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Dennis Rodman is pretty sure he's in America now
Dennis Rodman is back from a rather foggy Asia visit, Google is remembering a civil rights advocate, and Mitt Romney wishes he were president. Welcome to your post-weekend online trends report for Monday, March 4. Romney appeared on Fox News Sunday with...
Tags: Xbox 360, Celebrity Apprentice (tv program), The New York Times, Civil Rights, Wii
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Woodward vs. White House: Carney denies threats
WASHINGTON – When not fighting with Republicans, the White House has been tangling with one of the capital’s best-known and best-sourced reporters. But the Bob Woodward vs. White House sideshow moved to the center ring on Thursday. And much of...
Tags: Jay Carney, Barack Obama, The Washington Post, Gene Sperling, White House
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As he departs, Geithner says 'not a chance' he'll be next Fed chair
WASHINGTON -- As Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner prepared to leave office Friday, he was clear about one thing he won't be doing in the future -- running the Federal Reserve. Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke's second term expires in January 2014...
Tags: Barack Obama, White House, Ben Bernanke, Timothy Geithner, Jack Lew
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Response to White House gun proposal, Allentown Mayor attends rollout
Call Washington BureauAllentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski urged Congress to have the "courage" to act on the gun control measures laid out by President Obama on Wednesday. Pawlowski attended the rollout event in the Old Executive Office Building next to the White House where a...Tags: Robert P. Casey, Jr., Firearms, Charlie Dent, Ed Pawlowski, Weaponry
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Newtown Families To Appear At Obama Gun Announcement
A White House spokesman confirms that relatives of victims of the Newtown school attack will appear at today’s announcement of an aggressive gun control agenda for Congress. The much-anticipated announcement is expected to launch a bitter national...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Barack Obama, Gun Control, White House, Politics
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On Obamacare, sequester and taxes: predictions revisited
Politicians (including former politicians) like to be right more than most people. You see, in politics, public officials live or die by their (very) public opinions concerning the issues of the day. It is with this somber thought in mind that I reissue...Tags: Congressional Budget Office, Fiscal Cliff, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Career and Workplace, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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A new GOP, or just a cosmetic touchup?
Maybe the party is finally over. Meaning not simply the Grand Old Party, but more specifically the bacchanal of the bizarre and carnival of crazy to which it has lately devolved. So obvious has this devolution become that even Republican stalwarts...
Tags: Karl Rove, Ted Nugent, Religion and Belief, Bobby Jindal, Pumpkin
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Chuck Hagel a petty decision by Obama
It's official. President Barack Obama has named former Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., as his nominee for secretary of defense. Hence, we may be in store for the worst defense secretary nomination fight since George H.W. Bush's failed appointment of Sen. John...
Tags: Fiscal Cliff, Chuck Hagel, The New York Times, Iraq War (2003-2011), Michele Flournoy
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Letters: Waiting on Iran
Re "On Iran, there's time," Opinion, Feb. 14 Ray Takeyh counsels the United States and its allies to apply patience as nuclear talks with Iran resume later this month. He contends that "time works best for the United States," while a "take it or leave...
Tags: Iran, Nuclear Policy, North Korea, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Iran's Nuclear Program
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Mayor Bloomberg gives $1 million to L.A. school board candidates
L.A. NOWNew York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has donated $1 million to a campaign to elect three board candidates who strongly support current L.A. schools Supt. John Deasy.... -
Obama: Half of US combat troops home within 1 year
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's decision to bring home within a year about half of the 66,000 U.S. troops now in Afghanistan will shrink the force to the size he found it when he entered the White House vowing to reinvigorate a stalemated...
Tags: NATO, State of the Union Address, Chuck Hagel, Leon Panetta, White House
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Politico: Scott planning a $100 mill re-election campaign if Crist runs against him
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelIf Charlie Crist is the Democratic nominee for governor in 2014, Gov. Rick Scott is planning a $100-million re-election campaign, Politico reports. The Washington-based politics site says Scott is considering spending some of that money on a “data...
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