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Ed Schultz Takes On Jonathan Alter Over Health Bill, Public Option (VIDEO)

Posted 12.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Trigger, Senate, White House, Puplic Option, Senate Health Care Bill, Health Care Reform, Ed Schultz, Jonathan Alter, Obama, Media News

The Ed Show's Ed Schultz took on President Obama Tuesday for not showing support for the public option. Schultz pointed to an email sent out by Organi...

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WH Releases Open Government Directive: Transparency (Plus) Engagement (Equals) More Democracy

Peter M. Shane | Posted 12.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Transparency, Omb, White House, Collaboration, Orszag, Democracy, Open Government Directive, Journalism, Participation, Media News

If transparency is truly to promote accountability, then the public needs journalists to help discover, gather, compare, contextualize, and share the new information becoming available.

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91 White House Breaches: Salahis Crashing Far From A First, Says Secret Service Report

Posted 12.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House State Dinner, White House, White Security Breach, Tareq and Michaele Salahi, 91 White House Breaches, White House Security, White House Security Breaches, Salahis, White House Breaches, Politics News

Though there has been plenty of attention on Tareq and Michaele Salahi showing up to the White House State Dinner without being invited, a report from...

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Did The White House Crashers Follow The Rules Of Wedding Crashers?

Av Sinensky | Posted 12.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Tareq Salahi, Vince-Vaughn, White House, White House Crashers, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, Michaele Salahi, Wedding Crashers, Barack Obama, Owen Wilson, Entertainment News

While others are questioning whether the Sahalis committed any federal crimes, I'm more concerned with a different code: the rules of Wedding Crashers.

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Robert Gibbs vs. April Ryan: The Groan Heard 'Round the Briefing Room

Bryan Monroe | Posted 12.07.2009 | Media

Read More: April Ryan, White House, White House Press Briefings, Robert Gibbs, White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers, White House Press Corps, Media News

Ryan was trying to get at whether the high-profile White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers was working the event for the state dinner or there as an invited guest, or both.

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White House Jobs Summit: Digging Out of Unemployment Cycles

Meizhu Lui | Posted 12.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Economic Recovery, Unemployment, Race, People of Color, Jobs Summit, Politics News

We can get the economy to work and work for all of us, by putting the American people to work. We're shovel ready!

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US Applauds Iraq Plans For Parliamentary Elections

AP | Posted 12.07.2009 | World

Read More: White House, Iraq Parliament Election, Iraq Parliament, Gibbs Press Secretary, Joe Biden, Iraq, Robert Gibbs, Obama Iraq, World News

WASHINGTON — The White House is applauding Iraqi lawmakers' vote Sunday to hold parliament elections early next year, a step that the U.S. hopes...

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Veterans Advocates Worried About Care For Troops Wounded In Afghan Surge

McClatchy | David Goldstein | Posted 12.07.2009 | World

Read More: Suicides, Mental Health, Veterans Affairs, Eric Shinseki, Afghanistan, Troop Levels, Injuries, Amputees, Obama, Veterans, Shinseki, White House, Barack Obama, Surge, Homelessness, Amputations, Health Care, World News

WASHINGTON -- As the Obama administration ramps up the war in Afghanistan, veterans advocates say the government must develop a better plan to handle ...

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Secret Service Counts 91 Breaches Since Carter Administration

washingtonpost.com | Spencer S. Hsu | Posted 12.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, White House State Dinner, Secret Service Security, Secret Service, Secret Service Protection, Tareq and Michaele Salahi, Secret Service Breach, Secret Service Security Breach, Politics News

Long before a pair of gate-crashers penetrated a White House state dinner, the Secret Service had detailed for its internal use a lengthy list of secu...

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Nelson Ready To Bust Pharma Deal: 'They Need 60 Votes, Don't They?'

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Big Pharma, Senate, Senate Finance Committee, Phrma, Florida, Senate Democrats, Bill Nelson, Health Care, Pharma, #Hcr, Health Care Reform Bill, Drug Companies, Obama Administration, Drugs @Y:Politics, Pharmaceutical Companies, White House, Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Politics News

Sen. Bill Nelson, a Florida Democrat, said on Sunday that if leadership doesn't work with him on his amendment that would break the White House deal w...

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Pharma Deal To Be Tested On Senate Floor

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.05.2009 | Politics

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has promised to allow a vote on re-importing prescription drugs from Canada as an amendment to the health c...

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Without an Inclusive Job Policy, There Will Be No Recovery

Victor Corral | Posted 12.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Immigration Reform, Xenophobia, Jobs Summit, Lou Dobbs, Racism, Immigration, Center for American Progress, Immigration Policy, Immigration Debate, Politics News

If we want to ensure a real and sustainable economic recovery, we must pass inclusive, comprehensive immigration reform that legalizes immigrants in the US.

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Obama's Afghan War Strategy Roll-Out: Behind-The-Scenes Pictures

Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Slidepoll, Slideshow, Obama Photos, White House, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Politics News

Most of President Obama's day on Tuesday was devoted to rolling out his Afghanistan war policy -- first to members of Congress and world leaders, late...

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Addressing Race at the White House Jobs Summit

Cynthia Gordy | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Keith Ellison, White House, Jobs, Unemployment, Robert Gibbs, Race, African Americans, Politics News

Young black men between the ages of 16 and 24 who are facing joblessness at 34.5 percent. It didn't strike me that the issue ranks particularly high on the White House radar.

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White House CEO Visit List: See Which Execs Dined With Obama

politico.com | EAMON JAVERS | | Posted 12.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Bloomberg, White House, Coca-Cola, Rahm Emanuel, Ceos, Banks, National Economic Council, Business News

The White House has made a quiet but extensive effort to reach out to corporate executives in a series of dinners and lunches at the White House with ...

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Sanctuary in Harmony: How Music is Saving Lives in LA

Lucia Brawley | Posted 12.03.2009 | Home

Read More: LA Philharmonic, White House, Margaret Martin, Michelle Obama, Community-Marketing-Blog-Off, Gustavo Dudamel, Arts Education, Harmony Project, Home News

REPRINTED FROM THE COMMUNITY MARKETING BLOG-OFF, first published December 2, 2009. Please click on that site and comment there to help me win the cont...

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Ed Schultz Spars With Sen. Barbara Boxer Over Senate Health Care Bill

Posted 12.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Health Care Bill, Progressives, Ed Schultz, Joe Lieberman, Sen. Barbara Boxer, Senate, Lieberman, Barbara Boxer, White House, Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Ben Nelson, Blanche Lincoln, Health Care, Media News

The Ed Show's Ed Schultz let it all out Wednesday evening and expressed the frustration that many progressives feel about attempts by Democrats to wat...

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Desiree Rogers, White House Social Secretary, Will Not Testify About Gatecrashing Salahis

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tareq Salahi, Tareq and Michaele Salahi, Congress, White House, State Dinner, Barack Obama, Secret Service, Michaele Salahi, Obama, Party Crashers, Salahis, Desiree Rogers, Testimony, Peter King, Politics News

WASHINGTON — White House party crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi declined an invitation to testify to Congress about their caper at President B...

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White House: July 2011 Afghanistan Withdrawal 'Locked In'

CBS News | Posted 12.02.2009 | World

Read More: White House, President Obama, Robert Gates, Senate Armed Services, Afghanistan, Obama, Lindsey Graham, 2011, Drawdown, Withdrawel, World News

After the briefing, Gibbs went to the president for clarification. Gibbs then called me to his office to relate what the president said. The president...

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If I Had Crashed the White House Party, I Would Be in Guantanamo by Now

Sam Sedaei | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tareq and Michaele Salahi, White House, Tsa, Salahis, Barack Obama, President Obama, George Bush, Patriot Act, U.S. Customs, Secret Service, White House Party Crashers, Party Crashers, Joe Lieberman, Joe Biden, Border Security, Racial Profiling, Politics News

Many of us were frustrated by the Patriot Act and the way in which it led to profiling and discrimination against minorities during the Bush administration. President Bush is gone, but his legacy lives on.

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In the Name of Rosa Parks: Arrest of 81-Year-Old on Fast, Mourning Mountaintop Removal

Jeff Biggers | Posted 12.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Appalachia, Dirty Coal, Human Rights, White House, Green Jobs, Civil Rights, President Obama, Mountaintop Removal, cop15, Rosa Park, Coal, Christmas Tree, Al Gore, Green News

On the anniversary of Rosa Parks' historic act of civil disobedience, an 81-year-old veteran and anti-mountaintop removal activist was arrested by law enforcement authorities.

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White House: Personnel Will Remain In Afghanistan Long After 2011 Drawdown

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, White House Personnel, Drawdown 2011, Benchmarks Obama, Troops Afghanistan, White House Forces, Obama Troop Buildup, Troop Drawdown, President Speech, 2011, Politics News

Senior White House officials said Tuesday night that while President Obama intends to start drawing down U.S. forces in Afghanistan starting in July 2...

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Emails To Michaele Salahi, Tareq Salahi From Michelle S. Jones Contradict White House Party Crashers

Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tareq Michaele Salahi, Tareq Salahi, White House, ABC News, President Obama, Michaele Salahi, Obama, Invited, Invites, State Dinner, Michelle S. Jones, Politics News

Emails sent between Tareq and Michaele Salahi and Pentagon official Michelle S. Jones show that the couple was never granted approval to attend last w...

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Obama 'Christmas' Party Season: 28 Events, 50,000 Guests

Politics Daily | Posted 12.01.2009 | Style

Read More: White House, Obama Holiday Party, White House Holiday Party, White House Christmas Party, Barack Obama, Obama Christmas Party, Style News

The Obama White House kicks off a giant holiday social season this week, I've learned: 28 parties and open houses planned for December, with more than...

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