Obama considers naming official to work on moving Guantanamo detainees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is considering naming a senior diplomat to work on sending prisoners at Guantanamo Bay...
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Fierce lobbying counters White House push for food aid reform
By Charles Abbott WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A White House plan to modernize the major U.S. food aid program, by donating cash rather th...
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Obama taps Representative Watt as housing regulator
By Margaret Chadbourn WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated a veteran Democratic congressman to overs...
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Veteran Democrat, Republican newcomer win Massachusetts Senate primaries
By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - A Democratic Massachusetts lawmaker who has spent more than three decades in Congress will face o...
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NYC mayoral hopeful's aides broke finance rules: prosecutors
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Closing arguments began on Tuesday in the fraud trial of two former fundraising associates of...
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Illinois House speaker offers comprehensive pension fix
By Karen Pierog CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan on Tuesday proposed a comprehensive plan to fix the state...
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Kerry calls new Arab League peace stance 'big step forward'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday the Arab League's acknowledgment that Israelis and Palestinians...
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Obama says too soon to declare demise of his domestic agenda
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With his fight for tighter gun control measures defeated and prospects for a deficit reduction ...
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Obama taps former lobbyist Wheeler as telecoms regulator
By Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tom Wheeler, nominated by President Barack Obama on Wednesday to become the next U.S. commun...
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Virginia governor says unaffected by reported FBI probe
By Gary Robertson RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell on Tuesday declined to confirm a newspaper report t...
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