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Responding to a mass hunger strike and forced feedings at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, President Obama ends a long silence on the issue and again urges Congress to shut it. U.S. government begins intelligence review in Boston bombing caseAlthough President Obama and his top advisors say they believe counter-terrorism agencies did nothing wrong, an internal review will assess their role before the Boston Marathon bombings. Obama seeks to allay healthcare law concernsThe president is trying to calm anxieties about insurance rate hikes, in part by publicizing the law's benefits and showcasing efforts to sign up the uninsured. Border Patrol struggles to measure what it can't seeImmigration reform would require the Border Patrol to be 90% effective in stopping people who cross illegally, but how can it know how many got away? |
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McManus: Obama plays for time to avoid 'red line'
Barack Obama really, really does not want to get tangled up in Syria.
Erasing the stain of Guantanamo
At his news conference Tuesday, President Obama made a powerful plea...
Vicente Fox to Congress: Rethink that wall
Throughout 2001, President George W. Bush and I spent time negotiating...
Immigration reform overlooks asylum-seekers
"Work authorization is not meant to get you rich, it's to let you...
McManus: Boston -- clash of the talking points
A terrorist attack is like a national Rorschach test. Everybody sees...
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