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Since when does it take a political campaign to become secretary of state?
There was a time when a president and the opposition party in Congress could agree on certain basics, such as the right of the chief executive to select members of his cabinet with no fuss or bother. The president's most important choice in this...
Tags: Barack Obama, Christopher Stevens, Elections, Hillary Clinton, Susan Collins
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Targeting Hillary
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's swan song before the Senate and House committees on foreign affairs was in a sense a prelude to any future bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. It gave Republicans a last chance to cast her as an...
Tags: Barack Obama, Christopher Stevens, Elections, Primaries, Hillary Clinton
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Social Security commissioner to leave post
The White House remained silent on President Barack Obama's choice of a successor for the commissioner of the Woodlawn-based Social Security Administration, who announced Monday he would step down next month. Michael J. Astrue, an appointee of former...
Tags: Barack Obama, Conservation, Social Security, George W. Bush
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What might have been: Life under President Romney
News flash: President Romney and congressional leaders met today to review the terms of the recently concluded fiscal cliff deal wherein the Bush tax cuts were extended by four years, the corporate income tax rate was reduced from 35 percent to 25...
Tags: Colin Powell, Ray Lewis, Occupy Wall Street, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Consumer Confidence
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Obama's debt-ceiling strategy could put the squeeze on GOP
A week before his inauguration, President Barack Obama said he wouldn't negotiate with Republicans over raising the federal debt limit. At an unexpected news conference Jan. 14, the president asserted that he won't trade cuts in government spending in...
Tags: Barack Obama, Elections, Republican Party, U.S. Senate, Polls
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Back Story: Learning history on the road
Sharon Boston, media relations manager at University of Maryland Medical Center, normally spends her days fielding requests from the media. But when it comes to weekends and vacations, it's a safe bet that she's on the road, traveling to visit homes...
Tags: Social Media, William Howard Taft, Memorial Day, University of Maryland Medical Center, Lyndon B. Johnson
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'Scandal' recap, Edison's shocking accusation
President Fitz is back. Well at least he’s awake. At the end of last week’s episode he finally opened his eyes after being in a coma from the assassination attempt during his birthday soiree. What a horrible birthday present. Olivia Pope...
Tags: Elections
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Republicans right to seek answers about Benghazi
In general, presidents should appoint whomever they want to serve in their cabinets. But that doesn't mean that re-elected President Barack Obama will — or even should — appoint U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice to replace the soon-departing...
Tags: Barack Obama, Interior Policy, Christopher Stevens, Elections, Television Networks
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Rawlings-Blake to take leadership post at national party
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake will become the secretary of the Democratic National Committee on Tuesday, giving her a prominent role in national politics. The appointment, which has not been formally announced, will give Rawlings-Blake a voice...Tags: Barack Obama, Elections, Joe Biden, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Martin O'Malley
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Don't expect much — good or bad — from Obama's second term
A week after he won re-election, President Barack Obama said he was more than familiar with what the "literature" — the very use of the term cheered academics like me — says about re-elected presidents who over-reach during their second terms....
Tags: Barack Obama, Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton, Elections, U.S. Senate
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Warming to the subject
As much as this week's bone-chilling temperatures might offer "cold" comfort to those who deny its existence, the threat of climate change earned a prominent spot in President Barack Obama's inaugural address on Monday. That was welcome, if overdue, given...
Tags: Barack Obama, Personal Weapon Control, Hurricane Isaac (2012), Republican Party, Metal and Mineral
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As DGA run ends, O'Malley likely to stay on national stage
President Barack Obama no longer needs Gov. Martin O'Malley as a top campaign surrogate, and the Democratic Governors Association is set to elect someone else as its chairman on Monday when the group meets in Los Angeles. But neither development is...
Tags: Paul Ryan, Bob Schieffer, Barack Obama, Anthony G. Brown, Symbols and Symbolism
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