Obama housing nominee sworn in after delay

The Obama administration's nominee for a key housing post was sworn in Wednesday, after being confirmed by the Senate last week.

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Administration pledges to achieve balance in pay

The Obama administration is pledging to strike the proper balance in decisions about executive compensation at banks that have received billions of dollars of taxpayer bailout money.

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Administration vows to break cycle of job loss

The Obama administration says it will do what is necessary to "break the destructive cycle" of job loss and put Americans back to work.

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Paulson turns to Goldman to unclog credit markets

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson turned to a familiar source when he picked a director for the government's $700 billion bailout program: his former Wall Street firm, Goldman Sachs.

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...Having surrounded himself with the very Wall Street con men who set up the crooked game that led to the current financial crisis and economic collapse, and finding that the lousy advice they have been giving him since last January has left the country still mired in deepening  …

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More than $98 billion in taxpayer dollars spent by government agencies was wasted, much of it on questionable claims for tax credits and Medicare benefits, representing an increase of $26 billion from the previous year. Among the reported waste:

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11/12/2009 - ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, Va. (AFNS) -- America will fulfill its obligation to take care of and value those who have sacrificed for the country, President Barack Obama said here Nov. 11.

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Facebook groups are under attack. But the attackers say they come in peace and insist they want only to highlight a flaw in the way Facebook handles group administration.

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WASHINGTON — Medicare may be cut and Medicaid expanded as part of President Obama's health care plan, but there's no one permanently in charge of the two federal programs.

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This is not normal. A new American presidency, especially this one, should not be in this much trouble 10 months into a four-year term. Nor would it be if not for the economic events that fell out of September 2008.

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Obama`s Administration and MOP Policy

Obama`s record is one of holding out a MOP- More of Politics, AS USUAL!

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Did you know that despite the melting ice cap there are estimated to be five times as many polar bears wandering the northern regions of our planet today than there were fifty years ago? Studies indicate that the biggest threat to polar bears are not present climate conditions bu …

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Obama`s first pattern shows his tendency to overuse the White House bully pulpit and cross the line of accepted behavior by employing his office and aides to demonize dissenters.

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Ask veterans a question about the performance of the Department of Veterans Affairs and prepare yourself to be overwhelmed with replies both good and bad, but most being just plain ugly.

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Cash for Clunkers was a clunker, White House media attack misguided...

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It's now Obama's war, his jobless rate, his debt, etc.

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The candidate whose most identifiable promise was to provide open and transparent government instead is leading an administration rife with secrecy, stonewalling and prevarication.

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After ten months in office a clear pattern has emerged. Instead of hope and change, it's blame and attack. Obama rarely gives a speech about a pressing national problem--the economy, health care, the budget deficit--without blaming Republicans or former president George W. Bush.

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The Obama administration claims that construction of a second Iranian uranium enrichment facility at Qom began before Tehran's decision to withdraw from a previous agreement to inform the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in advance of such construction.

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ver the past seven years, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has presided over a historic re-envisioning of New York City, one that loosened the reins on development across the boroughs and pushed more than 100 rezoning measures through a City Council that stamped them all into law.

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In support of his dubious argument that the press is treating President Obama more favorably than President Bush, Politico's Josh Gerstein falsely suggested that unlike David Axelrod, Karl Rove was never involved in national security meetings.

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More corruption from the Obama Administration?

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FIRST, "Saturday Night Live" parodies President Obama's "achievements." Then Mr. Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize, bringing yet more head-scratching.

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While in England, I visited my doctor on a few occasions. I received vaccinations, had a physical exam and was treated for a minor illness and a minor injury. Each time, I was able to schedule an appointment in the very near future — sometimes the next day.

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"I find it regrettable that the people who have the compassion and integrity to protect our nation's students are themselves in need of protection from homophobic smear attacks. Were it not for Mr.

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New Standards for Success

To hear the shouts of the masses about the performance of our President, it would be easy to miss that he is just over an eighth into his first term.

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Right wing bloggers are all hyperventilating today over a supposed "scandal" involving the National Endowment of the Arts. The basis of the hysteria is this post over at Andrew Breitbart's Big Hollywood site (the same outfit that posted the ACORN "sting" videos).

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His move on missile defense raises troubling questions.

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Obama's foreign policy embodies a line from "Animal House": "You [screwed] up -- you trusted us!"

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