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The President’s Plates: What’s Missing?

ABC News' Sunlen Miller reports: When you’re the President even what’s on your license plate matters. Or in this case, it’s what’s missing. Many DC residents are wondering: where’s the presidential love in their plight for DC voting rights. -Sunlen...

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July 17, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (7)

New Deputy White House Press Secretary: Twitter.com?

The White House Press Corps are usually the first to get wind of a presidential news conference. Today, there had been buzz of a pending presser all afternoon, but no official word from the White House. Then, at 4:23 p.m., the announcement came -- from an unexpected channel: Twitter.com.

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July 17, 2009 in White House | Permalink | User Comments (18)

POTUS: 'Everybody Just Step Back for a Moment'

President Barack Obama called cameras to the Diplomatic Room this afternoon for an unannounced statement on health care reform. His message was a mix of outreach and admonition: Health care reform must happen, and it will, he declared, this year.

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July 17, 2009 in health care | Permalink | User Comments (403)

Summers: Despite Rising Unemployment, Stimulus Has Not Failed

ABC News’ Matthew Jaffe reports: National Economic Council director Larry Summers today defended the Obama administration’s actions on a wide range of issues, including the stimulus act, the soaring deficit, and the bailout program. Holding court for over an hour...

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“Back from the Abyss”: Obama Adviser Touts Economic Rescue

The nation’s economy has been rescued from the brink of collapse, President Obama’s top economic adviser believes.

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Defying President Obama, House Takes What Critic Calls "Hardcore Bipartisan NIMBY" Action on Chrysler and GM Auto Dealers

A source involved in the auto restructuring called the vote "hardcore bipartisan NIMBY," using the acronym for "Not In My Back Yard," a derisive term for politicians who take the most parochial views of issues, defying the "greater good."

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Gates on the F-22: "Does Not Make Much Sense"

The White House today flags Defense Secretary Gates’s speech yesterday to the Economic Club of Chicago in which he makes a case against additional funding for the F-22.

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President Obama to NAACP: "No Excuses"

The President gave an impassioned address to the NAACP in New York City last night.

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