WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Bill Clinton reportedly will let the Obama White House vet his future overseas speeches so his wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton , D-N.Y., can be secretary of state. The former president also agreed to let the White House check his international speaking schedule, the New York ...
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LIMA, Peru – Representatives of the U.S. and other nations trying to get North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons have agreed to meet next month to persuade the communist nation to comply with strict measures that would prove it is not hiding any active atomic programs. White House press ...
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Rochester officials say members of Saudi Arabia's royal family spent enough during a visit to the Mayo Clinic to give the area's economy a shot in the arm. ROCHESTER, Minn. — Rochester officials say members of Saudi Arabia's royal family spent enough during a visit to the Mayo Clinic to give the ...
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Astronauts are spacewalking again in hopes of wrapping up greasy repair work on a gummed-up joint at the international space station. Saturday's spacewalk by Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Stephen Bowen is expected to be the longest and hardest one of the mission. It's the ...
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“These aren’t just steps to pull ourselves out of this immediate crisis. These are the long-term investments in our economic future that have been ignored for far too long,” Obama said in the weekly Democratic radio address. The goal is to it quickly through Congress, with help from both ...
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MYSTIC, Conn. -- Energy independence is still only a hypothetical goal for the U.S., but the owner of a tiny island off the coast of Connecticut says he has already achieved that feat and is offering his work as a model. Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway and numerous medical devices, jokingly ...
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A freight train derailed Saturday along a rural highway in the Texas Panhandle, leaving a trail of twisted metal but not spilling any hazardous materials or causing any injuries. The derailment happened at 5:34 a.m. about 65 miles east of Amarillo near the Panhandle town of Clarendon, said Texas ...
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