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Obama suffers more negative press than GOP, Pew study shows
WASHINGTON -- Which presidential candidate has gotten the most negative coverage in the press during this year’s primary? According to content analysis by the Pew Research Center, it’s President Obama. The benefits of residing in the White...Tags: Republican Party, Rick Santorum, Politics, Ron Paul, Parties and Movements
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Prostitution scandal: W.H. staff cleared, Defense employee under review
WASHINGTON -- An internal review found no evidence that White House staff members engaged in "improper conduct" in Cartagena, Colombia, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said, but he confirmed that a member of a military communications team that...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Jay Carney, Colombia, Prostitution, Leon Panetta
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John Edwards trial begins Monday with opening statements
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Opening statements are set for today in the trial of former presidential candidate John Edwards, as federal prosecutors try to prove that more than $900,000 paid to Edwards by two wealthy benefactors during his run for the White...Tags: Prosecution, Rielle Hunter, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Fines
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U.S. and Afghanistan ink strategic partnership agreement
Afghan and U.S. officials said Sunday they had agreed to the broad outlines of an accord governing the long-term American presence in Afghanistan after the Western combat role ends in 2014. The heads of the two countries' negotiating teams, Afghanistan's...Tags: NATO, Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, U.S. Embassy, War in Afghanistan (2001-present)
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Charles Colson dies at 80; Watergate felon and prison reformer
WASHINGTON — Watergate felon and prison reformer Charles W. Colson, who died Saturday at age 80 in northern Virginia, was two people. He was Richard Nixon's "hatchet man," the president's "evil genius," who by his own admission was "ruthless in...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Christianity, William F. Buckley, George Washington University, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia)
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Obama presses Congress on student loan interest rates
President Obama used his weekly video address to launch what will be a weeklong push on the issue of college affordability, pressing lawmakers to act to prevent a sharp increase in interest rates for student loans. The president noted that at a time...Tags: Republican Party, Jimmy Fallon, Roy Blunt, Politics, Education
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Watergate figure Charles Colson has died at 80
Charles Colson, the tough-as-nails special counsel to President Richard Nixon who went to prison for his role in a Watergate-related case and became a Christian evangelical helping inmates, has died. He was 80. Colson's death was confirmed by Jim Liske,...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Crime, Law and Justice, George Washington University, Democratic Party, Elections
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Pat Summitt to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom
The White House announced Thursday that former Tennessee Coach Pat Summitt will receive the nation's highest civilian honor, The Medal of Freedom. Through a statement released by the press secretary's office, President Obama said: “Coach Summitt is...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Awards and Prizes, Basketball
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Afghanistan needs firm security funding pledges, U.S. says
BRUSSELS — The United States and its allies are promising to provide more than $4 billion a year for Afghanistan's army and police after international forces depart in 2 1/2 years, but they still lack firm financial pledges to meet the target, U.S....Tags: International Military Interventions, Europe, Rebellions, International Organizations, Hillary Clinton
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Ohio Republicans accuse Obama of 'strangling' economic policies
Hours before President Obama was scheduled to visit a federally funded jobs-training program in Ohio, Republicans argued Wednesday morning that his policies are "strangling" the state's economy and have cost Ohioans tens of thousands of jobs since he took...Tags: Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Murder, Regional Authority, Politics
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Obama condemns conduct of troops who posed with dead Afghans
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE – President Obama has been briefed on a series of photos published in the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday, and finds the conduct of troops who posed with the bodies of dead Afghans "reprehensible," White House spokesman Jay...Tags: Bombings, Armed Forces, The Pentagon, Newspapers, U.S. Army
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Feeling left out of Romney's vast left-wing conspiracy
Now hold on: There’s a vast left-wing media conspiracy against Mitt Romney, and no one told me? What am I, chopped-liver journalist? In case you missed it, Romney said in an interview with Breitbart.com's Larry O'Connor: “There will be an...Tags: News Media, Journalism, Hillary Clinton, Democratic Party, Mutual Funds
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