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Obama said reporters didn’t ask questions on the issues, but they did

By Angie Drobnic Holan
December 7, 2009
When Obama was interviewed by American reporters in Asia, "Not one of them asked me about Asia. Not one of them asked me about the…
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Polls on Afghanistan show a mixed picture

By Angie Drobnic Holan
December 4, 2009
"In the past year, more than 20 percent of Americans have changed their mind about the war in Afghanistan. They conclude we shouldn't be there."
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Murtha claims the U.S. will have more troops in Afghanistan than Russia

By Catharine Richert
December 4, 2009
"We're going to have more troops (in Afghanistan) . . . than the Russians had."
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Obama says ‘extremists’ sent to U.S. from Afghanistan-Pakistan border area

By Angie Drobnic Holan
December 3, 2009
"In the last few months alone, we have apprehended extremists within our borders who were sent here from the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan…
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Beck says less than 10 percent of Obama Cabinet has worked in private sector

By Louis Jacobson
December 2, 2009
Less than 10 percent of Obama's Cabinet appointees "have any experience in the private sector."
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McConnell gets it right on medical malpractice reform

By Catharine Richert
December 2, 2009
The Senate health care bill does not contain limits on medical malpractice lawsuits.
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Rep. Mike Pence says Democratic health plan would drive up family premiums

December 1, 2009
Under the Democratic health plan, families "will be forced to spend an additional $2,100 a year to keep their current health care."
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Olbermann says proposed GOP litmus test would freeze out Reagan

By Louis Jacobson
December 1, 2009
A new Republican litmus test "would have resulted in (the GOP) kicking out Ronald Reagan."
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Krugman says Bush was first president to lead country into war and cut taxes

November 30, 2009
"If you want to talk firsts for Bush, this was the first time in American history that a president took us into a war and…
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$6,800 for cap and trade not a CBO estimate

By Catharine Richert
November 27, 2009
"The Congressional Budget Office -- supposedly non-partisan -- estimates that in just a few years the average cost to every family of four (from cap…
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Schultz says health care bill will only tax top 2 percent

By Louis Jacobson
November 27, 2009
"Ninety-eight percent of the American people will not see their taxes go up" due to the House health care bill.
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