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Appearing at a union rally in Wisconsin to mark Labor Day and announce details of a $50 billion public infrastructure investment, President Barack Obama took a moment to depart from his speech, offering an apparently candid reaction to the rhetoric of his most powerful critics. Remarking on efforts to bolster America’s middle class, Obama noted

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Even some Republican senators have complained about GOP delaying tactics A determined Republican stall campaign in the Senate has sidetracked so many of the men and women nominated by President Barack Obama for judgeships that he has put fewer people on the bench than any president since Richard Nixon at a similar point in his

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Afghan protesters denounce US after American church vows to burn Islamic holy book on 9/11 Hundreds of Afghans railed against the United States and called for President Barack Obama’s death at a rally in the capital Monday to denounce an American church’s plans to burn the Islamic holy book on 9/11. The crowd in Kabul,

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Although Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that she has no intention of running for president again, President Barack Obama’s former campaign manager wouldn’t rule it out Sunday. David Plouffe told NBC’s David Gregory that he doesn’t anticipate a Democratic challenger in 2012 but deflected questions about a possible Clinton run. “Do you envision

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An Afghan peace council to pursue talks with the Taliban has been set up, President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday, the latest step in a gradual move toward reconciliation with the Islamist insurgents. The idea for a peace council was discussed at a traditional gathering, or jirga, attended by about 1,600 Afghan leaders and tribal

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Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin, an Army doctor who is facing a court martial for refusing to deploy to Afghanistan on the grounds that he does not believe President Obama was born in the United States, has gained a prominent supporter. According to a statement issued by the American Patriot Foundation, a sworn affidavit from Lt.

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There’s still a lot of talk in DC surrounding President Barack Obama’s shout-out to former President George W. Bush during his speech on Iraq Tuesday night. While many conservatives believe that Obama did the right thing, some liberals think the call amounted to a pat on the back, and are angry that the president who

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