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Category: Elections n Elected Officials :: Presidential Election
Last updated: May 24 2013 21:18 IST RSS 2.0
 
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Headlines for May 24, 2013 24.5.2013 Democracy Now!
Report: Obama Speech Appears To Expand Who Could Be Targeted By Drones, CodePink Founder Medea Benjamin Repeatedly Interrupts Obama Speech, U.S. Special Operations Command Prepares To Launch Eight Satellites, Holder OK'd Seizing Personal Emails From Fox News Reporter, AntiWar.com Website Sues FBI Over Agency Monitoring, Boy Scouts Lift Ban on Gay Scouts; Gay Adult Leaders Still Barred, Lois Lerner of IRS Placed on Administrative Leave, Billionaire Backer of Obama Penny Pritzker Set to Become Commerce Secretary, Citigroup Lobbyists Help Write House Bill to Deregulate Trading, Wall Street Attempt to Use Trade Deals to Gut Dodd-Frank Act, In Farm Bill Debate, Congress Considers Drastic Food Stamp Program Cuts, Jailed Pussy Riot Begins Hunger Strike in Russia, Honor Student Expelled For Science Experiment Receives Space Academy Scholarship, Salvadoran President Meets Pope Urging Sainthood For Slain Archbishop, Coalition of Immokalee Workers Rally Outside Wendy's Shareholder Meeting
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Inspiring Oklahoma Volunteers 23.5.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
He served in Operation Desert Storm and in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Now, after 20 years in the Army, he will again serve his country in...
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'That Over There Was My Room' 23.5.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
MOORE, Okla. -- Around 10 a.m. Wednesday, two days after the tornado, Darius Joseph and his friend Brandon Dick set out for the disaster zone...
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House Debates Bill To Speed Pipeline Approval 23.5.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
WASHINGTON -- House Republicans pushed a proposal Wednesday to bypass the president to speed approval of the 1,700-mile Keystone XL pipeline, which would transport oil...
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Tornado Survivors' Emotional Reunion 22.5.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
Amid the devastation, chaos. Shining through the chaos, hope. Raw footage from the scene at Briarwood Elementary, one of two Oklahoma City-area schools severely hit...
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Survivors Return To What Is Left Of Their Homes 22.5.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
MOORE, Okla. (AP) — With her son holding her elbow, Colleen Arvin walked up her driveway to what was left of her house for 40...
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Rescuers Continue Search For Tornado Survivors 22.5.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
MOORE, Okla., May 22 (Reuters) - Rescue efforts in the tornado-ravaged Oklahoma City suburb of Moore continued through the night into Wednesday morning, with officials...
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Obama Weighs In On Devastating Tornado Damage 21.5.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
President Barack Obama spoke Tuesday on the damage from a massive tornado that ripped through the town of Moore, Oklahoma, on Monday. "In an instant,...
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Controversies Threaten To Drown Out Key Obama Goals 19.5.2013 Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
WASHINGTON -- Five months into President Barack Obama's second term, allies and former top aides worry that his overarching goal of economic opportunity has been...
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Obama Tries Hard To Change The Subject 17.5.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
By Mark Felsenthal and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday will seek to turn the spotlight from controversies threatening...
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Headlines for May 17, 2013 17.5.2013 Democracy Now!
Headlines for May 17, 2013
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Adrianna Quintero: Latinos Agree: Time for President Obama to Cut Carbon Pollution From Power Plants 15.5.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
Climate change -- and the hotter temperatures that come with it -- only make smog worse. For children, the elderly, outdoor workers, and those without health insurance in the Hispanic community, these conditions can be deadly.
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Largest Electorate Yet Set To Vote On Citizens United 14.5.2013 Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
When Angelenos go to the polls next week to choose the next mayor of Los Angeles, they also will be the largest electorate to vote...
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Latinos Agree: Time for President Obama to Cut Carbon Pollution from Power Plants 14.5.2013 Switchboard, from NRDC
Adrianna Quintero, Senior Attorney, Director, La Onda Verde de NRDC, San Francisco: It’s been nearly three months since President Obama’s strongly worded State of the Union address, in which he vowed to tackle climate change if Congress failed to do so. U.S. Latinos cheered this commitment, knowing that they stood to suffer...
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Official: Keystone XL Decision Not Expected Soon 11.5.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, May 10 (Reuters) - The Obama administration is unlikely to make a decision on the Canada-to-Nebraska Keystone XL pipeline until late...
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A Call for Quid Pro Quo on Keystone Pipeline Approval 8.5.2013 NYT > Environment
A Call for Quid Pro Quo on Keystone Pipeline Approval
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Senator Calls Out 'Soul-Crushing' Congressional Activity 8.5.2013 Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) unloaded about the "soul-crushing" fundraising work required to run a political campaign, speaking at a Yale University...
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Dave Johnson: Zero Manufacturing Jobs Added -- Zero 5.5.2013 Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
President Obama set a goal of 1 million new manufacturing jobs in his second term. Last month we added zero. Not one. Nada. Zip. We did add low-wage jobs, though. Maybe we can talk about a national manufacturing strategy now?
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PROMISES, PROMISES: When Obama's promises conflict 5.5.2013 Yahoo: Politics
WASHINGTON (AP) — Absent a magic potion or explosive economic growth, it was all but inevitable President Barack Obama would have to break some of his campaign promises to keep others. If there's one thing that distinguished them besides their ambition, it was their incompatibility. ...
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PROMISES, PROMISES: When Obama's promises conflict 5.5.2013 Boston Globe: Latest
PROMISES, PROMISES: When Obama's promises conflict
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