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Margaret Talev
Obama scraps controversial long-range missile defense shield
President Barack Obama announced Thursday that he is scrapping the Bush administration's controversial missile defense shield, citing new intelligence showing a diminished threat from long-range Iranian missiles the system was supposed to guard against. | 09/17/09 11:01:00 By - Warren P. Strobel and Margaret Talev
Can U.S., China find common ground in climate talks?
The U.S. and China should be able to agree on energy cooperation projects that reduce greenhouse gases and lead to a successful outcome at international climate talks in Copenhagen in December, two U.S. climate insiders said Tuesday. | 09/15/09 16:37:00 By - Renee Schoof and Margaret Talev
Obama challenges Wall Street to support his regulations
A year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers ushered in the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, President Barack Obama said Monday that although the nation was "beginning to return to normalcy," Congress still must pass new regulations on the financial industry to avoid a repeat. | 09/14/09 17:14:00 By - Margaret Talev and Kevin G. Hall
Obama offers compromises to get health care bill passed
President Barack Obama on Wednesday laid out a series of compromises he's willing to make to get a health care overhaul through a nervous Congress this year, including diluting his vision for a new public insurance program and embracing ideas floated by Republicans. In a rare evening address to a joint session of Congress, Obama tried to seize control of the Democratic Party's highest domestic priority after months of party disarray and raucous public debate across the country. | 09/09/09 20:25:00 By - Margaret Talev, David Lightman and William Douglas
Obama, leading lawmakers hint at health care compromise
As President Barack Obama prepares to tell the nation Wednesday night how he wants to revamp the country's health care system, key congressional Democrats on Tuesday signaled a growing willingness to give up or at least postpone creating a "public option" government-run system to compete with private insurance. | 09/08/09 13:28:00 By - David Lightman
What must Obama do to take control of drifting agenda?
As he retreats to Camp David for a final summer getaway, President Barack Obama is mapping out a post-Labor Day plan to regain the political offensive, including a private meeting next Tuesday with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Advice from both Democrats and Republicans sounds similar. "It's time for the president to be the president," said former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole, a Republican. | 09/01/09 18:55:00 By - Margaret Talev and David Lightman
In Kennedy's death, some see hope on health care
Securing universal health care coverage for Americans was a decades-long quest that eluded Sen. Edward Kennedy. In the wake of his death, however, several key Democrats on Wednesday saw a chance to break what's become this year's stalemate by invoking his legacy and last wishes. | 08/26/09 18:33:00 By - David Lightman and Margaret Talev
Obama creates new agency to oversee terrorist interrogations
The Obama administration, moving to break with Bush-era interrogation policies, announced Monday that it would create a new interagency group to manage the questioning and transfers of terrorist detainees. The new High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group would be housed within the FBI, whose agents were among the most vocal opponents of harsh interrogation techniques used by the CIA during the Bush years. | 08/24/09 20:19:06 By - Margaret Talev, Marisa Taylor and Warren P. Strobel
If you liked health care brawls, you'll love CIA torture probe
By naming a special prosecutor to investigate whether CIA officers or contractors violated the Bush administration's interrogation policies, Attorney General Eric Holder has struck a middle course that isn't likely to satisfy anyone and could complicate President Barack Obama's broader political agenda. | 08/24/09 19:24:00 By - Margaret Talev
Special prosecutor named to probe CIA interrogations
Attorney General Eric Holder's appointment of a special prosecutor Monday to investigate CIA interrogation practices seems certain to reignite a vitriolic national debate over whether low-level interrogators — not high-level former Bush administration officials — should be held accountable for interrogation abuses. | 08/24/09 13:07:50 By - Marisa Taylor, Warren P. Strobel and Margaret Talev
It's been hard to tell, but health plan does have supporters
As President Barack Obama tries to regain control over the health care debate from a vocal opposition, one challenge is holding together the massive roster of organizations that support an overhaul of the system, or at least some parts of it. | 08/21/09 15:49:00 By - Margaret Talev
Biden, Sebelius to unveil funds for electronic medical records
Vice President Joe Biden and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Thursday will formally announce the application process for $1.2 billion in grants to help expand the nation's electronic medical records system. | 08/20/09 06:00:00 By - Margaret Talev
Who's behind the attacks on a health care overhaul?
Much of the money and strategy behind the so-called grassroots groups organizing opposition to the Democrats' health care plans comes from conservative political consultants, professional organizers and millionaires, some of whom hold financial stakes in the outcome. | 08/14/09 15:11:00 By - Margaret Talev
Obama honors achievers — and shapes America's self-image
Every president has his rough-and-tumble or mundane days, but also some that float above the norm and compel him to take stock of society's changes. America's first black president took a breather from the health care fight to honor the first Hispanic to be confirmed to the Supreme Court. | 08/12/09 17:30:00 By - Margaret Talev
'Cash for clunkers' program headed for big expansion
The program has proved so popular that it threatened to exhaust its $1 billion funding in its first week, and there were thoughts of ending it. Instead, the program is likely to triple in size, with the House voting Friday to put another $2 billion into it. The Senate is expected to act next week. | 07/31/09 18:21:00 By - Margaret Talev
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