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Jon Ward
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GOP sees little outreach in health care debate
Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009
A year ago, two Republican lawmakers - one a crusty, outspoken conservative senator who is a close personal friend of President Obama; the other, a bright-eyed, wonkish Midwestern congressman - were invigorated by the new president-elect's promise to welcome different ideas on how to fix the nation's health care system.
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Obama nears decision on Afghan strategy
Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009
President Obama convened his war council at the White House, as he neared a decision on a strategy for the war in Afghanistan and how many more U.S. troops will be needed there.
Obama: 'No faith justifies' Fort Hood attack
Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009
President Obama on Tuesday told 15,000 mourners at Fort Hood, Texas, that no religious faith could justify the murderous attack by a Muslim U.S. Army officer on his fellow soldiers last week.
Obama: No religious faith justifies Fort Hood shootings
Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009
President Obama on Tuesday told 15,000 mourners at Fort Hood, Texas, that no religious faith could justify the murderous attack by a Muslim U.S. Army officer on his fellow soldiers last week, the president's first acknowledgment that fanatical Islam may have motivated the shooting.
Democrats torn on Afghanistan, women's rights
Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009
As President Obama considers the way forward in Afghanistan, factions within his party are increasingly torn between their strong wish to bring U.S. troops home and their equally passionate desire to protect Afghans — particularly Afghan women — from a return of the dark rule of the Taliban.
Obama hails AARP, AMA endorsements
Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009
President Obama on Thursday urged Congress to heed new endorsements of the House health care bill by the AARP and the American Medical Association and pass the bill on Saturday, in a rare appearance at the White House briefing.
Obama sets markers on school reform
'It's time to stop' talking and 'do it'
Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009
President Obama sent an unmistakable message to the nation's teachers unions and school administrators Wednesday during a speech at a Wisconsin charter school: Don't stand in the way of education reform.
Obama: Education must be reformed
Says good teachers must be rewarded, bad ones dismissed
Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
President Obama sent an unmistakable message to the nation's teachers unions and school administrators Wednesday during a speech at a Wisconsin charter school: Don't stand in the way of education reform.
Democrats: GOP backlash likely in '10
Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
Top Democrats predicted that the backlash against the Republican Party in a New York congressional election Tuesday marked the start of a wave that will continue in key 2010 Senate races, saying they think independent voters will abandon a divided Republican Party.
Pressure builds for Obama on Afghan plan
Obama has yet to decide whether to increase troops
Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009
With Afghan President Hamid Karzai now in place for a second term, Democrats and Republicans said the clock is ticking faster for President Obama to decide whether to surge the number of U.S. troops there.
