AP – It’s not like he wasn’t warned.
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White House didn’t foresee birth control backlash
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AP – What birth control debate? A half-century after the introduction of the pill, acceptance of birth control by American women is virtually universal.
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Q&A: Obama and the birth control controversy
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AP – Under fierce election-year fire, President Barack Obama on Friday abruptly abandoned his stand that religious organizations must pay for birth control for workers, scrambling to end a furor raging from the Catholic Church to Congress to his re-election foes. He demanded that insurance companies step in to provide the coverage instead.
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Under fire, Obama adjusts his birth control policy
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AP – Hammered by Republicans and the Catholic Church, the White House hinted at compromise Tuesday as it struggled to calm an election-year uproar caused by its rule requiring religious schools and hospitals to provide employees with access to free birth control.
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White House hinting compromise on birth control
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AP – President Barack Obama’s call to shrink the military, shut bases and cancel weapons to meet the demand for budget cuts tests the resolve of lawmakers who came to Washington determined to slash the deficit.
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Defense cuts test lawmakers’ resolve on deficits
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AP – President Barack Obama is spending an evening with high-end donors, raising big money for his re-election campaign as his GOP opponents battle in Florida’s primary.
AP – President Barack Obama hailed the rebound of the U.S. auto industry on Tuesday, trumpeting an economic story he hopes to use to his political advantage in key Rust Belt states such as Michigan and Ohio. In a not-so-veiled shot at Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, Obama said it was worth remembering that there were some leaders “willing to let this industry die.”
AP – President Barack Obama offered encouragement Monday for the former Soviet republic of Georgia’s hopes for a preferential trade agreement with the United States, but said the country has a way to go in its economic reforms.
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Obama meets Georgia leader amid Russia dispute
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AP – The lineup of weapons the Pentagon has picked to fit President Barack Obama’s new forward-looking defense strategy, called “Priorities for 21st Century Defense,” features relics of the past.
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US weapons for future include key relics of past
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AP – Hoping to win the hearts of Southern conservatives, Newt Gingrich leaned into his argument that President Barack Obama is a “food stamp president” and that poor people should want paychecks, not handouts — a pitch that earned him a standing ovation in South Carolina during a presidential debate on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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GOP campaign rhetoric raising racial concerns
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