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          <title>President Obama To Sign Bill Extending Homebuyers Credit</title>
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The White House says President Barack Obama on Friday morning will sign a bill that expands a popular homebuyers tax credit and extends unemployment benefits.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:27:42 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Congress Votes To Aid Jobless, Homebuyers</title>
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Congress is sending President Barack Obama legislation to expand a popular homebuyers tax credit and extend unemployment benefits.           ]]></description>
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          <title>House GOP Offers 230&#45;Page Health Bill</title>
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House Republicans have produced a health care bill to offer as an alternative to legislation by majority Democrats, focusing more on lowering costs than expanding coverage.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Obama Meets With Families, Honors Fallen Soldiers</title>
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President Barack Obama has spent a few hours getting a first-hand look at the cost of war: the Americans who return in flag-covered caskets. Obama made a midnight trip to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware base to honor the return of 18 Americans killed in Afghanistan this week.           ]]></description>
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          <title>President Obama Signs Defense Policy Bill</title>
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President Barack Obama says a $680 billion defense policy bill he signed into law proves that it&#8217;s possible to change the business-as-usual atmosphere in Washington.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:16:36 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>President Obama Decries Big Pay For Bailed&#45;Out Executives</title>
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President Barack Obama says Americans&#8217; values are offended by excessive paychecks for executives whose companies were bailed out by taxpayers. Speaking at the White House on Thursday, Obama praised the Treasury Department&#8217;s decision to order seven big companies that haven&#8217;t paid back last year&#8217;s government bailouts to halve their top executives&#8217; average compensation.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:24:41 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Senate Committee Approves Health Overhaul Bill</title>
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A pivotal Senate committee has approved a sweeping remake of the country&#8217;s health care system, delivering a long-sought boost to President Barack Obama&#8217;s goal of expanding coverage. The 14-9 vote in the Senate Finance Committee sets up a historic debate on the Senate floor and moves health care overhaul closer to reality than it has been for decades.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:12:50 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>President Obama: Afghanistan Decision In &#8216;Coming Weeks&#8217;</title>
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President Barack Obama says he will make his decision on new troops for Afghanistan in &#8220;the coming weeks.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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          <title>President Obama Aide Accuses Fox Of Operating As GOP Arm</title>
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One of President Barack Obama&#8217;s top aides says Fox News Channel acts like a wing of the Republican Party. White House Communications Director Anita Dunn told CNN&#8217;s &#8220;Reliable Sources&#8221; on Sunday that Fox News operates &#8220;almost as either the research arm or the communications arm of the Republican Party.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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          <title>President Obama &#8216;Humbled&#8217; By Nobel Peace Prize, Says Work Just Started</title>
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He says he&#8217;s surprised and humbled&#8230;and that he doesn&#8217;t deserve to be in the company of some of the others who&#8217;ve won the Nobel Peace Prize. President Barack Obama was awarded the prize today, in what members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee said could be seen as an effort to build gloal support for his policies.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:14:55 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>US President Barack Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize</title>
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The committee that awards the Nobel Peace Prize says it decided to give that prize to President Barack Obama to &#8220;promote what he stands for&#8221; and for the &#8220;positive processes&#8221; that he&#8217;s started. The prize was created partly to encourage ongoing peace efforts&#8212;but Obama&#8217;s work is at a far earlier stage than with past winners of the prize.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:19:07 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>President Obama To Draw Distinction Between Taliban, Al&#45;Qaida</title>
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As he sets a new course for the United States in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama is apparently ready to draw distinctions between the Taliban and al-Qaida&#8212;and focus the fight on al-Qaida. His spokesman, Robert Gibbs, says, &#8220;They&#8217;re not the same type of group.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:35:55 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>U.S. Senate Democrats Reach Deal On Extending Unemployment Benefits</title>
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Senate Democrats have reached a deal to extend unemployment insurance benefits to workers in every state who are in danger of seeing their benefits run dry in the coming weeks.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:14:45 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>U.S. House Acts To Extend Hate Crimes To Cover Gays</title>
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The House has voted to significantly expand four-decades-old hate crimes law to protect those attacked because of their sexual orientation. The Senate is expected to act soon on the bill, which is attached to must-pass defense policy legislation.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:12:06 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>President Obama Meets With Lawmakers On Afghan Policy</title>
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President Barack Obama keeps his attention on global terror and security matters on Tuesday, as he continues a series of meetings with advisers and others on Afghanistan.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:48:44 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>U.S. House GOP Members Backing Off Scolding Democrat Over &#8220;Die Quickly&#8221; Rhetoric</title>
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House Republicans are backing off an effort to reprimand a Florida congressman for saying the GOP&#8217;s health care plans amount to wanting sick people to &#8220;die quickly.&#8220; Republicans led by Rep. Tom Price of Georgia drafted a resolution last week scolding Democrat Alan Grayson for his remarks. The measure mirrored a resolution that Democrats pushed through last month against Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., for shouting &#8220;You lie!&#8220; at President Barack Obama.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:35:43 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>U.S. DOT Holds Summit On Dangers Of Texting While Driving</title>
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The government is now trying to get the word out that any cell phone use while behind the wheel can be extremly dangerous. In Washington, the Transportation Department is so worried about drivers who don&#8217;t keep their minds on driving, that they&#8217;re holding a summit meeting about it. Distracted Drivers reportedly cause thousands of traffic deaths a year. ABC News&#8217; T.J. Winick has more.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:23:11 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Public Healthcare Plan Goes Down In Senate Finance Committee</title>
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The Senate Finance Committee has voted against creating a new government health insurance plan to compete with the private market.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:58:42 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>President Obama: Clean Planet, Economic Growth, Can Co&#45;Exist</title>
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President Barack Obama says the United States was slow to recognize the magnitude of climate change, but that Washington is moving swiftly to catch up.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:19:36 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Report: General Calls For More Afghanistan Troops</title>
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Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, says in a confidential report that without additional forces, the war against insurgents will end in failure, The Washington Post reported Monday.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:21:13 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>President Obama Takes Health Care Pitch To College Campus</title>
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President Barack Obama is making another impassioned plea for passage of his health care plan, calling it a &#8220;defining struggle of this generation.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:25:20 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>White House: Criticism Of President Obama Not Based On Race</title>
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The White House says President Barack Obama doesn&#8217;t believe he&#8217;s being criticized because of his race. Spokesman Robert Gibbs said Wednesday that Obama - the nation&#8217;s first black president - doesn&#8217;t think that criticism of his policies is &#8220;based on the color of his skin.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:56:21 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Government Approves New Swine Flu Vaccine</title>
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The Food and Drug Administration approved the new swine flu vaccine Tuesday, a long-anticipated step as the government works to get vaccinations under way next month.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:00:13 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Congressman Joe Wilson Faces Rebuke From House Democrats</title>
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Barring a last-minute apology to Congress, Republican Representative Joe Wilson of South Carolina faces what is likely to be a partisan vote scolding him for shouting &#8220;You lie!&#8220; at President Barack Obama.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:35:22 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>President Obama Warns Wall Street Againt High&#45;Risk Behavior</title>
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President Barack Obama says he sees new signs of the kind of high-risk business behavior that nearly caused a financial meltdown a year ago and is warning Wall Street there won&#8217;t be another bailout.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:18:13 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>White House Reports 1 Million Jobs Saved, Created</title>
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White House economists say the Obama administration&#8217;s recovery efforts have saved or created more than a million jobs. President Barack Obama has promised that his $787 billion stimulus plan will create or save 3.5 million jobs by the end of next year. In its first report to Congress, the Council on Economic Advisers says the number is more than 1 million, and the stimulus has been the driving force.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:44:31 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>President Obama Says He Accepts Rep. Joe Wilson&#8217;s Apology</title>
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President Barack Obama says he accepts Republican Rep. Joe Wilson&#8217;s apology for shouting &#8220;You lie!&#8220; at the president during his speech to Congress Wednesday night. Obama says Wilson apologized &#8220;quickly and without equivocation.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:13:33 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>President Obama: Statistics Show Need For Overhauling Health</title>
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President Barack Obama is keeping up the drumroll for health insurance change, saying new government figures paint a grim picture of 6 million Americans losing their coverage.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:22:33 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>President Obama Addresses Congress; Lawmakers Respond</title>
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President Barack Obama addressed Congress in a hard push for Healthcare Reform. We have a rundown of the speech and reaction from lawmakers who represent the CSRA. UPDATE from ABC News:
President Obama awaits the fallout from Wednesday night&#8217;s passionate plea to Congress to pass his top priority&#8230;health care reform. Did he change minds? One of the biggest moments of interest came when a South Carolina Republican lawmaker yelled out in the middle of the address. What was behind the heckling from the Republican side of the room? ABC News John Hendren is in Washington with the latest.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:18:32 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>President Barack Obama Disapproval Rating On Health Care Up To 52 Percent</title>
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Public disapproval of President Barack Obama&#8217;s handling of health care has jumped to 52 percent, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll released hours before he makes his case for overhaul in a prime-time address to Congress.           ]]></description>
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Harsh realities are testing President Barack Obama&#8217;s &#8220;yes we can&#8221; ethic like never before as he appeals to Congress and the nation to keep alive his hopes for creating affordable health care for all. Just hours before Obama&#8217;s speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night, a leading lawmaker all but abandoned months of effort to bring both parties together in a historic compromise aimed at extending coverage to the nearly 50 million uninsured.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:22:15 EST</pubDate>
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates says any request for additional U.S. troops or funds for the war in Afghanistan would only come after officials study a new assessment of the conditions there by Gen. Stanley McChrystal.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:45:45 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>President Obama To Deliver Health Care Address To Congress</title>
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President Barack Obama has set a major address on health care for Sept. 9 before Congress.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Senator Edward Kennedy Remembered</title>
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Tributes continue to pour in for the late Senator Ted Kennedy. President Obama has said an important chapter in the country&#8217;s history has ended. ABC News&#8217; Linsey Davis reports.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:08:35 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>AP Source: Senator Edward Kennedy To Be Buried At Arlington National Cemetery</title>
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A Democratic source familiar with the planning says Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is to lie in repose at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston before his funeral at a city church. Kennedy will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery near his slain brothers, another official knowledgeable about the arrangements told The Associated Press.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:57:09 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Senator Lindsey Graham Statement On The Passing Of Senator Edward Kennedy</title>
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U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) Wednesday made a statement Wednesday on the passing of Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Massachusetts).           ]]></description>
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          <title>President Obama Issues Statement On Death Of Senator Edward Kennedy</title>
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President Barack Obama has issued a statement on the passing of Senator Edward M. Kennedy.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:33:49 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Senator Edward Kennedy Dies At 77</title>
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Sen. Edward Kennedy has died after a long battle with a brain tumor. He was 77. The youngest of the Kennedy brothers, he became perhaps the most powerful liberal voice in the U.S. Senate of his time.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:42:42 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>President Obama Selects Ben Bernanke For Second 4&#45;Year Federal Reserve Term</title>
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President Barack Obama has announced he wants Ben Bernanke to get a second four-year term as head of the Federal Reserve, praising his &#8220;calm and wisdom&#8221; in the face of a near financial collapse.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:40:12 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Ailing Senator Edward Kennedy Asks For Speedy Replacement Process</title>
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A cancer-stricken Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has asked Massachusetts leaders to change state law to allow a speedy replacement of him in the Senate, fearing a months-long open seat will deny Democrats a crucial vote on President Barack Obama&#8217;s health care overhaul. In a note to Gov. Deval Patrick and other state leaders, Kennedy wrote &#8220;it is vital for this commonwealth to have two voices speaking for the needs of its citizens and two votes in the Senate during the approximately five months between a vacancy and an election.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:43:16 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>White House OK With $7 Million Salary For AIG CEO</title>
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The White House is fine with bailed-out insurer AIG&#8217;s decision to pay its new CEO $7 million a year. Presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs says that&#8217;s the price of competent leadership to make the company profitable again.           ]]></description>
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President Barack Obama is welcoming an improved national employment report, saying his administration has &#8220;rescued our economy from catastrophe.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:36:52 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>&#8216;Cash For Clunkers&#8217; Program Gets $2 Billion Refill</title>
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Car shoppers caught up in the frenzy of the &#8220;cash-for-clunkers&#8221; program will have more time and 2 billion more reasons to trade in their old gas guzzlers.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:10:38 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATED: President Obama Hails Confirmation Of Sonia Sotomayor</title>
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The Senate has confirmed Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic Justice on the Supreme Court. President Barack Obama is lauding the barrier-breaking confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:32:37 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Senate To Vote On $2 Billion &#8220;Cash For Clunkers&#8221; Extension</title>
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The Senate is expected to add $2 billion to the &#8220;cash-for-clunkers&#8221; program Thursday, after considering some changes that are not likely to be approved. Majority Leader Harry Reid says a &#8220;significant majority&#8221; wants to move forward with the legislation, which would keep the program going until Labor Day.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:06:22 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Senator Harry Reid Predicts Passage Of Clunker Funds</title>
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says the Senate will vote to replenish the popular &#8220;cash-for-clunkers program&#8221; before leaving on a monthlong vacation later this week. Reid made his prediction after a meeting at the White House with President Barack Obama.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:49:39 EST</pubDate>
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says the Senate will vote to replenish the popular &#8220;cash-for-clunkers program&#8221; before leaving on a monthlong vacation later this week. Reid made his prediction after a meeting at the White House with President Barack Obama.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:43:03 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Time, Money Running Out for &#8220;Cash For Clunkers&#8221; Program</title>
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In Washington, the debate over the &#8220;Cash for Clunkers&#8221; program continues. President Obama is now helping to jump-start the program, after it became so popular, it&#8217;s running out of money. The U.S. House of Representatives approved more funding last week, but the Senate has yet to agree. ABC News&#8217; T.J. Winick has more.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:32:05 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Recession Eases; Gross Domestic Product Dip Smaller Than Expected</title>
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A new government report shows the economy sank at a pace of just 1 percent in the second quarter of the year. It was a better-than-expected showing that provided the strongest signal yet that the longest recession since World War II is finally winding down.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:28:39 EST</pubDate>
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Democratic leaders say they have worked out a last-minute dispute, clearing the way for a sweeping health care bill to move ahead in the House.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:26:12 EST</pubDate>
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The House has voted to restrict how Wall Street executives get paid after nine banks that took government aid rewarded thousands of their employees with bonuses topping $1 million each.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:50:53 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>More Money Pumped Into &#8220;Cash For Clunkers&#8221; Program</title>
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President Barack Obama praised members of Congress from both parties for rushing to pump new money into a popular cash-purchase program that is running out of money.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:42:00 EST</pubDate>
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Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd says he has been diagnosed with an early stage of prostate cancer and will have surgery early in August           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:34:28 EST</pubDate>
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The Obama administration has imposed financial sanctions on a North Korean firm accused of involvement in the country&#8217;s missile programs.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:34:54 EST</pubDate>
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The Senate&#8217;s No. 3 Republican is breaking with the rest of his party&#8217;s leaders to support Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:29:38 EST</pubDate>
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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the United States and China are committed to building a more stable and balanced global economy.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:14:53 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Senate Judiciary Committee OK&#8217;s Sonia Sotomayor For U.S. Supreme Court</title>
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The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to approve Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic justice.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:14:19 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>President Obama Turns Health Care Focus To Families, Voters</title>
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After weeks of urging lawmakers to embrace his health care agenda, President Barack Obama is taking his case back to the road Thursday as the public&#8217;s qualms about the plan seem to be growing. In his comments Wednesday and at scheduled events Thursday in Cleveland, the president is speaking directly to families about their pocketbook and medical concerns, urging them to ignore political opportunists and naysayers in order to achieve sweeping changes, which previous administrations could not attain.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:39:24 EST</pubDate>
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The National Rifle Association is warning senators that it will consider their votes on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor as part of its influential annual ratings of lawmakers.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:31:48 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Senator Harry Reid: No Health Care Vote In Senate Until Fall</title>
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The top Democrat in the Senate says lawmakers won&#8217;t vote until after August on health care, a blow to President Barack Obama&#8217;s ambitious timetable.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:28:44 EST</pubDate>
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Gun control proponents scored a rare victory as the Senate rejected the carrying of concealed weapons across state lines.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:10:22 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>President Obama To Address The Nation About Healthcare Reform Wednesday Night</title>
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President Barack Obama has hailed the Senate&#8217;s decision to stop additional production of F-22 fighter jets, saying the move will &#8220;better protect our troops.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:20:46 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>President Obama Refuses To Rule Out Surtax For Health Care</title>
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President Barack Obama is declining to take a surtax off the table in the escalating debate over how to pay for a new health care system that would cover millions of uninsured people.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:18:37 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>GOP Senator Collins To Support Sotomayor For Court</title>
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An aide to Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins says Collins will vote for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:10:56 EST</pubDate>
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The abortion rights group NARAL ProChoice America says it&#8217;s endorsing Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:06:30 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Bernanke Tells Congress That The Federal Reserve Has Exit Strategy</title>
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says the Fed will be able to reel in its extraordinary economic stimulus and prevent a flare up of inflation when the recovery is more firmly rooted.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:01:58 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Judge Rules CIA Committed Fraud In Court</title>
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A federal judge has ruled that CIA officials committed fraud to protect a former covert agent against a lawsuit. According to court documents unsealed Monday, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth referred one CIA attorney for disciplinary action. The judge also is considering sanctions against five other current and former CIA employees, including former CIA Director George Tenet.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:51:38 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Top Senate Republican To Oppose Sonia Sotomayor</title>
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The Senate&#8217;s top Republican will vote against Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. A senior aide says Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell plans to announce his opposition to President Barack Obama&#8217;s high court nominee on Monday.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:54:26 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>U.S. House Panel Passes Tax Increase For Health Plan</title>
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The House Ways and Means Committee has passed legislation to revamp health care, approving tax increases on the wealthy to help pay for the plan.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:34:07 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Senator Lindsey Graham Says Some Terrorism Detainees Should Never Be Free</title>
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A Republican senator is appealing to Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor to recognize the nature of the enemy as the country considers how to prosecute detainees from the war on terror.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:26:32 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Senator Lindsey Graham Talking More Positively About Sotomayor</title>
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A Republican critic of Sonia Sotomayor says he&#8217;s feeling more comfortable about her going to the Supreme Court, saying he hopes she won&#8217;t let personal opinions drive her rulings.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:08:22 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Democrats To Set First Sotomayor Vote Next Week</title>
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The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman says he&#8217;ll set a vote in his panel next week on confirming Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:04:59 EST</pubDate>
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We have the latest developments from the second day in the U.S. Senate Confirmation Hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:20:08 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>House Health Plan Requires Insurance Coverage</title>
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House Democrats want to require individuals and employers to get health insurance, or pay a penalty. For individuals, the penalty would be 2.5 percent of income, but it could go no higher than the average cost of health insurance.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:32:55 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>President Obama: Unemployment Likely To Keep Ticking Up</title>
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President Barack Obama says unemployment is likely to tick up for several months as the economy recovers from its deepest downturn in decades.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Budget Deficit Tops $1 Trillion For First Time</title>
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Nine months into the fiscal year, the federal deficit has topped $1 trillion for the first time ever. The imbalance is intensifying fears about higher interest rates and inflation, and already pressuring the value of the dollar.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:50:02 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Senator John McCain Looks To Cut Funding For More F&#45;22 Jets</title>
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Sen. John McCain wants to remove the $1.75 billion recently inserted into the proposed 2010 defense budget for more fighter jets from Lockheed Martin.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:01:13 EST</pubDate>
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Government officials say the secret intelligence program canceled by CIA Director Leon Panetta in June was meant to find and kill or capture al-Qaida leaders at close range rather than target them with air strikes.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:53:42 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATED: Historic Sonia Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings Underway</title>
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In the glare of bright lights, Sen. Patrick Leahy called to order confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor that she hopes will make history and knows will be closely followed by millions. We will have more information as it becomes available.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:49:26 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Vice President Biden Announces White House Deal With Hospitals</title>
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Vice President Joe Biden has announced a White House deal with the hospitals to help pay for President Barack Obama&#8217;s overhaul of health care.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:52:39 EST</pubDate>
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President Barack Obama is leaving Russia with a call for Russians to move beyond Cold War thinking and work with the United States on common goals.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:19:51 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>President Obama: Iran Cannot Be Permitted To Be Nuke Power</title>
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President Barack Obama says he is &#8220;not reconciled&#8221; to the idea of Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon within a year.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:49:23 EST</pubDate>
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The Obama administration says it needs two more months to review an internal CIA report on the agency&#8217;s secret detention and interrogation program before making it public.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:45:06 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>President Obama Cites Michael Jackson As Entertainment Icon</title>
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President Barack Obama has called Michael Jackson a great entertainer and says &#8220;I still have all his stuff on my iPod.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:10:46 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Obama Confident US Can Abide By Pullout Agreement</title>
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President Barack Obama is telling the Associated Press that he always has reserved the right to adjust the U.S. troop withdrawal timetable in Iraq based on changing circumstances. But he says he&#8217;s confident the U.S. will be able to abide by agreements it made with Iraqis.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:07:03 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>President Obama Restates Opposition To Malpractice Caps</title>
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President Barack Obama is standing by his opposition to caps on jury awards to people who successfully sue for medical malpractice. But Obama also told a town hall meeting on health policy that he is sensitive to the complaints of doctors and other health care professionals that the threat of lawsuits is harming the profession and driving up costs.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:30:39 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>President Obama: Bible&#8217;s Guidance Is Timely</title>
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President Barack Obama says the biblical command to &#8220;love thy neighbor as thyself&#8221; is as pertinent now as ever.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:49:47 EST</pubDate>
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President Barack Obama is offering a broad-scale overhaul of the financial system, saying hard times struck largely because a post-Depression era business regulatory scheme couldn&#8217;t keep up with an increasingly global economy.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:24:15 EST</pubDate>
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President encourages Americans to visit Serve.gov to find and create service projects in their communities, share stories about projects they&#8217;re working on.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:42:03 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Congressman Paul Broun: HIPPA Handcuffs Hospital Staff Instead Of Suspect</title>
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Congressman Broun touts HIPPA reform following murder suspect leaving hospital           ]]></description>
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          <title>President Obama Offers North Korea Incentive To Abandon Nukes</title>
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President Barack Obama says there is an avenue for peace for North Korea if Pyongyang works with other nations around the world to denuclearize the Korean peninsula.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:30:30 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>President Obama: Iran Supreme Leader Worried About Election</title>
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President Barack Obama says he believes supreme leader Ayatollah ali Khamenei has deep concerns about the civil unrest that has followed the hotly contested presidential election there.           ]]></description>
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          <title>President Obama Pleads For Support Of Health System Overhaul</title>
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President Barack Obama has made another strong pitch for overhauling the U.S. health care system, calling it &#8220;a ticking bomb for the federal budget.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:12:14 EST</pubDate>
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Pushing again to get the health care system overhauled, President Barack Obama is arguing that people must beware of &#8220;scare tactics and fear-mongering&#8221; that have killed such efforts in the past.           ]]></description>
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A government watchdog says the Federal Aviation Administration is missing safety inspections at major airlines. The Transportation Department&#8217;s inspector general, Calvin Scovel, said Wednesday that the cozy relationship between FAA inspectors and Southwest Airlines that he warned Congress about last year extends to more offices within the agency and more airlines than previously known.           ]]></description>
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The federal budget deficit soared to a record for May of $189.7 billion, pushing the tide of red ink close to $1 trillion with four months left in the budget year.           ]]></description>
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The Treasury Department has approved 10 of the nation&#8217;s largest banks to repay $68 billion in government bailout money.           ]]></description>
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President Barack Obama promised Monday to deliver more than 600,000 jobs through his $787 billion stimulus plan this summer, with federal agencies pumping billions into public works projects, schools and summer youth programs. Obama is ramping up his stimulus program this week even as his advisers are ramping down expectations about when the spending plan will effect a continuing rise in the nation&#8217;s unemployment.           ]]></description>
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The Supreme Court has turned down a challenge to the Pentagon policy forbidding gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military, granting a request by the Obama administration.           ]]></description>
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