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San Francisco Chronicle, 06.01.09 19:04 UTC

Economic crisis, Obama response face new Congress

(01-06) 10:36 PST WASHINGTON, (AP) -- The new Congress opened for business at the stroke of noon on Tuesday, eager to join President-elect Barack Obama in tackling the worst economic crisis in ...

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Seattle Times, 06.01.09 17:33 UTC

Burris rejection a matter of politics

WASHINGTON Every vote counts equally in the Senate, but first you have to get in. Normal people might consider winning an election a valid ticket for entry. Or getting an appointment by a sitting ...

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CNN Top Stories, 22.12.08 17:34 UTC

Biden says he'll be different vice president

(CNN) -- In an interview with CNN's Larry King that will air at 9 p.m. ET Monday, Vice President-elect Joseph Biden discussed what role he will play in decision-making at the White House. Biden also said the U.S. will remove combat troops from Iraq within two years.

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Seattle Times, 08.12.08 17:32 UTC

Recession could be worst since '40s

Despite months of rescue efforts, hundreds of billions of dollars in government spending and an avant-garde apparatus of financial tools, the U.S. economy has only worsened, and at a faster rate than ...

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CNN Top Stories, 05.12.08 20:02 UTC

Bergen: WMD terror fears overblown

Editor's note: Peter Bergen is CNN's national security analyst. His most recent book is "The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al Qaeda's Leader."

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Seattle Times, 03.12.08 19:31 UTC

Obama asks governors group to help shape stimulus

PHILADELPHIA When President-elect Obama strode into Congress Hall on Tuesday beneath a bust of Benjamin Franklin, 48 governors rose and applauded, illustrating the unusual degree to which Obama has ...

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BBC World News, 18.11.08 03:31 UTC

Clinton at State?

By Kim Ghattas in Washington BBC News, Washington Hillary Clinton turned from rival to supporter of Mr Obama There is increasing speculation about Hillary Clinton's possible appointment as secretary ...

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Seattle Times, 16.11.08 10:31 UTC

Palins hit another gusher, and this one's named Greta

They lived together. Dressed together. Slurped moose stew together. Rode snow machines together. Braided one another's hair. All in the name of journalistic inquiry, for a series of TV interviews ...

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Seattle Times, 14.11.08 19:32 UTC

Obama departing Senate on Sunday

CHICAGO President-elect Obama is giving up his Illinois U.S. Senate seat effective Sunday, intensifying the jockeying to replace the only African American in Congress' upper chamber as lawmakers ...

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 12.11.08 05:38 UTC

Catholic bishops fear pro-choice policies under new president

BALTIMORE -- Faced with an incoming president who promised to sign an expansion of abortion rights, the nation's Catholic bishops are drawing a line in the sand. Most Americans voted on concerns ...