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Obamacare and birth control: Women's health isn't the issue
My 16-year career in two legislatures (eight in the Maryland General Assembly and eight in Congress) included many debates on the most divisive issues of our time: Capital punishment, affirmative action, war and peace, impeachment, entitlement reform...
Tags: Abortion, Hospitals and Clinics, Health Treatments, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney
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Obama's birth-control compromise wins some support
Washington Bureau– For days President Obama had been hammered by critics — including Cardinal-designate Edwin F. O'Brien of the Archdiocese of Baltimore — over a regulation in the healthcare law that required religiously affiliated hospitals, charities...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health Treatments, Labor Legislation, Edwin F. O'Brien, Symptoms
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Top 10 Rejected "Operation Odyssey Dawn" Names (satire)
It's been revealed that the Obama administration named its war against Libya -- Operation Odyssey Dawn -- after a little-known album by English progressive rock band Yes.
But what hasn't been revealed are the names of other album titles seriously...Tags: Salt, Elton John, England, Kansas (music group), George Clinton
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Emanuel accepts offer to be Obama's chief of staff
The Associated PressBarack Obama is signaling a shift in tactics and temperament as he moves from candidate to president-elect, picking sharp-elbowed Washington insiders for top posts. His choice today for White House chief of staff -- Rahm Emanuel, a fiery partisan who...Tags: Colin Powell, John Podesta, Heads of State, Richard Lugar, Central Intelligence Agency
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Obama selects Emanuel as top aide
Associated PressPresident-elect Barack Obama pivoted quickly to begin filling out his new administration yesterday, selecting hard-charging Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel as White House chief of staff, while aides stepped up the pace of transition work that had been...Tags: John Podesta, Heads of State, Lobbying, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton
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Dixon's invitation to White House abruptly withdrawn
After being invited yesterday to join more than 70 mayors for a meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House today, indicted Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon was abruptly un-invited hours later, according to her spokesman.
"We were really hoping...Tags: Regional Authority, Lobbying, Commuting, Sheila Dixon, Scott Peterson
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President raises funds, sleeps in own bed and strolls neighborhood
After raising millions at three fundraisers Friday night, President Barack Obama woke up in his own bed this morning and walked in his Kenwood neighborhood before going back to Washington. A little before noon Obama walked about four blocks to the home...
Tags: Chicago Cultural Center, Barack Obama, South Loop, Gold Coast, Soldier Field
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Obama takes time to relax in Chicago hometown
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - Life's simple pleasures are complicated when you are the president of the United States. Barack Obama, savoring fine late spring weather after a rare night under his own roof - the first since April, 2011 - took a three-block stroll...Tags: NATO Summit, Hyde Park, White House, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney
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Who says you can't go home again?
President Barack Obama delighted in the prospect of sleeping in his own bed Friday night, after his Kenwood neighborhood was securely tucked in by the police and Secret Service.
Obama arrived in Chicago about 4:30 p.m. for three campaign fundraisers,...Tags: Chicago Cultural Center, Pat Quinn, Chicago Mayor, Gold Coast, Frank Lloyd Wright
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Obama in town to raise funds and sleep 'in my own bed tonight'
President Barack Obama is in Chicago for three fundraisers tonight, and plans to sleep in his own bed for the first time in a long while. About 350 people were in the Chicago Cultural Center ballroom at 78 W. Washington St. for the first event, where...
Tags: Chicago Cultural Center, Lawyers, Pat Quinn, Chicago Mayor, Executive Branch
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Will marriage equality decision help Obama?
TODAY'S QUESTION: Will President Obama's announcement that he supports same-sex marriage help or hurt his re-election campaign?
Possible detriment
I believe that the president's support of same-sex marriage may ultimately hurt him. Too many people buy...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Civil Laws, Family, David Axelrod, Barack Obama
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Advisers employ diversionary tactics
Obama's support of same-sex marriage may help his re-election campaign, but not in the way most people think. Both sides of this issue are solidly entrenched; the liberal special interest groups are in favor while their conservative opposite numbers are...Tags: David Axelrod, Republican Party, Elections, Same-Sex Marriage
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