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Published: 07/8/09

Obama to World: We're Back and Ready to Ratify

By  Jill Lawrence

In Russia and Italy this week, President Obama is taking steps on nuclear weapons and climate change that are in line with his pledge to rebuild U.S. alliances around the world. It's a window on what we could see in the next four to eight years: The birth of new treaties and the revival of old ones ...

Published: 07/7/09

A Victory for Stem Cell Research

By  Ria Misra

The National Institutes of Health on Monday released new guidelines for embryonic stem cell research, opening up the field for existing lines of stem cells to make it into the lab. The president signed an executive order in March, ending the ban on federal funds for embryonic stem cell research and ...

Published: 07/6/09

What Michelle Obama's Staffers Earn

By  Lynn Sweet

The Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, on the shores of Lake Michigan, north of Chicago, brings together local politicians, floats -- I loved the klezmer band on the back of a flatbed truck -- and marchers from different government agencies. (My favorite, the "Yes, you can afford to live here" ...

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Published: 07/6/09

Joe Biden: 'We Misread' the Economy

By  David Knowles

In an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos this weekend, Vice President Joe Biden gave a candid assessment of the administration's initial diagnosis of the nation's economic problems, stating, "We misread how bad the economy was." Watch:To the right of the administration, Republican critics ...

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Published: 07/2/09

White House Salaries Revealed: It's Good to be an 'Assistant'

By  Christopher Weber

My mother raised me to believe it is impolite to talk about other people's money. But I bet even Mom would admit a guilty fascination, as I do, with the swollen salary of this major league shortstop or that star of the weekend blockbuster -- especially compared to what we might imagine a neighbor ...

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Published: 07/2/09

New Jobless Numbers: Another Bad Month, Another Challenge for Obama

By  Walter Shapiro

The dismal June unemployment numbers are a reminder that sometimes the economy is governed by the gravitational principle: That which is down, stays down – even with a stimulus. ...

Published: 07/1/09

Obama Hugs Cancer Victim at Health Town Hall

By  Jill Lawrence
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Your day in health care: President Obama held a partially online health care town hall in suburban Virginia. Part that dragged the most: His very long, statistics-laden opening statement -- so long there was only time for seven questions. (Watch the meeting here, read the transcript here). ...

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Published: 06/30/09

Time Warp: What if GM and Chrysler Had Been Allowed to Fail?

By  Michael Roberts

The government bailouts of Chrysler and General Motors are complete (we hope). Despite the tantrums thrown by free-market capitalists, the government has intervened in the automobile industry. But what if it hadn't? Would America be in the economic shambles so many warned us about? Maybe not. ...

Published: 06/30/09

Ahmadinejad Won the Battle but Lost the War

By  Walter Shapiro
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While all news from Iran is shrouded in the haze of repression, the mass protests in Tehran appear to be giving way to sullen resentment over a stolen election. So in the end, it probably did not much matter whether Barack Obama cautiously expressed "deep concerns" about the election (June 16) or ...

Published: 06/29/09

Forty Years After Stonewall, That Lavender Hour Uncertain

By  James Daubs

Monday night in the East Room of the White House, President Obama meets with gay and lesbian leaders to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. It represents the first time Stonewall has ever been officially recognized in the White House. Press secretary Robert Gibbs has said that ...

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