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11:46:03 PM Will China Weaponize US Debt After Arms Sale to Taiwan?
Daily Finance - New York,NY,USA

After President Bush apologized, China released the crew members were released, but held the plane for three months, during which it disassembled the craft. ... [more]

11:12:28 PM Int'l Coalition Opposes Gay Marriage in Mexico City
Christian Post - San Francisco,CA,USA

US signers of the petition include Gary Bauer of American Values, Tom DeLay, former Majority Leader of the US House of Representative, Tony Perkins of ... [more]

11:12:25 PM Niger facing famine, millions at risk: president
Reuters - NY,USA

The coup, as well as subsequent promises to clear up Niger's politics and business, have been well received in the West African nation. ... [more]

11:01:08 PM New Zealand Immigration Accelerates to Five-Year High
BusinessWeek - USA

By Tracy Withers March 1 (Bloomberg) -- New Zealand's annual immigration growth accelerated to the highest level in more than five years in January, .... [more]

10:52:12 PM White House: Senator Bunning's Political Tactics Harm Unemployed Americans
Gov Monitor

On Thursday, Democrats and Republicans came together in the House to pass an emergency bill that will temporarily extend benefits for American workers and ... [more]

10:13:27 PM Al Haig's Never-Reported Comments to Fox News' James Rosen
Obama Accuses McCain of Same Old Republican Campaign Tactics

.... Haig, who as Ronald Reagan's secretary of state famously declared he was in charge after the president was shot, said the former President Bush didn't ... [more]

9:38:09 PM Toyota President to Address Quality Concerns
TheStreet.com - USA

By TSC Staff 02/28/10 - 03:43 PM EST Toyota's(TM Quote) president reportedly plans to hold a press conference in China Monday evening to address the ... [more]

9:26:12 PM Is the US healthcare system really broken?
American Thinker - Berkeley,AZ,USA

Second, the illegal immigration problem has had a large impact on the demand for medical care specifically emergency services. According to the "Report to ... [more]

8:58:53 PM George W. Bush joins Rick Perry, Kay Bailey Hutchison at church benefit ...
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA

"President Bush is not taking sides in the race." Hutchison confirmed her attendance Sunday, after clearing a scheduling conflict, said spokeswoman Jennifer ... [more]

8:28:41 PM Al Gore Urges Climate Action
Daily Beast - New York,NY,USA

Later this week Senators John Kerry, Lindsey Graham and Joe Lieberman are expected to unveil their cooperative efforts at creating a cap-and-trade .... [more]

8:28:13 PM President Obama Declared "Fit for Duty"
FOXNews

President Obama gave a thumbs up as he entered the White House and he had good reason to be happy. White House physicians have declared him "fit for duty. ... [more]

7:36:53 PM New Highway Patrol superintendent wants to build on the present
Missourinet.com - Jefferson City,MO,USA

The patrol has even gotten into immigration enforcement. Several officers have attended immigration training and are working with federal immigration .... [more]

7:32:04 PM President Obama still smoking? Doctor's note may be smoking gun
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA

BY Richard Sisk WASHINGTON - President Obama's doctors hinted Sunday that he still might be sneaking smokes when Michelle and the kids aren't around to yell ... [more]

7:12:57 PM An American hero: Al Haig's world in his own unvarnished words
World Tribune - USA

[Vice President] Bush, [Defense Secretary] Cap Weinberger, designated by Jim Baker to go to Khalid's funeral. And do you know what they had — went in, ... [more]

6:31:34 PM White House says it will have enough votes for health care bill
Daily Caller

By The Daily Caller 02/28/10 at 11:13 AM Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, and Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., center, listen to Senate ... [more]

6:20:33 PM Carbon Tax Update
Right Pundits - Lafayette,CA,USA

By Arriba For the last few months, John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, and Lindsey Graham have been trying to devise a carbon tax that is less unpalatable to the ... [more]

5:51:00 PM Republicans Gird for Democrats' End Run on Health Care
Obama Accuses McCain of Same Old Republican Campaign Tactics

25: President Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Vice President Joe Biden, Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and Senate Minority Leader Mitch ... [more]

5:32:27 PM Obama Needs to Go Chicago-Style on Health Care: Albert R. Hunt
BusinessWeek - USA

And 31 are from districts that were carried in the last presidential election by Republican nominee John McCain (One unfortunate concession the White House ... [more]

5:18:11 PM Kerry Announces Boston University To Receive $398614 For Educational
BigNews.biz (press release) - Natick,MA,USA

BigNews.biz (press release) Senator John Kerry announced that Boston University will receive $398614 as part of the National Center for Educational Research Program. ... [more]

4:56:59 PM Democrat sees votes for healthcare in House
Reuters - NY,USA

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the House of Representatives will have enough votes to pass President Barack Obama's healthcare reform legislation, ... [more]

4:21:28 PM White House: We Will Have The Votes To Pass Health Care Refom
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

The White House's top point person on health care reform expressed confidence on Sunday that Democrats would muster the votes to pass legislation, ... [more]

3:33:11 PM House Democrats may pass healthcare - key Republican
Reuters - NY,USA

"They (House Democrats) do not now have the votes, from our best count," Representative Paul Ryan, top Republican on the House Budget Committee, ... [more]

3:30:59 PM Former president Bush says faith helped in tough times
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

Former United States President George W. Bush, on Saturday, talked about how he "turned to his faith" in tough times, during his eight (mostly uneventful) ... [more]

3:12:12 PM CHIRLA: CIS report on immigration distorts reality
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

According to a study by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) released this week, minority voters prefer enforcement and illegal immigrants to return ... [more]

3:10:34 PM Charlie Crist: Snapshot of 2010 Senate candidate
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

Mel Martinez. At the time of his announcement, he received the support of the Senate Republican campaign arm, apparently in an effort to avoid a bruising ... [more]

3:03:40 PM Double or Nothing on Men's Hockey
FOXNews

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and Dmitri Soudas, the spokesman for Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper are going "double or nothing" on a ... [more]

2:40:06 PM Democrats' Obama bounce in California disappearing
The Associated Press

Barbara Boxer now faces the toughest race in her 28 years representing California in Congress. Democrats hold both of California's US Senate seats and 34 of ... [more]

2:40:06 PM CS Sunday: EPA Regulations
Clean Skies

John Kerry says a climate change bill is alive and well. He lays out some specifics of the bill. President Obama discusses clean energy. ... [more]

2:32:11 PM Chile's President Declares 'State of Catastrophe' After 8.8 Earthquake
ChattahBox - Boston,MA,USA

President Michelle Bachelet declared a “state of catastrophe,” but she cautioned countries to withhold sending aid to the wealthy capitol until a full ... [more]

1:24:39 PM Is immigration a human rights issue?
Helium - Andover,MA,USA

Many of those who answer "no" to this question ignore the question of immigration in general and instead focus on illegal immigration. ... [more]

12:33:59 PM Mexico's passport rule in effect tomorrow
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA

Mexican immigration authorities do not routinely screen visitors entering at land crossings. Opponents of the new rule feared that enforcement would .... [more]

12:00:19 PM Time to declare a new dawn in Iraq?
Virginia Adds 49K New Voters in August

By John Ehrenberg When President Bush announced the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 10, 2003, he did not foresee how quickly his ... [more]

11:52:54 AM Ukrainian president to discuss gas transit with EU
Reuters - NY,USA

7 and, like his predecessor as president, could find his ability to act limited by political battles with her and with parliament. ... [more]

10:03:34 AM Detention policy protesters urge President Barack Obama to fix immigration
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA

New York Daily News "Today should have been a day of celebration - the closure of an immigration prison that has fallen short of even minimal detention standards," said Alina ... [more]

9:55:23 AM Democratic fund-raiser Julianna Smoot to replace Desiree Rogers as White
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA

New York Daily News BY Tina Moore The White House has named a Washington insider known for flying under the radar as its new social secretary. Democratic fund-raiser Julianna ... [more]

9:51:05 AM Is Barbara Boxer or Carly Fiorina the bigger failure?
My Desert - Palm Springs,CA,USA

I find the accusation by Carly Fiorina that Barbara Boxer is a “failed senator” interesting, especially coming from a failed CEO fired by Hewlett Packard. ... [more]

9:42:00 AM 'Green Zone' star Matt Damon is disappointed in President Barack Obama;
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA

New York Daily News Yet for all the ammo his movie may give Democrats, Damon admits he's "disappointed" in the man who replaced George W. Bush. "Politics is compromise," says ... [more]

9:19:32 AM Health care stall tactics bring us closer to crisis
Patriot-News - Harrisburg,PA,USA

Some years ago, a Republican insider on Capitol Hill told me how then-Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Texas enforced discipline within his caucus with an iron ... [more]

9:11:37 AM Perry, Bush share stage, but this is not an endorsement, aides say
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA

"President Bush is not taking sides in the race." The dinner at an Addison hotel is Prestonwood Baptist Church's annual Friends for Life event, ... [more]

9:01:05 AM Latino Democrats form immigration reform group
San Bernardino Sun

Frustrated by the lack of progress on immigration reform, area Latino Democrats are forming a new group to pressure the Obama Administration to take action ... [more]

8:45:53 AM Voters think even our first president lied
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

22, won plaudits from historians for declining a third term as president, along with the wigs and titles that would have marked the presidency as a .... [more]

8:09:14 AM Prayer breakfast speaker, an ex-Nazi, stirs up talk in Woodbury
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA

I remember not too long ago people comparing … read more President Bush to Hitler...when will the madness end? What are we, a bunch of immature adolescents? ... [more]

7:48:16 AM Why is DC an issue in governor's race?
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA

That was the dominant force in Republican politics, and still is. "You have candidates running for governor, for the Legislature, for county and district ... [more]

7:25:15 AM White House Reports Health Insurance Reform Will Help Small Business
Gov Monitor

As President Obama made clear at the bipartisan meeting on health insurance reform, and has emphasized all year, small businesses stand to gain ... [more]

6:36:56 AM President signs Patriot Act provision extension
Lobbying World

.... the law breaking laws that President Bush defended and Obama is putting our privacy in this country at risk by allowing these ant-american provisions to ... [more]

6:21:55 AM President Obama wants to give Americans more control by forcing everyone
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

Examiner.com AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite The President's weekly address discussed the recent health care summit, as well as his plans to "move forward" with health care ... [more]

6:11:34 AM Bush appears at Fort Worth Christian School fundraiser
Fort Worth Star Telegram

By SHIRLEY JINKINS Former President George W. Bush shared insights from his White House years as well as his thoughts on faith and leadership with a rapt ... [more]

5:03:53 AM Immigration's destruction of America's middle class
Before It's News

By Frosty Wooldridge “You Americans have lived an artificially high standard of living for a long time,†a man working one our jobs outsourced to India ... [more]

4:58:42 AM Toyota's President to Speak in Beijing About Company's Recent Woes
FOX News - USA

TOKYO -- Toyota President Akio Toyoda will speak in Beijing on Monday about the company's recent quality woes, Toyota said Sunday, in an effort to reassure ... [more]

4:14:40 AM Former president Bush: Faith helped in tough times
Kansas City Star - MO,USA

The gala was held to celebrate the schools success and to honor President Bush's services as the 43rd president of the United States and as the 46th .... [more]

4:02:51 AM AIPAC Decides Next Week If California Senate Candidate Passes Muster on
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

Huffington Post (blog) The irony is that no one the Republicans come up with will be as loyal to AIPAC as Barbara Boxer, the Democratic incumbent. A progressive on every other ... [more]

3:48:32 AM Toyota President to Visit China to Explain Recalls, Nikkei Says
Bloomberg

President Akio Toyoda will hold a press conference in Beijing tomorrow to explain safety issues surrounding recent recalls, the Nikkei newspaper said, ... [more]

3:14:39 AM How the G.O.P. Goes Green
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

... South Carolina Republican, who, along with John Kerry and Joe Lieberman, is trying to craft a new energy bill — one that could actually win 60 votes. ... [more]

2:49:46 AM Leadership needed to seize opportunity
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA

It starts by honestly acknowledging the problems of illegal immigration and drug smuggling. Arizonans need to keep up the demand for Washington to enact ... [more]

1:24:54 AM A political orphan in Sacramento
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

Maldonado is the written-off Republican state senator from Santa Maria who committed Original Sin last year, as spelled out in the GOP Bible. ... [more]

12:27:29 AM Jobs, education focus of annual civil rights march
WRAL.com - Raleigh,NC,USA

Immigration reform was also stressed during the march as members of the Hispanic community asked for change. "The issues that affects one, affects us all. ... [more]

12:19:33 AM CMA After Congress to Prevent Medicare Cuts
TopNews - Little Rock,Arkansas,USA

Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein and their congressional representatives to talk about this issue. Supporters of the cuts argue that unless programs like ... [more]

12:12:51 AM Waterboarding Emails Sought
Wall Street Journal - USA

By JESS BRAVIN WASHINGTON—A senior Justice Department official said Friday he was looking into the deletion of former Bush administration lawyers' emails ... [more]

12:04:56 AM Desiree Rogers leaves the Obama White House: Who's next?
Christian Science Monitor - USA

Now that White House social secretary Desiree Rogers is leaving, critics say it's time for Obama to shake up the White House even more – starting with the ... [more]



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