White House Endorses Unlimited Liability Cap For Oil Spillers

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Published June 9, 2010 at 3:13 p.m.

Democrats in Congress and officials in the White House are making yet another major push to pass legislation to make the liability for oil companies involved in damaging spills unlimited ... On Monday evening, the White House confirmed that it favors the most recent piece of legislation that would drop any numerical ceiling to the amount of money an oil company like BP would have to pay for economic damages caused by a spill. Currently, the cap is $75 million ... "The president supports removing

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Exxon Valdez: How That Disaster Destroyed The Economy 20 Years Later

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Published June 9, 2010 at 3:12 p.m.

Hopefully, by now, you've already read the oil spill apocalypse pieces penned by our own Ryan Grim -- who documented "BP's Long History Of Destroying The World" -- and Sam Stein, who got the following diagnosis from a top lawyer in Exxon Valdez litigation: "[I]f you were affected in Louisiana, to use a legal term, you are just f--ked" ... Well, here's something else depressing that you can add to your oil spill woes. The Exxon Valdez disaster, which occurred on March 24, 1989, played a major

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Senate Won't Pass Urgent Jobs Bill Until Next Week

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Published June 9, 2010 at 3:09 p.m.

The Senate will not approve a bill to reauthorize several expired domestic aid programs, including extended jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed, until sometime next week ... "We fully expect to have the 60 votes to be able to pass this bill by early next week," said Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) at a press conference Tuesday ... In the meantime, at least 323,400 people who've been out of work for longer than six months will prematurely lose access to the extended unemployment benefits

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Helen Thomas Retirement Leaves 'Significant' Void: Anti-War Voices Fret

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Published June 9, 2010 at 3:08 p.m.

The abrupt retirement of Helen Thomas from her perch as the ranking member of the White House press corps was essentially accepted as a fait accompli by supporters and detractors alike after her controversial remarks urging Jews to leave Israel surfaced ... Indeed, if there was any defense made of Thomas's comments, it wasn't done persuasively or at an influential level. But that didn't stop the progressive community -- many hearing about her retirement while at the Campaign for America's Future

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Obama's Support For Unlimited Oil Spill Liability May Not Include BP: Congressman

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Published June 9, 2010 at 3:01 p.m.

Congressional officials are worried that despite the White House's endorsement of unlimited liability for oil companies involved in damaging spills, a new statement of presidential policy may not actually cover the current crisis in the Gulf ... Rep. Rush Holt's (D-N.J.) office began airing concerns on Tuesday that the president's support for dropping numerical limits on the amount of economic damages paid by an oil company would not apply retroactively to BP ... The New Jersey Democrat sent a

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Arkansas Senate Runoff: Obama Disengages From Race As Blanche Lincoln Slips In Polls

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Published June 9, 2010 at 3:00 p.m.

The White House is still formally supporting Sen. Blanche Lincoln's re-election bid as the Arkansas Democratic primary approaches its runoff vote on Tuesday. But over the past few weeks, as the incumbent senator's prospects for holding onto the seat have became more unsettled, the president and his team have been noticeably silent about the race ... The president's political shop can read both polls and tea leaves. And while the official policy is to back incumbents, there is clear

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Levin: Gitmo Closure Going Nowhere, 'Not Enough' Push From Obama

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Published June 9, 2010 at 3:00 p.m.

It's been more than five months since the Obama administration missed its self-imposed deadline for the closure of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. And as things stand now, one key member of Congress says, the White House is showing little to no willingness to continue pursuing one of the more high-minded promises made by the president before entering office ... Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), who chairs the Senate Committee on Armed Services, told the Huffington Post on Tuesday that

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Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett: Obama's Failure to Deliver on His Cairo Speech

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Published June 9, 2010 at 2:26 p.m.

For many Middle Easterners, the growing perception that Obama has turned out to be just like any other president on issues that matter to them is more than a profound disappointment ...

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John Brown: America as a Shopping Mall? U.S. Cultural Diplomacy in the Age of Obama

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Published June 9, 2010 at 1:53 p.m.

The Hope of the Culture-Vultures With a disastrous oil spill in the Gulf, an uncertain economy, and a war in Afghanistan, cultural diplomacy may not ...

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"The Toughest Sanctions Ever Faced by the Iranian Government"

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Published June 9, 2010 at 1:46 p.m.
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Click here to see the video ... Speaking in the Diplomatic Room, the President wasted no time in getting to the substance of his remarks: ... Today, the United Nations Security Council voted overwhelmingly to sanction Iran for its continued failure to live up to its obligations.  This resolution will put in place the toughest sanctions ever faced by the Iranian government, and it sends an unmistakable message about the international community’s commitment to stopping the spread of nuclear

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