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Iran's Khamenei rejects direct talks with U.S. on nuclear program
WASHINGTON -- Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected the U.S. offer of direct talks on his country’s disputed nuclear program, deepening doubts about the prospects that Tehran’s upcoming discussions with six world powers over...
Tags: Politics, White House, Tehran (Iran), Kazakhstan, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
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Daum: Wingnuts, guns and liberals
On the recommendation of several friends, I spent the better part of a recent weekend ("better part" as in the time I could have been doing something better, like having brunch or washing the dog) learning about what to do in the event of a world...
Tags: Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Luxury Goods Industry, Weaponry, Lindsay Lohan
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Senate Democrats huddle on gun measures
WASHINGTON – Vice President Joe Biden met Thursday with Senate Democrats to brief the caucus about the rationale behind the administration’s recommendations on guns, arguing that, in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., shooting, the nation “...
Tags: Politics, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weaponry, Dianne Feinstein
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Obama asks law enforcement officials to push gun proposals
WASHINGTON – President Obama on Monday met with police chiefs from around the country -- including three from communities affected by mass shootings -- as part of his effort to build support for the gun control measures he wants to push through...
Tags: Politics, Shootings, U.S. Congress, Laws, Sandy Hook Elementary School
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Secret Service dog falls to its death in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS -- A Secret Service dog fell to its death in New Orleans this past weekend while performing a security sweep of a six-story parking garage next to the Ritz-Carlton where Vice President Joe Biden was speaking. The dog, a bomb-sniffing...
Tags: Animal, Bankruptcy, Mardi Gras, Roman Catholic Sex Abuse Scandal, Accidental Death
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Biden pushes gun background-check plan
RICHMOND, Va. -- Vice President Joe Biden took the White House’s efforts to enact sweeping new gun proposals to the heart of Virginia on Friday, vowing to continue traveling the country to press the administration’s case for immediate action...
Tags: Politics, Shootings, Bob McDonnell, Health and Safety at School, Government
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In right-wing delusions, Obama's gun control plan is monarchy
Even before President Obama announced his proposed gun control measures, right-wing paranoids and Republican members of Congress were raving about impeachment, incipient monarchy and civil war. Obama’s proposal is expected to include a call for...
Tags: Politics, Colin Powell, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weaponry, U.S. Congress
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Hollywood groups support White House statement on gun violence
Hollywood's chief lobbying arm and other industry groups are supporting the White House statement on gun violence. In the wake of last month's mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., the Obama administration on Wednesday...
Tags: Politics, Movies, White House, Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control
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2013 State of the Union: Full prepared transcript
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that “the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress…It is my task,” he...
Tags: Politics, Family, Unrest, Conflicts and War, North Miami, Migration
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Obama intends to go over heads of Congress in gun-control fight
WASHINGTON – A somber President Obama, launching a public campaign Wednesday for a package of gun-control measures that is likely to face very tough opposition in Congress, signaled that he was prepared to go over the heads of lawmakers to push...
Tags: Politics, Shootings, National Rifle Association of America, John Boehner, Health and Safety at School
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Obama announces sweeping proposals to curb gun violence
This post has been corrected. See below for details.WASHINGTON -- President Obama on Wednesday unveiled a broad array of executive actions and legislative proposals to curb gun violence, including a new push to ban assault weapons, impose a 10-round limit on ammunition magazines, and expand background...Tags: Politics, Firearms, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, White House
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'Mo' Cowan sworn in, giving Senate a record number of blacks -- 2
WASHINGTON — The usually pin-drop-quiet Senate gallery erupted in applause Thursday after William “Mo” Cowan was sworn in as the newest senator from Massachusetts. Vice President Joe Biden administered the noontime oath to Cowan, a...
Tags: Politics, Elizabeth Warren, John Kerry, Regional Authority, Tim Scott
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