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Rice drops bid to be nominated for secretary of state

United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice took herself out of the running Thursday to be the next secretary of state, bowing to a torrent of criticism by Republicans on Capitol Hill over remarks she made after a deadly attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya. | 12/13/12 20:13:28 By - By Anita Kumar and William Douglas

Potential new S.C. senator, if chosen, would be promotion of significance

Rep. Tim Scott likes to say that his political ambitions depend on what God has in store for him. | 12/07/12 19:18:01 By - By James Rosen and William Douglas

Jim DeMint burned fresh conservative path through Senate

In typical blunt fashion, Sen. Jim DeMint recently warned of the dangers to America from the lame-duck zombie Congress that’s poised to resolve weighty issues such as the looming “fiscal cliff” before it adjourns at the end of the year. | 12/06/12 18:51:25 By - By William Douglas

Susan Rice – no stranger to confrontation

As a hard-driving star point guard on her high school basketball team, United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice wasn’t afraid to use sharp elbows to reach her goal. It’s a style that’s carried from the court through a meteoric career as a U.S. diplomat, and one that’s earned her as many detractors as supporters along the way. | 12/05/12 16:57:14 By - By William Douglas

Obama and Boehner talk, but not to each other

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said Friday that budget talks with the White House to avert the so-called fiscal cliff were “nowhere" as his aides called an Obama administration’s budget proposal "unserious." President Barack Obama, meanwhile, visited a Pennsylvania toy factory, where he accused congressional Republicans of holding lower income-tax rates for the middle class “hostage” to prevent tax hikes on higher incomes. | 11/30/12 16:56:38 By - By William Douglas and Lesley Clark

Post-meeting, Susan Rice still troubles 3 key GOP senators

Republican opposition to the potential nomination of United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice as secretary of state appeared to harden Tuesday after she met behind closed doors with three key Republican senators. | 11/27/12 20:24:32 By - By William Douglas and Lesley Clark

Obama returns from Asia, his ‘pivot’ clouded by Middle East

Welcomed by U.S. friend Thailand and greeted with rock star status during a historic visit to Myanmar, President Barack Obama felt the love on much of his three-nation tour of Southeast Asia. The tour was overshadowed, though, by violence in the Middle East, and the verdict is still out on whether he achieved tangible results in a region that’s often felt neglected by Washington. | 11/20/12 18:01:58 By - By Anita Kumar and William Douglas

On the day after, Republicans ask what went wrong

They couldn’t defeat a president with high unemployment and soaring debt. They couldn’t capture a Senate they thought was theirs for the taking. Now, Republicans are asking what went wrong and where the party goes next. | 11/07/12 17:49:43 By - By William Douglas

Women make gains in Democratic Senate, House stays Republican

The election will bring a host of fresh faces to Congress, but the control of the two chambers will remain the same: Republicans keep a majority in the House of Representatives, and Democrats hold onto control of the Senate. | 11/07/12 10:53:30 By - By William Douglas and Erika Bolstad

Romney makes a play for Pennsylvania, Obama plays the Bill Clinton card

President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney clashed Sunday over who could deliver change to a gridlocked nation as they crisscrossed the country on the second to last day of campaigning in a race that remains too close to call. | 11/04/12 20:14:28 By - By William Douglas and Anita Kumar

Obama and Romney race across map in final weekend

President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney dashed across the map in search of votes Saturday, the hours growing short and polls showing still that either man still could win the presidency on Tuesday. | 11/03/12 17:18:31 By - By Anita Kumar, William Douglas and David Lightman

Jobs report fuels campaign push by Obama, Romney

President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney roar into the 2012 presidential campaign’s final weekend deadlocked, offering closing arguments laced with very different visions of how they’d govern. | 11/02/12 16:56:15 By - By William Douglas and David Lightman

Boys and girls on the bus – snapshots from the campaign trail

Day in, day out, the food’s the same. The music’s the same. The plane is the same. The speeches are the same. Until you switch sides. | 11/01/12 16:41:59 By - By Anita Kumar, Lesley Clark, William Douglas and David Lightman

GOP hold on House looks secure, but there’s still drama

While control of the House of Representatives isn’t likely to change, the composition, tone and political tenor of the chamber probably will. The House is likely to have a huge influx of freshmen, thanks in part to contests for 39 open seats, 19 new seats and four vacant seats. | 10/31/12 18:07:13 By - By William Douglas

GOP surprise? Party says Pennsylvania is in play

The Republican campaign bus roared into the party headquarters parking lot in the northwestern Pennsylvania town of Erie on a chilly afternoon for a rally that had all the trappings of a close contest. | 10/29/12 12:21:24 By - By William Douglas

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