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Obama Delivers Commencement Speech At Morehouse College

2013-05-19T14:47:35Z

BY DARLENE SUPERVILLE, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

President Barack Obama, in a soaring commencement address on work, sacrifice and opportunity, told gra...

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Obama, Walker Share Unlikely Link

2013-05-19T12:38:40Z

No one would mistake Scott Walker and Barack Obama for political twins....

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McConnell: No Evidence Tying IRS Scandal To Obama

2013-05-19T12:16:57Z

WASHINGTON -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Sunday conceded that there is no evidence that President Barack Obama or the White Hou...

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McConnell Defends White House On AP Scandal

2013-05-19T12:00:02Z

WASHINGTON -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Sunday appeared to defend the Obama administration's controversial leak investigation ...

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Karl Rove Talks IRS Scandal, Compares His Group To NAACP

2013-05-19T11:40:05Z

WASHINGTON -- Karl Rove on Sunday defended his group Crossroads GPS, a 501(c)4 non-profit organization, against charges that it improperly benefited f...

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Paul Ryan On Benghazi: 'I Don't Know' If There Was A Cover-up

2013-05-19T10:37:24Z

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said Sunday that he does not know whether President Barack Obama intentionally misled the public about the natur...

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Obama Delivers Commencement Speech At Morehouse College

2013-05-19T10:27:35Z

BY DARLENE SUPERVILLE, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is delivering the commencement address at Morehouse College, the ...

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WATCH: 'SNL' Takes On IRS Scandal

2013-05-19T10:10:59Z

On last night's season finale of "SNL," Seth Meyers was joined by his former "Weekend Update" co-host Amy Poehler to ask the question on all of our mi...

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Obama Approval Rating Not Hurt By Scandals

2013-05-19T10:15:42Z

A new poll shows that recent scandals haven't hurt President Obama's approval rating.

The poll, from CNN and ORC International, found that 53% of ...

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Controversies Threaten To Drown Out Key Obama Goals

2013-05-19T10:11:50Z

WASHINGTON -- Five months into President Barack Obama's second term, allies and former top aides worry that his overarching goal of economic opportuni...

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Obama to address Morehouse College commencement

2013-05-19T09:54:17Z

BY DARLENE SUPERVILLE, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is delivering the commencement address at Morehouse College, the h...

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Obama Visit Shines Spotlight On Historically Black Colleges And Universities

2013-05-18T16:27:42Z

ATLANTA — When President Barack Obama addresses graduates at Morehouse College on Sunday, he'll also be speaking to the broader community of his...

Why One Issue Won't Go Away

2013-05-18T15:12:22Z

WASHINGTON -- The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, i...

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New Step Taken In Ricin Letters Case

2013-05-18T14:07:49Z

SPOKANE, Wash. — Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a downtown Spokane apartment Saturday, investigating the recent discovery of ...

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How Obstruction Will Ruin The GOP

2013-05-18T11:50:15Z

It’s obvious that the unprecedented Senate Republican obstruction of executive branch nominations is bad for the president; it’s bad for the smoot...

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James Zogby: A Bad Week, But Not That Bad

2013-05-18T11:37:42Z

I might suggest that we first take a deep breath and make an effort to put the events of the past week in some perspective, but I know it wouldn't do any good. There is blood in the water and in deeply partisan Washington, the struggle for advantage and power always trumps reality.

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Obama Alludes To Recent Troubles In Weekly Address

2013-05-18T10:49:32Z

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is calling attention to his economic proposals and efforts to expand the middle class...

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Romney Hurls Criticism Over Scandals: 'I'm Not A Fan Of The President'

2013-05-18T09:52:31Z

Former Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney appeared on "The Tonight Show" Friday, where he discussed a number of scandals unfolding in Washing...

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Obama Appears Unscathed By Unfolding Scandals

2013-05-18T08:53:46Z

WASHINGTON — Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading...

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Amy Dardashtian: An IRS With Integrity: Will This Be the Dawn of Another New Era?

2013-05-17T21:48:46Z

Will today mark the dawning of another new era? Or will Congress miss the opportunity to examine the problems within the agency that extend beyond this one scandal?

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Treasury Officials Told Of IRS Probe In June 2012

2013-05-17T18:07:04Z

WASHINGTON — Senior Treasury officials were made aware in June 2012 that investigators were looking into complaints from tea party groups that t...

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Hoyt Hilsman: The Republicans' Obama Problem

2013-05-17T17:59:52Z

By attacking Obama, the Republicans are throwing red meat to their base, which is an increasingly small and extreme group of right-wingers. The danger of tossing red meat to a tiger is that it becomes even more aggressive.

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Joel Rubin: Syria, Iran and the Red Lines Trap

2013-05-17T17:27:51Z

President Obama should stick to his red line policy toward Syria and avoid advancing a red line policy toward Iran that will tie his hands. That may frustrate his domestic critics, but it makes America's adversaries nervous. And this is exactly where we should want our country's foreign policy to be.

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Reince Priebus Issues Warning On Calls For Impeachment

2013-05-17T16:49:09Z

As President Barack Obama's administration continues to face the fallout from three separate political scandals, some conservatives have been quick to...

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Raghida Dergham: The Priorities of Russia's Stance on the Syrian Crisis

2013-05-17T15:52:34Z

However high-ranking an individual might be, or however "full" the powers they might be entrusted within the process of political transition in Syria,...

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