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Obama confers with economic team
The Swampby Mike Memoli President Obama was silent yesterday as the White House punched back at House Minority Leader John Boehner, who in a major speech called on the president to dismiss his economic team. Today, the White House released a......Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, White House
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Obama's healthcare push: 'Economic'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama may be taking a night flight for Riyadh tonight, for a five-day, diplomatic journey through Arab and European capitals this week, but he will leave congressional leaders with a clear message of what he......Tags: Government Health Care, Republican Party, Government, Democratic Party, Peter Orszag
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Obama's 'czars:' Halls of fame
The Swampby Mike Dorning Kenneth Feinberg, the latest Obama administration official the news media have anointed "czar," hardly has the kind of power that would impress Ivan the Terrible or Peter the Great. Feinberg, widely described as the White House's "pay........Tags: Paul Volcker, Dennis Ross, Big 3 Auto Bailout (2008), CEO Pay, Carol Browner
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Bernanke has Obama's 'confidence'
The Swampby Mark Silva Will the betting line on Ben Bernanke's longevity at the Federal Reserve improve with these words from President Barack Obama's senior adviser? The president "has a great deal of confidence" in the Federal Reserve chairman, Obama adviser.......Tags: Financial Markets, Ben Bernanke, Unemployment, Banking, Career and Workplace
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Obama on healthcare: 'No unanimity'
The Swampby Mark Silva In a debate such as the fight over healthcare reform, understatement can be an art form. "There's no perfect unanimity across the table in terms of every single aspect of reform,'' President Barack Obama said today, after......Tags: Government, Executive Branch, Barack Obama, White House, Politics
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Dan Quayle: Obama's left-wing problem
The Swampby Mark Silva No hot potatoes here. One former Republican vice president may be giving the Obama administration a hard time lately, but another is offering a measured assessment of the new regime. Dan Quayle, former vice president of the......Tags: National Security, Dan Quayle, Sports, Republican Party, Democratic Party
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Clinton: If 'Obama walked on water...'
The Swampby Mark Silva While maintaining that husband Bill Clinton's journey to North Korea to secure the release of two American journalists was "a private mission,'' apart from any consideration of nuclear proliferation, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says...Tags: Television Industry, Wars and Interventions, Punishment, Democratic Party, Barack Obama
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White House: Middle-class taxes out
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated at 3:30 pm EDT Despite warnings from President Barack Obama's top economic advisers that new taxes for middle-income Americans cannot be ruled out, the White House insisted Monday that the president's "commitment'' to a campaign....Tags: State Budgets, Government, Barack Obama, White House, Heads of State
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Bernanke, 'bold,' offered anew for Fed
The SwampBy Christi Parsons and Mark Silva OAK BLUFFS, Mass. -- President Barack Obama, praising Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke for resolute handling of the worst economic crisis in decades, said today that he will nominate the appointee of his Republican.....Tags: Financial Markets, Ben Bernanke, Emergency Planning, George W. Bush, Henry Paulson
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Beyonce to sing at White House dinner
The SwampIt's her Destiny to perform at tonight's dinner: Beyonce at the Grammy Awards in January. (LA Times/Jay Clendenin) by Katherine Skiba And the prize goes to: Beyonce. The Grammy award-winning superstar will perform Wednesday night on the South Lawn......Tags: Medina (Saudi Arabia), Steven Chu, Arizona, Wilmington, Eva Longoria
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Obama's 'public option:' Alive, well...
The Swampby Noam Levey and Janet Hook Despite months of outward ambivalence about creating a government health insurance plan, the Obama White House has launched a behind-the-scenes campaign to get divided Senate Democrats to take up some version of the idea......Tags: Justice System, George W. Bush, Medicare, Republican Party, Democratic Party
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BP meeting underway at White House
The Swampby Mike Memoli The final piece in a choreographed three-day series of events intended to showcase President Obama's handling of the Gulf oil crisis is now underway, as BP executives finally sit down with senior White House officials to discuss......Tags: Thad Allen, BP Plc, Politics, Carol Browner, Barack Obama
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