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Obama talks to Iowa supporters on caucus night

By doris | Published: January 4, 2012

Full Story at PoliticalTicker.Blogs.CNN.com (CNN) – President Barack Obama addressed via video conference several Democratic caucus sites in Iowa Tuesday, four years after winning the state’s contest in a surprise victory that fueled his campaign on a path to the nomination. “We’ve still got a lot of work to do. But think about the change [...]

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First Thoughts: Five weeks to go

By doris | Published: November 28, 2011

Full Story at FirstRead.msnbc.msn.com Five weeks (36 days!!!) to go until Iowa… Can Gingrich capitalize on the Union Leader’s endorsement?… Next up on Capitol Hill’s agenda this week: payroll tax cut… New tensions with Pakistan… DNC hits Romney in new TV ad… And Christmas break with Ron Paul.By NBC’s Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, [...]

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Will the end of Gadhafi sway U.S. politics?

By doris | Published: October 22, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Cambridge, Massachusetts (CNN) — With Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi’s dramatic demise this Thursday morning, the world is rid of a tyrant, and a free Libya has jumped a mile forward to stability (though, as CNN’s Ben Wedeman reports, there are still many more miles to go). Yet in America, we are [...]

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State Dept.: Clinton not going anywhere

By doris | Published: June 11, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — The State Department shot down a report Thursday that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has been in discussions with the White House about heading the World Bank. “The story is completely untrue,” Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines said in the United Arab Emirates, where Clinton was involved in international [...]

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iPad in the House! Congress may embrace tablets

By doris | Published: January 3, 2011

Full Story at  msnbc.com When Henry Cuellar took to the Speaker’s podium at the United States House of Representatives with an iPad in his hand recently, the congressman had no idea he was accelerating a course of change in the august body. “If you look at available technology, properly leveraged it can make us a [...]

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Democrats see hope, Republicans temper expectations for Tuesday vote

By doris | Published: November 1, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — In what are either last-minute head games or reflections on a shifting electorate, Democrats are predicting better-than-expected results for their side while Republicans are downplaying the extent of their expected victory in Tuesday’s congressional elections. With less than 48 hours before polling booths open, the comments on Sunday [...]

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Testing the Tea Party: Will the movement live or die?

By doris | Published: October 29, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — In a few days, Americans could carve out a monument to the Tea Party’s power — or etch out the movement’s political tombstone. The outcome of the midterm elections will either validate the Tea Party as a national force or cause both Democrats and Republicans to second-guess the movement’s [...]

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Peace talks in jeopardy, Clinton and Abbas meet

By doris | Published: September 26, 2010

Full Story at news.yahoo.com NEW YORK – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton spent nearly a half-hour Friday meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as the Obama administration tried to prevent Israeli-Palestinian peace talks from collapsing. The Palestinians have threatened to walk out of the talks if Israel does not extend a slowdown in West [...]

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House Democrats still fuming over Gibbs comments

By doris | Published: July 15, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — House Democratic leaders met with President Barack Obama on Wednesday night to discuss legislative priorities in the run-up to the November mid-term election, but one topic was bypassed — the weekend assessment by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs that Republicans could win back the chamber. Aides to [...]

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Rand Paul: Obama BP criticism ‘un-American’

By doris | Published: May 22, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON – Taking another unconventional stand, Kentucky’s Republican Senate nominee Rand Paul criticized President Barack Obama’s handling of the Gulf oil spill Friday as anti-business and sounding “really un-American.” Paul’s defense of oil company BP PLC came during an interview as he tried to explain his controversial take on civil rights [...]

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The complexities of U.S.-China ties

By doris | Published: February 20, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — President Obama met with fellow Nobel Prize winner the Dalai Lama at the White House on Thursday, amid concerns from China over the visit. Because of the diplomatic sensitivities over the tension between China and the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, every aspect has been choreographed and worked out [...]

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Obama, Hu stress links but differences remain

By doris | Published: November 17, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com BEIJING – President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao emerged from hours of intense talks Tuesday determined to marshal their combined clout on crucial issues, but still showing divisions over economic, security and human rights issues that have long bedeviled the two powers. “The relationship between our two nations goes [...]

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