McClatchy Newspapers – FALLUJAH, Iraq — U.S. and Iraqi forces raided a neighborhood in the longtime Sunni Muslim insurgent stronghold of Fallujah early Wednesday, Iraqi officials said, killing seven people in the deadliest joint operation since President Barack Obama announced the end of the American combat mission in Iraq two weeks ago.

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McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Under tremendous pressure from U.S. officials all the way up to President Barack Obama, a Florida pastor on Thursday called off a Quran burning that he’d scheduled for Saturday, the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, which had drawn international condemnation and posed a potential threat to national security.

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McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — When President Barack Obama moved into the White House last year, he didn’t rush into the presidential tradition of redecorating the Oval Office.

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McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, the House of Representatives’ top Republican, on Tuesday called for President Barack Obama to fire top economic advisers Timothy Geithner and Larry Summers as part of an effort to revive the ailing economy.

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McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Iran has crossed a new nuclear threshold, but it’s one the Obama administration isn’t worried about.

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Iran begins fueling first civilian nuclear power reactor
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McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Scientists heaped more criticism Thursday on the Obama administration’s claim that most of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is gone, saying that it was too early to determine the remaining oil’s impact on the waters or marine life.

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Scientists say Gulf oil to linger, Obama’s estimates rosy
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McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — A family trip to a Gulf Coast beach in mid-August swelter, after the worst accidental oil spill in history? Call it the vacation the Obamas feel obliged to take before they can enjoy the vacation they want.

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Obamas to vacation on Gulf Coast _ for about 24 hours
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McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON _The Obama administration and the Federal Reserve are searching for an engine to pull the economy forward faster amid a sluggish economic recovery that’s losing steam.

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McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — He hugged President Barack Obama at his peril, or so it seemed at the time.

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Florida Gov. Crist to attend fundraiser held by Democrats
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McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — The U.S. Census Bureau is $1.6 billion under budget for conducting the 2010 survey, due primarily to avoiding the catastrophic problems that some had predicted, top Obama administration officials said Tuesday.

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U.S. Census completed at $1.6 billion under budget
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