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"Don't Let the Light Go Out" - from Bergen-Belsen to the White House

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 12.23.2009 | Politics

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Menachem Rosensaft

"Don't Let the Light Go Out" - from Bergen-Belsen to the White House by Menachem Rosensaft "Don't let the light go out, it's lasted for so many ...

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The White House and Holidays of the Past

Kate Kelly | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Clark Clifford, Holidays, White House, Truman, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Hoover, Politics News
Kate Kelly

Some of Truman's assistants had traveled to Havana over the holiday, and the President thought it might be fun to have customs agents "bottle them up" (detain them) for a good long while on their return home.

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Howard A. Schmidt Tapped To Be Obama's Cybersecurity Czar

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — After months of wrangling and delays, President Barack Obama has chosen a national cyber security coordinator to take on the formid...

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Blagojevich Aide Googled Law On Temporarily Filling Rahm Emanuel Congressional Seat

upi.com | Posted 12.21.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Illinois' ousted governor researched if he could keep the White House chief of staff's former U.S. House seat warm for him, ...

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Jobs for Latinos and Blacks: The Reality of Our Struggle

Janet Murguía | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics

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Janet Murguía

Having helped big business and the financial industry, it is now time for the president and the administration to get serious about helping the American worker.

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Bo Obama's First Snow Storm (PHOTOS)

Posted 12.21.2009 | Style

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Over the weekend, Washington D.C. was slammed with a massive snow storm. While this did result in some typically frustrating snow day delays, it also...

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Copenhagen Deal: Activists React

Posted 12.19.2009 | Green

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Copenhagen (AP) -- President Barack Obama declared Friday a "meaningful and unprecedented breakthrough" had been reached among the U.S., China and thr...

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Obama Ordered U.S. Military Strike On Yemen Terrorists

ABC News | By BRIAN ROSS, RICHARD ESPOSITO, MATTHEW COLE, LUIS MARTINEZ and KIRIT RADIA | Posted 12.18.2009 | World

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On orders from President Barack Obama, the U.S. military launched cruise missiles early Thursday against two suspected al-Qaeda sites in Yemen, admini...

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Taibbi, Kuttner Debate Health Care Bill On "Bill Moyers Journal" (VIDEO)

Posted 12.19.2009 | Politics

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Robert Kuttner of the American Prospect and Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone agree that the health care bill taking shape in the Senate is a bad one. But ...

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Meaningful Agreement: Obama Says 'A First Step' Climate Deal Has Been Reached In Copenhagen

Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein/Craig Kanalley | Posted 12.18.2009 | Green

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A 'meaningful agreement' has been reached at the Copenhagen climate change conference, according to U.S. officials. The deal includes China, India, a...

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A Failed State Senator?

Stephen Herrington | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics

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Stephen Herrington

Many Huffington Post commenters, and even article contributors, rush to compare America to Rome in it's decline into a failed nation state. Republican Rome lasted 450 years.

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Sam Stein

White House Will Try To Pull Health Care Bill Closer To House's Version

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics

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The White House will play an active role in moving health care legislation closer to the House's version once a bill passes the Senate and goes to con...

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Dorgan Accuses White House of Unethically Politicizing Safety Warnings From the FDA

David Sirota | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics

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David Sirota

It's one thing for the White House to oppose or a measure. But if the White House political staff played ventriloquist for a science/safety declaration from the FDA, that's a huge problem.

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Karl Eikenberry Assures Afghans That U.S. Will Stay Beyond 2011

McClatchy | Thomas L. Day | Posted 12.17.2009 | World

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KABUL, Afghanistan -- U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry Thursday further signaled that a strong American military presence will remain i...

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Homeowners Often Rejected Under Obama's Make Home Affordable Loan Modification Plan

McClatchy | Kevin G. Hall | McClatchy Newspapers | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- Ten months after the Obama administration began pressing lenders to do more to prevent foreclosures, many struggling homeowners are hold...

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Chris Cillizza: The Political Dangers Of Passing A Health Care Bill

Washington Post | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics

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The White House -- as we wrote yesterday -- is dead set on passing the health care bill and will stop at nothing politically to get it done. But, ...

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The Parable of the Unmerciful Bankers

Jim Wallis | Posted 12.17.2009 | Business

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Jim Wallis

It's estimated that the bonus pool of just one of these big banks would have been enough money to prevent or significantly delay foreclosure for all 2.3 million people who lost their homes last year.

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Wall Street Tells the President of the United States to Bugger Off

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 12.19.2009 | Business

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Raymond J. Learsy

With the nation up in arms about the perversity of pouring billions into the coffers of the banks the symbolism of the three CEO's tone deaf failure to be present in Washington is beyond understanding.

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Greenwald: The Bill Obama Wanted All Along

Salon | Glenn Greenwald | Posted 12.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Big Pharma, Health Care Bill, Pharmaceutical Industry, Senate, White House, Progressives, President Obama, Health Insurance Industry, Health Care Reform, Health Care Compromise, Obama, Democrats, Health Care, Politics News

Of all the posts I wrote this year, the one that produced the most vociferious email backlash -- easily -- was this one from August, which examined su...

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Obama Transfers Balls to Lieberman in White House Ceremony

Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.16.2009 | Comedy

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Andy Borowitz

Called the "Balls Summit" by White House aides, the ceremony was intended as an official acknowledgment of Mr. Lieberman's complete control of the nation's health care future.

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Obama Writes Letter To North Korea's Kim Jong Il, Says AP Source

AP | KWANG-TAE KIM | Posted 12.17.2009 | World

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SEOUL, South Korea — Washington's recent bid to persuade North Korea to return to nuclear disarmament negotiations included a personal letter to...

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Copenhagen Climate Talks Near Deal On Preservation Of Forests

New York Times | ELISABETH ROSENTHAL | Posted 12.15.2009 | Green

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COPENHAGEN -- Negotiators have all but completed a sweeping deal that would compensate countries for preserving forests, and in some cases, other natu...

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Bailout Banks Keep Tax Breaks As They Repay Loans

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 12.16.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON — Citigroup and other banks starting to repay the billions of dollars they borrowed from the government are getting another boost as ...

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Arianna On "The Ed Show": It Is Absurd To Cede Control Of Health Care Reform To Joe Lieberman

Huff TV | Posted 12.15.2009 | Media

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Senator Joe Lieberman has pushed the health care debate to a level of absurdity that can't be ignored, Arianna argued on Tuesday evening. During her a...

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Dan Brown, Mitch Albom, Bestselling Authors Pick Books To Give (VIDEO)

msnbc.com | Posted 12.15.2009 | Books

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Bestselling authors recommend their favorite books: Dan Brown, Jeff Kinney, Mitch Albom and more tell us which books--non-fiction, novels, cookbooks, ...

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