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WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 18: Treasury Secretary Timonthy Geithner hosts a small business forum in the Cash Room at the Treasury Department November 18, 2009 in Washington, DC. More than 100 small business leaders and politicians were invited by the White House to participate in the small business financing forum.
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Senate vote under way on 1st test of health care
...the 60 votes necessary to proceed on the legislation, a win for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid , D-Nev., and the White House . The last two holdouts — Sens. Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas and Mary Landrieu of Louisiana — said they would vote to advance the... |more
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Alzheimer's caregivers overlooked by policy-makers
...One of the more ambitious bills that has not been acted on would create an Office of National Alzheimer's Project within the White House , coordinating research and care.On Long Island, Malack-Ragona is trying to raise money to create an Alzheimer's resource... |more
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Making sense of the new breast cancer guidelines
...lead to death. What is the status of the panel's decision on mammograms?A congressional hearing is scheduled next month. The White House has announced there will be no change in how Medicare, the federal health insurance program, pays for screenings. Have... |more
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Health care bill faces a crucial Senate vote
...American people want. This bill will result in higher premiums and higher health care costs for Americans — period."The White House issued a statement late Friday praising the Senate measure.The action in the Senate comes two weeks after the House approved... |more
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OPINION: A war death felt close to home
...thought I knew the cost of combat. I recommended plans to spend billions of dollars in Afghanistan from my desk at the White House Office of Management and Budget. But it was not until last month, as I stood on the tarmac at an airport in Connecticut watching... |more
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CQ Transcript: Sens. Coburn, Nelson on ABC’s ‘This Week’
...as always, the Sunday funnies. DAVID LETTERMAN, TALK SHOW HOST: They’re having a big Thanksgiving dinner at Sarah Palin ’s house, and people say, “Well, is she a good cook?” And I said, “Well, sure. She cooked John McCain ’s goose.” ANNOUNCER: From the heart... |more
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White House report on Illinois Gitmo reveals plan for 2,000 (non-Gitmo) inmates, up from 1,600.
...personnel or government employees to be transferred to the area. The economic forecast study was conducted by the Obama White House Council of Economic Advisers and released to build the case that closing the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba -- and transferring... |more
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Healthcare Bill Clears Senate Hurdle on Party-Line Vote
...overcome Republican delaying tactics. The vote was a major victory for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and the White House in a year-end drive to enact the most sweeping changes to the nation's health care system in a half-century or more. THIS... |more
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President Obama and family spend evening at Georgetown home of White House adviser
...WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama and his family spent a low-key night out at the home of a senior White House adviser after a whirlwind week spent on a presidential trip to Asia. The president golfed for more than four hours Saturday on the course at Andrews... |more
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Michelle Obama looks to garden for state banquet menu
...stuck to safe issues such as the family and war veterans. Her aides in the East Wing point to her open-door policy at the White House, where she has hosted hundreds of local schoolchildren. Instead of one signature issue, they say, she has chosen several,... |more
