Leon T. Hadar: Obama's Mideast Policy: An Unpromising Drive towards a Cost-Effective Pax Americana

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Published Sept. 1, 2010 at 1:55 p.m.

President Barack Obama is continuing to reorient U.S. foreign policy in general, and in the Middle East in particular, along the lines of the ...

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President Obama, Independents, Iraq and Development

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Published Aug. 31, 2010 at 8:14 p.m.

Personally, I just have a simple “thank you” to our President Obama upon the policy decision to withdraw, or at least draw down, from Iraq ... Some may see this as an election promise, some may see it as a moral issue.I see it as a developmental issue — for the independent movement.When independents put [ ... ] ...

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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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K Street Research: 'Non-Lobbying Entity' Expands, Plots K Street Takeover

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Published May 14, 2010 at 7:32 a.m.

Since Brien Bonneville and Larry Mitchell founded the very first "non-lobbying entity" at the beginning of the year, they've found plenty of demand for their "non-lobbying" services ... Their firm, which they call K Street Research, has attracted several new clients for a total of nine. To meet the additional demand they've hired an additional staffer, Tim Farnsworth, as director of research and communications ... "It's been exciting," said Mitchell. "We've had a lot of compliments, we've picked

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Launching America’s New Approach to the Drug Problem

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Published May 11, 2010 at 5:15 a.m.
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Today marks an important milestone in our work to create a healthier and safer America.  The newly released 2010 National Drug Control Strategy serves as a blueprint for action to address drug use and its consequences.  Emphasizing collaboration and innovative strategies, it outlines five-year goals for reducing drug use and its consequences through a balanced policy of prevention, treatment, enforcement, and international cooperation ... The new Strategy, the inaugural drug control plan for

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Senate Votes For Wall Street; Megabanks To Remain Behemoths

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Published May 7, 2010 at 6:41 p.m.

A move to break up major Wall Street banks failed Thursday night by a vote of 61 to 33 ... Three Republicans, Richard Shelby of Alabama, Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and John Ensign of Nevada, voted with 30 Democrats, including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, in support of the provision. The author of the pending overall financial reform bill in the Senate, Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, voted against it. (See the full roll call.) ... The amendment, sponsored by Sens.

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White House Explains Opposition To Fed Audit Amendment, No Veto Threat

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Published May 7, 2010 at 6:37 p.m.

The Obama administration offered to date its most direct opposition to an amendment to Wall Street reform legislation that would allow for an audit of the Federal Reserve, though administration officials declined to say whether the president would veto a bill that included the proposal ... In a briefing on Thursday, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Neal Wolin expressed concern that the amendment, authored by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), would damage the independence of the

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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, 5/5/10

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Published May 5, 2010 at 6:39 p.m.

See below for answers to questions (marked with an asterisk) posed in the briefing that required follow up ... *No. The new security protocols that superseded the emergency measures put in place after Christmas are in place because they are stronger and more effective than requiring additional screening for everyone from certain countries.  The new measures apply to every individual traveling to the United States, from every country, not just people from certain countries. That original

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Financial Reform Filibuster: Who Blinked To End It?

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Published April 30, 2010 at 3:44 p.m.

Threatened with the prospect of having to spend the entire night sleeping on a cot inside the white sepulchre known as the United States Capitol, Senate Republicans have apparently assented to allowing a debate on the financial regulatory reform bill. Victory for Main Street! Unless, of course, Senate Democrats decided to back down on a strong(ish) bill so that the seeds of bipartisanship could be sown. In which case: Victory for David Broder! ... No one exactly knows what is happening, but

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Peter Ruplenas, 91-Year-Old Vet, Sues Bank Of America Over Mortgage Malfeasance

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Published April 30, 2010 at 3:44 p.m.

Peter Ruplenas, a 91-year-old combat photographer who served in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, is now battling Bank of America in federal court ... The bank pretended not to receive Ruplenas' mortgage payments, which he made through a bankruptcy trustee, and tricked Ruplenas into thinking that he himself had to make the payments directly, the lawsuit alleges ... Additionally, Ruplenas had applied for a modification under the Obama administration's Making Home Affordable program -- but for

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