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White House says reviewing China bill, shares goal
Reuters
By Doug Palmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday said it was "reviewing" a Senate bill to crack down on China's currency practices after a senior Republican senator demanded the administration lay out its position on the legislation. ...
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Obama, Boehner condemn Iran for pastor's death sentence
USA Today (blog)
By David Jackson, USA TODAY The White House and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, are condemning Iran's plan to execute a pastor for refusing to renounce Christianity and rejoin Islam. The White House says the planned execution "crosses all bounds of ...
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USA Today (blog)
White House won't endorse Mullen comment on Pakistan
USA Today (blog)
By David Jackson, USA TODAY The White House today declined to endorse the comment of Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mike Mullen that a terrorist insurgent group "acts as a veritable arm" of Pakistan's intelligence. "Well, it's not language that I would ...
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USA Today (blog)
Member of '85 Bears to boycott Obama event
USA Today (blog)
"Secondly, I'm not a fan of the guy in the White House," Hampton said. "And, third, it was 25 years ago. Let it go." As we noted last week, Obama wants to honor the Super Bowl-winning '85 Bears -- one of the great teams in pro football history ...
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Obama, Uzbek leader discuss Afghan supply route
Reuters
The White House said Obama called Karimov on Wednesday to congratulate the former Soviet republic on its 20th anniversary of independence and that the leaders talked about shared interests in a "secure and prosperous" Afghanistan. ...
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Reuters
Obama aide condemns attack on Syrian envoy
USA Today
By David Jackson, USA TODAY The White House is condemning today's attack on its ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, calling it part of an effort to intimidate critics of the crackdown by Syrian President Bashar Assad. These kinds of assaults against ...
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USA Today
Online Poker Petition Demands White House Response
Online Poker.net
... 22nd saw director of grassroots and external affairs for the Poker Players Alliance Drew Lesofski, post a poker petition online on the White House website aimed at drumming up support for the legalization and regulation of the game in the USA. ...
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Robo-Death: Made in the USA
Antiwar.com
Death by drone is a peculiarly American way of waging war: bloodless for the initiators, high-tech, and akin to a video game. And as the White House is clearly considering expanding operations to conduct large-scale bombing operations using drones, ...
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Obama's day: Local TV
USA Today (blog)
Today's guests at the White House: WTVF-TV from Nashville; WXII-TV from Greensboro/Winston-Salem, NC; and WESH-TV from Orlando. Obama's main topic for these interviews, according to the White House: "the need for Congress to pass the American Jobs Act ...
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USA Today (blog)
FEMA stretched numbers to avert funding crisis
USA Today
After Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee, the fund had been reduced to what the White House called "dangerously low" levels — and scheduled to run out of funds as early as last week. House Republicans wanted to give FEMA $1 billion more to get it ...
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USA Today
White House Oops, Tainted...
AgInfo.net
White House Oops, Tainted Cantaloupe & Anti-Ethanol plus Food Forethought. I'm Greg Martin with today's Northwest Report. Well even the White House makes a goof now and then. I'll pause a second for you to snicker...it seems that during President ...
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Super PACs to spend big on 2012 election
CBS News
One of those is Priorities USA, a super PAC formed by former Obama White Houseaides Bill Burton and Sean Sweeney to promote the president's re-election. A sister group, Priorities USA Action, allows anonymous contributions even though the president...
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Report: EPA cut corners on climate finding
USA Today
Regulators and the White House disagreed with the finding, and the report itself did not question the science behind the administration's conclusions. Still, the decision by the Environmental Protection Agency's inspector general is sure to encourage ...
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USA: Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Pushes for Coastline Repairs Projects
Dredging Today
Scott Brown​ and John Kerry this week to press for additional funding for Massachusetts through a jobs bill being pushed by the White House. “The needs of our marine infrastructure far outweigh the available resources, putting our economic development ...
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Michael Jackson bodyguard testifies at doctor's trial
USA Today
By Martin Kasindorf, Special for USA TODAY LOS ANGELES – The Michael Jackson death trial got underway Thursday with testimony from security guard Alberto Alvarez, an eyewitness to defendant Conrad Murray's frantic attempts to revive the singer in his ...
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Obama's uncle pleads innocent to DUI
USA Today
... questions upon arrival at Framingham District Court and neither he nor his lawyer made any comment on his way out where they were followed to the parking lot by a horde of media," the newspaper said. The White House has not commented on the incident.
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Herman Cain: Blacks 'brainwashed' to vote for liberals
USA Today
By Catalina Camia, USA TODAY GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain says black voters have been "brainwashed" into voting for liberals, which hurt his chances as a conservative seeking the White House. Cain made his remarks in an interview with CNN, ...
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Pakistan frees Osama bin Laden bodyguard
CBS News
The White House and State Department have sought to tone down that rhetoric (video) in the last 48 hours, but nobody connected to the Obama administration argues publicly that links between the Haqqani group and the ISI don't exist. (Video at left: US, ...
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UPDATE 1-U.S. vote on Russia trade looms as WTO deal nears
Reuters
Lawmakers have refused to repeal the measure because many see it as a de facto vote on Russia's WTO accession agreement, even though it is up to the White House to decide whether to allow Moscow to join the world body or not. ...
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Foreign firms in US spent $560K on 2Q lobbying
BusinessWeek
In April through June, OII lobbied Congress, the White House, the Commerce Department's International Trade Administration and the US Trade Representative, according to the disclosure report the group filed July 20 with the Senate's public records...
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Rove, Burton Political Groups Are Subject of IRS Complaint
BusinessWeek
Burton and Sean Sweeney, a former senior adviser in the Obama White House, helped set up Priorities USA and its sister group, Priorities USA Action, earlier this year, modeling them after the Republican-leaning independent groups. ...
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Should the Fed take further steps to boost the economy?
Wall Street Journal
I just found a house to buy after selling my previous one 3 months ago; so this moment won;t last long as I have a lot of new furniture to buy. What concerns me is the following may not be too far from reality... I have seen the video before and I ...
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Watchdogs Call Out 4 Nonprofits as Too Political for Tax Exemption
New York Times (blog)
A third group, Priorities USA, was founded this spring by former White House aides to President Obama to counter Crossroads in the coming election, and the fourth, Americans Elect, is dedicated to helping a third-party candidate get on the presidential...
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Exclusive excerpt of 'Silence' by Becca Fitzpatrick
USA Today
By Bob Minzesheimer, USA TODAY Author Becca Fitzpatrick isn't done yet with the story of Nora Gray, the studious teen who's attracted to a fallen angel and added a new twist to the growing popularity of young, paranormal romance. ...
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Carney: What's 'Judenrein?'
WND.com
Jay Carney, Barack Obama's spokesman at the White House, says the administration would not agree with the comments from a leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization who appeared to suggest that Jews would be banned from a new Palestinian state. ...
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Vermont's best fall foliage breakfast, lunch and dinner
USA Today (blog)
By Larry Olmsted for USA TODAY The signature dish at the Skunk Hollow Tavern is a slightly spicy half-chicken, breaded, flash-fried and then oven-baked, juicy but not greasy, served with hand-cut fries. Stella's is a small restaurant in "downtown" ...
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WTO Disputes Roundup: White House Surprises by Challenging Chinese Poultry Duties
Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest
“The Chinese methodology was seriously flawed and the anti-dumping proceeding did not comply with international rules,” the USA Poultry & Egg Export Council and the National Chicken Council said in a joint statement. “It is unfortunate that this ...
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Romney Reclaims Top Spot While Perry Falls and Cain Rises
ABC News (blog)
... Mitt Romney and the 2008 VP slot entitled “Evangelicals against Romney: it's all about religion” Cindy Moorehead, a Mormon herself, an Ohio newspaper, The Courier, wrote “Some evangelicals just don't want a Mormon anywhere close to the White House. ...
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Poll: Dems in Dumps About Election 2012
International Business Times
Democrats' enthusiasm gap was evident in the 2010 midterm elections, when the party lost the House of Representatives and came close to seeing the US Senate flip to Republican control only two years after sweeping Barack Obama into the White House....
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Exhibit connects US, Chinese Christians
China Daily
Wang said he met with senior officials at the White House and the State Department to promote more communication between the two countries on religious affairs. Rev Michael Kinnamon, general secretary with the National Council of Churches of Christ USA ...
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China Daily
Limits tighten for lobbyist gift-giving
Washington Post
The White House did not respond to a request for comment. The administration seems focused on curbing even casual social contact between lobbyists and government employees. The Office of Government Ethics said as much in its notice of proposed ...
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'Just equal' -- what do I want?
Mail & Guardian Online
Born just after World War II to white English-speaking parents, I grew up with all the privileges of being white: schools with science labs, sports fields and libraries; employed and educated parents; a black woman working in the house and a black man...
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US sweep for illegal immigrants: Is Obama searching for a middle ground?
Christian Science Monitor
And the seven-day sweep, which ended this week, is part of the White House's focus on deporting criminals and "egregious immigration law violators," according to ICE. Among those rounded up were people convicted of manslaughter, sex-crime offenders, ...
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Christian Science Monitor
HELLER: Great expectations are just around the corner
Washington Times
The time before that, Harry Truman was about to vacate the White House(1952). So even coming close was significant Our well-earned baseball rep as Loserville, USA (ie three pennants in 71 years) resumed after the Expos moved south in 2005. ...
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Washington Times
Analyzing The Health Law's Tax Credits And The CLASS Act's Future
Kaiser Health News
... estimates the White House Council of Economic Advisors. Of those, only 30 percent — or about 1.2 million businesses — would be eligible for the full tax credit, according to research from the Families USA and the Small Business Majority. ...
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Declining Chaikin Money Flow - BZH, CALX, CHS, CNS, COPX
Retirement Planning
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Sideshow: A 6-year itch for Dashton?
Philadelphia Inquirer
The former Alaska gov says being in the White House may be too limiting for a dame with her gifts. "Is a title worth it? Does a title shackle a person?" Palin says. "Someone like me who's a maverick? I do go rogue and I call it like I see it and I ...
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Republican senators travel to Libya to meet transition government
The Hill (blog)
The difference is there is a Democrat in the White House. @Neoconpigsinab lanket … just ask yourself…Who's the sow in all of this? Hint: the pigpen is at 1600.BY pemon dupree on 09/29/2011 at 09:54 Guess what Obama is promising Arabs after 2012 ...
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White House details plans for more digital learning ... - USA Today
The White House will unveil plans Friday for a research center that aims to bring ...developer of the popular Half-Life and the Portal series of video games. ... and former NBC News president Lawrence Grossman to create an organization that ...
www.usatoday.com/news/washington/story/2011-09.../1
The White House Blasts Fox News For Misleading Viewers On Tax ...
Today, the White House accused Fox News of misleading their viewers about ... Here is the Fox News Sunday video where Chris Wallace misinforms his audience .... The top 1% earn 19% of the U.S. total and pay only 4.1% of payroll tax. ...
www.politicususa.com/en/white-house-fox-tax-cuts
Bears great Dan Hampton snubs Obama's White House invitation
The reason the Bears are getting the White House treatment this year is that they never got a presidential celebration after winning the 1986 Super Bowl. ...
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White House Pressed on Pakistan-Haqqani Links | USA ... - VOA News
White House officials are facing questions about the top US military officer's recent controversial remarks on the relationship between ... Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the US military's Joint Chiefs of Staff in Kabul, ... USA Video Stories ...
www.voanews.com/.../White-House-Refuses-to-Endorse-Mulle...
Job Creation Through Faith-based & Neighborhood Partnerships ...
There's a total of 359 videos news in the "Canal White House" category of USA. You can watch them all from here: < NEXT VIDEO NEWS PREVIOUS VIDEO ...
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New book blasts Obama administration — RT
Go to main page USA News New book blasts Obama administration ... US President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden at the White House in ...
rt.com/usa/news/obama-suskind-white-house-987/
White House: US always reviewing aid to ... - Springfield News-Sun
DENVER — White House spokesman Jay Carney says U.S. aid to Pakistan is always under review and cautioned ... National news videos: Editor's picks ...
www.springfieldnewssun.com/.../white-house-us-always-revie...
Comments on: - CBS News Video
CBS News.com Video. Video · U.S. · World · Politics ... May our FAMILIES, who SAVED the USA Congress and the Whitehouse by passing away on flight 93, ...
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Nightmare in Libya: Thousands of Surface-to-Air Missiles - ABC News
The White House announced today it planned to expand a program to secure and destroy ... ABC News reported today U.S. officials and security experts were concerned some of the ... Libyan Missiles Missing: White House Meets Watch Video ...
abcnews.go.com/Blotter/nightmare-libya-20000.../story?id...
White House, Experts Dismiss Iran Naval Threat To U.S. Coast ...
(CNN) -- The White House on Wednesday dismissed an Iranian threat to ... Overnight Tuesday, Iranian state news quoted a commander as saying his country plans to have a "powerful presence" near the U.S. border. .... VideoClick to Expand ...
www.ktvz.com/news/29329332/detail.html
White House dismisses Ahmadinejad condemnation of U.S. | Reuters
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - The White House dismissed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's attack on U.S. policy in his speech at the United ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-un-assembly-iran-usa-idUSTRE78L55...
White House dismisses Ahmadinejad condemnation of U.S. - Yahoo!
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - The White House dismissed Iranian ... Five Children And Mother Killed In House Fire Sky News - 23 minutes ago ...
uk.news.yahoo.com/white-house-dismisses-ahmadinejad-cond...

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