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Obama challenges: Shrink gap between rich, poor
By News on Jan 24, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Declaring the American dream under siege, President Barack Obama delivered a populist challenge Tuesday night to shrink the gap between rich and poor, promising to tax the wealthy more and help jobless Americans get work and hang onto their homes. Seeking re-election and needing results, the president invited Republicans to join him but warned, "I intend to fight."...
Obama: American dream in peril, fast action needed
By News on Jan 24, 2012
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Declaring the American dream under siege, President Barack Obama called Tuesday night for a flurry of help for a hurting middle class and higher taxes on millionaires, delivering a State of the Union address filled with re-election themes. Restoring a fair shot for all, Obama said, is "the defining issue of our time."...Analysis: Obama speech puts him in campaign arena
By News on Jan 24, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama, having watched his Republican adversaries pound him for weeks, got his turn Tuesday, using his State of the Union speech to land the first major counterpunch of the still-forming 2012 election....
2nd Freddie Mac contract with Gingrich is released
By News on Jan 24, 2012
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) -- GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich began receiving payments from Freddie Mac in 1999 under a contract that paid his consulting business $25,000 a month to work with the mortgage giant's chief lobbyist, according to a second agreement released Tuesday night....
Obama: Every American should get a fair shot
By News on Jan 24, 2012
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Declaring the American dream under siege, President Barack Obama called Tuesday night for a flurry of help for a hurting middle class and higher taxes on millionaires, delivering a State of the Union address filled with re-election themes. Restoring a fair shot for all, Obama said, is "the defining issue of our time."...