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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 22: Singer-songwriter Carole King speaks after being awarded by U.S. President Barack Obama the 2013 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song at the White House on May 22, 2013 in Washington, DC. The Gershwin Prize for Popular Song recognizes artists for lifetime achievements in musical expression.
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The biggest difference between this hunger strike and the ones previous is the ones earlier were for living conditions and other tangibles, whereas this one focuses on indefinite detention
The bill’s changes would impose the largest interest rate increases on low- and middle-income students and families who struggle most to afford a college education
Five numbers inside Fox News' Washington bureau, numbers inside the White House, 30 phone numbers. Add this on top of the AP. How disturbing can this be to you?'More quotes »
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Turkish PM talking Syria with Obama at White House
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is looking for stepped-up action on Syria as he meets with President Barack Obama at the White House. But the U.S. and Turkey remain far apart on how to handle Syria's bloody civil war. Erdogan is visiting Washington just Read more »
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McFeatters: End Benghazi speculation with a document dump
the billing records mysteriously appeared in "an unused White House storeroom" -- there are no unused rooms in the cramped White House -- and a Clinton aide dumped them in a big pile and told the press, in effect, "Here they are. Knock yourself out." Hence Read more »
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State visits amplify Obama focus on Latin America
ties to Asia as China and other regional nations gain economic clout.Ricardo Zuniga, who heads Latin America policy for the White House's National Security Council , said the U.S. wants to make sure other countries in the Western Hemisphere aren't left out Read more »
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Obama, S. Korea to show united front on N. Korea
news conference with Obama will be followed Wednesday by an address to a joint meeting of Congress .Daniel Russel, White House senior director for Asian affairs, said Obama would reaffirm the U.S. commitment to the defense of South Korea. He said the joint Read more »
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Markets take dive after AP's Twitter account hacked
markets reeling.The phony tweet, shortly after 1 p.m., also said President Barack Obama was injured. Minutes after that, White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters that Obama was fine.But by then, most U.S. markets had taken a plunge on the false news Read more »
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And The Wheels On The Bus Go Round-Round-Round
atty is William Taylor III--> a firm with unusually closeties to the Obama White House Counsel's Office & Dept ofJustice. "IRS Exempt Organizations Division director Lois G. Lerner, who has been described as “apolitical” in mainstream press coverage of the 46 m ago from small dead animals Read more »
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Outside View: The IRS scandal smoking gun?
regarding the Internal Revenue Service after meeting with Senior Treasury Officials May 15, 2013 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. UPI/Olivier Douliery/Pool License photo COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 23 (UPI) -- In the Internal Revenue Service 49 m ago from United Press International Read more »
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A special prosecutor in the IRS matter is inevitable
being allowed to comment on matters associated with the special prosecutor's ongoing investigation. Not to mention, the White House all the while could blast the appointed counsel as a partisan ideologue ŕ la the hatchet job that was done on Ken Starr. Anyway, 52 m ago from Rantburg Read more »
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Michelle Said to be Considering an Extended Vacation
With scandal swirling about the White House, First Lady Michelle Obama may be considering an extended exit from Washington this summer, fleeing for weeks to the Obamas' traditional summer haven, Martha's Vineyard. According to the Boston Globe, "Michelle Obama 52 m ago from Rantburg Read more »
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Switching from scandals, Obama to address drones and Guantanamo
orange jumpsuits as they mark the 100th day of prisoners' hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay during a protest in front of the White House in Washington May 17, 2013. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will seek to draw attention away from a series 55 m ago from Reuters Read more »
