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Notice of Continuation Concerning Cuba


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Published Feb. 23, 2010 at 4:54 p.m.

NOTICE ... - - - - - - - ... CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY RELATING TO CUBA AND OF ... THE EMERGENCY AUTHORITY RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF THE ... ANCHORAGE AND MOVEMENT OF VESSELS ... On March 1, 1996, by Proclamation 6867, a national emergency was declared to address the disturbance or threatened disturbance of international relations caused by the February 24, 1996, destruction by the Cuban government of two unarmed U.S.- registered civilian aircraft in international airspace north

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The President and First Lady at the National Governors Association


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Published Feb. 23, 2010 at 4:07 p.m.

Yesterday, President Obama and The First Lady hosted the National Governors Association in the State Dining Room at the White House. We thought we'd pass along some photos and excerpts from their remarks: ... Click here to see the photo gallery ... President Obama: ... One of the things that I've always said about governors that Washington could learn from is that it's hard to be overly ideological as a governor, because the fact of the matter is, the rubber hits the road with you.  You guys

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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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Briefing by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, 2/22/10


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Published Feb. 22, 2010 at 3:16 p.m.

*Press Secretary Gibbs was referring to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874 ... 12:31 P.M. EST ... MR. GIBBS:  Yes, sir ... Q    A few questions on health care, Robert.  The detail about a new rate authority to oversee and shoot down premium increases that are deemed to be unjustified, unreasonable -- how is that not big government, the feds getting into the business of regulating and shooting down rate increases? ... MR. GIBBS:  Well, look, Ben, you understand and you've heard

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Top Fed Official Warns Jobs Will Be Scarce As 'Paradigm Shift' Slows Hiring


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Published Feb. 22, 2010 at 11:03 a.m.

A top Federal Reserve official warned Monday that even as the economy starts to grow again, employers are likely to continue squeezing more productivity out of workers rather than start hiring new ones, thereby prolonging the economic crisis for the millions of unemployed ... In remarks at the University of San Diego, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Janet Yellen said that rather than experiencing a "V-shaped recovery," the economy will continue to be sluggish and won't be

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Toast Remarks by the President and Governor Douglas at the 2010 Governors' Ball


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Published Feb. 22, 2010 at 10:08 a.m.

February 21, 2010 ...      THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you, everybody.  Thank you.  Please, everybody have a seat.  Have a seat.  ... Good evening, and welcome back to the White House.  For some of you this is the first time; welcome.  I want to begin by acknowledging your outstanding chairs of this extraordinary organization -- Jim Douglas of Vermont and Joe Manchin of West Virginia.  Thank you so much for the great work that you guys do each and every day ... I also want to let everybody

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Scott Brown Ad: New Senator Targeted Over Jobs Bill


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Published Feb. 22, 2010 at 3:31 a.m.

As the Senate gets ready to consider its jobs bill this week, a group that works closely with Democratic leadership and the Obama White House is working to pressure newly-elected Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) to support the legislation ... Americans United for Change targets only the Massachusetts Republican in its newest spot, tilted "Promise." In it, the progressive-leaning organization uses snippets spliced from Brown's victory speech to argue that he would be abandoning early promises of

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Rendell: Obama Botched The Stimulus Sales Job


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Published Feb. 21, 2010 at 6:34 a.m.

Gov. Ed Rendell said on Sunday that the Obama administration had botched the messaging wars when it came to selling its economic agenda and that it would be hard for the White House to regain the upper hand ... Appearing on ABC's This Week, the Pennsylvania Democrat said it was ironic that "the best communicator in the history of political campaigning turned out in his first year in office to not communicate very well." He was referring, specifically, to what went wrong when it came to selling

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“Health-Care Shocker” Shows Nobody is Immune from Insurance Company Abuses


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Published Feb. 20, 2010 at 5:44 p.m.

While almost everybody has heard health insurance horror stories from stories in the local paper, from somebody they know, or even somebody closer to home, it’s easy to think it won’t happen to us personally. In many cases we never even see the worst of insurance company abuses until we get sick ourselves. But the rash of “jaw-dropping” premium increases, as the President put it in his Weekly Address earlier today, has shown that nobody is immune to bad practices from insurance

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Remarks by The First Lady to the National Governors Association


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Published Feb. 20, 2010 at 1:51 p.m.

JW Marriott ... Washington, D.C ... 11:09 A.M. EST ... MRS. OBAMA:  Thank you all so much.  Thank you.  It is a pleasure for me to be here with all of you today and to welcome you all to Washington ... Thank you, Governor Douglas, for that very kind introduction.  And thanks to you and Governor Manchin for your leadership in Vermont as well as [West] Virginia, and as the Chair and the Vice Chair of the NGA ... And I also want to recognize all the governors who are here today and to thank you

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