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POLITICS / NEWS Thu Jul 1, 2010 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- President Obama called Thursday for comprehensive immigration reform, noting that people nationwide "have expressed frustration with (an immigration) system that seems fundamentally broken.".. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Sun Jan 3, 2010 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- Human error and system lapses, not deliberate concealing of information, allowed a terror suspect to board a U.S.-bound airplane, the White House terrorism czar says... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Mon Jul 6, 2009 @ 9:02am neoform

CNN -- For Shona Holmes, simple pleasures such as playing with her dog or walking in her plush garden are a gift... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Wed Jul 1, 2009 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- The metric system is the kind of thing that you can expect from the 60-vote filibuster-proof majority Democrats now have in the United States Senate... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Mon Jun 15, 2009 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- President Obama said Monday that limits on medical malpractice lawsuits could be a necessary part of overhauling the nation's ailing health care system... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Tue Apr 17, 2007 @ 12:36pm neoform

FOX News -- Under criticism for poor treatment of injured soldiers, the Pentagon announced new measures Tuesday to provide more health screenings, improve its record-keeping system and overhaul an unwieldy disability claims system. Testifying before a House panel,.. Read More

POLITICS / OPINION Mon Mar 12, 2007 @ 9:51am neoform

Alter Net -- Our health care system has gotten so bad that even Republicans acknowledge that it's broken -- so what's the best way to deal with it? Like the creature from the Black Lagoon, the health insurance monster has returned, creeping back onto the public sta.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Sat Feb 17, 2007 @ 11:45am neoform

USA Today -- Hoping to gain support for his health care proposal, President Bush pledged Saturday to reach across party lines to reform the nation's medical insurance system so more of the 46 million uninsured Americans can afford coverage. "From my conversations w.. Read More

POLITICS / OPINION VIDEO Sun Nov 5, 2006 @ 10:27pm neoform

video.google.com -- After the 2000 elections having had massive problems, a number of groups got together to investigate electronic voting machines and to see the flaws in the system that get used in U.S. elections... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Sat May 15, 2010 @ 9:02am neoform

CNN -- The White House is asking Congress to approve $205 million to help Israel build a new short-range rocket defense system, Obama administration officials confirmed Friday... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Thu Sep 17, 2009 @ 9:02am neoform

CNN -- Amtrak would lose its federal subsidies if it doesn't put a system in place by early next year to check and track firearms so that passengers can legally put the weapons in their checked baggage, the Senate voted Wednesday. The measure, an amendment to the transportation and housing appropriations bill, passed 68-30. The House version of the bill, passed in July, does not include the provision, so further steps would be needed for it to reach President Obama's desk... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Mon Sep 14, 2009 @ 3:01pm neoform

CNN -- President Obama said Monday that the need for the federal government to help prop up the nation's hard-hit financial system is fading... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Wed Aug 12, 2009 @ 3:02pm neoform

CNN -- President Obama built his push for a sweeping overhaul of the health care system on the premise that reform is essential for economic recovery... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Sat Jun 6, 2009 @ 9:04am neoform

CNN -- As Democrats on Capitol Hill move toward revealing landmark bills to drastically reform the nation's health care system, the White House and the Democratic National Committee are increasing efforts to rally public support... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Wed Jun 3, 2009 @ 9:03am neoform

CNN -- Fixing America's health care system is necessary to expand coverage and prevent rising costs from further straining the U.S. economy, President Obama said Tuesday... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Fri Sep 21, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- If it takes three weeks to count the votes in this November's election, the Board of Supervisors should bear the blame, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom said Thursday. By refusing to approve a contract with another voting machine company in April, the.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Mon Jul 2, 2007 @ 11:02pm neoform

USA Today -- President Bush listened Monday to Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin's new "innovative" proposals for a missile-defense system but refused to budge on anchoring it in the Czech Republic and Poland. Putin's latest suggestions included bringing other cou.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Thu Jun 7, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

USA Today -- President Bush said Thursday he will try to convice Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that he should not feel threatened by a U.S. missile defense system in Eastern Europe. The Russian response to the proposal is "not something that we ought to be hyp.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Tue Jun 5, 2007 @ 9:23am neoform

SF Gate -- President Bush arrived here Monday to begin an eight-day visit to Europe, at a time when Russia is angry over U.S. plans for a Europe-based anti-missile system and allies in Europe are pressing Washington to back U.N. action on global warming. Russian.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Tue Jun 5, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

BBC News -- US President George W Bush has said Russia has nothing to fear from a missile defence system to be built by the US, partly in eastern Europe. Mr Bush said the Cold War was over and Russia was not an enemy of the US. The president was speaking during.. Read More