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Political fight over Guantanamo won't die (AP)

Yahoo! News - 4hrs 46mins ago

WASHINGTON – The latest round in the political fight that has blocked the Obama Administration from bringing Guantanamo Bay Detainees into the United States is playing out in the new federal Budget. The Justice Department is requesting $66…

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Obama: Talks on entitlements 'have already begun' (AP)

Yahoo! News - 4hrs 46mins ago

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama said Wednesday that difficult debates on how to address the costs of Social Security and Medicare are "starting now," even though his 2012 Budget blueprint lacked any major changes to the large benefit p…

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Obama, GOP freshmen win in jet engine budget fight (AP)

Yahoo! News - 5hrs 15mins ago

WASHINGTON – Determined to reduce Deficits, impatient House Republican freshmen made common cause with President Barack Obama on Wednesday, scoring their biggest victory to date in a vote to cancel $450 million for an alternative engine fo…

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Chris Christie wonders what itll take to convince us hes not running for president (Daily Caller)

Yahoo! News - 5hrs 51mins ago

Read more stories from The Daily Caller Paul Ryan currently leads newly launched Tea Party online Straw Poll Egyptian attackers shouted 'Jew! Jew!' while sexually assaulting CBS reporter Lara Logan Chris Christie wonders what it'll take to conv…

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Paul Ryan currently leads newly launched Tea Party online straw poll (Daily Caller)

Yahoo! News - 5hrs 51mins ago

If the Presidential Election were to happen today, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin would be the Candidate with the Tea Party most strongly in his corner. So says the self-proclaimed 2012 Tea Party Straw Poll, an online pol…

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AP sources: Obama, Kaine talk about VA Senate race (AP)

Yahoo! News - 5hrs 51mins ago

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama spoke by phone Wednesday with Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine about the race to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Jim Webb in Virginia, officials said. The conversation came as Democrats …

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Bill in House reflects Obama's wish to revive BABS (Reuters)

Yahoo! News - 6hrs 30mins ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama's proposal to revive the popular Build America Bonds (BABs) moved one step closer to legislative reality on Wednesday with introduction of a bill to continue the program for two years. Cali…

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'America's Great Outdoors' unveiled (Politico)

Yahoo! News - 7hrs 5mins ago

President Barack Obama is trumpeting a conservation plan that he hopes will get an indoor nation out of the house. In an address from the White House on Wednesday, Obama is rolling out his “America’s Great Outdoors” initiative, a…

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