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For the past week, I have been mulling over two intriguing things President Barack Obama said the day he announced his Afghanistan policy – one about the political strategy that underlies his presidency, and the other about the delicate question of negotiating...
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Oprah's Christmas with the Obamas Wednesday December 09, 2009 03:40 PM EST It's a Christmas of firsts as Oprah Winfrey shares a sneak peek at her first interview with the First Couple as they prepare for their family's first Christmas in the White House.
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Black lawmakers who have held their tongues during most of President Barack Obama’s first year in office are stepping up their demands that the first black president do more for minority communities hit hardest by the recession. While still careful...
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Asked by The Hill on Tuesday if Obama backs the re-importation effort, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said, “Yes. The president said during the campaign that he did. [He] said so in his first budget, assuming that safety concerns … could be...
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The first known Christmas tree at the White House was in the tenure of Benjamin Harrison, who helped trim one in the upstairs library with friends, family and staff. "We shall have an old-fashioned Christmas tree for the grandchildren upstairs and I shall...
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no small feat Christmas at the White House isn't for sissies...As in 50,000 guests, 28 parties and open houses, a couple hundred thousand holiday cards and untold quantities of cookies, cakes, brownies, truffles and the like to feed the Obamas' holiday...
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When the stock market hit its all-time high in October 2007, few investors questioned the merits of their 401(k) plan...As many investors continue to nurse the wounds of losing more than a third of their retirement savings, many question if there isn't...
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President Barack Obama says he is still hoping for bipartisan support in using financial bailout money to help small businesses and bring down double-digit unemployment. Emerging from a White House meeting Wednesday with a group of Republican and Democratic...
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Eagle Peak Rock and Paving created and saved 32 jobs thanks to an $8 million federal stimulus contract to repair Glacier Point Road in Yosemite National Park. But you won’t find that on Recovery.gov , the government’s Web site for tracking stimulus money.
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MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist and become one of the Most Fascinating People of 2009.
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