expansion, and improving the ...
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White House Investigating Benefits Of Games
Escapist Magazine
Because the White House is interested in getting various agencies using games for educational purposes. Constance Steinkuehler is a former MMO guild leader turned senior policy analyst who works for the White HouseOffice of Science and Technology ...
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White House: No comment on call to investigate MPAA for SOPA bribery
Computerworld
Those comments prompted a petition at WhiteHouse.gov asking President Barack Obama's administration to investigate Dodd "after he publicly admitted to bribing politicians to pass legislation." The White House has encouraged US residents to start ...
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House leader: US should review birth control order
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — On the defensive, the Obama administration Thursday scrambled to explain its requirement that church-affiliated employers cover birth control as the leader of the US House of Representatives called it unconstitutional and demanded ...
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'Israel should debate building on swappable land'
Jerusalem Post
By HERB KEINON 02/02/2012 03:23 Robert Wexler, close confidante of Obama, hails Israel-US ties; former aide to Tony Blair says relationship between Netanyahu and White House not what it should be. By REUTERS The internal Israeli debate on where to ...
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Bowles says he's not running
Greensboro News & Record
By Gary D. Robertson AP RALEIGH (AP) — Former White House Chief of Staff and two-time US Senate candidate Erskine Bowles passed today on a bid for North Carolina governor, saying there are "lots of ways to add to the community woodpile" through public ...
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John F Kennedy recordings donated to US National Archives - video
The Guardian
The Raab Collection has donated audio recordings captured by the White House Communications Agency to the US National Archives. Conversations between officials at the White House and Air Force One, and a variety of people, including John F Kennedy's ...
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ACLU Seeks White House Docs Justifying Awlaki Drone Strikes
Firedoglake
The ACLU filed suit in federal court yesterday, seeking to force the White House to turn over records related to the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, the UScitizen assassinated in a drone attack in Yemen last year. The lawsuit, filed in the US District ...
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Insight: Deficits, the US election and politics of fear
Reuters
Together with a weak economy, Perot's candidacy helped sink Republican President George HW Bush's bid for re-election and put his Democratic opponent, Bill Clinton, in the White House. It is hard to predict if the debt will play such a large role in ...
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ACLU Seeks White House Docs Justifying Awlaki Drone Strikes ...
By David Dayen
The ACLU filed suit in federal court yesterday seeking to force the White House to turn over records related to the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, the US. ...for February 1, 2012 · Fox News' Ed Henry Doesn't Know How Home Loans Work » ...
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US White House hopeful Romney makes gaffe on poor | Pakistan ...
By AFP
US White House hopeful Romney makes gaffe on poor. Posted about 3 mins ago | 0 comment. RENO, Nevada – Republican White Housefrontrunner Mitt Romney stumbled after his big win in Florida, saying he was not concerned about “very ...
Pakistan News
War News Updates: ACLU Sues For Release Of White House Docs ...
By War News Updates Editor
ACLU Sues For Release Of White House Docs On Drone War. ACLU Sues To Force Release Of Drone Attack Records -- Washington Post. The American Civil Liberties Union asked a federal court Wednesday to force the Obama ...
War News Updates
Pentagon pushes to leave Afghanistan as soon as possible — RT
By RT
Barely a month after the last US combat troops walked out of Iraq, the Pentagon announced on Wednesday that they would be altering already established plans in Afghanistan and doing the same there in a matter of months. ... The video of American marines urinating on the corpses of Afghan civilians has prompted worldwide outrage, condemnation from theWhite House and the opening of a federal investigation. CNN's Dana Loesch thinks the whole thing is pretty cool, though.
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WHITE HOUSE INSIGHTS: Intensifying Pressure On Iran Evident in ...
By Dan Robinson
At Wednesday's White House news briefing, I asked Press Secretary Jay Carney about the report, and what appears to be its suggestion that the current U.S. position, so often repeated by President Obama, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, ...
Middle East Voices
U.S. News - House panel to Holder: Give us 'Fast and Furious ...
By msnbc.com staff and news services
WASHINGTON - Attorney General Eric Holder squared off Thursday with Republicans on a House committee who are demanding that the Justice Department turn over documents about its handling of congressional inquiries into a flawed gun- smuggling investigation known as ... hey dumbell....the democrats controlled the senate, the house and the loser-in-chief was in the white house in 2009 and 2010.... remember ??? and then they had the tar beat out of them in the 2010 elections.
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Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan helped hone U.S. special operations skills ...
North West Connecticut daily newspaper covering local, regional, and national news including local sports, video and multimedia coverage, and classified advertising. ... U.S. officials say the Pentagon and the White House have embraced a proposal by special operations chief Adm. Bill McRaven to push troops that are withdrawing from war zones to reinforce special operations units in areas somewhat neglected during the decade-long focus on al-Qaida. At left is Gen. James D.
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President Obama Speaks at Washington Auto ... - The White House
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White House office studies benefits of video games - USA Today
New advisory post shapes the Obama administration's policies aroundvideo games that improve health, education and the environment.
www.usatoday.com/news/washington/story/2012-01.../1
White House office studies benefits of video games
Constance Steinkuehler is on an 18-month assignment at the White House, studying the civic potential of video games. Constance Steinkuehler is on an...
www.usatoday.com/news/washington/story/2012-01.../1
White House chef says Obamas eat seasonal - US News and World ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has fully embraced one of eating's hottest trends — seasonal cooking based on ... US News & World Report Politics ...
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US White House hopeful Romney makes gaffe on poor - Yahoo! News
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Video: US election 2012: Michelle ...
Speaking on Jay Leno's The Tonight Show, First Lady Michelle Obama talks about life in the White Houseas the US general election approaches saying they ...
www.telegraph.co.uk/.../US-election-2012-Michelle-Obama-d...
White House Concerned with Egyptian Travel Ban on Americans
A multisource video news service that highlights nuances in reporting from... White House press secretary Jay Carney told Fox News in a press ...According to the White House, a handful of Americans have taken refuge at the US Embassy in ...
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White House refuses to condemn ...
White House refuses to condemn 'Occupy Oakland' riots. Jan 31 ... Get Updates from Fox News Video on Facebook ... Where does Iranian threat to US stand?
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White House: Obama will affirm US support for Georgia's current ...
Later, in a meeting with reporters he said that the White House meeting and Obama's words had great symbolic importance for his country.
www.chicagotribune.com/.../sns-bc-us--us-georgia,0,5194971...
Anonymous downs government, music industry sites in largest ...
Go to main page USA News Anonymous downs government, music industry sites in largest attack ever ... If you see the White House invaded by aliens, blown up by laser beams or ... Anonymous declares Day of Action against NDAA (VIDEO) ...
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JFK's Final White House Tapes ...
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