Friday, August 21, 2009

Rifts threaten healthcare reform - BBC News


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Thursday, August 20, 2009


Telegraph.co.uk


Rifts threaten healthcare reform

BBC News


As US President Barack Obama heads off for a holiday, Democratic Party managers are left wondering how they will get his flagship healthcare reform bill passed by the autumn. The aim is to provide health insurance for the 47 million ...


Obama Faults GOP in Health Debate

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ABC News


Cash for Clunkers ending

CNNMoney.com


With money running out, $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program will end on Monday. The t »


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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Robert Novak on cable TV: A Polarizing Presence - Baltimore Sun


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Robert Novak on cable TV: A Polarizing Presence

Baltimore Sun


I will leave it to his colleagues in Washington to place Robert Novak, who died Tuesday at age 78, on the political and journalistic map. But it is my job to talk about his TV presence over some 25 years -- most of it on CNN. ...


Conservative US commentator Novak dies aged 78

Reuters


Journalist Robert Novak dies at 78

Los Angeles Times


Political columnist Robert Novak dies at 78

The Associated Press


Washington Post -USA Today -Christian Science Monitor


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Monday, August 17, 2009

Obama's Address to Veterans - New York Times


guardian.co.uk


Obama's Address to Veterans

New York Times


Following is the prepared text of President Obama's speech on Monday to the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Phoenix, as released by the White House. The latest on President Obama, the new administration and other news from Washington and around the nation. ...


Obama: 'We will do right' by troops, taxpayers in Afghanistan and Iraq

USA Today


Obama lashes defense establishment, Congress

The Associated Press


Obama: VA must break through bureaucracy

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Bloomberg -NPR


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Sunday, August 16, 2009

White House Appears Open to Insurance Co-ops - New York Times


Washington Post


White House Appears Open to Insurance Co-ops

New York Times


The Obama administration sent signals on Sunday that it has backed away from its once-firm vision of a government organization to provide for the nation's 50 million uninsured and is now open to using nonprofit cooperatives instead. ...


Senator to Obama: Without votes, push for reform is futile

CNN


Public insurance plan not essential: Sebelius

Reuters


Sebelius speaks out on health care reform

Kansas City Star


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Saturday, August 15, 2009

Burma's junta unlikely to buckle - BBC News


Los Angeles Times


Burma's junta unlikely to buckle

BBC News


The intervention by US Senator Jim Webb to secure the release of American prisoner John Yettaw from Burma can be assessed in one of two ways. The first is that it indicates a new and softer approach by the Burmese junta. ...


US man at center of Suu Kyi uproar has troubled past

AFP


! Senator gains release of American jailed in Myanmar

CNN International


Myanmar to release US prisoner

Aljazeera.net


The Associated Press -New York Times -Washington Post


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