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March 2, 2012, 12:25 pm
By
Russell Berman
Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.) will retire at the end of the year; his seat likely to stay in Dem hands.
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March 2, 2012, 10:03 am
By
Jeremy Herb
“I think that the Israeli government recognizes that, as president of the United States, I don't bluff," Obama said.Â
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March 2, 2012, 12:18 am
By
Jeremy Herb
President Obama was heckled over a possible war with Iran at a New York City fundraiser on Thursday.Â
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March 1, 2012, 8:29 pm
By
Amie Parnes
Obama said he intends to "draw sharp lines" in order to maintain Israel's long-term security.
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March 1, 2012, 4:55 pm
By
Jeremy Herb
Allowing the Bush-era tax rates to expire would provide more than enough revenue to do away with the automatic spending cuts set to begin in 2013, a high-ranking Democrat said Thursday. Shedding light on Democrats’ potential end game for what’s
sure to be a jam-packed lame-duck session, House Armed Services Committee ranking member
Adam Smith (D-Wash.) floated the notion of letting taxes rise to cancel out the sequestered spending cuts. Smith suggested the revenue from letting the tax rates expire would be more than sufficient to cover the $1.2 trillion in deficit
reduction that’s needed to reverse the automatic cuts to both
defense and non-defense spending scheduled to begin in January 2013.
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March 1, 2012, 3:52 pm
By
Keith Laing
The group, including the Transportation secretary's son, had been barred from leaving Egypt since January and threatened with prosecution.
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March 1, 2012, 11:45 am
By
Jeremy Herb
Sen. John Kerry said the U.S. must "proceed with extreme caution" in Syria, where violence intensified on Thursday.
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March 1, 2012, 8:58 am
By
Jeremy Herb
The killings will fuel further questions about the NATO mission to train the Afghan National Security Force.Â
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February 29, 2012, 9:06 pm
By
Amie Parnes
"We're not out of the woods yet," President Obama said in an interview with ABC News.
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February 29, 2012, 5:09 pm
By
Jeremy Herb and Daniel Strauss
GOP Sen. Kyl criticized the administration for violating U.S. policy by connecting North Korean nuclear
disarmament with nutritional aid.
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