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ECONOMY:: Full text: Obama’s economic speech in Osawatomie, Kans. – WaPo
By MB Snow at December 6, 2011 | 12:06 pm
Good afternoon. I want to start by thanking a few of the folks who’ve joined us today. We’ve got the mayor of Osawatomie, Phil Dudley; your superintendent, Gary French; the principal of Osawatomie High, Doug Chisam. And I’ve brought your former governor, who’s now doing an outstanding job as our Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius. via ... Go To Article
Barack Obama , Economy , News , Politics
US launches ‘VIRTUAL’ EMBASSY for Iran – AP
By MB Snow at December 6, 2011 | 11:32 am
WASHINGTON (AP) -- More than three decades after the bricks-and-mortar U.S. embassy in Tehran was shuttered and diplomatic relations with Iran were severed following the Islamic revolution and hostage crisis, the Obama administration has opened a virtual embassy for Iran to encourage dialogue with the Iranian people. The web-based "embassy" went online Tuesday with ... Go To Article
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UNIONS:: ‘Take Back the Capitol’ protesters at National Mall – CNN
By MB Snow at December 6, 2011 | 11:27 am
Washington (CNN) -- Several hundred protesters camped out Tuesday on the National Mall, and dozens more from around the country headed to join them for a new movement calling itself "Take Back the Capitol." Borrowing language from the Occupy movement and drawing demonstrators "from Occupy sites from coast to coast," the movement says its goal is to affect congressional ... Go To Article
FOREIGN AID:: US to use foreign aid to promote gay rights – Yahoo! News
By MB Snow at December 6, 2011 | 11:08 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is announcing a wide-ranging effort to use U.S. foreign aid to promote rights for gays and lesbians abroad, including combating attempts by foreign governments to criminalize homosexuality. In a memorandum issued Tuesday, President Barack Obama directed U.S. agencies working abroad, including the State Department and the ... Go To Article
POLLS:: Cain’s fall fuels a record Gingrich rise – USATODAY
By MB Snow at December 6, 2011 | 11:01 am
WASHINGTON – Former House speaker Newt Gingrich has taken a double-digit lead over former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination in a new nationwide Gallup Poll. Gingrich's 37% standing is higher support than any Republican candidate has scored to date in Gallup surveys this year that have been led, at various times, by five ... Go To Article
Election 2012 , News , Newt Gingrich , Politics , Polls
VIDEO LINK:: TRUMP Narrows Down GOP Field as Endorsement Talk Heats Up – Fox News
By MB Snow at December 6, 2011 | 10:54 am
This is a rush transcript from "Hannity," December 5, 2011. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. SEAN HANNITY, HOST: But first, we bring you my exclusive interview with billionaire entrepreneur, the one and only Donald Trump. His brand new book is called "Time to Get Tough: Making America Number One Again." I sat down with him earlier today at ... Go To Article
ON PRIVATE CALL, REPUBLICANS say attacking Obama personally is too dangerous – Yahoo! News
By MB Snow at December 6, 2011 | 10:52 am
Republicans on a private Republican National Committee conference call with allies warned Tuesday that party surrogates should refrain from personal attacks against President Barack Obama, because such a strategy is too hazardous for the GOP. "We're hesitant to jump on board with heavy attacks" personally against President Obama, Nicholas Thompson, the vice president ... Go To Article
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SUPER PAC Supporting ROMNEY Looks to Run Ads in Iowa – WSJ
By MB Snow at December 6, 2011 | 10:39 am
An outside group that supports GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney began asking Iowa TV stations for their ad rates on Monday, signaling that it intends to enter the air wars there against new front-runner Newt Gingrich, according to Republican media buyers. Mitt Romney walks away from a supporter’s home as he campaigns door to door in New Hampshire on Saturday. ... Go To Article
Barack Obama , Election 2012 , General , News , Politics
MIDDLE EAST:: Rare attacks on Afghan Shiites kill 60 – Yahoo! News
By MB Snow at December 6, 2011 | 9:43 am
KABUL, Afghanistan – A suicide bomber struck a crowd of Shiite worshippers who packed a Kabul mosque Tuesday to mark a holy day, killing at least 56 people, and a second bombing in another city killed four more Shiites. They were the first major sectarian assaults since the fall of the Taliban a decade ago. A third attack, a motorcycle bomb in the southern city of ... Go To Article
Middle East , News , Politics , Terrorism
ELECTION 2012:: Gingrich Scolds Pelosi for Suggesting She’d Air Ethics Charges – WashPo
By MB Snow at December 6, 2011 | 9:28 am
Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich rebuked House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi for suggesting she would offer details of a 1990s ethics probe against him if he becomes the Republican presidential nominee. Gingrich, who was reprimanded by the House in 1997 after an ethics investigation, said members of Congress should bring charges against ... Go To Article