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2008 Presidential Election

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1 hr ago | ABC News

UN Chief Prods Senate to Tackle Climate Change

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pressed the Senate Tuesday to take action on climate change, but key senators made it clear that a bill is unlikely to pass this year.

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Related Topix: Global Warming, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, John Kerry, Democrat

5 hrs ago | Cleveland.com

Americans grow more pessimistic about direction of country, poll finds

The euphoria of 2008 is over: America is in a funk. Elected last November on a wave of optimism, President Barack Obama now finds himself governing an increasingly pessimistic country in recession while muscling through Congress a health care reform overhaul and weighing whether to commit more troops to the 8-year-old Afghanistan war.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

10 hrs ago | KCBY-TV Coos Bay

AMA votes to seek repeal of 'don't ask,don't tell'

The American Medical Association on Tuesday voted to oppose the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, and declared that gay marriage bans contribute to health disparities.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Gay/Lesbian, Barack Obama, Health Insurance, Health, Social Security, Personal Finance

14 hrs ago | WWUP-TV Cadillac

Dodd circulates financial overhaul bill

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd is circulating legislation that would give the government sweeping new powers to prevent another economic collapse, including the ability to dismantle failing institutions and increased oversight of lenders to consumers.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Christopher Dodd

19 hrs ago | MyFoxHouston

Medical Group Backs Health System Reform

The action at the group's semiannual meeting in Houston could be seen as a vote of confidence for AMA leaders who voiced support for the $1.2-trillion, 10-year bill the U.S. House passed Saturday.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Medicare, Health, Barack Obama, Health Insurance

23 hrs ago | Hays Daily News

Marine base debate clouds US-Japan relations ...

The deepening debate over the future of a major U.S. Marine base on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa has opened a broad rift in Washington's most important alliance in Asia ahead of President Barack Obama's visit to the region this week.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, US Marine Corps

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Clover Herald

Palestinian negotiator: 'Defining moment' is here

The chief Palestinian negotiator on Monday warned Israel that if it does not take peacemaking seriously, it will find itself dealing with the militant Hamas instead of moderates like him.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama,

Iowa Independent

Palin to make Iowa stop

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will visit the Hawkeye State next month to promote her new book, "Going Rogue," according to a press release from the bookstore chain Barnes and Noble.

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Related Topix: Iowa, US Politics, US News

Detroit Free Press

Biden coming to Detroit for Dem fund-raisers

Vice President Joe Biden is making a trip to Detroit to raise money for two Democratic congressmen.

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Related Topix: Detroit, MI, Detroit Metro, US Politics, US News, Joe Biden, Oakland County, MI, Bloomfield Township, MI

Sunday Times

Myanmar could release Suu Kyi for election

Myanmar's military-ruled government may release pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi soon so she can play a role in next year's general elections, according to a senior Myanmar diplomat.

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Related Topix: Burma, Southeast Asia, World News, Travel, Myanmar Travel, US Politics, US News, Aung San Suu Kyi, Yangon, Burma Travel

MyFox St. Louis

Healthcare Fight Moves to Tougher Stage with More hostile Political Climate

Read-only mm_head JANET HOOK Reporting from Washington With the struggle over healthcare entering an even tougher phase, President Obama has hit both a milestone and a speed bump in his duel pursuit of a major overhaul of the nation's medical system and a rebirth of progressivism in America.

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Related Topix: US News, Healthcare Law, Law, US Politics, Harry Reid, US Senate, Democrat

Sun Nov 08, 2009

WHAS

GOP officials say Dems put agenda ahead of country

Democrats just don't get the election message from voters and are pushing a liberal, big government agenda at their party's peril, Republican officials said Sunday as they predicted a political price after the majority's victory on health care.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Mike Pence, Barack Obama, Chris Van Hollen, Democrat

Long Island Press

Lazio Campaign Gets Shot Of Energy

Two weeks ago, Republican candidate Rick Lazio was quietly running an uphill campaign for the 2010 race.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Hillary Clinton, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Marist College, Rudy Giuliani

KOLO-TV Reno

NV Gop Front-Runner Faces Attacks from Own Party

The high-stakes election is still a year away, but Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is already leveling criticism at Republican Sue Lowden, the former state GOP chairwoman, state legislator and Miss America candidate who hopes to unseat him.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Jon Porter, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Ron Paul, John McCain

KXMA-TV Dickinson

Health revamp victory...Ida draws closer...Suicide bombing...

Health revamp victory...Ida draws closer...Suicide bombing WASHINGTON House Democrats pressing for the health care overhaul have triumphed, but just barely.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Ida, World News, Pakistan,

RTE

Thousands protest US base in Japan

Thousands of people in Japan have attended a rally against a US military base on Japan's Okinawa Island.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, US Military, US Marine Corps

Military-World

Obama leaning toward 34,000 more troops for Afghanistan

President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to send more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan next year, but he may not announce it until after he consults with key allies and completes a trip to Asia later this month, administration and military officials have told McClatchy.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Fort Drum, NY, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), Manmohan Singh

Sat Nov 07, 2009

The State

Peres calls on Palestinian leader not to quit

Israel's president on Saturday called on Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to rescind his decision to stand down, invoking the memory of Yitzhak Rabin at a public commemoration for the assassinated Israeli premier.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Shimon Peres, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

KWQC-TV Davenport

Medvedev: Arms control deal with US can be reached

Russia and the United States have a good chance at signing a new nuclear arms reduction deal before year's end, but other nuclear powers must join disarmament efforts, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in remarks released Saturday.

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Related Topix: Prison, Vladimir Putin, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Http

Pawlenty to address Iowa GOP tonight

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty plans to present the image of a common-sense conservative who can win in Democrat territory when he introduces himself today to a key political focus group, a hall full of Iowa Republican Party activists.

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Related Topix: US News, Minnesota Government, Minnesota, Iowa, Tim Pawlenty, US Governors, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Olympia Snowe

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