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Obama Ending Israel Visit With Symbolic Stops
Obama Ending Israel Visit With Symbolic Stops
Obama Ending Israel Visit With Symbolic Stops
JERUSALEM (AP) — President Barack Obama says Israel's Holocaust memorial illustrates the depravity to which man can sink but says it is also a reminder of the rescuers and the "righteous among nations who refused to be bystanders." Obama visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial Friday as he wrapped up a three-day trip to Israel...
Obama Concedes Budget Deal May Be Impossible
Obama Concedes Budget Deal May Be Impossible
Obama Concedes Budget Deal May Be Impossible
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is conceding "we're probably not going to be able to get a deal" on budget, tax and spending issues with Congress if Republicans continue to insist that no new revenues can be raised unless entitlement programs are significantly overhauled...
Obama Nominates Wal-Mart’s Burwell As Budget Chief
Obama Nominates Wal-Mart’s Burwell As Budget Chief
Obama Nominates Wal-Mart’s Burwell As Budget Chief
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has selected the head of the Wal-Mart Foundation as his budget director in the midst of a partisan battle over government spending. Obama announced his selection of Sylvia Mathews Burwell at the White House Monday, noting that she comes on as the government grapples with $85 billion in automatic cuts...
Obama Warns Sequester Will Cause Job Losses
Obama Warns Sequester Will Cause Job Losses
Obama Warns Sequester Will Cause Job Losses
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is warning that "people will lose their jobs" if across-the-board budget cuts take effect as scheduled next week. Obama says the $85 billion in cuts — known as the sequester — are "severe" and says they won't help the economy and won't create jobs...
A Look At President Obama’s Gun Control Measures
A Look At President Obama’s Gun Control Measures
A Look At President Obama’s Gun Control Measures
WASHINGTON (AP) — Proposals for curbing gun violence announced Wednesday by President Barack Obama: NEEDS CONGRESSIONAL ACTION: — Requiring background checks on all gun sales. The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence says 40 percent of gun sales are conducted with no criminal background check, such as at gun shows and by private sellers over the Internet or through classified ads...

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