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26 States Seek Relief From No Child Left Behind

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Barack Obama and USA

WASHINGTON — More than half of all states applied by this week’s new deadline to be freed from the most strenuous requirements of the Bush-era No Chi… Read more: u.s. Department of Education , No Child Left Behind Waivers , Education Reform , Barack Obama , Nclb Waivers , Nclb , Education Department , No Child Left Behind , Video , Education News Continue reading →

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Eddie Walsh: Rohrabacher Believes "Pakistani Government Does Not Deserve Respect"

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Barack Obama and USA

“Now is a good time for the United States to assert its belief in the self-determination of the Baloch.” Read more: Hilary Clinton , Dana Rohrabacher , Congress , Afghanistan , Terrorism , Foreign Affairs , Pakistan , Iran , Barack Obama , State Department , World News Continue reading →

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Steven Kurlander: Has Anyone in Washington Noticed the Price of a Box of Pasta Lately?

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Barack Obama and USA

While most Americans spend about 10% of their family’s budget on groceries, about one-third of them actually spend closer to 20%, so large increases in grocery prices means less spending on consumer goods, which account for a great portion of our economic activity. Read more: Walmart , Farm Bill , Pasta , Steven Kurlander , Gasoline Prices , Agriculture , Kurlys Kommentary , Obama , Paul Ryan , Agriculture Department , Consumer Price Index , Business News Continue reading →

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White House To Propose Cutting Corporate Tax Rate

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Barack Obama and USA

WASHINGTON — Laying down an election-year marker in the debate over taxes, the Obama administration is proposing to cut the corporate tax rate f… Read more: Treasury Department , Barack Obama , Mitt Romney , Corporate Tax Rate , Rick Santorum , Timothy Geithner , Newt Gingrich , Gene Sperling , Business News Continue reading →

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Jayshree Bajoria: How to Mend U.S.-China Ties

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Barack Obama and USA

China’s Vice President Xi Jinping’s visit to the United States is being closely watched by policymakers to gain insight into China’s likely future leader ahead of the transition beginning later this year. Read more: US China Relations , Hu Jintao , Xi Jinping , U.S. Continue reading →

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Alain L. Sanders: The High Court’s Brisk Constitutional: Health Reform

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Barack Obama and USA

If ever there was a get-out-of-town case, this one is it: Department of Health and Human Services v. Florida, the case that challenges the constituti… Read more: Supreme Court , President Obama , Constitutional Law , Obamacare , New Deal , Commerce Clause , Antonin Scalia , Ruth Bader Ginsburg , Health Insurance , Health Care Reform , Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act , Constitution , Department of Heath and Human Services , Politics News Continue reading →

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Michael Hughes: Pakistan’s Colonial State of Mind Keeps Baloch in Chains

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Barack Obama and USA

American politicians were quick to condemn monsters like Gaddafi for human rights atrocities but are still reluctant to do the same with Pakistan. There isn’t a military solution to this crisis. Read more: Punjab , Human Rights , World , Baloch , Pakistan , Balochistan , British Imperialism , Barack Obama , State Department , World News , Afghanistan , World News Continue reading →

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New Obama Plan To Help Math, Science Teacher Prep

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Barack Obama and USA

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama called on Tuesday for millions of dollars in new funding to improve math and science education, an effort he… Read more: White House Science Fair , Math and Science Teachers , Math and Science , Barack Obama , Teacher Prep , Teacher Training , Math and Science Education , Science Technology Engineering and Math , Teachers , Education Department , STEM Education , Education News Continue reading →

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Howard Foster: The Obama Labor Department Suppresses the Facts

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Barack Obama and USA

Union membership by public employees was banned until the 1960′s. Now it is commonplace and causes the taxpayers billions of dollars for those pensions. Read more: Unions , President Obama , Scott Walker , Right to Work , Labor Department , Department of Labor , Obama Administration , Labor Unions , Workers Rights , Politics News Continue reading →

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Stephen Downing: Silence Says a Lot: An Open Letter to Google About Marijuana Legalization

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Barack Obama and USA

In more than twenty years with the Los Angeles Police Department, where I retired as deputy chief of police, I saw a lot of puzzling behavior at close range. This week I saw some odd behavior from Google, YouTube and President Obama. Read more: Google , Law Enforcement Against Prohibition , Youtube , Leap , Marijuana Legalization , Marijuana , Google+ Hangouts , Video , Barack Obama , Obama Google Plus Hangout , Google Plus , Google+ , President Obama , Drug Policy Reform , Drug Policy , Politics News Continue reading →

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