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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:18:00 GMT

US Seeks Wider Access to Korean Auto Market: White House

WASHINGTON ― The United States Friday repeated its call on South Korea to make concessions for a wider opening of its auto market so the U.S. can ratify a pending bilateral free trade agreement, Yonhap News reported.. 'We want to ensure that the Korea
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:18:00 GMT

Obama Says Native Americans Not Forgotten

President Barack Obama on November 5 met with Native American tribal leaders at what was dubbed the White House Tribal Nations Conference. The administration invited representatives from the 564 federally recognized tribes, and leaders from almost 400
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:18:00 GMT

Obama adviser urges caution on extra Afghan troops

BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's national security adviser, James Jones, has said there is no guarantee that sending extra troops to Afghanistan would solve NATO's problems, and that they could just be 'swallowed up'. In an interview
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:17:00 GMT

Obama urges lawmakers on historic health care vote

WASHINGTON -President Barack Obama, his top domestic priority in the balance, was on Saturday to make a rare in-person plea for wary lawmakers to cast an historic vote for legislation to overhaul US health care. Obama, who wooed skittish fellow Democrats
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:16:00 GMT

VIDEO: Obama's weekly address

President Obama spoke of the tragedy at Fort Hood in his weekly address today. See video below:
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:16:00 GMT

Obama to visit Hill as abortion issue looms

Questions about an abortion-related provision threaten to derail a health care bill in the U.S. House. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Anti-abortion Democrats allowed to offer amendment to House health care bill Planned Parenthood opposes amendment, claims it would
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:16:00 GMT

Obama visits wounded US soldiers at Walter Reed

President Barack Obama salutes as boards Marine One helicopter prior to his... President Barack Obama spent nearly two hours visiting wounded U.S. soldiers Friday afternoon. The president met with 19 soldiers being treated at Walter Reed Army Medical
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:12:00 GMT

Obama adviser urges caution on extra Afghan troops

BERLIN, Nov 7 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's national security adviser, James Jones, has said there is no guarantee that sending extra troops to Afghanistan would solve NATO's problems, and that they could just be 'swallowed up'. In an
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:12:00 GMT

Obama praises those who ended Fort Hood violence

President Barack Obama said Saturday that the training designed to keep U.S. forces safe abroad prevented further deaths and ended the rampage at Fort Hood. He praised those who serve or have served in uniform and reminded the public of their diversity ?
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:12:00 GMT

George W. Bush visits wounded soldiers at Darnall

FORT HOOD ? Former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, visited wounded soldiers and their families near the site of the worst mass shooting on an Army post in the United States. The Bushes made their private visit to Fort Hood's Darnall Army
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:11:00 GMT

President Obama signs tax credit extension/expansion

President Obama has approved the extension and expansion of the federal homebuyer tax credit. The measure is part of H.R. 3548, the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act. Under the bill, the deadline for the first-time buyer tax credit of up to $8,000
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:09:00 GMT

Lawmaker Attacks Obama on Immigrants

A House Democrat is accusing President Barack Obama of dehumanizing illegal immigrants with his hard-line stance against allowing them to benefit from pending health overhaul legislation. Congressman Luis Gutierrez, from Obama's home state of Illinois,
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:59:00 GMT

Obama calls shootings 'despicable'

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:55:00 GMT

Obama: 10.2 Percent Unemployment 'a Sobering Number'

U.S. President Barack Obama says new figures that show the nation's unemployment rate reached double digits in October are a reminder of the challenges that remain. The 10.2 percent jobless figure is the highest since 1983. President Obama stood in the
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:55:00 GMT

Senate, House GOP took different paths to fight cap and trade in committee

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:45:00 GMT

Obama makes the rounds at Walter Reed

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama spent nearly two hours visiting wounded U.S. service members Friday afternoon. The president met with 19 service members being treated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, as well as the families of three service
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:45:00 GMT

Obama admin lends support to Central Valley bill

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:45:00 GMT

GOP lawmakers urge Interior to continue streamlining permitting

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:45:00 GMT

Obama: Do not jump to conclusions about Hood

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says the 'whole nation is grieving right now' over the mass killings at Fort Hood. He urged people not to jump to conclusions while law enforcement officials gather facts about the shootings. The president on Friday
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:45:00 GMT

Obama urges lawmakers on historic health care vote

Obama to push lawmakers on health care vote Online news: World President Barack Obama, his top domestic priority in the balance, was to make a rare in-person plea Saturday for wary lawmakers to cast an historic vote for legislation to remake US health
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:44:00 GMT

Obama adviser urges caution on extra Afghan troops

BERLIN - U.S. President Barack Obama’s national security adviser, James Jones, has said there is no guarantee that sending extra troops to Afghanistan would solve NATO’s problems, and that they could just be “swallowed up”. In an interview
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:42:00 GMT

Obama adviser urges caution on extra Afghan troops

BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's national security adviser, James Jones, has said there is no guarantee that sending extra troops to Afghanistan would solve NATO's problems, and that they could just be "swallowed up". In an interview
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:36:00 GMT

Obama adviser urges caution on extra Afghan troops

BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's national security adviser, James Jones, has said there is no guarantee that sending extra troops to Afghanistan would solve NATO's problems, and that they could just be 'swallowed up'. In an interview
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:34:00 GMT

Obama weighs steps to spur jobs, wary on deficit

Washington: US President Barack Obama on Friday listed a range of fresh options being considered by the White House to spur growth after "sobering" news that unemployment spiked to a 26 12-year peak last month. Obama, who earlier signed a bill to extend
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:34:00 GMT

Obama Praises Soldiers Who Stopped Gunman

Barack Obama has told Americans that soldiers' training and heroism prevented further deaths in the Fort Hood massacre, as the gunman remains in a coma. Investigators are waiting to question Major Nidal Malik Hasan, who shot 13 people dead at a US Army
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:31:00 GMT

Obama Praises Heroism at Fort Hood

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama, seeking to reassure a nation shaken by the mass shooting on an Army post in Texas, said Saturday that the training designed to keep U.S. forces safe abroad prevented further deaths and ended a rampage at Fort Hood.
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:30:00 GMT

UK foreign secretary: Obama critics miss the point

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband says critics of U.S. President Barack Obama are wrong to complain he's been unable to fix the world's woes.
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:26:00 GMT

Obama decries 'crime against our nation'

U.S. President Barack Obama Saturday called the massacre at Fort Hood, Texas, a 'crime against our nation' and those who defend it.'It is a crime that would have horrified us had its victims been Americans of any background,' Obama said in his weekly
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:24:00 GMT

Anti-abortion House Dems win round

Questions about an abortion-related provision threaten to derail a health care bill in the U.S. House. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Anti-abortion Democrats allowed to offer amendment to House health care bill Planned Parenthood opposes amendment, claims it would
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:22:00 GMT

Anti-abortion Dems win round

An Anti-abortion Democrats will be allowed to offer an amendment during the House health care debate today that would ban most abortion coverage. .
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:18:00 GMT