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President Obama names Fox? And what does President Obama think happens when Democrat works with Republicans? What happens to that Democrat in the left leaning press? — While I disagree with what the President says below ( I don't attack - his word - politicians on either side …
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Facebook Co-Founder Scolds Chris Christie Over Gay Marriage Stance — How does Chris Hughes, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of The New Republic and Facebook Co-founder, feel about Mark Zuckerberg hosting a fundraiser for Republican Governor Chris Christie? Hughes joined ABC News in a web exclusive …
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Obama discusses media influence
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Obama and Clinton: The 60 Minutes interview — The following script is from “The President and the Secretary of State” which aired on Jan. 27, 2013. Steve Kroft is the correspondent. Michael Radutzky, Maria Gavrilovic and L. Franklin Devine, producers. — There are few people …
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Obama, Clinton defend record in Middle East — President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton defended their foreign policy record in the middle East, saying in an interview aired Sunday that they wisely chose not to “shoot from the hip.” — In a joint interview aired on CBS's …
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McCain: Comprehensive Immigration Reform Must Include Path To Citizenship — Senator John McCain (R-AZ) confirmed on Sunday morning that he that he and a bipartisan group of senators will roll out a comprehensive immigration reform effort in Congress. Speaking on ABC's “This Week,” McCain …
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Durbin: Senate immigration plan will be comprehensive, include citizenship path
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Fire at Brazil club kills more than 230 as partiers stampede toward exit, choke on toxic smoke — View Photo Gallery — Brazil nightclub fire leaves hundreds dead: A blaze swept through a crowded club in southern Brazil early Sunday, killing at least 232 people and leaving at least 200 injured, police say.
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Fire Sweeps Through Brazil Nightclu; Hundreds Dead
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Bitter clinger! Obama claims that he totally goes secret skeet shooting all the time, guys — Some of his best friends are skeets, guys! We are finding out a lot from New Republic's interview with President Obama. First we found out he is Media Matters material, and now we find out he totally goes skeet shooting all the time.
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Obama says he goes skeet shooting ‘all the time’ at Camp David
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Sen. Feinstein: Passing gun-control legislation is ‘hardest’ challenge
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From Welfare Queens to Disabled Deadbeats — If you want to understand the trouble Republicans are in, one good place to start is with the obsession the right has lately developed with the rising disability rolls. The growing number of Americans receiving disability payments has …
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Some advice on women in combat from a female veteran — Yesterday's column on women in combat elicited a number of passionate responses from both sides. Some of them came from proponents of the move, frequently citing alternate motives on my part. These ranged from “trying to keep women pregnant …
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Promises Of Charity Won Tax Breaks for Tech Companies — San Francisco tech companies will avoid local taxes in exchange for promises, charitable contributions, and even promoted tweets, according to draft city documents. The agreements could be finalized as soon as tomorrow.


The quiet liberal plans for entitlement reform — Ask liberals about GOP demands to rein in Social Security and Medicare spending, and many say this: no way. — But the truth is, there are a number of ideas to do just that already sitting on the shelves of influential liberal think tanks around Washington.
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Egypt unrest: Morsi declares emergency in three cities — Unrest continued in Port Said on Sunday — Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has declared a state of emergency in the cities of Port Said, Suez and Ismalia after days of deadly unrest. — A daily curfew from 21:00 to 06:00 …