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Obama: Jobs news 'modestly encouraging'

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:56:30 EST

President Obama praised the latest jobs figures that show a drop in the U.S. unemployment rate from 10.2 percent to 10 percent.

Clinton: We don't intend to cut and run from Afghanistan

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:36:31 EST

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton rejected suggestions that the Obama administration plans to abruptly cut and run from Afghanistan.

Obama approval rating below 50 percent

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:44:46 EST

Support for President Obama's Afghan policy is fairly high, but that hasn't stopped his approval rating from dropping below 50 percent.

Separation of power or 'stonewalling'?

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:33:34 EST

At issue: Whether the White House is protecting its social secretary from testifying before Congress on the gate-crashing incident.

Senator credits technology in finding stolen car

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:29:27 EST

Sen. Bob Corker says his daughter is fine but "really sore" after being pulled from her car and thrown to the ground in a carjacking in the nation's capital.

WH OKs expanding CIA drone program in Pakistan

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:20:34 EST

The White House has authorized an expansion of the CIA's program to attack suspected al Qaeda and Taliban operatives in Pakistan along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border with missiles shot from pilotless planes, a U.S. official confirms.

Mann: Obama faces Afghan battle on home front

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:04:34 EST

Barack Obama was viewed as the anti-war candidate for the White House and then won the Nobel Peace Prize as president. Now he'll triple the size of the American force in Afghanistan that he inherited less than a year ago.

Senate OKs mammogram access amendment

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:43:48 EST

The Senate took another step forward in the health care debate Thursday, casting its first votes on what is certain to be a long series of politically charged amendments.

Obama seeks private sector help on job creation

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:02:59 EST

President Obama on Thursday called on business leaders from the private sector to generate ideas that will "accelerate job creation" and stimulate investment in the United States.

Secret Service chief testifies on 'party crashers'

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:16:49 EST

The Secret Service director says a preliminary investigation shows "appropriate procedures were not followed."