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Immigration push to be launched by White House, senators
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President Obama will launch a campaign next week aimed at overhauling the nation's flawed immigration system and creating legal status for millions, as a bipartisan Senate group nears agreement on achieving the same goals.
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Denis McDonough next chief of staff
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President Barack Obama announced Friday he would pick his longtime foreign policy adviser and popular West Wing staffer Denis McDonough to lead his staff.
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President Obama nominates Mary Jo White for SEC post
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President Barack Obama sent his strongest signal yet Thursday that he wants the government to get tougher with Wall Street, appointing former prosecutor Mary Jo White to head the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first time in the agency's 79-year history.
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Timothy Geithner's last day as Treasury Secretary Friday
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President Barack Obama has saluted the outgoing Timothy Geithner as one of the best U.S. Treasury secretaries ever. He's surely been among the most contentious.
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John Kerry Secretary of State nomination: 'Foreign policy is economic policy'
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Sen. John Kerry, President Barack Obama's nominee for secretary of state, said Thursday that the United States must get its fiscal house in order to lead worldwide, as lawmakers signaled his confirmation was a foregone conclusion.
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The latest political gossip
CommentJudy Kurtz, a columnist for The Hill, came on the show to talk about the latest gossip going around Washington.
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Women combat roles change as Leon Panetta lifts ban
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, in lifting a ban on women serving in combat, said that not all women will be able to meet the qualifications to be a combat soldier. "But everyone is entitled to a chance," he said.
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Va. Senate panel kills gun show loophole bill
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The Courts of Justice Committee voted 8-7 to reject the bill Wednesday.
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Gen. John Allen's NATO nomination to go ahead, White House says
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The nomination had been put on hold while the Pentagon investigated Allen's email exchanges with a Florida woman linked to a sex scandal that led David Petraeus to resign as CIA director.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to testify Jan. 23 before House committee
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will address the biggest controversy of her tenure - the deadly terror attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi.
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President Obama calls for unity in inaugural address
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Similar to four years ago, President Obama called for unity in his inauguration speech Monday. But unlike four years ago, parts of the speech ventured into left-wing partisanship.
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Obama inauguration speech video: Barack Obama delivers second inaugural speech
CommentINSIDE: The full transcript and video from President Barack Obama's second inaugural speech.
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Vice President Joe Biden inauguration 2013 swearing-in video: Vice President takes oath of office
CommentVice President Joe Biden was ceremonially sworn in to his second term Monday at the 2013 inauguration ceremony in D.C.
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President Obama inauguration 2013 swearing-in video: President takes oath of office
CommentPresident Barack Obama was ceremonially sworn in to his second term Monday at the 2013 inauguration ceremony in D.C.
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Panetta's tenure marked by fiscal crisis, budget battle
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's time in the Pentagon came at a critical moment - dominated by the nation's fiscal crisis and an endless struggle to protect the defense budget.
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House to vote on debt limit increase, Cantor says
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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says the House will vote next week to let the government borrow more money to meet its obligations.
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Celebrities in town for the inauguration
CommentPolitico's Patrick Gavin sat down with Natasha and Melanie to talk about the celebrities rolling into town for the inaugural parties and balls.
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Denis McDonough likely to become new Obama chief of staff
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President Barack Obama is likely to name Denis McDonough, one of his closest national security advisers, as his next chief of staff, according to people familiar with the White House thinking.
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