Rep. Patrick Kennedy says all people deserve health care because they are “children of God” in his first public appearance since escalating a public feud with Rhode Island’s Roman Catholic bishop over abortion and health care.
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Bloomberg – Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) — The Obama Administration hailed a
congressional report that predicted most Americans will pay no
more for insurance coverage under health-care legislation being
debated in the U.S. Senate.
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On Tuesday night, President Obama will address the nation on his plan for Afghanistan in a speech at the United States Military Academy at West Point. The speech is scheduled to begin at 8:00 P.M. Eastern, and will be covered live on all of the major television news networks.
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Politico – Democratic Rep. John Murtha — just back from a fact-finding trip to Afghanistan — said Monday that he never got a clear definition of what constitutes an “achievable victory” for the United States and fears that American commanders are assuming more time for the war effort than voters at home will allow.
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Chelsea Clinton, the 29-year old daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, has become engaged to her longtime boyfriend, investment banker Marc Mezvinsky.
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AP – Lawyers for Merck & Co. told the Supreme Court Monday that investors waited too late and didn’t do all of the necessary investigations to sue the drug maker over whether it properly warned about the risks of its blockbuster painkiller Vioxx.
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Reuters – A group of U.S. senators urged President Barack Obama Monday to back legislation requiring the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement and a long list of other trade pacts they blame for millions of lost U.S. manufacturing jobs.
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Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., talks about what the Senate is working on.
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Bloomberg – Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama will tell the
public tomorrow how the U.S. will pay for his new strategy in
Afghanistan and that there are limits to American involvement
there, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said.
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AFP – The bitterly divided US Senate on Monday formally launched a historic debate on sweeping legislation to overhaul the US health care system, President Barack Obama’s top domestic priority.
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AP – The United States on Monday called Honduras’ weekend election an important step forward but said more needs to be done to achieve reconciliation after a coup earlier this year threw the country into turmoil.
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AP – Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has become the first Western leader to visit Belarus in 15 years, as the authoritarian former Soviet state takes small steps toward reform.
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