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Eric Shneiderman, State Senator In Charge Of Monserrate Panel

The New York Observer | Jimmy Vielkind | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York

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This week, Schneiderman was announced as leader of a panel charged deciding the fate of Senator Hiram Monserrate, a Queens Democrat who had just been ...

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Robin Givhan: How Michelle Broke Her Silence In Moscow

Washington Post | Robin Givhan | Posted 08.08.2009 | Style

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First lady Michelle Obama began her only day of solo appearances in the Russian capital promising little more than a pantomime of handshakes and waves...

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Takanori Okubo Indicted In Political Donations Scandal

AP | MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 04.24.2009 | World

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TOKYO — Prosecutors charged a top aide to Japan's opposition leader Tuesday in connection with a political donations scandal, but the lawmaker s...

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Democrats Criticize Obama's Proposed Tax Cuts

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama's proposed tax cuts ran into opposition Thursday from senators in his own party who said they wouldn't...

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Bush-Obama Crisis Briefings On N. Korea Nukes, Cyberattack, Terror Strike

New York Times | PETER BAKER | Posted 01.16.2009 | Home

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WASHINGTON -- The White House has prepared more than a dozen contingency plans to help guide President-elect Barack Obama if an international crisis e...

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You Don't Have To Be President To Have Power

Carrie Tuhy | Posted 09.25.2008 | Home

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Carrie Tuhy

An early champion of civil rights and a lifelong defender of the less fortunate, she has made a difference in the lives of millions of ordinary Americans. She knew what it took as she sat across from the man she found too young and too brash to lead.

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