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Obama: Recess appointment is his "obligation"
In a speech in Shaker Heights, Ohio, Obama made it official that he would install the former Ohio general as the ...Posted by Barry Grossheim -
Under Obama, an emerging global apparatus for drone killing
The Obama administration’s counterterrorism accomplishments are most apparent in what it has been able to ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Wary Hispanic voters favor Obama over GOP rivals
President Obama holds a wide lead among Hispanic voters when matched against potential Republican challengers, even ...Posted by Barry Grossheim -
EPA issues strong limits on mercury emissions from smokestacks
The Obama administration on Wednesday announced a tough new rule to limit emissions of mercury, arsenic and other ...Posted by Barry Grossheim -
Obama Strikes Populist Chord With Speech on GOP Turf
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Obama orders U.S. diplomats to increase efforts to fight LGBT discrimination abroad
President Obama ordered U.S. diplomatic missions and federal agencies working abroad to strengthen efforts to fight ...Posted by Barry Grossheim
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The State of Obama’s Facts
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Fmr. Obama Adviser: Focus on U.S. Inequality in Election-Year SOTU Has Occupy Wall Street's Imprint
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Barack Obama's campaign says it doesn't accept lobbyist donations
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Urging Obama to Stop Rush to Iran War
President Obama needs to put an abrupt halt to the game of Persian Roulette about to spin out of control in the ...Posted by Dwight Rousu
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The New York Times public editor's very public utterance
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Obama-GOP battle turns ruthless
Watch the Republican primaries, and you can feel: the American political system is working. The GOP is discarding ...Posted by Barry Grossheim -
Latinos unhappy with President Obama's deportation policy, poll finds
The Obama administration has presided over a record number of deportations of illegal immigrants, and 59% of ...Posted by halls Victor -
Op-Ed Columnist: Springtime for Toxics
The E.P.A. just did a very good thing in releasing new rules on mercury and air toxics for power plants. And, of ...Posted by Manfred Ostrowski -
The GOP's Payroll Tax Fiasco
GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell famously said a year ago that his main task in the 112th Congress was to make ...Posted by Barry Grossheim -
Fixing America's jobless problem
Thousands of long-term unemployed Americans from across the country have converged on Washington this week to ...Posted by Barry Grossheim
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Fact checking the AP fact checker
According to Pete Yost last week in a superficial AP fact check story: “Republican presidential candidates have ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Obama Admin Denounced for "Startling Level of Obstructionism and Defeatism" on U.N. Climate Deal
(Multimedia) For analysis on where the U.N. climate change talks stand, we are joined by two guests who have been closely ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
The Most Important Speech of His Presidency
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Why Liberals Should Be Rooting for Romney
If Romney fails to win the nomination, it could be disastrous for the country, for the Republican Party and even ...Posted by Fabrice Florin
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