Wednesday, January 20, 2010

White House nears deal on health care
Washington Post
By Lori Montgomery and Michael D. Shear Gripped by a building sense that its window of opportunity could be closing, the White House on Thursday broke the ...
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US House Democrats Cite Progress In White House Talks
Wall Street Journal
By Patrick Yoest Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--Negotiations on health-care legislation at the White House stretched into Wednesday evening, ...
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White House: Obama Has 'Productive' Meeting With Labor Leaders
Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The White House called President Barack Obama's meeting with labor leaders "productive," but didn't indicate if the president had ...
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FOXNews (blog)
Happening at the White House: Union leaders arrive for meeting on health care
FOXNews (blog)
Late this afternoon, union leaders arrived at the White House for a meeting with the President about health care. Union leaders say the 40% tax on health ...
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White House Taps Bush, Clinton to Help Lead Haiti Relief
FOXNews
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Thursday that Obama, who spoke with Bush Wednesday evening, is looking to replicate the relief effort that ...
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White House says there's no final agreement on health care
FOXNews (blog)
The White House and top democrats continue to have meetings at the White House to hammer out a deal on health care, as reported by Senior White House ...
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Washington Post
Economic stimulus has created or saved nearly 2 million jobs, White House says
Washington Post
Separately, the White House has announced a change in the way those reports tally jobs, a response to critics that could make the reports more reliable but ...
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2 million jobs from stimulus - White House
CNNMoney.com
John Boehner, the House Republican Leader. "The Administration has no idea how many jobs have been 'saved or created,' but we do know that roughly three ...
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Bill Clinton, George W. Bush to visit White House Saturday
Washington Post (blog)
By Michael D. Shear President Obama will host former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush at the White House Saturday for a discussion about how the ...
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White House seeks new fees from banks, source says
Washington Post (blog)
By Michael D. Shear The budget President Obama submits next month is likely to include fees on banks and other financial institutions as the White House ...
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Hot Air » Blog Archive » CNN: White House predicts Coakley loss in MA
By tips@hotair.com (Hot Air Network, LLC)
Ed Henry reports for CNN that White House advisers have quietly started to predict a loss for Martha Coakley despite putting on a happy game face for public consumption. If this is true, one has to wonder why Obama bothered to show up ...
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Michelle Malkin » Culture of Corruption Watch: White House, Dems ...
By Michelle Malkin
Culture of Corruption Watch: White House, Dems stand behind Geithner in AIG/backdoor bank bailout cover-up.
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White House backs Gillibrand over Ford - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room
By eric.zimmermann@thehill.com (Eric Zimmermann)
The White House would not support former Rep. Harold Ford (D-Tenn.
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Jane Hamsher: How the White House Used Gruber's Work to Create ...
By Jane Hamsher
The White House is placing a giant bet on Gruber's "assumptions" to justify key portions of the Senate bill. Now we know that Gruber's work was not that of an independent analyst but a contractor to the White House.
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White House: Robertson words 'stunning': The Swamp
By Mark Silva
Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary, said this today, when asked about Robertson's comment: "It never ceases to amaze that in times of amazing human suffering, somebody says something that could be so utterly stupid. ...
The Swamp - http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/


STIMULUS WATCH: White House changes job-count rule - Yahoo! News
The White House has abandoned its controversial method of counting jobs under President Barack Obama's economic stimulus, making it impossible to track the ...
Labor, White House have deal on insurance tax - Health care reform ...
In a major breakthrough, union leaders bowed Thursday to White House demands for a new tax on high-cost health plans as part of landmark health care ...
White House criticizes evangelist's Haiti remark - Yahoo! News
A White House spokesman on Thursday slammed evangelist broadcaster Pat Robertson's remark that Haiti has been cursed.
The President on Haiti: "The First Waves of our Rescue and Relief ...
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White House Wins Labor Support For Health Care
Leaders of the labor movement announced Thursday afternoon that they have reached a compromise agreement with the White House and congressional leaders to ...

Sunday, January 10, 2010



Cheney Attacks; White House Hits Back
New York Times (blog)
By PETER BAKER The White House fired back at former Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday, accusing him of making “untrue” allegations against President ...
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White House Takes on Cheney Over Criticism of Terror Response
FOXNews
The White House fired back Wednesday at Republican critics, particularly Dick Cheney, who have accused the administration of taking a light approach to ...
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Washington Post
White House visitors log reflects Obama agenda
Washington Post
By Michael D. Shear Tens of thousands of people poured through the White House in September, including many who visited as part of organized outreach by the ...
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Drama For Obama as Child's Injury Delays Golf Game
New York Times
The child, identified by the White House as the son of Obama's friends Eric and Cheryl Whitaker, is now well and did not require stitches as first suggested ...
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Los Angeles Times
White House decries Israel's plan to build homes in East Jerusalem
Los Angeles Times
"The United States opposes new Israeli construction in East Jerusalem," White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said, calling on Israelis and Palestinians ...
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Obama adviser says Cheney is wrong in criticism
Washington Post
AP WASHINGTON -- Dick Cheney's withering criticism of the Obama White House's terrorism-fighting policies came under an equally harsh response Sunday, ...
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White House Appoints Cybersecurity Czar
BusinessWeek
Ken Silva, CTO at Verisign, the company that operates much of the infrastructure that underpins the Internet, praised Schmidt, saying the White House ...
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White House prepares for immigration overhaul battle
Los Angeles Times
Senior White House aides privately have assured Latino activists that the president will back legislation next year to provide a path to citizenship for the ...
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A White House intervention for bickering leaders of US intelligence
Los Angeles Times
By Greg Miller Reporting from Washington - The White House this month issued a classified order to resolve mounting frictions between the nation's ...
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AFP
White House budget chief to marry TV reporter
AFP
The pair met in May at a White House dinner for news correspondents. Asked how the man coined as "Supernerd" in the US media managed to win the dark-haired ...
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White House Defends Erroll Southers, TSA Nominee
By The Huffington Post News Editors
HONOLULU — President Barack Obama's pick to lead the Transportation Security Administration has provided Congress inconsistent reports about – and regrets for – running background checks on his then-estranged wife's boyfriend two ...
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White House: No matter what, we're sending Gitmo prisoners back to ...
As Susan notes below, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging the Obama White House not to go forward with plans to send a number of Yemeni terrorists no.
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Top 10 Obama White House surprises - Eamon Javers - POLITICO.com
By Eamon Javers
Barack Obama's first year as president wasn't always exactly what Americans expected.
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White House To Lieberman And GOP: Sorry, We're Still Closing Gitmo ...
By Greg Sargent
The White House is pushing back hard on Joe Lieberman and select Republicans, who are seizing on the thwarted terror plot to renew calls for Guantanamo to be.
The Plum Line - http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/
» White House Visitors Log: ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis In Obama ...
By Publius
This afternoon, on arguably one of the slower news day of the year, the Obama White House released another document dump of “visitor records.” According to the White House, today's batch total more than 25000 records, covering meetings ...
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White House hits back at Cheney criticism - Yahoo! News
Using the White House's blog, a top aide to President Barack Obama on Wednesday dismissed former Vice President Dick Cheney's criticism about Obama's ...
The Same Old Washington Blame Game | The White House
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President Barack Obama walks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to their bilateral meeting at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec.
FOXNews.com - White House Warns Iran to Take Deadline Over Nuclear ...
The White House on Tuesday warned Iran to take seriously a year-end deadline over its nuclear program, saying the international community is prepared to ...
White House picks new cyber czar - More politics- msnbc.com
After months of wrangling and delays, President Barack Obama has chosen a national cyber security coordinator to take on the task of organizing and managing ...

Sunday, January 3, 2010


White House Asks for Privacy for First Daughters
New York Times
By AP HONOLULU (AP) -- The White House is asking journalists covering President Barack Obama's vacation in Hawaii to respect the privacy of his 8- and ...
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White House: President Obama Monitoring Failed Terror Attempt From Hawaii
FOXNews
The White House says Obama was notified about the incident and discussed it with security officials. The White House is coordinating briefings for the ...
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Schmidt tapped as White House cybersecurity coordinator
Computerworld
The official told CSOonline.com that the White House will make the announcement today. "Cybersecurity is critical to both our national security and economic ...
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Stupak tells conservative news outlet White House pressuring him to keep quiet ...
Washington Post (blog)
said the White House and the Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives have been pressuring him not to speak out on the 'compromise' abortion ...
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Community Bankers Meet With Obama
Wall Street Journal
Mr. Obama used the White House parley with executives from smaller banks to reiterate his push for bankers to do more lending to small businesses. ...
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Obamas start their Hawaiian holiday, a low-key week away from Washington
Los Angeles Times
HONOLULU (AP) — White House aides said not to expect much from President Barack Obama's holiday in Hawaii. They've said this before. White House spokesman ...
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White House picks new cyber coordinator
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The White House has tapped a corporate cyber security expert and former Bush administration official to lead the effort to shore up the ...
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First Tweens, Malia & Sasha, on Christmas at the White House
ABC News (blog)
A child in the audience wanted to know how the holidays would be different this year for the Obama family, their first in the White House. ...
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White House focuses on history-making aspect of health care
Washington Post (blog)
The White House trotted out one of its most disciplined messengers -- senior adviser David Axelrod -- to make the case on the Sunday chat shows for the ...
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White House letter to Homeland Security Committee denies contact with Salahis
Washington Post
The footage is likely to renew calls among Republicans on the committee to subpoena Rogers, though the White House has consistently said that she will not ...
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Ed Schultz Claims White House E-mails 'Morning Joe' During Show ...
By Noel Sheppard
So Mika starts looking at her Blackberry and so does Scarborough and obviously the White House is texting them or emailing them or whatever and they didn't like the show. Because Arianna had been on there, I'm on there, Howard Dean had ...
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Hot Air » Blog Archive » White House: We didn't know Mao was on ...
By Allahpundit
Laying aside the fact that spotting a right-wing dictator on ornaments in the Bush White House would have had Media Matters stumbling towards its fainting couch, isn't the most likely explanation here that they really didn't know what ...
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White House Names Cybersecurity Czar - Political Punch
By ABCNews.com
On the same day as reports that Citigroup may have been hacked, the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John Brennan sent an email to members of the public, announcing that the President has chosen ...
Political Punch - http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/
White House names cybersecurity coordinator | Between the Lines ...
By podcast@zdnet.com (Dan Farber, Larry Dignan...
The White House today named Howard Schmidt, the former president and CEO of the Information Security Forum, as the new White House Cybersecurity coord.
Between the Lines - http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/
Obama White House Decorations: Traditional, With a Few Twists ...
By Emily Miller
The 50000 guests at White House parties and tours in December saw the Obama family's holiday decorations were traditional but with a few unique touch.
Politics Daily - http://www.politicsdaily.com/


Dems, White House predict success on health care - Yahoo! News
From the White House to Capitol Hill, Democrats on Tuesday confidently predicted Senate passage of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul after the ...
CNSNews.com - Rep. Stupak: White House Pressuring Me to Keep Quiet ...
Michigan congressman Bart Stupak, a pro-life Democrat, said the White House and the Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives have been ...
FOXNews.com - White House Christmas Decor Featuring Mao Zedong ...
Critics of President Obama are setting their sights on the official White House Christmas Tree, which features controversial ornaments including an orb ...
Dems, White House predict health care success - Health care reform ...
From the White House to Capitol Hill, Democrats confidently predicted Senate passage of the health care overhaul Tuesday after the bill cleared its second ...
New Recovery Act Funding for Community Health Centers | The White ...
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