Peru president-elect meets Obama
AFP via Yahoo!Xtra News Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:13 PM PDT
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Peru's leftist president-elect Ollanta Humala had a surprise meeting with President Barack Obama -- a welcome bit of US outreach ahead of his inauguration later this month.
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Bill Mann's Canada: Canadian firm to parse Obama Twitter messages
Market Watch Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:12 PM PDT
An up-and-coming Canadian tech firm in geographically isolatedFredericton, New Brunswick, is Twitterâs surprise â and arguably unlikely â choice to analyze the data from Wednesdayâs first Twitter Town Hall (âtweet-upâ) hosted by President Barack Obama.
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Around the water cooler
Erie Times-News Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:12 PM PDT
House Republicans are siding with food companies resisting theObama administration's efforts to pressure them to stop advertising junk food for children.
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Court: U.S. must stop enforcing 'don't ask, don't tell'
Seattle Times Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:12 PM PDT
A federal appeals court issued a ruling Wednesday that ends enforcement of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy banning openly gay people from serving in the military, citing the Obamaadministration's recent determination that gays and lesbians have suffered a history of discrimination.
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Ex-Berks man joins Obama for 1st Twitter session
Reading Eagle Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:11 PM PDT
Lex Friedman, a 1998 Wyomissing High School graduate, was one of 50 people selected to tweet live from a town hall meeting with President Barack Obama on Wednesday.
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Democrats challenge Obama's Afghan withdrawal plan
The Star Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:05 PM PDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic lawmakers fed up with the lingering war in Afghanistan launched a new challenge to President Barack Obama's plan for a measured U.S. troop withdrawal over the next year as they resumed debate on Wednesday on a $649 billion defense spending bill.
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Obama mulls Social Security cuts in debt deal: report
Channel NewsAsia Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:05 PM PDT
WASHINGTON : US President Barack Obama is urging congressional leaders to accept cuts to Social Security and the Medicare health programme in a deal to raise the US debt ceiling, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
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