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Kerry, McCain push Libya resolution
By News on Jun 21, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two top senators on Tuesday unveiled a resolution giving President Barack Obama limited authority in the 3-month-old war against Libya, warning that the drastic step of cutting off funds for the military operation would be a lifeline to a weakened Moammar Gadhafi....Obama likely to cut 10K troops from Afghanistan
By News on Jun 21, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Facing a war-weary public, President Barack Obama is expected to call for a major withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan Wednesday night, with roughly 10,000 coming home to the U.S. in less than a year....US defends participation in Syrian-organized tour
By News on Jun 21, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is struggling to explain why its ambassador to Syria participated in a sanitized trip to the country's restive north that President Bashar Assad's regime used to attempt to justify its military crackdown....AP NewsBreak: Glitch in Obama's health care law
By News on Jun 21, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government number-crunchers say President Barack Obama's health care law would let several million middle-class people get nearly free coverage by making them eligible for the Medicaid program for the poor....
Clinton backs 'brave' Saudi women driver protest
By News on Jun 21, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday lent her support to "brave" women in Saudi Arabia who are protesting the Islamic kingdom's ban on female drivers, making her first public comments on an issue that has become an irritant in complex ties between the U.S. and Saudi governments....