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Obama signs massive tax bill, hails deal with GOP
By News on Dec 17, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- While liberals seethed, President Barack Obama saluted a new spirit of compromise Friday as he signed a huge new tax law extending cuts for the rich along with billions of dollars in help for the middle class and for jobless workers....Lawmakers stretching out Russia nuke pact debate
By News on Dec 17, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's call for a world without nuclear weapons divided Republicans and Democrats on Friday as the Senate slogged through debate on a new arms control treaty with Russia....House approves billions for wars without debate
By News on Dec 17, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House on Friday passed legislation that authorizes the Pentagon to spend nearly $160 billion on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan this budget year without major restrictions on the conduct of operations....Clinton worried by talk of cutting US foreign aid
By News on Dec 17, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she is distressed by calls from some Republicans to reduce foreign aid....Officials: CIA station chief pulled from Islamabad
By News on Dec 17, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The CIA has pulled its top spy out of Pakistan after threats were made against his life, current and former U.S. officials said, an unusual move for the U.S. and a complication on the front lines of the fight against al-Qaida....