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			<title><![CDATA[ New Obama policy bars lobbyists from federal advisory panels ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Hundreds, if not thousands, of lobbyists are likely to be ejected from federal advisory panels as part of a little-noticed initiative by the Obama administration to curb K Street's influence in Washington, according to White House officials and lobbying experts.
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			<dc:creator>Dan Eggen</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ China says it will cut its carbon emissions by up to 45 percent by 2020 ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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China announced Thursday that it will lower its carbon emissions relative to the size of its economy by as much as 45 percent by 2020, the official New China News Agency reported, and that Premier Wen Jiabao will participate in international climate negotiations in Copenhagen next month.
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			<dc:creator>Juliet Eilperin</dc:creator>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ War crimes envoy has personal touch ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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UNITED NATIONS -- Stephen J. Rapp, the new U.S. ambassador at large for war crimes, knows what it feels like to be victimized.
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			<dc:creator>Colum Lynch</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Gen. McChrystal saying little about delay in Obama's decision on troop increase ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, told a group of key lawmakers on Thursday that President Obama is engaged in a "thoughtful process" of deciding on his request for additional troops in the region.
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			<dc:creator>Paul Kane</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Obama and fellow Democrats at odds about troop increase for Afghanistan ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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President Obama will reveal his new Afghanistan war strategy in a speech Tuesday evening to cadets at West Point, but his most skeptical audience is likely to be the powerful Democrats on Capitol Hill who oppose a troop buildup.
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			<dc:creator>Michael D. Shear and Paul Kane</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Obama to attend climate talks in Copenhagen, set goals to reduce emissions ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The White House announced Wednesday that President Obama will attend U.N.-sponsored climate talks in Copenhagen next month and commit the United States to specific targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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			<dc:creator>Juliet Eilperin and Michael D. Shear</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ White House guests include friend and foe ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The White House has played host to captains of Wall Street, health-care executives and prominent Democratic supporters during President Obama's first seven months in office, according to visitor logs that were released Wednesday.
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			<dc:creator>Dan Eggen</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Clintons aim to keep their worlds from colliding, avoid conflicts of interest ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Since becoming secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton has gone to great lengths to avoid any appearance of undue influence from her husband. Bill Clinton rarely visits the State Department; he never joins his wife's far-flung official trips. With his headquarters in New York and hers in...
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			<title><![CDATA[ White House defends cost-containment efforts in health-care reform bills ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Senior White House officials on Wednesday brushed aside criticism that Democrats aren't tackling cost containment in their health-care reform bills, although they acknowledged room for improvement as the bills move forward.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Heritage trails highlight D.C. neighborhoods ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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After the success of the neighborhood trails along U Street, in Mount Pleasant and throughout downtown, among other areas, signs for the Columbia Heights Heritage Trail are up, and neighbors and tourists are learning more about the community's history.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Surprise 'Housewives' dinner guests not invited, White House says ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:25:18 EST</pubDate>
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A couple of aspiring reality-TV stars from Northern Virginia appear to have crashed the White House's state dinner Tuesday night, penetrating layers of security with no invitation to mingle with the likes of Vice President Biden and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.
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			<title><![CDATA[ President Obama delivers remarks during traditional White House turkey pardon ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:45:56 EST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 1997 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Following the White House tradition of proclaiming a national day of Thanksgiving, President Clinton issued this proclamation:
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			<dc:creator>William J. Clinton</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ FDR Invoked God, Too;Pat Robertson Isn't the First Politician With the Lord on His Side  ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 1986 08:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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"THE FUNDAMENTAL basis of this nation's law was given to Moses on the Mount. The fundamental basis of our Bill of Rights comes from the teachings which we get from Exodus and St. Matthew, from Isaiah and St. Paul. I don't think we emphasize that enough these days.
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			<dc:creator>Bob Arnebeck</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ In Afghanistan speech, Obama will outline both escalation and exit ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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When he talks to the nation next week about his Afghanistan strategy, President Obama will face the central challenge of explaining why he is escalating an eight-year-old war that is increasingly unpopular with the American public, while he also outlines plans for ending it.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Analysis: Obama makes decisions slowly, and with head, not gut ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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President George W. Bush once boasted, "I'm not a textbook player, I'm a gut player." The new tenant of the Oval Office takes a strikingly different approach. President Obama is almost defiantly deliberative, methodical and measured, even when critics accuse him of dithering. When describing his...
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			<title><![CDATA[ Bankers making turkeys out of taxpayers ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The nation's bankers have much to be thankful for as they sit down to their turkey dinners on Thursday.
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			<dc:creator>Dana Milbank</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Obama hails Manmohan Singh, hails India's regional role ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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President Obama on Tuesday welcomed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is in Washington for the first state visit under the Obama administration, and moved to calm India's concerns that the United States is neglecting the Asian power as it seeks closer ties with China and Pakistan, India's...
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			<title><![CDATA[ Fewer Americans believe in global warming, poll shows ]]></title>
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The percentage of Americans who believe global warming is happening has dipped from 80 to 72 percent in the past year, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, even as a majority still support a national cap on greenhouse gas emissions.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:37:01 EST</pubDate>
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PRESIDENT OBAMA: Hello, everybody. Namaste.   I am very pleased to welcome Prime Minister Singh to the White House on this, the first official visit of my presidency.   As I said earlier, this reflects our admiration for the prime minister's leadership, the deep bonds between the peoples of the U...
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			<title><![CDATA[ Officials: Census worker hanged himself ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:50:51 EST</pubDate>
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The Census Bureau employee found dead in September killed himself and staged his death to look like a homicide, state and federal law enforcement officials said Tuesday.
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			<title><![CDATA[ President Lou Dobbs? Ex-CNNer says he's considering a run ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:30:41 EST</pubDate>
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Former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs is considering a bid for the presidency.
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			<title><![CDATA[ President Obama welcomes Indian Prime Minister Manmohon Singh to the White House ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:55:41 EST</pubDate>
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OBAMA: Prime Minister Singh, Mrs. Gursharan Kaur, members of the Indian delegation, on behalf of Michelle and myself, it is a great pleasure to welcome you to the White House.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Politics Digest: South Carolina's Gov. Sanford faces 37 ethics charges ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) faces 37 ethics charges alleging that he broke state laws on campaign money and the official use of airplanes.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Washington Sketch: Seeing a setback in the race against breast cancer ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Nancy Brinker, the breast cancer activist who painted the world pink, was feeling blue.
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			<dc:creator>Dana Milbank</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ U.S. commander, ambassador to testify on war in Afghanistan ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The top U.S. general and the U.S ambassador in Afghanistan have been told to prepare to testify before Congress as early as next week, according to White House and other U.S. officials, giving an indication of how and when President Obama plans to announce his war strategy.
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			<dc:creator>Michael D. Shear and Scott Wilson</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Mollohan, under Justice Department probe, chairs appropriations subcommittee ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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For three years, Rep. Alan Mollohan has chaired the important Appropriations subcommittee that controls the Justice Department's $65 billion budget. At the same time, he has been under a Justice Department investigation, according to documents and two sources briefed on the probe.
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			<dc:creator>Carol D. Leonnig</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Iraqi parliament passes another election law ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi lawmakers on Monday approved an amended law to organize parliamentary elections next year, a ballot seen as crucial to U.S. plans to withdraw combat troops.
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			<dc:creator>Nada Bakri</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Fine Print: The two sides of Hamid Karzai ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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One of President Obama's problems, as he wrestles with choosing a new strategy for Afghanistan, is which Hamid Karzai he is dealing with: the leader who set out specific, promising goals in his inaugural address last week, or the apparently bitter and defensive politician seen in a PBS interview ...
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			<dc:creator>Walter Pincus</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Obama Remarks on Math, Science and Technology Education ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:09:00 EST</pubDate>
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[*] PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you. I am extraordinarily excited to have you all here today.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Rise in stock ownership among lawmakers brings ethics concerns ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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When Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) this summer proposed a $4 billion tax on medical-device firms to help offset the cost of health-care reforms, an unusual mix of lawmakers joined in a chorus of protest.
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			<dc:creator>Robert O'Harrow Jr., Kimberly Kindy and Dan Keating</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Public option at center of debate ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Democrats had little time to savor their weekend Senate health-care victory, as two of the lawmakers who voted to move the debate forward Saturday night indicated Sunday that they will not vote to pass the package if it includes a government-run insurance program.
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			<title><![CDATA[ The ultimate crop rotation: Wealthy nations outsource crops to Ethiopia's farmlands ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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BAKO, ETHIOPIA -- In recent months, the Ethiopian government began marketing abroad one of the hottest commodities in an increasingly crowded and hungry world: farmland.
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			<title><![CDATA[ The Monday Fix: Is Palin running for president in 2012? ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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With so much attention being paid to Sarah Palin's book tour, the Fix decided to put our political nerd cap on -- okay, fine, we always wear it -- and go inside the numbers of where she's stopping and why.
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			<dc:creator>Chris Cillizza</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Support for legalizing marijuana gaining ground rapidly ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The same day they rejected a gay marriage ballot measure, residents of Maine voted overwhelmingly to allow the sale of medical marijuana over the counter at state-licensed dispensaries.
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			<dc:creator>Karl Vick</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ In the Loop: A guide to grudges for holiday hosts in official Washington ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=0a43782c2f427ce40b6c3faad3384c05</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Washington is a town where lots of folks have a "history" with one another -- a history that's not always the most pleasant. That makes the task of holiday dinner-party seating an especially exacting science, since there's always the risk of a food fight.
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			<dc:creator>Al Kamen</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Senate Democrats vote to bring health bill to floor for debate ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=6eaf46779da05e944f6689c773662700</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The Senate voted along party lines Saturday night to overcome a Republican filibuster and bring to the floor a bill that would overhaul the nation's health-care system.
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			<dc:creator>Shailagh Murray and Paul Kane</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Sunday Take: Divided public complicates Afghanistan decision ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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As President Obama nears a decision on Afghanistan, he faces a partisan divide in public opinion that is pulling him in opposite directions. His recent statements about the decision suggest that he is trying to accommodate the views with a war strategy that can be successful and contained.
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			<dc:creator>Dan Balz</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ The talk shows ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Guests to be interviewed Sunday on major television talk shows:
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			<title><![CDATA[ Health bill opponents make most of mammogram advisory ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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As a health reform bill endorsed by President Obama marches toward its first Senate floor vote on Saturday, his opponents stepped up efforts to define the legislation as big-government ambition run amok that will interfere with intimate medical decisions and threaten the pocketbooks of average ta...
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			<dc:creator>Michael D. Shear and Dan Eggen</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Hasan had intensified contact with radical Yemeni American cleric ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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In the months before the deadly shootings at Fort Hood, Army Maj. Nidal M. Hasan intensified his communications with a radical Yemeni American cleric and began to discuss surreptitious financial transfers and other steps that could translate his thoughts into action, according to two sources brie...
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			<dc:creator>Carrie Johnson, Spencer S. Hsu and Ellen Nakashima</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Burris reproved by Senate ethics panel ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Sen. Roland W. Burris (D-Ill.) has been admonished by the Senate ethics committee for his public comments about his controversial appointment to the seat previously held by President Obama.
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			<dc:creator>Paul Kane</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Prison holds promise for job-strapped town ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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CHICAGO --  On the edge of a cornfield 150 miles from Chicago lies a prison, all but vacant, that could become the new Guantanamo.
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			<dc:creator>Peter Slevin and Kari Lydersen</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ As Singh's visit nears, perceived U.S. missteps worry India ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Days before Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is to be welcomed in the White House as the first state visitor hosted by President Obama, two perceived missteps by the Obama administration have Indian officials concerned that New Delhi suddenly has been relegated to the second tier of U.S.-Asian...
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			<title><![CDATA[ Storm of criticism said to buoy Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner has been a lightning rod for the Obama administration even longer than he's formally held his position. This week, the storm clouds returned.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Business Digest ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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CREDIT J.P. Morgan Chase said it is dropping a clause from its credit-card contracts that required disputes with customers to be handled through binding arbitration, a move that could open the door to consumers filing class-action and other lawsuits.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Low profile distinguishes Robert A.M. Stern's design for Bush presidential library ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Love him or hate him, George W. Bush presided over one of the noisiest presidencies in history. There were debates over wars of necessity and wars of choice, alarm and rancor over ballooning budgets and new social entitlements, a bold mix of political and religious rhetoric, and the projection of...
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			<dc:creator>Philip Kennicott</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Senate ethics committee admonishes Burris ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:39:18 EST</pubDate>
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Sen. Roland W. Burris (D-Ill.) has been admonished by the Senate ethics committee for his public comments about his appointment last December to the body.
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			<dc:creator>Paul Kane</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ BuzzWorthy: A Colorful Decade ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 27 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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If repeated viewings of VH1's "I Love the 90s" have failed to transport you to a state of childlike wonder, consider "Let's Paint the '90s!" (Quirk Books, $12.95), which takes recently minted nostalgia to its logical extreme.
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			<dc:creator>Greg Zinman</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Presidential Child's Play ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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There are going to be kids in the White House again!
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			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Clinton's Legacy ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 1997 23:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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What the White House did has utterly destroyed the old liberal-moralist position. I have been quietly concerned for a while now about the president's difficulty in locating a legacy, but I read something in the paper the other day that relieved my mind. In anticipation of the state dinner that th...
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			<title><![CDATA[ Gallup: Obama approval rating drops below 50 percent for the first time ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:28:40 EST</pubDate>
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President Obama's job approval rating has dropped below 50 percent for the first time since he assumed office, according to Gallup's tracking poll.
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			<dc:creator>Garance Franke-Ruta</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ To Amazing to eat!? Meticulously modeled Marzipan -- old-world skills, new world artisans ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 1997 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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I remember marzipan. Forty years ago at formal Washington dinner parties, just after coffee was served, waiters would pass silver trays dotted with beautiful candies shaped like tiny fruits and vegetables. They called it "the marzipan course."
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			<dc:creator>Walter Nichols</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Obama faces congressional anger about economy ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Growing discontent over the economy and frustration with efforts to speed its recovery boiled over Thursday on Capitol Hill in a wave of criticism and outright anger directed at the Obama administration.
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			<dc:creator>Brady Dennis, Zachary A. Goldfarb and Neil Irwin</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ U.S. resetting its relationship with Karzai ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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When a team of senior U.S. officials led by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton entered the presidential palace in Kabul on Wednesday for a dinner meeting, they had little indication of what Afghan President Hamid Karzai planned to discuss, or whether questions about corruption and governan...
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			<title><![CDATA[ Reid pushes for votes on health-care bill ]]></title>
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Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid worked Thursday to nail down the votes needed to move to a final debate on health-care legislation, but a tepid assessment of the public insurance plan he crafted emerged as the latest potential obstacle to the passage of the far-reaching changes.
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			<title><![CDATA[ An opaque transparency ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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As the first congressional investigation of the Fort Hood massacre began Thursday, a curious collection of witnesses assembled in the committee room.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Compensation urged as judge faults Army Corps of Engineers in Katrina floods ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Louisiana officials called on the Obama administration Thursday to compensate residents after a federal judge's ruling that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was responsible for some of the worst flooding in and around New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Lieberman opens Hill's first public hearing on Fort Hood ]]></title>
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Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman gaveled into session Capitol Hill's first public hearing on the Fort Hood attack, promising Thursday to run his investigation from exactly where he sat on the dais -- the center.
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			<dc:creator>Ben Pershing</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ In Fort Hood aftermath, Pentagon opens two reviews ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The Pentagon is launching an urgent review of whether military procedures hinder the identification of service members who pose a threat to their fellow troops.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Energized Republican governors aim for majority ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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AUSTIN --  Republican governors wrapped up a two-day pep rally here on Thursday with an expression of confidence that the political winds have begun to shift in their direction, thanks to what they called a backlash among many voters against the policies of the Obama administration.
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			<title><![CDATA[ At House hearing, two sides debate U.S. ban on travel to Cuba ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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At a tempestuous hearing Thursday, one House member after another criticized a growing campaign to lift the ban on American tourists traveling to Cuba. The move would reward a regime that oppresses its own people, lawmakers declared, pointing to the recent assault on Yoani Sánchez, a Cuban blogge...
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			<dc:creator>Mary Beth Sheridan</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Alan Blinder: Danger lies in threat to Fed independence ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Why the Fed needs its independence from Congress.
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			<dc:creator>Alan S. Blinder</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ To survive, the GOP needs a good in-house fight ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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She has a strong point -- GOP primaries are the best way to test leaders and ideas.
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			<dc:creator>David S. Broder</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Peter Orszag: Bills offer clear path to better health care ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The bills under discussion will put us on a path to a high-quality, low-cost system.
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			<dc:creator>Peter R. Orszag</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Sen. Lugar's wife charged with DUI, hit-and-run ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:18:00 EST</pubDate>
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The wife of Sen. Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.) was arrested in McLean on Wednesday night after crashing into a parked car, and she was charged with drunk driving and hit-and-run, Fairfax County police said Thursday.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Former Gregg aide linked in Abramoff probe cleared of wrongdoing ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:00:59 EST</pubDate>
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The Justice Department has cleared a former top Senate staffer of any wrongdoing in connection with accepting more than $10,000 in sports tickets from former powerhouse lobbyist Jack Abramoff, the man's attorney said Thursday.
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			<dc:creator>James V. Grimaldi</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Calling election stolen, Hoffman rescinds concession in New York ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:38:38 EST</pubDate>
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For the second time this week, Conservative Party congressional candidate Douglas L. Hoffman sought to rescind his concession in the special election in New York's 23rd district, telling supporters that new information showing the results of the election closer than believed on election night mad...
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			<title><![CDATA[ Senate eyes first health-care vote ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:30:15 EST</pubDate>
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WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats geared up for a lengthy battle over a new healthcare reform plan on Thursday as Republicans condemned the bill's cost and taxes ahead of the first key vote on Saturday.
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			<title><![CDATA[ The Fix: 'Going Rogue' book tour by the numbers ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:01:34 EST</pubDate>
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With so much attention being paid to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's book tour, we decided to put our political nerd cap on -- ok, fine, we always wear it -- and go inside the numbers of where she's stopping and why.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Fort Hood hearing focuses on homegrown threats, 'political correctness' ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:58:21 EST</pubDate>
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A Senate committee on Thursday morning launched the first public hearing into the Fort Hood shooting attack with a focus on the perils of homegrown extremism and "political correctness" and with partial cooperation from the Obama administration.
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			<dc:creator>Ben Pershing</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Senate announces $848 billion health-care bill ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid presented an $848 billion health-care overhaul package on Wednesday that would extend coverage to 31 million Americans and reform insurance practices while adding an array of tax increases, including a rise in payroll taxes for high earners.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Lawmakers seek more help from administration for Fort Hood investigations ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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A bipartisan group of senators began a concerted push Wednesday to get more cooperation from the Obama administration in its reviews of the Fort Hood shootings, which left 13 dead and a raft of questions about information-sharing among intelligence agencies.
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			<title><![CDATA[ White House backs off cancer test guidelines ]]></title>
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A top federal health official said Wednesday that the controversial new guidelines for breast cancer screening do not represent government policy, as the Obama administration sought to keep the debate over mammograms from undermining the prospects for health-care reform.
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			<dc:creator>Rob Stein and Dan Eggen</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Sen. Byrd breaks congressional longevity record ]]></title>
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In his almost six decades on Capitol Hill, Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.) has broken nearly every legislative record that anyone bothers to count. On Wednesday, two days shy of his 92nd birthday, Byrd reached yet another milestone: He became the longest-serving member of Congress.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Holder answers to 9/11 relatives about trying terrorism suspects in U.S. ]]></title>
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After enduring four hours of hostile questions in a crowded Capitol Hill hearing room about his decision to send the self-described mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist strikes to Manhattan for trial, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. submitted himself to one more round of interrogation Wednesday.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Judge rules Jefferson can remain free while he appeals conviction ]]></title>
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Former congressman William J. Jefferson will not have to begin serving his 13-year prison term until his appeal of his conviction on corruption charges is resolved, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Sides gear up for fight over U.S. ban on travel to Cuba ]]></title>
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A battle over Cuba policy is escalating in Congress, with proponents saying they have their best chance in years of repealing the ban on U.S. tourist travel to the island.
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			<dc:creator>Mary Beth Sheridan</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Bailout program could be extended ]]></title>
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The Obama administration is poised to extend the life of the highly unpopular $700 billion financial bailout and, to display a commitment to fiscal responsibility, is planning to use much of the leftover funds to reduce the national debt, government sources said.
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			<dc:creator>David Cho, Michael D. Shear and Lori Montgomery</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Ambitious bills could remake financial regulatory landscape ]]></title>
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As lawmakers on Capitol Hill inch closer toward overhauling the nation's fractured financial regulatory system, each hour of debate, each tweak of legal language, each tedious roll call carries the potential to generate colossal changes in the relationship between Washington and Wall Street.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Voices of Power: Melanne Verveer, ambassador for women's issues ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Melanne Verveer and Hillary Rodham Clinton go back 40 years, political soul mates connected by like-minded activism and causes -- from George McGovern's 1972 presidential campaign to women's rights.
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			<dc:creator>Lois Romano</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ D.C. leaders set aside feud for home rule's sake ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray put aside their political differences Wednesday to support an effort on Capitol Hill to give the District more control over its budget and laws.
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			<dc:creator>Tim Craig</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Sarah Palin's book tour kicks off in Grand Rapids, Mich. ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. -- Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue" tour is going perfectly according to plan.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Obama's story infused Asia tour ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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SEOUL -- After taking his message as the "first Pacific president" through four countries in eight days, President Obama wrapped up his tour of Asia on Thursday with talks with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and a planned visit to U.S. troops stationed in the shadow of nuclear-armed North K...
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			<dc:creator>Anne E. Kornblut</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ U.S. to help China develop inventory of its greenhouse gas emissions ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The United States and China have agreed to cooperate on developing an inventory of China's greenhouse gas emissions, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday, an initiative that appears be a response to criticism of Beijing's data collection.
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			<dc:creator>Juliet Eilperin</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Obama says he is seeking 'endgame' to Afghan conflict ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:56:00 EST</pubDate>
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BEIJING -- A week into an Asia trip that has made few dramatic headlines, President Obama on Wednesday told reporters that he would announce a decision on sending more troops to Afghanistan "in the next several weeks" and defended his administration's efforts on reviving the economy, shutting down...
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			<dc:creator>Anne E. Kornblut and Debbi Wilgoren</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Congressional Black Caucus celebrates Jesse Jackson's first presidential run ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:18:01 EST</pubDate>
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Members of the Congressional Black Caucus paid tribute to the 25th anniversary of the Rev. Jesse Jackson's first run for president Wednesday morning on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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			<dc:creator>Krissah Thompson</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Obama admits Guantanamo won't close by Jan. deadline ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:52:00 EST</pubDate>
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BEIJING -- President Obama directly acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that the prison facility at Guantanamo Bay will not close by the January deadline he set, but he said he hoped to still achieve that goal sometime next year.
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			<dc:creator>Anne E. Kornblut</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ New mammogram guidelines cause another political uproar ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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In 1997, a federal committee of medical experts recommended against routine mammograms for women in their 40s, sparking a political uproar that led to congressional hearings and a unanimous Senate vote challenging the findings.
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			<dc:creator>Dan Eggen and Rob Stein</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Republicans push for immediate Hill inquiries on Fort Hood ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The Obama administration's request that congressional committees slow their investigations of the Fort Hood shootings sparked denunciations Tuesday from Republicans on Capitol Hill, who pushed for an immediate inquiry of any warning signs before the massacre.
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			<dc:creator>Paul Kane</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Analysis: Outrage over stimulus jobs misguided ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Another day, another flurry of outrage over the jobs numbers claimed by the government for the administration's $787 billion economic stimulus program.
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			<dc:creator>Alec MacGillis</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Hasan's ties to radical imam raise questions of Âself-radicalization' ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Three weeks before Maj. Nidal M. Hasan purchased the semiautomatic pistol allegedly used in the Fort Hood attack, a radical Yemeni American cleric whom he frequently e-mailed gave a broad religious blessing to Muslims who attack "government armies in the Muslim world."
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			<dc:creator>Spencer S. Hsu</dc:creator>
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