June 19, 2013
Politics
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Obama ‘not surprised’ by Karzai’s abrupt suspension of talks with US
By SUSAN CRABTREE | 06/19/13 10:10 AM
President Obama, reacting to news that Afghan President Karzai had suspended talks with Washington aimed at setting up a prolonged U.S. presence in the country, said he was not surprised by the...
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Germany visit showcases a tale of two Obamas
By BRIAN HUGHES | 06/18/13 06:05 PM
President Obama will make his encore on the German stage with a speech at Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate on...
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Obama thwarted: 'No indication' he will win back House
By PAUL BEDARD | 06/18/13 11:30 AM
President Obama's nonstop fundraising for congressional Democrats is building a huge campaign war chest for next fall,...
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Obama dismisses Bush comparisons, defends Syria response
By BRIAN HUGHES | 06/18/13 10:10 AM
President Obama in a wide-ranging interview that aired late Monday gave a robust defense of his administration’s phone...
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Greenwald: Obama’s NSA oversight is ‘symbolic and empty’
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 06/18/13 08:45 AM
Speaking to CNN’s Jake Tapper Monday, journalist Glenn Greenwald dismissed President Obama’s promises of strict...
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White House
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Germany, White House
Obama calls for major cuts to nuclear arsenals
By Brian Hughes | 06/19/13 10:50 AM
President Obama on Wednesday called for the United States and Russia to reduce their arsenals of nuclear weapons by up to a third, using a speech at the iconic Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany...
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Germany, White House
VIDEO – Berlin crowd goes wild after Obama takes off his jacket
By Charlie Spiering | 06/19/13 10:20 AM
During his speech in Berlin today, President Obama thanked the people for their warm welcome. “In fact, it’s so warm and I feel so good, I’m going to take off my jacket and anybody else...
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Afghanistan, White House
Obama ‘not surprised’ by Karzai’s abrupt suspension of talks with U.S.
By Susan Crabtree | 06/19/13 10:10 AM
President Obama, reacting to news that Afghan President Hamid Karzai had suspended talks with Washington aimed at setting up a prolonged U.S. presence in the country, said he was not surprised by...
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Congress
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Conference Spending, Treasury, Congress
Coburn: Treasury keeps stalling congressional request for full listing of conference costs
By Susan Ferrechio | 06/19/13 10:15 AM
The Treasury Department has yet to provide Congress with a full list and cost of employee conferences, despite repeated requests from Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. Treasury officials blame multiple...
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Free Ride Feds, Watchdog, Congress
Paralysis in Congress keeps federal worker disability fraudsters cashing the checks
By Mark Flatten | 06/19/13 06:50 AM
Getting federal employees off disability and into retirement while closing off opportunities for fraud has proved all but impossible for President Obama and his immediate predecessor, as well as...
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Fiscal Policy, Senate, Immigration, Congress
CBO: Senate immigration bill would expand Obamacare
By Philip Klein | 06/18/13 07:30 PM
If the Senate immigration bill becomes law, federal health care spending would increase by $112 billion over the next decade as more people take advantage of Medicaid, Medicare and subsidies from...
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Washington Secrets
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Michelle Obama, Washington Secrets
After 4 years of Michelle's anti-obesity campaign, America is still getting fatter
By Paul Bedard | 06/19/13 09:20 AM
Despite first lady Michelle Obama's four-year campaign to wean the nation off Big Macs and Big Gulps, obesity in America rose last year, continuing an unbroken 15-year streak, according to new...
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Barack Obama, Washington Secrets
In Berlin, Obama will invoke JFK, Reagan to push climate change
By Paul Bedard | 06/18/13 03:55 PM
Following a well-worn path to Germany's Brandenburg Gate, President Obama plans to invoke America's most important speakers at the Berlin landmark -- John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan -- as he...
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Campaigns, Nancy Pelosi, Washington Secrets, Congress
Obama thwarted: 'No indication' he will win back House
By Paul Bedard | 06/18/13 11:30 AM
President Obama's nonstop fundraising for congressional Democrats is building a huge campaign war chest for next fall, but there is little hope that his party will win back control of the House...
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Campaigns
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Campaigns, Marco Rubio
Allen West: Primary challenge to Marco Rubio would be a ‘pretty heavy lift’
By Charlie Spiering | 06/19/13 08:10 AM
On Washington talk radio station WMAL this morning, former congressman Allen West refused to rule out a future Republican primary challenge to Sen. Marco Rubio R-Fla. During the interview,...
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Campaigns, Nancy Pelosi, Washington Secrets, Congress
Obama thwarted: 'No indication' he will win back House
By Paul Bedard | 06/18/13 11:30 AM
President Obama's nonstop fundraising for congressional Democrats is building a huge campaign war chest for next fall, but there is little hope that his party will win back control of the House...
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Campaigns, 2016 Elections
Claire McCaskill joins effort to draft Hillary Clinton for 2016
By Steve Contorno | 06/18/13 11:15 AM
U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., wants Hillary Clinton to run for president in 2016 and on Tuesday joined a group of activists hoping to make that happen. The pro-Clinton Super PAC Ready for...
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From the Weekly Standard
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Frack to the Future
Williston, N.D.
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Downsize Ike
The beleaguered Eisenhower Memorial Commission holds its next public gathering later this month, and before its members duck-walk into the hearing room, huddled in a hoplite phalanx against a...
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The Lesson of Kermit Gosnell
What was the lesson of the Kermit Gosnell trial? Since the Philadelphia doctor was convicted last month of murdering three born-alive infants, two competing viewpoints have emerged.
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