GOP: Iraq success came despite Obama

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Published Aug. 31, 2010 at 3:26 p.m.
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House Republican leader John Boehner will lay out a "prebuttal" ahead of President Barack Obama's prime time speech on Iraq Tuesday night ...

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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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Moving to the Cloud

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Published May 13, 2010 at 9:41 a.m.

Today, the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board announced that it is moving Recovery.gov to the cloud. As the world’s largest consumer of information technology and as stewards of taxpayer dollars, the Federal Government has a duty to be a leader in pioneering the use of new technologies that are more efficient and economical ... For those of you not familiar with cloud computing, here is a brief explanation. There was a time when every household, town, or village had its own water

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Advancing Energy Innovation through Cross-Sector Partnerships

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Published May 7, 2010 at 7:00 a.m.

Ed Note: Starting at 9 AM EDT the Energy Innovations Summit will be streamed live on WhiteHouse.gov/live ... Throughout our history, American innovation has driven economic growth and helped solve the great challenges that confront us.  One of the greatest challenges of the modern era is transforming the ways we produce and consume energy. Not surprisingly, technology is the key enabler of that transformation. As President Obama has said, “No area is more ripe for such innovation than

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Remembering Dr. Dorothy I. Height

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Published April 29, 2010 at 1:51 p.m.
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President Barack Obama delivers the eulogy at Dr. Dorothy Height’s funeral at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., ... Dr. Dorothy I. Height was grace personified.  She displayed a quiet strength.  She vigorously defended the Constitution and fought for equal rights, women’s rights, and human rights for citizens of our country and for people the world over ... Today we said our final goodbyes to this extraordinary woman, and the President of the United States paid tribute to

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Weekly Address: Holding Wall Street Accountable

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Published April 17, 2010 at 5:00 a.m.

The strongest consumer protections ever ... Bringing transparency to financial dealings. Closing loopholes to stop recklessness and irresponsibility ... Holding Wall Street accountable and giving shareholders new power in the financial system. President Obama lays out what Wall Street Reform is about, and questions whether opposition from the Senate Republican Leader might have something to do with his recent meeting with Wall Street executives ...

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Gibbs: The Public Plan Doesn't Have The Votes

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Published Feb. 23, 2010 at 8:59 a.m.

The White House made it official on Tuesday: the president doesn't think the votes are there to get a public option passed through reconciliation and consequently won't make a push to include or pass the provision ... Speaking at the daily briefing, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was asked again why the administration did not include the government-run insurance option in its final health care proposal in light of the fact that 23 Democratic senators signed a letter calling for its

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John Boehner Is Now Upset That The Health Care Bill Isn't Long Enough

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Published Feb. 23, 2010 at 5:51 a.m.

Way back in October of 2009, John Boehner was often seen trooping from photo op to photo op with the House health care reform bill, complaining that it was way too long to read: ... He so loved toting that thing around! In actuality, if you were to eliminate the non-substantive parts of that bill and allow for Congress's unique typesetting style, the bill was no longer than J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", a book that small children typically prove able to read over a

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Sur le Tibet, la Chine ne peut plus être nuancée

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Published Feb. 22, 2010 at 5:34 a.m.
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Quand il s'agit du dalaï-lama, les dirigeants chinois peuvent se fâcher avec n'importe qui, et même les Etats-Unis. En 2008, il semblait facile en Chine d' encourager l'opinion à s'en prendre à la France , pays de taille moyenne ... L'irritation de Pékin à l'égard des Etats-Unis apparait de même nature après l'entretien entre le président américain et le dalaï-lama, le 18 février ... Quand la Chine exige de Barack Obama qu'il ne reçoive pas le leader spirituel tibétain, elle

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President Obama Talks Housing, Jobs, and Leadership in Nevada

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Published Feb. 19, 2010 at 6:59 p.m.
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During his visit to a town hall in Henderson Nevada, President Obama announced new efforts to stabilize the housing market by buying vacant homes and converting them into affordable housing that will create jobs, help the housing crisis, and allow the local economy to grow.  He also announced a $1.5 billion fund for housing finance agencies in Nevada and other hard-hit states to help unemployed homeowners avoid foreclosures.  The fund will also help struggling homeowners find a way to pay

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