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Obama's Nobel Remarks — Following is the prepared text of President Obama's speech at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo on Wednesday, as released by the White House: — Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Distinguished Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, citizens of America, and citizens of the world:
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Surprise! Palin likes Obama's Nobel speech — Sarah Palin and President Obama don't agree on much, but last year's Republican vice presidential nominee just gave the president's defense of “just wars” a thumbs up in an interview with USA TODAY. In fact, she said that the president's address in Oslo …
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Accepting Peace Prize, Obama Evokes ‘Just War’ — OSLO — President Obama, accepting the Nobel Peace Prize here on Thursday, acknowledged the age-old tensions between war and peace but argued that his recent decision to escalate the conflict in Afghanistan was justified to protect the world from terrorism and extremism.
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In Oslo, President Obama is Asked About His “Premature” Nobel Peace Prize
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A Noble Lecture — How does a rookie President, having …
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GOProud calls for President to speak out against Uganda's execute gays bill
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‘Editor & Publisher’ to Cease Publication After 125 Years — NEW YORK Editor & Publisher, the bible of the newspaper industry and a journalism institution that traces its origins back to 1884, is ceasing publication. — An announcement, made by parent company The Nielsen Co. …
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Nielsen folds Editor & Publisher and Kirkus Reviews — Nielsen Business Media Update — Today, we announced that Nielsen Business Media has reached an agreement with e5 Global Media Holdings, LLC, a new company formed jointly by Pluribus Capital Management and Guggenheim Partners …
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Snowe: Medicare buy-in loses her vote — Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) said Thursday that she does not support the Medicare buy-in because it would “aggravate an already-serious problem” with the program - the low reimbursement rates for hospitals and doctors. — “I have serious concerns,” Snowe told reporters.
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Emerging Medicare buy-in proposal could have costly unintended consequences — THE ONLY THING more unsettling than watching legislative sausage being made is watching it being made on the fly. The 11th-hour “compromise” on health-care reform and the public option supposedly includes …
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Writing Is On Wall: Pelosi Softens On Public Option — In yet another sign that the writing is on the wall for the public option, Nancy Pelosi repeatedly refused to say today that a bill without one could not pass the House, backing away from a marker she'd laid down in the past.
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My Last Words on the Public Option
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Exclusive Interview: Andrew Breitbart Announces Launch of New “Big” Sites — When Andrew Breitbart launched Big Government in September, we asked if he was gearing up to be the next Arianna Huffington: An opinion blog rainmaker with a one-stop digital powerhouse, but presented from the opposite end of the political spectrum.
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Poll: GOP erases popularity gap in Congress — Washington (CNN) — Eleven months before crucial midterm elections, a national poll indicates that the public is divided over whether the country would be better off with Democrats or Republicans controlling Congress.
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Putting the Plodding Moralism Back In — Chris Mooney has a smart post on the vicious—and viciously effective—comeback campaign that's been mounted by climate change deniers. I highly recommend it, but his claim that deniers “didn't need good science to make another sally …
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Tea Party activists to ‘storm Senate offices’ and ‘stay there until they force us to leave.’ — Tea Party Patriots — the right-wing organizers controlled by FreedomWorks — sent an urgent call to action today, asking supporters to come to Washington December 15th to “storm Senate offices” …
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In Shift, Oren Calls J Street ‘A Unique Problem’ … Published December 09, 2009, issue of December 18, 2009. — Breaking with his previous restraint, Israel's ambassador to the United States delivered an unprecedented blast against J Street, the new dovish Israel lobby that has made waves …
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The jobs deficit — It was truly amazing the way last week's employment report was hailed by many people as a sign that our troubles are over. Here we are, having suffered huge job losses, and needing to make up the lost ground — and a report showing that we're still losing jobs, but not as fast, is grounds for celebration?
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Limbaugh vs. McConnell: GOP leader targeted by conservative groups — Rush Limbaugh and conservative interest groups are criticizing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for not putting up a strong enough fight to stop the Democratic healthcare legislation.
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How liberal is Obama? — It's not every day that Christian conservative Ross Douthat enthusiastically recommends people read social democrat Tony Judt: … The first year of the Obama presidency has been a long tutorial on the difference between liberal ends and liberal means.
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Cook Political Report's dire forecast for Dodd — The Cook Political Report's Senate race analyst Jennifer Duffy doesn't think much of Chris Dodd's (D-Conn.) re-election prospects, in her latest update on the Connecticut Senate race. — And she's moving the race rating to “Lean Republican” …
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In trouble, White House searches for a billionaire to blame — In 1998, when the Clinton White House found itself in the middle of the Lewinsky scandal, one of its key defense strategies was to attack the conservative philanthropist Richard Mellon Scaife as the dark power behind the allegations against the president.
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U.S. Military Joins CIA's Drone War in Pakistan — The headquarters for the American military's air war in Central Asia and the Middle East is located in a converted medical warehouse on an undisclosed base in a country the U.S. Air Force would rather not name.
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Election 2010: Ohio Senate Race — 2010 Ohio Senate: Portman 40%, Brunner 33%; Portman, Fisher Neck-and-Neck — Republican Rob Portman has managed to pull away somewhat from Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner but still finds himself in a highly competitive race with Democratic Lieutenant …
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Defense Dept. in contempt of court for failing to videotape detainee testimony — A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Defense Department was in contempt of court for failing to videotape the testimony of a Guantanamo Bay detainee who is challenging his detention in court.
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“Deal” Could Put Joe Lieberman In Charge of Regulating Your Health Insurance — ...and some people say, Joe Lieberman's wallet grew TEN sizes that day... One of the big components of the new possible “deal” in the Senate would be to create a new, national Office of Personnel Management (OPM)-run program.
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