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PhRMA CEO Urges GOP To Work With Obama On Health Care, But Won't Compromise Himself

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Published March 24, 2009 at 12:02 p.m.

A key industry official in the health care debate praised the Obama administration on Tuesday for taking an "us"-oriented approach when it came to revamping the system, avoiding the pitfalls of exclusiveness that plagued prior efforts ... But while PhRMA President and CEO Billy Tauzin continually underscored the importance of a health care reform process based on collaboration and compromise during a conference call with online reporters he refused to cede much ground on organizational

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Former Taliban Officials Offer Insight On How Talks Can Progress

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Published March 24, 2009 at 11:56 a.m.

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KABUL -- Talking to the Taliban is all the rage ... Whether for or against, upbeat or down, everyone seems to be weighing in on the wisdom or folly of negotiating with the black-turbaned crowd ... President Barack Obama has even suggested that his administration may reach out to moderate elements of the Taliban ... GlobalPost has gained unique access here in Kabul to two former high-ranking officials of the now-deposed Taliban government to hear their view of the possibility of an opening for

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Max Bergmann: Obama's global oped - its prospects and its European limits

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Published March 24, 2009 at 11:48 a.m.

In what is sure to make all oped writers blush with envy, Obama today had an oped on the global economy published in 30 ...

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Obama to beef up Mexico border policy

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Published March 24, 2009 at 10:25 a.m.

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The Obama administration announced a major increase in security funding and the deployment of U.S.-Mexico border agents Tuesday as part of a comprehensive new plan to beef up resources at Mexican border ...

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CNBC Anchors Change Tune On Obama (VIDEO)

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Published March 24, 2009 at 9:59 a.m.

For a long while, CNBC has been one of the White House's most fervent critics, what with all the "wealth destruction" and the support for "loser's mortgages" and Robert Gibbs' refusal to give Rick Santelli coffee ... The fact that President Barack Obama didn't seem to have Wall Street's best interests at heart -- and by that I mean "didn't seem to exclusively subordinate everyone else's interests to those of the titans of finance, to whom CNBC has paid long and dearly for access" -- caused

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Obama 'Overexposed': The Media's New New Obsession

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Published March 24, 2009 at 7:24 a.m.

So, for weeks and weeks and weeks, the White House has been inundated with a clarion call from the media: "Why have you not fixed the economy yet? You better explain it soon! Oh My God, look at the Dow Jones! It falls, because of you, and your lack of a solution." So, President Barack Obama went on the Tonight Show , and did an interview with 60 Minutes , and will do another news conference tonight ... These appearances will help Obama advance an explanation of his bank bailout program, and

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Progressives Launch Campaign Targeting Centrist Senate Dems

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Published March 24, 2009 at 6:38 a.m.

A coalition of progressive groups and officials announced the launch of a media and grassroots campaign Tuesday to target conservative Democrats they deem obstructionist ... The impetus of the campaign was a recent move by some Democrats, led by Sen. Evan Bayh, to form a working group that would ostensibly move the president's agenda in a more conservative direction. Calling their work -- particularly the preemptive call to not consider major legislative reforms in the budget reconciliation

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McCain Economic Adviser: Let Insolvent Banks Fail

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Published March 24, 2009 at 6:05 a.m.

Sen. John McCain's chief economist during the campaign is sounding a tune on the financial crisis that endears him to some of the progressives he once irritated ... Appearing on NPR Tuesday morning, Douglas Holtz-Eakin argued (in contrast to Obama's bank plan) that insolvent institutions should be allowed to fail, and taxpayer money should be geared towards managing the fallout of those failures ... "To really get financial stability, we have to acknowledge that some of these institutions have

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Inside IndyMac's Nationalization: A Case Study

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Published March 24, 2009 at 1:54 a.m.

When the federal government first took over IndyMac Bank in July, it estimated that it would cost between four and eight billion dollars to seize it, break it up and sell it back into the market ... If only ... Late on Thursday, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation announced that it had completed the sale of IndyMac and sustained a $10.7 billion loss, which doesn't include the roughly $2 billion in shareholder wealth that was wiped out ... The IndyMac scenario isn't necessarily an argument

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Senate Takes a Time Out on AIG Bonus Tax

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Published March 23, 2009 at 11:01 p.m.

A confluence of events has slowed momentum for congressional action on bonuses handed out to firms receiving federal bailout money, which ignited a public furor and had President Obama chiding and cautioning Congress against any hasty moves ...

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