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News Corp. hires Toni Cook Bush to oversee lobbying after split
News Corp. has hired a D.C. heavyweight to handle its lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill after it becomes primarily a newspaper publishing company. Antoniette "Toni" Cook Bush will join News Corp. next month as its executive vice president and global head...
Tags: Government, Politics, Federal Communications Commission, News Corp., U.S. Senate
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BRIEF: President's senior advisor to give Clark Atlanta commencement address
The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionValerie B. Jarrett, senior advisor to President Barack Obama, head of the Offices of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs and chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls, will be the commencement speaker at Clark Atlanta University, the...Tags: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Barack Obama, White House
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Pingree meets with White House on military sex assault issue
Portland Press Herald, MaineMaine Rep. Chellie Pingree was among a small group of House and Senate lawmakers who met with top Obama administration officials Thursday morning to discuss the issue of sexual assault in the military. The group met with Obama senior adviser Valerie...Tags: Chuck Hagel, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Assault, Politics, Justice System
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Obama nominates Penny Pritzker, Mike Froman to his economic team
WASHINGTON – President Obama praised Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker for her commitment to American workers on Thursday morning as he nominated her as his next Commerce secretary. In a Rose Garden announcement, Obama listed Pritzker’s...
Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Political Fundraising, White House, Penny Pritzker
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Fayetteville activist Stephanie Brown is part of Alicia Keys' HIV/AIDS campaign
The Fayetteville Observer, N.C.Local HIV and AIDS activist Stephanie Brown is one of five women chosen by Grammy Award-winning R&B singer Alicia Keys to work on a national education campaign. The "Empowered" campaign was launched last month by the Kaiser Family Foundation to...Tags: Politics, Viral Diseases and Infections, Barack Obama, AIDS, World AIDS Day
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Houston County student named ANNpower fellow
The Macon TelegraphWilla Wang, a junior at Houston County High School, is one of 50 selected to be an ANNpower Fellow for leadership potential and commitment to creating positive social change. Wang participated April 1-4 in the ANNpower Vital Voices Leadership Forum, a...Tags: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Preschools, Students, Teaching and Learning
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PoliTex: Barbara Jordan is remembered in D.C.
Fort Worth Star-TelegramLegendary Texas Democratic lawmaker Barbara Jordan, a pioneering African-American lawyer, Texas senator and congresswoman who riveted audiences with her speeches, and died in 1996, lives on. During the media unveiling April 15 of a campaign by Grammy...Tags: George W. Bush, Politics, Chet Edwards, Rodney Ellis, Southern Methodist University
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White House to nominate new budget director
WASHINGTON – As he prepares for more spending battles with Congress, President Obama plans to nominate Sylvia Mathews Burwell, head of the Walmart Foundation, as his next budget director, the White House said Sunday. A former deputy budget...
Tags: Charity, Politics, Barack Obama, Budgets and Budgeting, White House
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Will Penny Pritzker become the next U.S. commerce secretary?
In late 2009, President Barack Obama appeared on "60 Minutes" and said "fat-cat bankers" were smothering his efforts to craft new rules for Wall Street. As soon as the reforms cleared Congress six months later, the president's top advisers launched a...
Tags: Harvard University, Obesity, Politics, Gaming, Pritzker Architecture Prize
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Why does Obama keep his cabinet all-stars on the bench?
As his second term begins, President Barack Obama is in his comfort zone, surrounded by loyal lieutenants. What a contrast to the captivating candidate of 2008, who told Time Magazine's Joe Klein that as president he would be surrounded "by people who...Tags: Feminism, Politics, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Tom Vilsack
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Hadiya Pendleton funeral: Joyous memories, bitter facts about gun violence
The funeral for Hadiya Pendleton on Saturday was a celebration of her life, just as her parents had wanted. But along with those moments of joyful remembrance, there was bitter awareness of the street violence that took her away. In the front row,...
Tags: Justice System, Lisa Madigan, Politics, Kenwood, Crime, Law and Justice
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Hadiya Pendleton funeral: 'I'm not worried about her soul'
Tribune reportersSlain teen Hadiya Pendleton was remembered today as a laughing youth who brought love and happiness to all her family and friends. Despite the heavy security because of the attendance of first lady Michelle Obama and other dignitaries, Hadiya's funeral...Tags: Politics, Justice System, Lisa Madigan, Crime, Law and Justice, Hadiya Pendleton
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