WASHINGTON January 7, 2009 -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says Roland Burris will not likely take Barack Obama's Senate seat until a court in Illinois rules on a dispute surrounding his appointment. While Reid embraced Burris, he said the Senate is awaiting a court ruling in a case that ...
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WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama has returned to the White House for a private sit-down with President George W. Bush, less than two weeks before their official transfer of power. Obama was to meet with Bush for about 20 to 30 minutes for a discussion likely to cover the Middle East and the ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Barack Obama said Wednesday he'll have to juggle the competing interests of economic stimulus and deficit control, but that restoring general business health must come first. Obama indeed offered a promise of long-term fiscal discipline at a news conference that he ...
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The sun sets over rising smoke on the Gaza Strip as Israeli artillery is still striking Gaza, Gaza-Israel border, 07 January 2009. Clashes between Israel Defense Forces troops and Palestinian gunmen resumed in Gaza City on 07 January afternoon, after the expiration of a three-hour truce to allow in ...
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The Ohio man, who became famous during the U.S. presidential campaign after asking Barack Obama about his tax plan, is heading to Israel as a war correspondent for a conservative Web site called pjtv.com. Dubbed "Joe the Plumber" by McCain's campaign, Samuel "Joe" Wurzelbacher was held up as an ...
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BOSTON (AP) — Boston College called a news conference Wednesday afternoon to discuss its football team and coach Jeff Jagodzinski, who has interviewed with the New York Jets . Jagodzinski was warned by athletic director Gene DeFilippo his job would be in jeopardy if he interviewed with the Jets ...
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WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says allowing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to return to their old operating ways is not an option. Paulson says Congress and the next administration must decide the proper role government should play in supporting home ownership in light of ...
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