Barack Obama
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Debt crisis: House nears vote on GOP debt bill; Democrats oppose
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Congress groped uncertainly Friday for a way to avoid a government default threatened for early next week. "We are almost out of time," warned President Barack Obama.
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Debt crisis: Dems, GOP at odds as debt default risk looms
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"We can't allow the American people to become collateral damage to Washington's political warfare," Obama said. Boehner said he had given "my all" to work out a deal.
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Debt crisis: Dems, GOP at odds as debt default risk looms
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"We can't allow the American people to become collateral damage to Washington's political warfare," Obama said. Boehner said he had given "my all" to work out a deal.
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Debt negotiations resume briefly Saturday at White House
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Saturday's debt talks between President Obama and Congressional leaders lasted less than an hour, wrapping up just before noon. The talks came a day after John Boehner broke off negotiations with the White House.
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Boehner, Obama trade blame for debt talks breakdown
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House Speaker John Boehner abruptly broke off talks with President Barack Obama Friday night. Obama called Boehner and other leaders to the White House Saturday to continue negotiations.
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Obama in College Park: Tax increase on rich necessary
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Obama is insisting that any deal to reduce the deficit must include tax increases on wealthier Americans and corporations, not just spending cuts.
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Debt ceiling dispute boils: Capitol's hot, inside and out
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Talks between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner seemed stuck in limbo Friday.
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Don't Ask Don't Tell ending after 17-year ban
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Pentagon chief Leon Panetta will end the nearly two decade-long ban on gays openly serving in the United States Armed Forces, but there's still plenty of vehement opposition to the decision.
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Obama, House Republicans in endgame in debt talks
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In secretive negotiations, President Barack Obama and House Republican leaders reached anew on Thursday for an elusive "grand bargain" deal.
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Obama would OK stopgap measure if bigger debt deal is near
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As time is running out, President Barack Obama softened his stand and signaled he would back a short-term deal to prevent a default, but only if a larger compromise was taking shape.
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Obama to speak at U of Md.
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President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak in College Park this week in a town hall setting.
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Obama threatens to veto tea party's 'cut, cap and balance' plan
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Courting confrontation and compromise alike, House Republicans shrugged off President Barack Obama's threat to veto legislation to cut federal spending by trillions of dollars.
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China slams Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama
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China slammed President Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama as an act that has "grossly interfered in China's internal affairs" and damaged Chinese-American relations, and demanded the U.S. remedy the situation.
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Debt ceiling debate shifts to Congress, bargain in play
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Interest rates and a tax increase for all Americans are on tap if the government doesn't avert an unprecedented default on the national debt, President Obama said at a news conference Friday.
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As budget talks lag, Senate leaders work on Plan B
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Senate leaders turn to Plan B, to give President Obama broad authority over the government's borrowing cap while allowing Congress whatever spending cuts it can muster.
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Debt ceiling debate missing 2012 GOP candidates
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Republican presidential candidates are all but silent on Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell's proposal to sidestep a potentially disastrous government default on loan obligations.
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Obama to GOP: 'Don't call my bluff'
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President Barack Obama bluntly told Republican congressional leaders Wednesday they must compromise quickly if the government is to avoid an unprecedented default.
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Funding restrictions for DC? White Houses says no
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The Obama administration says it opposes efforts to restrict funding for needle exchange and abortions for poor women in the District of Columbia. A bill is headed for the House floor.
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