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Presidents Obama and Putin share icy encounter over Syria
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland -- Sharp divisions over the civil war in Syria led to an icy encounter Monday between President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom U.S. officials view as a major hurdle in their drive to force Syrian President...
Tags: Iran, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), David Cameron, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Barack Obama
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Lawyer Cliff Sloan faces tough assignment: Closing Guantanamo
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cliff Sloan has represented Jon Bon Jovi's band in legal matters and argued cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. Now, he has perhaps his toughest assignment: Helping to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Military, Prisons, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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Obama considers sweeping climate plan
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is considering a sweeping initiative to address climate change, including the first-ever limits on carbon dioxide from power plants, the country's biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions, according to...
Tags: Electricity Production and Distribution, Xi Jinping, Conservation, Politics, Barack Obama
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Putin, Obama face off over Syria; rebels get Saudi missiles
ReutersENISKILLEN, Northern Ireland/DUBAI (Reuters) - Rebels fought to halt an advance by President Bashar al-Assad's forces into northern Syria on Monday while U.S. President Barack Obama faced a showdown with Russia's Vladimir Putin over Obama's decision...Tags: Summits, Government, Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin, Rebellions
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Could Bernanke be replaced as Fed chairman?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama hinted in an interview aired on Monday that he may be looking for a new chief of the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, saying current Chairman Ben Bernanke has stayed a lot longer than he had originally planned....Tags: Ben Bernanke, Washington, DC, Central Bank, Lawrence Summers, Robert Mueller
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House takes up far-reaching anti-abortion bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The abortion wars return to Congress in a big way with House legislation to ban almost all abortions after a fetus reaches the age of 20 weeks. The legislation expected to pass the Republican-controlled House as early as...
Tags: Criminal Laws, Democratic Party, John Conyers, Jr., Social Issues, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary
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The two tortured political marriages of Richard Nixon
Just as they say that the poor are always with is, so it is with Richard Nixon, arguably the most tormented American president, who comes back to us in the new book "Ike and Dick" (appropriately subtitled "Portrait of a Strange Political Marriage"). The...
Tags: Protest, Henry Kissinger, Book, Government, Political Dissent
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Factbox: Likely candidates to replace Bernanke at Fed in 2014
Reuters(Reuters) - President Barack Obama hinted in a television interview on Monday that U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke would step down when his second term expires on January 31. Obama told Charlie Rose, host of a PBS interview program, that...Tags: Science and Technology, FBI, Princeton University, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama
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WRAPUP 2-Putin, Obama face off over Syria; rebels get Saudi missiles
Reuters(Adds Assad remarks) * Obama, Putin seen clashing over Syria at G8 summit * Saudi Arabia supplies rebels with missiles * Assad says Europe will "pay the price" if it arms rebels * Rebels report fierce fighting around Aleppo By Andrew Osborn and Amena...Tags: Summits, Government, Vladimir Putin, Rebellions, Missile Systems
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Campaign politics injected into pension debate
Democratic governor candidate Bill Daley injected campaign politics into the simmering policy debate on public pension reform, chastising Gov. Pat Quinn for a lack of leadership and potential candidate Attorney General Lisa Madigan for remaining mum on...
Tags: Lisa Madigan, Springfield, Career and Workplace, Regional Authority, Government
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Highland Park history: Better Homes in America program spurred homeownership
Some say the years following World War I was a great turning point in 20th Century America. As Europe lay in ashes, the United States emerged as a world power. Americans of all means enjoyed a degree of wealth and prosperity they'd never experienced...Tags: World War I (1914-1918), Schools, Teaching and Learning, Chicago Tribune, Students
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Iranian discontent unlikely to bring nuclear change: Israel
ReutersJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Iran's election has exposed popular discontent with the Tehran government but is unlikely to bring about any change in Iranian nuclear policy, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Reuters on Monday. Acknowledging that...Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Government
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