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As she leaves, Clinton sounds warning over Syria

YoopyaFeb 1, 20130

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton issued a parting warning Thursday about Syria’s civil war, accusing Iran of playing an increasingly prominent

Fox’s Geraldo Rivera weighing US Senate run in NJ

YoopyaFeb 1, 20130

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Geraldo Rivera, who hosts a weekend show on Fox News Channel, said Thursday he’s seriously thinking about running for U.S. Senate

Hagel to face grilling by Senate panel on Mideast, budget

YoopyaJan 31, 20130

(Reuters) – Chuck Hagel will face tough questions on Pentagon spending cuts and U.S. relations with Israel and Iran on Thursday as he faces a deeply skeptical Senate panel

Obama guns and immigration agenda finds itself competing with economic contraction

YoopyaJan 31, 2013October 17, 20230

WASHINGTON (AP) — Just as President Barack Obama is pushing new initiatives on gun control and immigration, the gloomy old problem of a sluggish economy

White House: Ruling won’t affect other Obama picks

YoopyaJan 26, 20130

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama violated the Constitution when he bypassed the Senate last year to appoint three members of the National Labor Relations Board, a federal

Biden continues call for action on gun measures

YoopyaJan 26, 20130

The vice president holds a round table with officials from Virginia Tech, where a gunman killed 32 in 2007. They discuss background checks and mental

Ryan blames Republican election loss on poor communication, turnout

YoopyaJan 24, 20130

(Reuters) – Ending a self-imposed silence about the November election, 2012 Republican vice presidentialnominee Paul Ryan said on Wednesday that he and presidential running mate Mitt

U.S. to lift ban on women in front-line combat jobs

YoopyaJan 24, 20130

(Reuters) – The U.S. military will formally end its ban on women serving in front-line combat roles, officials said on Wednesday, in a move that

Gay activists laud Obama speech, now want action

YoopyaJan 23, 20130

NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama’s emphatic gay-rights advocacy in his inaugural address thrilled many activists. Yet almost immediately came the questions and exhortations

Confident Obama lays out battle plan as he launches second term

YoopyaJan 22, 20130

(Reuters) – A confident President Barack Obama kicked off his second term on Monday with an impassioned call for a more inclusive America that rejects partisan rancor