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Obama: Allies Will Soon Take Control of Libyan Campaign
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Democrats Could Lose Senate, Biden Warns Party
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South Dakota Governor Signs Tough Abortion Bill Into Law
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Obama Getting Heat From Left and Right for U.S. Role in Libyan Attacks
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Allied Airstrikes Buoy Libyan Rebels; Obama Stresses Limited Military Goal
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Opposition Rises to Increased Nuclear Power Use; Offshore Drilling Support Rebounds
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French Warplanes Enforcing Ceasefire in Libya After Gadhafi Keeps Up Attacks
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Economic Issues Underpin Obama's Trip to Brazil, Chile, El Salvador
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Obama to Gadhafi: Stop the Attacks or Face Military Action
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House to Consider Bill to Defund National Public Radio
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New Fire Breaks Out at Damaged Japanese Nuclear Plant
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Japanese Nuclear Power Plant Rocked by Second Explosion in Quake's Aftermath
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Published: 12/20/10

Obama Lobbies Republican Senators to Back Arms Pact

By not in system - AOL News

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama tried to sway reluctant Republican senators on Monday to back a new arms control treaty with Russia as GOP aversion to giving a politically damaged president another victory intruded on his national security agenda. The White House and senior Democrats expressed confidence that they had the votes for the accord that was signed by Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in April. The two countries negotiated the New START pact to cap nuclear weapons and restart weapons inspections in the spirit of U.S. efforts to reset the relationship between the ...

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Published: 07/27/10

Cheerleading Needs a Champion: Three Cheers for George W. Bush

By Suzi Parker - Politics Daily

Once a cheerleader, always a cheerleader. Just ask my mom, who proudly cheered on her Rison High School Wildcats for four years. She's always contended that cheerleading was a sport just as much as football or basketball even back in the 1950s, when girls wore long skirts, shook their pompoms, and yelled into a megaphone. Cheerleading has come a long way since the days when cheerleaders were chosen by football players instead of by competitive tryouts. The 2000 "Bring It On" movie -- and its four straight-to-video sequels -- about competing high school cheerleading teams showed that ...

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Published: 01/2/09

Denver's Hickenlooper Snubbed for His Own Superintendent

By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics Daily

Who does John Hickenlooper have to give a free beer to get a Senate appointment around here? Despite being a 9:1 favorite in Political Machine's odds chart for Colorado Senator, the Denver mayor was passed up by Colorado Governor Bill Ritter.And who's going to Washington in his place? Why none other than his own school superintendent...Gov. Bill Ritter is expected to name Denver Public Schools Superintendent Michael Bennet to fill a Senate vacancy that will be created by the promotion of Sen. Ken Salazar to Interior secretary in the Obama administration, sources told The Associated Press.What ...

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Published: 01/29/08

Republicans Divided on Earmarks

By Jay Allbritton - Politics Daily

Part of the modest agenda that President Bush set for the congress during his State of the Union speech was to eliminate half of all earmarks during his last year in office. The day after, however, according to a report by Politico, Republicans "remain paralyzed by internal struggles over how to curb their addiction to spending projects." For example, House Minority Leader John Boehner asked Democrats to commit to a six-month freeze on earmarks, while ranking member of the Appropriations Committee--Republican Thad Cochran--remained defiant. "Congress," he said in a press release, "has the sole ...

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