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ACLU Criticizes Obama Torture-Prosecution Policy

HuffingtonPost.com | Julian Hattem | Posted 12.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ben Wizner, Aclu, American Civil Liberties Union, Bush Administration Torture, Obama Nobel Peace Prize, President Obama, Obama Administration, CIA Torture, Nobel Peace Prize, Obama, Jameel Jaffer, Barack Obama, Torture Memos, Torture, Politics News

On the same day that President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize, the nation's foremost civil liberties group criticized his administration's refus...

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Could Be a Late Night in Partystan

Rick Horowitz | Posted 12.09.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Obama and Afghanistan, Curfews, Karl Eikenberry, Pakistan, Deadlines, David Petraeus, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Obama Administration, Afghanistan Policy, Troop Withdrawal, Robert Gates, Stanley McChrystal, Taliban, Hillary Clinton, Afghanistan, Zardari, Comedy News
Rick Horowitz

"Daddy, have you seen the car keys?" "On the table near the door -- you're going already?" "I'm late -- I told Marisa I'd pick her up on the way ...

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The Incredible Hulk in Copenhagen

Mike Signer | Posted 12.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Carbon Emissions, Copenhagen 2009, Lisa Jackson EPA, Epa, Endangerment Finding, Obama Administration, Barack Obama, Green News
Mike Signer

The critics should be silenced by EPA's announcement today formally declaring that carbon dioxide is a dangerous pollutant, paving the way for its regulation under the Clean Air Act.

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No to Afghanistan? But Didn't We Say...?

Rick Horowitz | Posted 12.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Anti-War Democrats, George Bush, Obama and Afghanistan, Democrats and Iraq, George W. Bush, Obama and Iraq, Al-Qaeda, George Bush and Iraq, Democrats and Afghanistran, Obama and Pakistan, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Obama Administration, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

Don't pretend that we haven't spent these past years shouting "Afghanistan! Afghanistan!" at every opportunity. And now that there's a president who's listened, who's reluctantly reached the very same conclusion, we say -- "Nevermind"?

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Weathering the 2010 Storm

Dylan Loewe | Posted 12.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2010 Midterms, 2010 Democrats, Deficit, Immigration Reform, Congress, Federal Budget Deficit, Jobs Bill, 2010 Elections, Health Care Reform, Obama Administration, Immigration, Democrats 2010, Democrats Congress, Health Care, Politics News
Dylan Loewe

The best thing that can happen to the Democrats for the long-term in 2010 is to lose just enough seats that a) it won't impact their majority, but that b) the Republicans will think they won big.

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No Firm Plans For A U.S. Exit in Afghanistan: "New York Times"

nytimes.com | MARK MAZZETTI | Posted 12.07.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan, No Exit Afghanistan?, Obama Administration, Afghanistan Withdrawal, Afghanistan Exit, Troop Surge Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, U.S. Troops, Obama Gates Afghanistan War, Afghanistan Timeline, Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal, Cost of Afghanistan War, Obama Afghanistan War, World News

The Obama administration sent a forceful public message Sunday that American military forces could remain in Afghanistan for a long time, seeking to b...

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Ryan Grim

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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Small Business Credit Crunch Hampering Job Creation

Sen. Byron Dorgan | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fdic, Harry Reid, Obama Administration, Senate Democratic Policy Committee, Jobs Summit, US Senate, Dick Durbin, Politics News
Sen. Byron Dorgan

There is no government program that can substitute for a good job that pays well. A key function of government, however, is to create conditions that help businesses grow and hire new workers.

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PolitiFact: Glenn Beck Wrong On Claim About Obama Cabinet

PolitiFact | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Cabinet, J.P. Morgan Private Bank, Michael Cembalest, Glenn Beck Obama Cabinet, Tom Vilsack, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Obama Administration, Obama Cabinet Private Sector, Shaun Donovan, Gary Locke, Steven Chu, Glenn Beck, Timothy Geithner, Ken Salazar, Obama's Business Blind Spot, Politics News

Fox News talk show host Glenn Beck has seized on a claim circulating on the Internet to argue that the Obama administration has little understanding o...

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What Does 30,000 Troops Really Buy Us?

Megan Carpentier | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Afghanistan Troop Increase, Troops, Obama West Point Speech, Afghanistan, Us Troops Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, John McCain, Saddam Hussein, Bush Administration, Pakistan, Iraq War, Taliban, Obama Administration, Politics News
Megan Carpentier

Is a graceful withdrawal and a less unstable puppet government worth more American lives? Are those lives really worth that "success"?

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CEOs, Union Leader Agree: Manufacturing Strategy Crucial

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 12.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Wheatland Tube Corp., General Electric Co., Ge, Nucor Corp., U.S. Labor Secretary, Bill Ford Jr., United Auto Workers, Carnegie Mellon University, Evraz Rocky Mountain Steel, Usw, United Steelworkers, China, Ford Motor Co., TMK IPSCO, Barack Obama, Jeff Immelt, U.S. Steel Corp., U.S. International Trade Commission, Obama Administration, Cnbc, V&M TCA, Maverick Tube Corp., Hilda Solis, Dan DiMicco, Maria Bartiromo, National Association of Manufacturers, Uaw, V&M Star LLP, John Engler, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Since precious few Americans, even those in the same political party, agree on how to realign America, a typecast smack down between CEOs and unionists might have begun when they met. But it didn't.

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One Million Jobs

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Economy, Job Market, Job Losses, Unemployed, Jobless Rate, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Economy, Economic Crisis, Employment, Obama Administration, Jobs, Politics News
Amitai Etzioni

Millions of jobs, even if temporary, must be generated in short order, and the cost of these jobs must be kept low, in order to not increase the deficit unduly.

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Fine Whines Accompany Comcast-NBC Turkey

Art Brodsky | Posted 12.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Writers Guild of America, Obama Administration, Internet, Comcast, New York City, Net Neutrality, Nbc, AT&T, Media News
Art Brodsky

Those who argue that AT&T, Verizon and, yes, Comcast, should have control over the Internet will have an even larger barrier to surmount as the economic might of the new media giant becomes apparent.

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Obama: Hold A Real Jobs Fair; Not A Useless Jobs Summit

Robert Guttman | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Administration, Unemployment, White House Jobs Conference, Unemployment Rate, Jobs, Jobs Summit, Politics News
Robert Guttman

The Jobs Summit will involve lots of talking and picture-taking to try to make it look as if the administration is actually taking steps to solve the massive unemployment problem. It won't result in a single job.

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Obama-nation: From Hope to Cynicism

Denise Dennis | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lincoln, Economic Stimulus Package, Rahm Emanuel, President Barack Obama, LBJ Vietnam, Economy, Economic Crisis, Health Care Reform, Timothy Geithner, Health Insurance, Fdr New Deal, Obama Administration, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Denise Dennis

Neither Lincoln nor FDR resolved the enormous challenges that faced the United States during their first months or even years of their administrations, yet they went on to become two of our greatest Presidents.

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Approaching Copenhagen With A Portfolio Of Domestic Commitments

Robert Stavins | Posted 11.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Politics, Obama Administration, Cap and Trade, Markets, Climate Change, Copenhagen 2009, Green News
Robert Stavins

A portfolio agreement acknowledges chared responsibility for solving the climate change challenge, but suggests that historical differences in contribution and economic disparities be reflected in varying national commitments.

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DOJ Says Government Can Honor Existing ACORN Contracts

NYT | CHARLIE SAVAGE | Posted 11.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Administration, Congress, Justice Department ACORN, Justice Department, Acorn, Politics News

The department's conclusion, laid out in a recently disclosed five-page memorandum from David Barron, the acting assistant attorney general for the Of...

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Obama Pushes Lobbyists Off Federal Advisory Boards

Posted 11.27.2009 | Business

Read More: White House, Lobbyists, Obama Administration, Norm Eisen, Lobbyblog, Federal Advisory Boards, Barack Obama, Business News

In a little-noticed blog post published on the White House website in September, President Obama's special counsel for ethics and government reform No...

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Obama's Big Government SWAT Team

BusinessWeek | Posted 11.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Government Aid, White House, Technocrats, Jeffrey Zients, Government Spending, Obama Administration, Government Efficiency, Government Programs, Jeffrey D. Zients, Big Government, Politics News

The Obama Administration's huge ramp-up in spending has given rise to a national debate over the size and role of government. It has provoked fears th...

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Steven Pearlstein: Is Obama's On Wall Street's Side -- Or Main Street's?

Steven Pearlstein | Posted 11.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Treasury Department, Jobs Creation, Unemployment, Bailout, Financial Crisis, Obama Administration, Timothy Geithner, Bank Bonuses, Fiscal Policy, Business News

Fairly or unfairly, the official who has come to personify this let-them-eat-stuffing attitude is Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, who can't seem to d...

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Washington: Totally Disconnected From Main Street

Don McNay | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Kentucky Guardianship Administrators, Hank Paulson, Certified Financial Consultant, Goldman Sachs, Dr. Lawrence Summers, George W. Bush, Progressives, Obama Economic Team, Lawrence Summers, Arianna Huffington, K Street, Timothy Geithner, Wall Street Bonuses, Lottery Winners, Secretary of the Treasury, Washington Real Estate, McNay Settlement Group, K Street Lobbyists, Republican National Committee, Charlie Rose, Richmond Kentucky, Double Digit Unemployment, Washington DC, Democratic National Committee, Clu, Dr. Alan Greenspan, Change We Can Believe In, Million Dollar Round Table, Big Money, Henry Paulson, Faculty Lounge, Structured Setlements, Alan Greenspan, Huffington Post, Small Business, President Obama, Sherrod Brown, Obama Administration, Main Street, Jobs, Depressions, Harvard, Ohio, Financial Crisis, Mark Twain, American College, Personal Finance, Msfs, Recessions, Chfc, Economic Crisis, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, Kentucky, Don McNay, Economic Despair, Chartered LIfe Underwriter, Wall Street, Vanderbilt University, Mike and the Mechanics, Warren Buffett, Eastern Kentucky University, Certified Structured Settlement Consultant, Cssc, Partisanship, Estate Tax, Business News
Don McNay

Operating a business on Main Street is a lot different than lecturing at the Harvard Economic Club. The team Obama surrounded himself with has spent way more time in a faculty lounge than in the corner barber shop.

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Jamie Dimon, Treasury Secretary? Evaluating The Rumors

Huffington Post | Grace Kiser | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Treasury Department, Unemployment, Washington Mutual, Obama Administration, Timothy Geithner, Jamie Dimon, Bear Stearns, Treasury Secretary, Fiscal Policy, Business News

The New York Post reported this morning that lawmakers are discussing JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon as a potential replacement for current Treasury S...

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Copenhagen Now; Inhofe Is The Fourth Horsemen

Jerry Cope | Posted 11.25.2009 | Green

Read More: James Inhofe, cop15, Kyoto Protocol, Obama Copenhagen, Obama Administration, Climate Change, Barack Obama, Global Warming, Climate Bill, Four-Horsemen-of-the-Apocalypse, Green News
Jerry Cope

President Obama must do more than merely acknowledge the science; his administration must ensure that a legally binding agreement to reduce carbon emissions is reached in Copenhagen.

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Health Care Debate Looms Large At Thanksgiving

Jerry Chautin | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Associated Industries of Florida, Catastrophic Insurance, Obama, Obama Administration, Health Insurance, Republican, Small Business Owners, Congressional Budget Office, American Medical Association, Deficit, Senate Majority Leader, Big Government, Thanksgiving, Barack Obama, Preexisting Conditions, Harry Reid, Senate, American College of Physicians, Small Business, Aif, Health Care, Politics News
Jerry Chautin

Turkey, cranberry sauce, and a side of health care debate is dominating Thanksgiving tables this year. The debate gets more heated when some worry that their situation will be adversely affected.

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How Serious Is Our National Debt?

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business

Read More: China, Japan, National Debt, Gross Domestic Product, Economic Stimulus Package, Ronald Reagan, The Economist, Debt Percentage, Obama Administration, Congress, Obama, Gdp, Business News
Patrick Takahashi

The American debt as a percentage of GDP is at around 100%, which is expected to edge up to 101% in 2011, then begin to drop. However, Japan's debt as a percentage of GDP will go to 230%!

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