Obama Adminstration

Dawn Johnsen Nomination Sent Back To White House For 'Reconsideration'

The Washington Post | Ed O'Keefe | Posted 12.28.2009 | Politics

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If passing health-care reform was the Senate's Christmas present to President Obama, then the confirmation of more than 30 of his nominees might as we...

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Berry: Why Obama Admin Is Denying Lesbian Couple Benefits

Bil Browning | Posted 12.06.2009 | Politics

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Bil Browning

Much has been made of the Obama administration's decision to defy a California judge's order that they enroll a lesbian federal employee's partner as her health-insurance beneficiary.

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Wall Street Follies: The Next Act

New York Times | GRETCHEN MORGENSON | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics

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It certainly sounded good. Hoping, perhaps, to persuade a dubious public that curbing reckless business practices is indeed a Washington priority, t...

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Health Care Debate: Beware of Foreign Objects

Rick Horowitz | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

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Rick Horowitz

If the Angrys could just settle on one country to hold up as their agreed-upon despicable example, we could finally have a coherent conversation about things

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GOP: Shameful Opposition

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics

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Amitai Etzioni

The GOP should learn the difference between a loyal opposition that raises serious objections in a sensible manner -- and a crazed one that is foaming at the mouth.

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The First 100 Days and Guns

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

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Josh Sugarmann

The recent incidents of gun violence are just discrete examples of the estimated 84 Americans who die on average each day in our nation from guns. Yet in the White House, the response remains muted.

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Obama's Team Of Heavyweights

International Herald Tribune | Al Hunt | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama will surround his presidency with powerful men and women. The models of Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan are ...

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