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Dave's Latest Top 10 Target: Oval Office Speeches
(Newser) - You might have heard about a certain speech given by our president last night. So did David Letterman, who offered up a Top 10 list on last night’s Late Show of “Things Never Before Said in an Oval Office Address.” No. 10: “Gotta keep this short... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Faithful Hooked on '12-Step' Beck
(Newser) - Recovering alcoholic Glenn Beck has somehow managed to get us all hooked on the emotional, often religion-heavy 12 steps of an "Alcoholics Anonymous playbook," writes Kathleen Parker in the Washington Post . "Addiction has been a defining part" of Beck's life, and "recovery is a process inseparable"... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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O’Reilly Slams 'Boring Prof' Obama on Iraq
(Newser) - The verdicts are in on President Obama's Oval Office address to mark the end of major US combat operations in Iraq, and he apparently didn't please many people. The president just wasn't entertaining enough for Bill O'Reilly. The president seemed like a "boring professor," the O'Reilly Factor host... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Murkowski Concedes in Alaska
(AP) - Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, in what could be America's biggest political upset of the year, has been booted from office in the Republican primary by a little-known, Sarah Palin-backed conservative lawyer. Murkowski—who was 1,668 votes behind after last week's primary—conceded defeat to Joe Miller Tuesday night after... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Obama Salutes George Bush in Iraq War Speech
(Newser) - President Obama stuck to the script tonight in declaring the end of the 7-year US military operation in Iraq. "Our combat mission is ending," he said. "Our commitment to Iraq's future is not." But Obama also acknowledged George W. Bush's stewardship of the war, along with... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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The 50 Richest Lawmakers
(Newser) - Financial disclosure forms from 2009 are in, and the Hill has ranked the 50 wealthiest lawmakers (27 Democrats and 23 Republicans) from the House and Senate. Here's the top 5: John Kerry, $188.6 million: Kerry's wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, is the source of his wealth, though the $188.6... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Obama: 'Operation Iraqi Freedom Is Over'
(Newser) - Midnight has passed in Iraq, marking the official end of US combat operations. A few hours before President Obama's prime-time address on the subject (8pm EST), the White House has released excerpts. No big surprises here, and no clue as to whether Obama will mention George W. Bush (the two... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Pawlenty Tells Agencies to Shun Funds on Obamacare
(Newser) - Tim Pawlenty is using the power of the governor's office to stake a claim against President Obama's health care overhaul—and get a leg up on other 2012 presidential aspirants. Pawlenty today forbid state agencies in Minnesota from applying for grant money available under the legislation, including a sex-education program,... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Obama Redecorates Oval Office
(Newser) - While President Obama was off vacationing in Martha's Vineyard, his iconic office got its first makeover since George W. Bush left town. Viewers can see the new Oval Office in his speech tonight. Highlights, from USA Today : The rug, donated by a Michigan carpet manufacturer, has historical quotes around the... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Gay Republicans Complain of Intolerance—on the Left
(Newser) - In assessing the fallout from former RNC chief Ken Mehlman's decision to come out of the closet, Jacob Bernstein points out in the Daily Beast that fellow conservatives seemed to shrug it off while "gay activists on the left pounced." Witness this diatribe from a PR strategist in... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Meghan McCain: Sarah Palin Brought 'Drama, Stress'
(Newser) - Meghan McCain was not a fan of Sarah Palin during her father’s presidential campaign. In her new book, Dirty Sexy Politics, McCain writes that Palin brought “drama, stress, complications, panic and loads of uncertainty,” to her father’s operation. “I’m speaking out now because I... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Obama to Troops: 'Job Well Done'
(AP) - Hours before addressing the nation, President Obama told US troops just back from Iraq that his speech outlining the withdrawal of combat forces "is not going to be a victory lap" nor a cause for celebration. "There's still a lot of work that we've got to do."... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Sorry, Dems, Gallup's Poll Can't Be Dismissed
(Newser) - If Democrats were hoping that stats guru Nate Silver would dismiss the new Gallup poll —which shows a record 10-point lead for Republicans on the generic ballot—as an aberration, they're out of luck. It's true that the poll is probably what he calls an "outlier"—that... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Sen. Orrin Hatch Backs 'Ground Zero Mosque'
(Newser) - Sen. Orrin Hatch says that the Cordoba Initiative has every right to build a Muslim community center near Ground Zero, regardless of the public outcry against it. “If the Muslims own that property, that private property, and they want to build a mosque there, they should have the right... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Why We Shouldn't Leave Iraq
(Newser) - In tonight's speech on the end of combat operations in Iraq, Barack Obama has a chance to show that he’s finally learned something about geostrategy. “Of course, if he did, it would mean abandoning much of what he advocated during his election campaign,” writes John Bolton for... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Are Reps Abusing House Travel Funds?
(Newser) - Another day, another House ethics investigation: This time, watchdogs are investigating a half-dozen lawmakers believed to have kept or misspent federal funds meant to pay for overseas travel, insiders say. Members of Congress are given a daily allowance—anywhere from $25 in Kabul to $250 in parts of Japan—when... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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52% of GOP Thinks Obama Supports Spread of Islamic Law
(Newser) - More than half of Republicans surveyed in a new Newsweek poll believe that President Obama supports the proliferation of Islamic law worldwide: 14% of Republicans said Obama definitely "sympathizes with the goals of Islamic fundamentalists who want to impose Islamic law around the world," while an additional 38%... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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