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Barack Obama's TelePrompTer: Talk now
The Swampby Mark Silva The increasingly popular tune in the songbook of the chorus of criticism for President Barack Obama thrives on a theme that the president cannot walk, talk or rule a nation without a TelePrompTer. One critical blog even......Tags: The White House, Republican National Conventions, St. Patrick's Day, Upper House, Mitt Romney
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Obama: Cheney's terrorism stance 'great ad for anti-American sentiment'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama has an answer for former Vice President Dick Cheney's contention that the new president has put the nation at greater risk with his plans to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay and prohibit......Tags: Prisons, The White House, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Terrorism, Dick Cheney
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Haley Barbour: Obama's 'spending spree'
The Swampby Mark Silva Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, delivering the Republican response to the president's weekly address, said today that the $3.55-trillion federal budget which President Barack Obama is proposing "spends too much, taxes too much and borrows...Tags: Democratic Party, Executive Branch, Mississippi, Public Finance, The White House
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Obama: 'Challenges too large to ignore'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, who traveled to California this week to tout his budget priorities - and make a late-night stop on Jay Leno's Tonight Show -- plans to spend the week ahead promoting those budget goals in......Tags: Eyes and Vision, Alternative Energy, Human Body, Heavy Engineering, Energy Saving
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Obama should mimic Lincoln on bonuses
The Swampby Frank James How does a president stop a nation from cutting off its nose to spite its face? That is the challenge now facing President Barack Obama as he tries to keep the populist rage against Wall Street, in......Tags: American International Group, Slavery, Business Institutions, New York Times, Migration
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Alleged 'enemy combatant' faces trial in Illinois
Associated Press WriterAli al-Marri followed his older brother to central Illinois in the mid-1980s to pursue a business education unavailable in his native Qatar, becoming a Bulls fan and honing his pool-playing skills. He returned for further study more than 10 years later,...Tags: Corporate Crime, Terrorism, Armed Conflicts, United States, Academic Progress
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Take my president -- please! Journalists and officials serve up laughs at Gridiron Dinner
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama didn't have time to join a roast of prominent officials by the journalists who cover them, cracks Vice President Joe Biden, because Obama is getting ready for Easter. "He thinks it's about him," Biden says....Tags: Executive Branch, Alaska, The White House, Associated Press, Dick Cheney
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White House economist confirms that Treasury Department's bank rescue plan is coming Monday
WASHINGTON (AP) — There's confirmation that the Treasury Department will announce on Monday its plan for dealing with banks' bad assets. Senior White House economist Austan Goolsbee said Sunday on CBS television's "Face the Nation" that's when...Tags: Fox Broadcasting Co., U.S. Department of Treasury, The White House, Big 3 Auto Bailout, Associated Press
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Mich.'s utilities seek double-digit rate hikes
Associated Press WriterUnless state regulators step in, Michigan's two major utilities may raise residential electric bills by double-digit percentages just as many customers are losing their jobs or having an ever-harder time paying their bills. The typical Consumers...Tags: Civil and Public Service, DTE Energy Company, Consumers, Unemployment, CMS Energy Corporation
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On this date: March 22
1765: Britain enacted the Stamp Act of 1765 to raise money from the American colonies. It was repealed the following year. 1882: President Chester Alan Arthur signed a measure outlawing polygamy. 1933: During Prohibition, President Franklin D. Roosevelt...Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Dining and Drinking, Associated Press, National Government, Chester Alan Arthur
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Turnpike chairman owes Pennsylvania his resignation
Former state Sen. Vincent J. Fumo was arrogant to the end of the trial last week where he was convicted of 137 counts of fraud, conspiracy, tax evasion and obstruction of justice. Found guilty of stealing about $3.5 million from the state and non-profit...Tags: Democratic Party, Executive Branch, Tom Ridge, Regional Authority, Pennsylvania
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Point/Counterpoint: Should governors fill U.S. Senate vacancies?
The appointment of U.S. Sen. ROl.and Burris by impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was controversial, as was Caroline Kennedy's pursuit of a New York vacancy. Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold favors amending the U.S. Constitution to strip governors of...Tags: Executive Branch, Rod Blagojevich, Roland Burris, Wisconsin, United States
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