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House healthcare talks break down in anger
By News on Jul 24, 2009
Link: http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/house-healthcare-talks-break-down-in-anger-2009-07-24.html
House healthcare negotiations dissolved in acrimony on Friday, with Blue Dog Democrats saying they were lied to by their Democratic leaders....
Iran president caves in, dismisses his top deputy
By News on Jul 24, 2009
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad caved into pressure from hardline clerics and the country's supreme leader Friday and allowed the resignation of his top deputy after a week-long standoff....Obama calls white policeman who arrested scholar
By News on Jul 24, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has called the white policeman who arrested black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. The president says he believes the sergeant to be an outstanding police officer....
Frank defends oversight of Fannie, Freddie
By News on Jul 24, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank is defending Democrats' oversight of struggling mortgage buyers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac....
Geithner defends financial oversight reform
By News on Jul 24, 2009
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke squared off Friday in a public dispute on who should become the nation's top consumer watchdog....