Piece by Piece, Obama Undoing President Bill Clinton's Actions

Feb 24th 2011 – 4:48 PM |AOL News

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ANALYSIS WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's stunning announcement that it now considers the Defense of Marriage Act indefensible because it discriminates against gay couples was more than a...

Union Protests in Wisconsin Could Affect Obama's Chances in 2012

Feb 22nd 2011 – 6:10 PM |AOL News

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WASHINGTON -- The protests in Wisconsin over Republican efforts to breach the last major bastion of organized labor -- state and local governments -- are likely to reverberate in the 2012 election....

Is More at Stake for US in Tiny Bahrain Than in Egypt?

Feb 18th 2011 – 11:11 PM |AOL News

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WASHINGTON -- Most Americans couldn't find Bahrain on a map before this week, but the escalating violence unfolding in the tiny island monarchy could do more damage to U.S. interests in the Middle...

US Embassy Personnel in Bahrain Under Lockdown

Feb 18th 2011 – 12:18 PM |AOL News

U.S. Embassy personnel in Bahrain have been ordered under lockdown in their homes and the State Department has advised all U.S. citizens to remain in their residences until further notice. In a...

Top Marine Says DADT Repeal Won't Lead to Exodus in Force

Feb 18th 2011 – 11:58 AM |AOL News

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WASHINGTON -- The Marine Corps commandant who once said openly gay service members would be a dangerous "distraction" and was among the most outspoken opponents of repealing the military's "don't...

States Shift to Deep Cuts for Workers to Balance Budgets

Feb 17th 2011 – 6:04 PM |AOL News

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Dire. Drastic. Draconian. Call them what you will, but the measures being called for in state capitals to deal with record budget shortfalls are harsher than any in memory and have sparked angry...

Polls Show Public May Not Know What It Wants on Health Care Law

Feb 16th 2011 – 5:05 PM |AOL News

WASHINGTON -- Another day, another health care poll. The latest CBS News poll shows 55 percent oppose Republican efforts to cut funding for the new health care law. Democratic rapid-response teams...

17 Victims Sue Pentagon Over 'Plague' of Sexual Violence

Feb 15th 2011 – 3:25 PM |AOL News

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WASHINGTON -- It may become a landmark case to force the military to take rape and sexual assault seriously. Or it could be yet another failed attempt in a decades-long battle by women to be accepted...

The Obama Budget: There's Plenty to Fight About

Feb 14th 2011 – 5:12 PM |AOL News

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WASHINGTON -- If there's one thing Democrats and Republicans can agree on about President Barack Obama's $3.7 trillion budget for 2012, it's that neither like it very much. Republicans said the plan...

US Turns Up Pressure on Iran After Egypt Ousts Mubarak

Feb 11th 2011 – 6:02 PM |AOL News

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration sent a not-too-subtle message to Iran today that the uprising in Egypt that led to the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak could spread and reinvigorate demands...

Did Obama Help Oust Mubarak?

Feb 11th 2011 – 2:52 PM |AOL News

WASHINGTON -- The on-again, off-again and finally truly on-again end of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year dictatorship whipsawed the world -- not least the White House, which from the...

Conservatives 'Don't Know What' Chris Lee Was Thinking

Feb 10th 2011 – 1:31 PM |AOL News

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WASHINGTON -- One day after Rep. Christopher Lee was exposed for his bare-chested lie on Craigslist and resigned his House seat, conservative women gathered here today sought to paint him as an...

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