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    The Senate [Thursday] rejected a measure to strip $1.4 million in federal funding for the John Murtha Airport in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Full Article at ABC News
    The Senate [Thursday] rejected a measure to strip $1.4 million in federal funding for the John Murtha Airport in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
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The Note: Obama is Everywhere -- Yet Nowhere in Health Care Debate
  1. No longer content with criticizing concerned citizens for being 'un-American,' the Speaker is now likening genuine opposition to assassination.
    SOURCE: ABC News 2 months ago
  2. A top White House adviser said first lady Michelle Obama is planning to make a dramatic presentation when she offers the closing argument for the bid by her hometown of Chicago to win the 2016 Summer Olympics
    SOURCE: ABC News 2 months ago
  3. Perhaps some of the fire aimed at Baucus should be redirected at the president
    SOURCE: ABC News 2 months ago
  4. The White House tried -- and failed -- Thursday to cool fierce Republican opposition to its health care overhaul by announcing a $25 million preliminary program aimed at eventually revamping the nation's controversial medical-malpractice legal system
    SOURCE: ABC News 2 months ago
  5. All three have been struggling to pay their bills lately. When the check arrives, they try to figure out how to divide it. The problem is no one can really afford the meal. And if one manages to pay less, the other two will go home even deeper in the hole.
    SOURCE: ABC News 2 months ago
  6. All are recent pronouncements from Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, and all suggest a distinct shift of tone to the right.
    SOURCE: ABC News 2 months ago
  7. The legislation now goes to the Senate, where top lawmakers believe they have enough votes for it to pass, presuming some supporters do not get cold feet. Republicans, however, vow to use parliamentary maneuvers to stall final passage for as long as possible.
    SOURCE: ABC News 2 months ago
  8. Key House Republicans say that the end of federal funds for ACORN is nearing after the lower chamber voted overwhelmingly to cut off taxpayer dollars currently sent to the controversial nationwide community organization
    SOURCE: ABC News 2 months ago
  9. The Obama administration is not abandoning missile defense in Europe, but it is junking the previous administration's view of the missile threat posed by Iran and what that means for Europe
    SOURCE: ABC News 2 months ago
  10. Courting renewed international criticism, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran on Friday called the Holocaust a myth as his country marked an annual pro-Palestinian demonstration amid reports of clashes between his supporters and opposition protesters
    SOURCE: ABC News 2 months ago

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  10. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 08: Commander of the International Security Assistance Force and Commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan Gen. Stanley McChrystal listens during a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee December 8, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine President Obama's plan to send more troops to Afghanistan.
  11. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 08: Commander of the International Security Assistance Force and Commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan Gen. Stanley McChrystal listens during a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee December 8, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine President Obama's plan to send more troops to Afghanistan.
  12. A Palestinian vendor arranges refrigerated Israeli products at a grocery store in the West Bank city of Nablus, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009. The Palestinians on Tuesday announced a boycott of Israeli products made in the West Bank, stepping up their campaign against Israeli settlements.
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  14. Emirati Foreign Minister Sheik Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan, listens to reciting the Quran, Muslims holy book, at the start of his talks with his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki, unseen, at the Iranian foreign ministry, in Tehran, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009.
  15. Israel's Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman, seen, in the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009. Neeman created a stir on Tuesday by saying religious law must become binding in Israel. The uproar over comments by Yaakov Neeman, an observant Jew, reflected the deep divide between the secular and religious communities in the Jewish state.
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  17. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 08: Commander of the International Security Assistance Force and Commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan Gen. Stanley McChrystal testifies during a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee December 8, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine President Obama's plan to send more troops to Afghanistan.
  18. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 08: Commander of the International Security Assistance Force and Commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan Gen. Stanley McChrystal (L) and U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry (R) testify during a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee December 8, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine President Obama's plan to send more troops to Afghanistan.