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		<title>White House welcomes release of journalists, says it&#8217;s &#8216;enormously pleased&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Pace</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Obama White House said Wednesday that it&#8217;s &#8220;enormously pleased&#8221; with the release of two young journalists by North Korea.

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs made the comment as the pair was getting off a private plane near Los Angeles after returning with former President Bill Clinton.
Gibbs, speaking to reporters at the White [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freed journalists back home in US after Clinton mission to N. Korea wins pardon</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BURBANK, Calif. — Two American journalists jubilantly reunited with family and friends early Wednesday upon returning to the United States with former President Bill Clinton, whose diplomatic trip to North Korea secured their release nearly five months after their arrests.

The jet carrying Euna Lee and Laura Ling, reporters for Al Gore&#8217;s San Francisco-based Current TV, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transportation Sec&#8217;y LaHood proclaims &#8216;cash for clunkers&#8217; successful, says it boosts economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood proclaimed &#8220;cash-for-clunkers&#8221; a roaring success just as the Senate seems poised to push the popular program back into high gear with another $2 billion in cash.

LaHood said Wednesday that in just a brief time, &#8220;the government has proved we can get money out the door and sell almost 160,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journalists return to US after N. Korea grants pardon and Bill Clinton helps win release</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samantha Young</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Former President Bill Clinton and two American journalists flew back to the United States on Wednesday for what was expected to be an emotional reunion with family and friends after the reporters spent the last four months detained in North Korea.

Euna Lee and Laura Ling were granted a pardon by North Korea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clinton, 2 pardoned American journalists heading back to US after departing NKorea</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean H. Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea — Former President Bill Clinton brought two freed U.S. journalists out of North Korea Wednesday following rare talks with reclusive leader Kim Jong Il, who pardoned the women sentenced to hard labor for entering the country illegally.

Euna Lee and Laura Ling were heading back to the U.S. with Clinton, his spokesman Matt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>N Korea frees american journalists upon Clinton&#8217;s request: Full case story</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean H. Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea — Former President Bill Clinton brought two freed U.S. journalists out of North Korea early Wednesday following rare talks with reclusive leader Kim Jong Il, who pardoned the women sentenced to hard labor for entering the country illegally.

Euna Lee and Laura Ling were heading back to the U.S. with Clinton, his spokesman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Korea: Kim Jong Il orders release of 2 American journalists during Bill Clinton visit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:21:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean H. Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Il issued a &#8220;special pardon&#8221; freeing two jailed American journalists after talks with former U.S. President Bill Clinton, North Korea&#8217;s official news agency announced Wednesday.

Clinton, who arrived in North Korea Tuesday on an unannounced visit, met with the reclusive and ailing Kim for talks described by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate will approve &#8216;cash-for-clunkers&#8217; extension, Democratic and GOP leaders say</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie Kellman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Senate has cleared the way for a vote extending the &#8220;cash-for-clunkers&#8221; program, which offers car buyers rebates of up to $4,500 for trading in their gas-guzzlers for new, higher-mileage models, setting aside Republican opposition to the plan.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday he had several very good conversations with Republican Minority [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White House struggles to fill cyber czar post; experts cite diverse responsibilities</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lolita C. Baldor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Nearly six months after the Obama administration turned its focus on computer security, the White House is still struggling to name a cyber coordinator, delaying efforts to better organize and manage the nation&#8217;s increasingly vulnerable digital defense.

Experts say it is an almost impossible job to fill, and several executives have already turned it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former President Bill Clinton &#8216;and party&#8217; depart Pyongyang by plane: state media</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean&#8217;s official news agency says former U.S. President Bill Clinton and his party have left the country.

The official Korean Central News Agency said in a brief dispatch that Clinton and others left early Wednesday by plane.
The report did not specify whether the two American journalists pardoned by North Korean leader [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate will approve cash-for-clunkers extension, Democratic leader says; GOP won&#8217;t block vote</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/senate-will-approve-cash-for-clunkers-extension-democratic-leader-says-gop-wont-block-vote-130797/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie Kellman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Senate will vote to extend the popular &#8220;cash-for-clunkers&#8221; program before going home on Friday, Majority Leader Harry Reid declared Tuesday in a strong signal the government won&#8217;t let the trade-in rebates die under the surging demand that has almost exhausted federal backing.

Reid&#8217;s GOP counterpart, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, predicted his party would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama and allies say they are determined to overhaul health care with or without GOP support</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Loven</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Bracing for an August showdown over health care reform, Senate Democrats and President Barack Obama declared themselves united Tuesday on their determination to enact a historic overhaul this year — ideally with Republican cooperation but without if necessary.

With his top domestic priority hanging in the balance, Obama summoned Senate Democrats to the White [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Korea says 2 American journalists have been pardoned</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Il issued a &#8220;special pardon&#8221; freeing two jailed American journalists after talks with former U.S. President Bill Clinton, North Korea&#8217;s official news agency announced Wednesday.

Clinton, who arrived in North Korea Tuesday on an unannounced visit, met with the reclusive and ailing Kim for talks described by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White House stands by decision to award Presidential Medal of Freedom to Ireland&#8217;s Robinson</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The White House is standing by its decision to award a Presidential Medal of Freedom to former Irish President Mary Robinson.

Some Jewish groups say Ireland&#8217;s first female president is biased against Israel.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says Robinson is being recognized with the nation&#8217;s highest civilian honor because she is a prominent advocate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate will approve &#8216;cash-for-clunkers&#8217; extension, Democratic leader says</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Thomas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is predicting swift approval for an extension of the popular &#8220;cash-for-clunkers&#8221; program, which is rapidly running out of money because of surging demand from consumers eager to purchase new cars with federal help.

Senate approval of a House-passed measure would send a $2 billion extension of the program to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gibbs: journalists&#8217; safety uppermost, declines comment on Bill Clinton mission to NKorea</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/gibbs-journalists-safety-uppermost-declines-comment-on-bill-clinton-mission-to-nkorea-130684/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says the administration is not commenting on former President Bill Clinton&#8217;s mission to North Korea for fear it could undermine his attempt to win the freedom of two imprisoned American journalists.

Gibbs said: he hoped to have more comment &#8220;at a later point.&#8221;
At the daily White House briefing Tuesday, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reid says Senate will vote to replenish &#8216;cash-for-clunkers&#8217; program before August vacation</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/reid-says-senate-will-vote-to-replenish-cash-for-clunkers-program-before-august-vacation-130673/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Thomas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is predicting swift approval for an extension of the popular &#8220;cash-for-clunkers&#8221; program, which is rapidly running out of money after surging demand from consumers eager to purchase new cars with federal help.

Senate approval of a House-passed measure would send a $2 billion extension of the program to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama visits White House press room on birthday, notes birthday of longtime correspondent</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — You say it&#8217;s your birthday. It&#8217;s my birthday, too. On the day he turned 48, President Barack Obama decided to splash a little celebration on someone with whom he shares the birthday: legendary White House correspondent Helen Thomas, now a columnist with Hearst Newspapers. She turned 89 on Tuesday.

Obama emerged unannounced in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Cash for clunkers&#8217; gains support in the Senate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Thomas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — 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.
Reid spoke at the same time as Republican Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Clinton meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il for &#8216;wide-ranging&#8217; talks: state media</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:43:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea — Former President Bill Clinton met Tuesday with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il on the first day of a surprise mission to Pyongyang to negotiate the release of two Americans, holding &#8220;exhaustive&#8221; talks on a wide range of topics, state-run media said.

Clinton &#8220;courteously&#8221; conveyed a verbal message from President Barack Obama, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White House uses Web against Drudge on health care, calls posting a campaign of falsehoods</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The White House is turning to the Internet to hit back at a Web posting that claims to show President Barack Obama explaining how his health care reform plans eventually would eliminate private insurance.

The 3-minute White House video features Linda Douglass, a former network television correspondent and now White House Office of Health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama White House withholding public discussion of former President Clinton&#8217;s North Korea trip</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-white-house-withholding-public-discussion-of-former-president-clintons-north-korea-trip-130095/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The White House took a tight-lipped stance Tuesday on former President Bill Clinton&#8217;s visit to North Korea to press for the release of two jailed Americans arrested in March.

&#8220;While this solely private mission to secure the release of the two Americans is on the ground, we will have no comment,&#8221; said a statement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Clinton makes surprise visit to NKorea to bring home jailed US journalists</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:04:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EOUL, South Korea — North Korea welcomed former President Bill Clinton to Pyongyang with flowers and hearty handshakes Tuesday as he arrived in the communist nation on a surprise mission to bring home two jailed American journalists.

Clinton landed in the North Korean capital in an unmarked jet. On arrival he shook hands with Vice Foreign [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis: Obama&#8217;s options to pay for health overhaul limited by promise of no middle-class tax</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Elliott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is struggling to find a way to pay for an overhaul of the nation&#8217;s health care system without violating his campaign promise not to raise taxes on the middle class.

Obama&#8217;s dilemma was highlighted this week when two top economic advisers refused to rule out a middle class tax hike as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Clinton makes unannounced visit to NKorea amid tensions over nukes, jailed US reporters</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean H. Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea — Former U.S. President Bill Clinton made an unannounced visit to communist North Korea on Tuesday on a trip seen as a mission to win the release of two jailed American reporters and to ease tensions over Pyongyang&#8217;s recent nuclear defiance.

North Korea&#8217;s chief nuclear negotiator and a high-ranking parliamentary official met Clinton [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-President Clinton makes surprise trip to NKorea amid nuclear standoff, reporters detained</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ex-president-clinton-makes-surprise-trip-to-nkorea-amid-nuclear-standoff-reporters-detained-129680/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jae-soon Chang</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea — Former U.S. President Bill Clinton made a surprise trip to North Korea on Tuesday amid an international standoff over the country&#8217;s nuclear program and concerns about two U.S. reporters imprisoned in Pyongyang since March.

Clinton landed in Pyongyang in an unmarked jet Tuesday and was greeted at the airport by North Korean [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Cash for clunkers&#8217; sale nears quarter-million, could end by Friday unless $2 billion added</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The White House warned Monday that the &#8220;cash for clunkers&#8221; program, already zooming toward a quarter-million trade-ins with the initial $1 billion in rebates, could sputter to a stop by Friday unless the Senate quickly approves $2 billion more.

While Republican lawmakers complained about another government giveaway, the Obama administration pointed to environmental gains [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to meet with President Barack Obama at White House on Aug. 18</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will meet at the White House on Aug. 18.

They are expected to discuss a range of issues, including Middle East peace, combatting extremism and other regional threats.
The White House announced the visit on Monday.
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		<title>Obama spokesman says no tax hike for middle class, knocks down remarks by gov&#8217;t officials</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — In a rebuke to the Treasury secretary, the White House said Monday that President Barack Obama remains opposed to any tax hike for families earning up to $250,000.

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs restated the assurance after Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and National Economic Council Director Larry Summers appeared Sunday to leave open [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White House spokesman: cash-for-clunkers program may not survive if Senate doesn&#8217;t vote by Fri</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama&#8217;s chief spokesman says the popular cash for clunkers rebate program may not survive beyond Friday if the Senate doesn&#8217;t provide a $2 billion cash infusion.

The program ran out of money last week. The House voted to provide another $2 billion before leaving for summer break last Friday. But the Senate [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — AP&#8217;s fast, multidimensional coverage of the splashdown of a passenger jet into the Hudson River has been honored for Deadline Reporting by the Associated Press Managing Editors Association.

&#8220;The world expects The Associated Press to react well to breaking news, especially when it occurs in the main office&#8217;s backyard,&#8221; the APME judges said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RI&#8217;s Touro Synagogue, oldest existing Jewish house of worship in US, opens new visitors center</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Tucker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWPORT, R.I. — The Touro Synagogue was barely 25 years old when George Washington offered a vision of religious tolerance in a letter he sent its congregants.

The new American government, the president wrote in the most famous passage of the 1790 letter, &#8220;gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.&#8221;
A copy of the letter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis: Some Obama health care math doesn&#8217;t compute; he may be headed for same trap as Bush</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Raum</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Some of President Barack Obama&#8217;s health care numbers don&#8217;t seem to add up. And that&#8217;s complicating his efforts to pass his top domestic priority.

Obama could be falling into the same trap that snagged George W. Bush when he was pushing private accounts for Social Security as part of his &#8220;ownership society&#8221; in 2005. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Filipinos pledge to carry on Corazon Aquino&#8217;s legacy at wake by safeguarding democracy</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/filipinos-pledge-to-carry-on-corazon-aquinos-legacy-at-wake-by-safeguarding-democracy-128037/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Gomez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines — Weeping mourners have been paying their respects at the wake of former President Corazon Aquino, with some pledging to carry on her legacy by protecting the democracy she helped install 23 years ago.

Filipinos have been sensitive to any slide back toward autocratic rule since Aquino and Roman Catholic leader Cardinal Jaime Sin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philippines, world leaders mourn democracy icon, former President Corazon Aquino, dead at 76</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 12:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Gomez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines — Thousands of Filipinos lined up for hours Sunday to see the body of former President Corazon Aquino — the beloved democracy icon who swept away a dictator and inspired nonviolent resistance to autocratic rule.

Aquino, 76, died early Saturday in a Manila hospital after a yearlong battle with colon cancer.
Thousands trooped to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philippines mourns democracy icon, former President Corazon Aquino, dead at 76</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/philippines-mourns-democracy-icon-former-president-corazon-aquino-dead-at-76-127456/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oliver Teves</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines — Military honor guards carried former President Corazon Aquino&#8217;s flag-draped casket to a school gym Saturday for public viewing, as Filipinos mourned the beloved democracy icon who swept away a dictator and fought off seven coup attempts.

The accidental opposition leader — whose rise began only after her husband&#8217;s assassination — died before dawn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White House says Aquino played &#8216;crucial role&#8217; in restoring Philippine democracy</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/white-house-says-aquino-played-crucial-role-in-restoring-philippine-democracy-127373/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The White House said Friday that former Philippines President Corazon Aquino will be remembered for her &#8220;crucial role&#8221; in moving the country to democratic rule through non-violent protest.

Aquino died early Saturday in Manila (Friday in Washington).
Aquino&#8217;s &#8220;people power&#8221; movement took to the streets by the hundreds of thousands in the wake of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Final House panel acts to approve sweeping health care legislation</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/final-house-panel-acts-to-approve-sweeping-health-care-legislation-127355/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Democrats have pushed sweeping health care legislation through a key congressional committee, clearing the way for a September showdown on President Barack Obama&#8217;s top domestic priority.

The 31-28 vote Friday came after majority Democrats on the Energy and Commerce Committee agreed to a last-minute series of changes including limiting how much health insurance companies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democrats push sweeping health care bill to brink of passage in key congressional committee</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/democrats-push-sweeping-health-care-bill-to-brink-of-passage-in-key-congressional-committee-127341/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 08:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — After a bruising struggle, Democrats pushed sweeping health care legislation to the brink of passage in a key congressional committee on Friday, clearing the way for a September showdown in the House on President Barack Obama&#8217;s top domestic priority.

As part of a last-minute series of changes, majority Democrats on the Energy and Commerce [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis: Obama&#8217;s rare foray into racial matters shows what can happen if he enters the fray</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/analysis-obamas-rare-foray-into-racial-matters-shows-what-can-happen-if-he-enters-the-fray-127297/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 06:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Washington</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps the biggest &#8220;teachable moment&#8221; from the Henry Louis Gates Jr. saga was for President Barack Obama: If you want to improve race relations, you have to enter the fray.

Even some of Obama&#8217;s fiercest opponents say that by bringing together the black professor and the white police officer who arrested him, the president had orchestrated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Overwhelming popularity, Web site meltdown were among &#8216;cash for clunkers&#8217; glitches</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/overwhelming-popularity-web-site-meltdown-were-among-cash-for-clunkers-glitches-127243/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 06:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Strumpf</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — This was one government stimulus plan that yielded quick results. Maybe too quick.

Far more drivers signed up for the &#8220;cash for clunkers&#8221; program than anyone thought, overwhelming showrooms, blowing through the initial $1 billion set aside by Congress and leaving dealers panicked over when or if the government would make good on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama, Biden, Cabinet retreat across street from White House to discuss past and future agenda</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-biden-cabinet-retreat-across-street-from-white-house-to-discuss-past-and-future-agenda-127207/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darlene Superville</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, senior officials and Cabinet members were gathering away from the White House this weekend to discuss administration progress at the six-month mark and plot a course ahead.

The meetings were scheduled for Blair House, the government guest property across from the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Obama and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House panel poised to act on health care as Dems seek to limit increases in cost of insurance</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/house-panel-poised-to-act-on-health-care-as-dems-seek-to-limit-increases-in-cost-of-insurance-127013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Democrats sought to limit increases in the cost of insurance sold under a sweeping health care bill Friday as they labored to clear the final committee obstacle to a September showdown on President Barack Obama&#8217;s top domestic priority.

Several officials said a last-minute agreement among Democrats on the Energy and Commerce Committee also included [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US general preparing appraisal of Afghan war that may include request for more US troops</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-general-preparing-appraisal-of-afghan-war-that-may-include-request-for-more-us-troops-126350/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Jakes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The U.S. general put in charge of turning around the war in Afghanistan is likely to recommend significant changes in the campaign and may include a request for more U.S. forces that the White House is expected to resist.

Gen. Stanley McChrystal&#8217;s long-awaited reassessment of the war against Taliban insurgents aims for a transformation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black Harvard professor, white policeman to talk again after Obama&#8217;s &#8216;beer summit&#8217; on race</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Elliott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The black scholar and the white police sergeant who arrested him agreed to disagree and promised to talk again, a gracious conclusion to the first round of an eye-opening dialogue on race that allows President Barack Obama to get back to selling his health care plan to skeptical Americans.

After accepting Obama&#8217;s invitation to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White House trying to keep &#8216;cash for clunkers&#8217; program alive amid funding concerns</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Thomas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The government&#8217;s popular &#8220;cash for clunkers&#8221; program may be running out of money after only a matter of days as car shoppers flock to dealerships to take advantage of the rebates.

The White House said Thursday it was assessing its options amid concerns the $1 billion budget for rebates for new car sales may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ready to move on, Obama, the policeman and the professor hope for positive lesson from dispute</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Feller</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — With mugs of beer and calming words, President Barack Obama and the professor and policeman engulfed in a national uproar over race pledged Thursday to move on and try to pull the country with them.

There was no acrimony — nor apology — from any of the three: black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Policeman calls White House meeting productive, says focus is on the future</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Feller</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The police officer at the center of a national dispute over race and law enforcement says a much-anticipated meeting at the White House was productive and all parties are looking forward.

Cambridge, Mass., police Sgt. James Crowley spoke after meeting with President Barack Obama and Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., along with Vice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama says &#8216;friendly, thoughtful&#8217; chat with Gates and Crowley contributes to positive lesson</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Feller</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is hailing his meeting with professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and policeman James Crowley as a &#8220;friendly, thoughtful conversation.&#8221;

In a statement after the three men and Vice President Joe Biden chatted over beers, Obama said he learned that Gates and Crowley had already spent some time talking with each other. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ready to move on, Obama welcomes policeman and professor but say it is no &#8216;beer summit&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Feller</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — With mugs of beer and more-carefully chosen words, President Barack Obama tried to push himself and the nation beyond an uproar over race, chatting in his garden Thursday with the black professor and the white policeman whose dispute had ignited a fierce, consuming debate.

Under the canopy of a magnolia tree in the early [...]]]></description>
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