Category Archives: Cancels

Santorum cancels events to be with sick daughter

By doris | Published: January 29, 2012

Full Story at NBCPoliticsmsnbc.msn.com Updated at 1 a.m. ET: WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum canceled his Sunday morning campaign events and planned to spend time with his hospitalized daughter. “Rick and his wife Karen are admitting their daughter Bella to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia this evening,” spokesman Hogan Gidley said [...]

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U.S. adds more sanctions against Iran for human rights abuses

By doris | Published: September 30, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Citing “mounting evidence” of repression of the Iranian opposition, the Obama administration added more sanctions against Iranian government officials, members of the Revolutionary Guards Corps and others accused by the United States of being responsible for human rights abuses. The sanctions, announced Wednesday by Secretary of State Hillary [...]

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Geithner pushes plan to let tax cuts for wealthy expire

By doris | Published: July 26, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — The Obama administration will push for letting tax cuts for wealthy Americans expire while extending them for the rest of the nation, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said. In interviews broadcast Sunday on ABC and NBC, Geithner called for a balanced approach as the economy recovers from the recession [...]

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Obama clamps down on offshore drilling

By doris | Published: May 27, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — President Obama is applying the brakes, at least temporarily, to expansion of offshore oil drilling. Obama is delaying oil exploration off the coast of Alaska, canceling the sale of a lease to drill off Virginia and extending the moratorium on permits to drill any new deepwater wells for [...]

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Millions spent to sway health care opinions

By doris | Published: October 16, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com “It is sort of a Super Bowl of lobbying for health care reform. The lobbyists are winning so far. But the game’s not over yet,” said Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tennessee. As lawmakers work to come up with a plan that can make it to President Obama’s desk, industries and interests close [...]

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Clinton cancels overseas travel due to injury

By doris | Published: June 23, 2009

Full Story At msnbc.com WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is canceling plans to attend international meetings in Italy and Greece this week as she recovers from surgery to repair a broken elbow. Clinton suffered the injury in a fall at the State Department last Wednesday. She had surgery on Friday. Deputy Secretary [...]

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