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SF Gate
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Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, the 46-year-old freshman senator from Illinois, ended a 16-month political marathon Tuesday, clinching enough delegates to become the first African American presidential nominee of a major political party.
It was a momento..
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MSNBC
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In Illinois, political experts say voting present is a relatively common way for lawmakers to express disapproval of a measure. It can at times help avoid running the risks of voting no, they add.
“If you are worried about your next election, the pre..
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New York Sun
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New York City, moving swiftly in the face of outrage from the White House to the political hustings to the Jewish community, is opposing a request by President Ahmadinejad to lay a wreath at ground zero when the Iranian is in New York next week for a meet..
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SF Gate
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton unveiled a plan on Monday to guarantee health insurance to all Americans, but in a way carefully designed to avoid nearly every major political flaw in her failed proposal of 1993-94.
In the new plan, Clinton promised to cov..
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Yahoo News
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Former Sen. John Edwards said at a Hurricane Katrina conference he would propose what he called "Brownie's Law" requiring that qualified people, not political hacks, lead key federal agencies.
Edwards, who is seeking the Democratic presidential nominat..
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Yahoo News
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The first U.S. surgeon general appointed by President George W. Bush accused the administration on Tuesday of political interference and muzzling him on key issues like embryonic stem cell research.
"Anything that doesn't fit into the political appoint..
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Washington Post
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President Bush said yesterday that Democrats in Congress are engaging in "pure political theater" by preparing resolutions of no confidence in Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, and he repeated his support for his embattled aide and longtime friend...
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SF Gate
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Vice President Dick Cheney flew to Baghdad Wednesday to urge top Iraqi officials to move as quickly as possible toward a political reconciliation between Sunni and Shiite factions, whose bitter divisions underlie much of the country's violence.
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New York Times
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Evolution has long generated bitter fights between the left and the right about whether God or science better explains the origins of life. But now a dispute has cropped up within conservative circles, not over science, but over political ideology: Does D..
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www.realcities.com
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For six years, the Bush administration, aided by Justice Department political appointees, has pursued an aggressive legal effort to restrict voter turnout in key battleground states in ways that favor Republican political candidates.
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Associated Press
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Democratic Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign has returned more than $50,000 in political contributions after discovering the donors were lobbyists.
Obama, who has pledged to change the ways of Washington, has repeatedly said he will not accept..
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CNN
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Eight federal prosecutors were fired last year because they did not sufficiently support President Bush's priorities, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' former chief of staff says in remarks prepared for delivery Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Commi..
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Washington Post
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The leader of the Justice Department team that prosecuted a landmark lawsuit against tobacco companies said yesterday that Bush administration political appointees repeatedly ordered her to take steps that weakened the government's racketeering case.
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Baltimore Sun
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The chief White House lawyer floated the idea of firing all 93 U.S. attorneys at the start of President Bush's second term, but the Justice Department objected and eventually recommended the eight dismissals that have generated a political firestorm two y..
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New York Times
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Americans often suspect that their political leaders are arrogant and out of touch. But even then it is nearly impossible to fathom what self-delusion could have convinced Senator Pete Domenici of New Mexico that he had a right to call a federal prosecuto..
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ABC News
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Rudolph Giuliani attended the memorial service for former President Ford Tuesday, surrounded by the nation's biggest political leaders...
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Slate
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December is usually a quiet time in politics. Members of Congress leave Washington, and the president is tied down by an endless procession of Christmas parties. Journalists finally do their expenses. But this year is ending with a spasm of news. South Da..
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Canada.com
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Quebecer Stephane Dion made a stunning run up the middle Saturday to win the leadership of the Liberal party at a convention that lived up to its advance billing as a political thriller...
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Dallas News
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Gov. Rick Perry, after a God and country sermon attended by dozens of political candidates Sunday, said that he agreed with the minister that non-Christians will be condemned to hell...
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MSNBC
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Forget the calls for her to quit the presidential race: Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is determined to rack up two big primary victories in the next eight days — in West Virginia and Kentucky — as she seeks to prove her continued political viability..
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