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Court ends terror suspect's detention challenge
Associated Press WriterThe Supreme Court bowed out Friday of deciding whether the president has the power to imprison people in the U.S. indefinitely without a trial -- avoiding a showdown the Obama administration did not want. The court granted the administration's request...Tags: Guerrilla Activity, Barack Obama, Gang Activity, National Government, United States
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Biden promotes stimulus in Miami visit, then goes to Palm Beach
The Associated PressVice President Joe Biden paid a visit to the Miami Police Department where he declared Friday that an era of federal refusal to allocate funding to local law enforcement agencies has ended with passage of the stimulus bill. The $787 billion stimulus plan...Tags: Barack Obama, Hilda Solis, National Government, Employees, Associated Press
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High court, granting Obama request, dismisses terror suspect's challenge to military detention
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court bowed out Friday of deciding whether the president has the power to imprison people in the U.S. indefinitely without a trial — avoiding a showdown the Obama administration did not want. The court granted...Tags: Guerrilla Activity, Barack Obama, National Government, United States, Osama bin Laden
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Jeremiah Wright: Obama `like any other president'
Associated Press WriterPresident Barack Obama's longtime minister, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, gave an assessment Thursday of his former congregant's short time in the White House: Obama is just like any other president. Speaking in a brief interview with The Associated Press...Tags: Alabama, Barack Obama, National Government, Justice and Rights, Baptist
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Jeremiah Wright his former congregant Obama is 'like any other president ... a politician'
Associated Press WriterSELMA, Ala. (AP) — President Barack Obama's longtime minister, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, gave an assessment Thursday of his former congregant's short time in the White House: Obama is just like any other president. Speaking in a brief interview...Tags: Alabama, Barack Obama, National Government, Justice and Rights, Christianity
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Clinton: U.S. overture to Iran 'doubtful'
The Swampby Paul Richter SHARM EL SHEIK, Egypt -- The Obama administration has already concluded that a diplomatic overture to Iran, one of the central promises of the president's election campaign, is unlikely to persuade Tehran to give up its nuclear......Tags: Barack Obama, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Weapons, Hillary Clinton, Gaza Crisis
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Ill. Dems reject move to replace Burris
Already losing steam, an effort to oust Democrat Roland Burris from his temporary appointment as a U.S. senator was officially voted down Thursday by Illinois lawmakers. A state Senate subcommittee voted 3-2 along party lines to reject the plan, which...Tags: Roland Burris, Barack Obama, Local Elections, National Government, Pat Quinn
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Biden tells AFL-CIO members in Miami that he supports bill to make unionizing easier
Associated Press WriterMIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden pressed the White House's agenda for a new labor bill Thursday before the nation's largest union. The AFL-CIO "brought me to the dance a long time ago. And it's time we start dancing, man," he...Tags: Barack Obama, Hilda Solis, National Government, Employees, Associated Press
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Pork isn't the problem
Earmarks became a dirty word in the presidential campaign, and Candidate Barack Obama disparaged them as a symbol of Washington's wasteful ways. Now that President Barack Obama is going to sign a funding bill festooned with pet projects of members of...Tags: Barack Obama, National Government, Government, Diseases, Budgets and Budgeting
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Obama's Iraq drawdown: Marine stage
The Swampby Julian E. Barnes President Barack Obama is set to announce today that he will pull the majority of U.S. military forces from Iraq by August 2010, fulfilling his campaign pledge to wind down the Iraq war. But the plan......Tags: Barack Obama, John McCain, National Government, Harry Reid, United States
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Obama: How the war in Iraq will end
The Swampby Julian E. Barnes President Barack Obama announced today that he will pull the majority of U.S. military forces from Iraq by August 2010, fulfilling his campaign pledge to wind down the Iraq war -- but leaving a substantial residual......Tags: Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama, International Military Interventions, John McCain, National Government
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Ind. Democrats won't monitor Lake chairman vote
The Indiana Democratic Party has turned down a request that it monitor Saturday's election for party chairman in Lake County, the state's second-largest county and a longtime Democratic bastion. Gary Mayor Rudy Clay is seeking a new term as county...Tags: CNN, Hammond, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Local Elections
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