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US, PHL push for Spratlys issue in ASEAN forum agenda
The United States and the Philippines have urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum (ARF) to tackle current tensions over the disputed Spratly islands when it meets later this month in Bali, Indonesia.
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Clinton to unveil funds for clean cookstove push
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will announce on Tuesday a U.S. contribution of more than $50 million toward providing clean cooking stoves in developing countries to reduce deaths from smoke inhalation and fight climate change.
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California lawmakers push Station Fire inquiry
The federal General Accountability Office will launch an investigation into the Station Fire and the U.S. Forest Service’s response to it, officials said Wednesday.
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FDIC’s Bair Said to Rule Out Leading Consumer Bureau After Push From Dodd
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila Bair has taken herself out of the running to head the new consumer bureau after her name was put forward by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd , a person with direct knowledge of the matter said today.
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Democrats, GOP push dueling conclusions on Kagan
Democrats and Republicans presented dueling portraits Tuesday of Elena Kagan and the Supreme Court she’s seeking to join at the start of a politically charged debate over her fitness to be a justice, making what amounted…
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Democrats push pick to lead agency
Democrats and liberal activist groups are putting pressure on the White House to appoint Harvard law professor…
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SC gubernatorial candidates make final push as runoff approaches
Saturday, Gresham Barrett made stops in the Pee Dee and along the Grand Strand, while Nikki Haley spent the day in the upstate.
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Jenny Sanford to join Haley in final push
Jenny Sanford will join front-running South Carolina gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley on the campaign trail Friday. (CNN) – Former South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford will join gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney on the campaign trail Friday for a headline-grabbing final push ahead of next Tuesday’s Republican runoff election, a [...]
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Secretary Gates cautiously backs White House in push to repeal military gay ban
Defense Secretary Robert Gates offered tentative support for a White House-backed measure to eventually repeal the ban on gays in the military. Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell told reporters this morning that Gates will support the effort—which begins moving through Congress this week—because it ensures that the Defense Department must first determine that the proposed repeal of the 1993 “Don’t …
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A Push To End Secret Holds On Obama Nominees
President Obama’s executive and judicial nominees have, for the most part, sailed through committee hearings, only to then hit a dead end in the Senate. There, lawmakers are able to block them, and do so anonymously. Democrats are now demanding a ban on this practice.
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