AP – Blending governing with re-election politics, President Barack Obama roused a cheering northeast Pennsylvania crowd Wednesday as he warned of a “massive blow to the economy” if Republicans block a payroll tax extension.
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AP – Rep. Darrell Issa is finding himself in the spotlight as a target as well as the Republicans’ chief inquisitor in investigations of the Obama administration, which are producing potential GOP campaign issues for 2012.
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GOP’s top investigator targeted by critics
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AP – As President Barack Obama nears a decision on an Afghanistan troop withdrawal, his retiring defense secretary says he doesn’t believe the Taliban will engage in serious talks about ending their fight until they are under extreme military pressure.
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Gates: Military pressure key to talks with Taliban
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AFP – President Barack Obama announced his “tireless” envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell, was resigning, but vowed the US administration remained committed to the faltering peace process.
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US Middle East envoy resigning
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MIAMI (AP) — Brandon Marshall’s wife is accused of stabbing the Miami Dolphins wide receiver and has been arrested on a domestic violence charge, according to a police report. The report, which was posted on The South Florida Sun Sentinel’s website, says Michi Nogami-Marshall stabbed her husband with a kitchen knife Friday. The report says she told officers she was defending herself. Nogami-Marshall remained jailed Saturday on $7,500 bond. It was unclear if she had an attorney. A statement from Brandon Marshall’s agent, Kennard McGuire, said Marshall will make a full recovery. A Dolphins spokesman says the team is unable to contact the wide receiver because of the NFL lockout. Marshall’s longtime friend, free agent Mike Sims-Walker, tweeted Saturday that “Brandon will be ok and is in good spirits.”
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Police: Dolphins Wide Receiver Brandon Marshall Stabbed by Wife
AP – One of President Barack Obama’s close friends has been arrested in Honolulu on suspicion of soliciting a prostitute.
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AP – House Speaker John Boehner said Friday the House may go to court to defend the federal law against gay marriage, which President Barack Obama’s administration has concluded is unconstitutional.
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Speaker launches effort to defend gay marriage ban
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AP – Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee suggested in a radio interview that President Barack Obama’s childhood in Kenya shaped his worldview — even though Obama did not visit Kenya until he was in his 20s.
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FACT CHECK: Huckabee claims Obama grew up in Kenya
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AP – Republicans angling for President Barack Obama’s job compared him to a one-term Democratic president and a Democratic vice president who fell short in his bid to win the presidency.
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WH contenders woo conservative activists
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AP – Stymied in Congress, the Obama administration is moving unilaterally to clamp down on power plant and oil refinery greenhouse emissions, announcing plans for developing new standards over the next year.
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EPA moving unilaterally to limit greenhouse gases
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