Archive for February 16th, 2010

Stimulus funds going to slashed programs – USA Today


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Stimulus funds going to slashed programs
USA Today
WASHINGTON — More than $3.5 billion in economic stimulus funds are going to programs that President Obama wants to eliminate or trim in his new budget. The president's budget released this month recommends getting rid of Army ...
Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles to lead panel on reducing US budget deficitsWashington Post

Obama stimulus plan halted economic freefall, White HouseReuters
Obama to mark year one of stimulus planAFP
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Dalai Lama heads for Obama meet as China fumes (AFP)

Tibetan spiritual leader The Dalai Lama attends a special prayer session at The Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya on January 10, 2010. The Dalai Lama headed Wednesday for the United States and a long-awaited meeting with President Barack Obama that has infuriated China.(AFP/File/Diptendu Dutta)AFP - Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama headed Wednesday for the United States and a long-awaited meeting with President Barack Obama that has infuriated China.


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Taliban leader’s arrest a new blow to insurgents (AP)

U.S. Marines from 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment peer out from holes in a compound wall during a firefight with Taliban fighters in the town of Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Monday Feb. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - The capture of the Afghan Taliban's No. 2 commander by a joint CIA and Pakistani team dealt a fresh blow to insurgents under heavy U.S. attack and raised hopes that Pakistani security forces are ready to deny Afghan militant leaders a safe haven.


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Bayh the latest exit as moderates leave Congress (AP)

In this July 24, 2006 file photo Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind. speaks in Denver.   Bayh, a prominent Democrat who has been mentioned prominently in connection with White House sweepstakes in recent years, is ready to announce he will not seek re-election, a Democratic official said Monday.  (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - The moderate middle is disappearing from Congress. Evan Bayh is just the latest senator to forgo a re-election bid, joining a growing line of pragmatic, find-a-way politicians who are abandoning Washington. Still here: ever-more-polarized colleagues locked in gridlock — exactly what voters say they don't like about politics in the nation's capital.


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Whitman denies crowning herself governor – San Francisco Chronicle


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Whitman denies crowning herself governor
San Francisco Chronicle
Billionaire GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman, on the defensive against new attack ads, said Tuesday she doesn't think it's possible for anyone to "crown themselves governor" in California - and insisted she's winning support for her effort to ...
Ex-eBay CEO defends strategy in Calif. gov's raceThe Associated Press

Whitman starts talking about Calif. issuesKGO-TV
Democrats Target Whitman in AdsWall Street Journal
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Pressure on Iran Increases From US – Wall Street Journal


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Pressure on Iran Increases From US
Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON—US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's accusation this week that Iran is becoming a military dictatorship run by elements of the militant Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is the public expression of ...
Iran Policy Now More in Sync With Clinton's ViewsNew York Times

Clinton in VOA Interview: US Focusing Sanctions on Iran's Revolutionary GuardVoice of America
Clinton's sharp words for Iran counter offers of outreachWashington Post
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