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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!BOSTON (Dec. 23) -- Teresa Heinz says she is being treated for breast cancer discovered through mammography and argues that younger women should continue undergoing the tests despite a federal panel's recent recommendation to reduce their frequency. The 71-year-old wife of the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, Sen. John Kerry, of Massachusetts, told The Associated Press that the cost of mammography is far lower than the physical and personal tolls women ages 40 to 60 face if their cancer goes undetected early and they later have to be treated with aggressive chemotherapy. "Chemotherapy ...
If you think First Lady Michelle Obama gets scrutinized on her overseas trips, just wait till she hosts spouses of international leaders at a summit in Pittsburgh Sept. 24-25, where the global economic crisis will top the agenda. The "Pittsburgh Summit 2009" is a meeting of the G-20, the Group of Twenty, an organization established in 1999 to bring together major world leaders to deal with global economic issues. The G-20 gathered in London last April. The East Wing is now planning Mrs. Obama's activities, working with the State Department. "She will host the spousal program," Mrs. Obama's ...
After his speech on fighting terrorism, President Obama returned to the White House for the traditional White House ceremony to congratulate the annual Super Bowl winners. This year it's the Pittsburgh Steelers. The first twist on the event came after the group photos, when the President shed his jacket and joined the Steelers and wounded service people at assembly stations set up on the South Lawn for making care packages to be sent to American troops abroad. The other twist came from Teresa Heinz Kerry, ketchup heiress, Steelers fan, and almost FLOTUS by virtue of her husband, Sen. John ...
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