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Senate Republicans decry 'amnesty' memo

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 17:54
Senate Republicans have an internal memo from the Department of Homeland Security which they say shows the Obama administration "conspiring" and "scheming" to allow millions of illegal immigrants to stay and work in the United Statesdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=dHQX1okocrQ:O2l-hhqLEF4:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=dHQX1okocrQ:O2l-hhqLEF4:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=dHQX1okocrQ:O2l-hhqLEF4:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=dHQX1okocrQ:O2l-hhqLEF4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=dHQX1okocrQ:O2l-hhqLEF4:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=dHQX1okocrQ:O2l-hhqLEF4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=dHQX1okocrQ:O2l-hhqLEF4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/dHQX1okocrQ" height="1" width="1"/
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No charges for Gore over alleged sexual assault

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 17:43
Former Vice President Al Gore will not face prosecution on an allegation of sexual assault from 2006, according to the Multnomah County district attorney's office.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=JbTsR9SuTys:C288DPnFqSk:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=JbTsR9SuTys:C288DPnFqSk:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=JbTsR9SuTys:C288DPnFqSk:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=JbTsR9SuTys:C288DPnFqSk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=JbTsR9SuTys:C288DPnFqSk:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=JbTsR9SuTys:C288DPnFqSk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=JbTsR9SuTys:C288DPnFqSk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/JbTsR9SuTys" height="1" width="1"/
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July deadliest month for U.S. forces in Afghan war

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 15:31
Six U.S. service members were killed in southern Afghanistan in the past two days, the NATO-led command said, making the death toll in July the deadliest month for American forces since the war in Afghanistan started nine years ago.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=bLC4hxnOmGY:Q8c40jPpWog:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=bLC4hxnOmGY:Q8c40jPpWog:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=bLC4hxnOmGY:Q8c40jPpWog:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=bLC4hxnOmGY:Q8c40jPpWog:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=bLC4hxnOmGY:Q8c40jPpWog:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=bLC4hxnOmGY:Q8c40jPpWog:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=bLC4hxnOmGY:Q8c40jPpWog:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/bLC4hxnOmGY" height="1" width="1"/
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House committee: Reprimand Rangel

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 15:21
House ethics committee investigators have recommended that Rep. Charlie Rangel of New York be reprimanded, according to one of those investigators, Rep. Gene Green, D-Texas.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=XyN9ECo7vZM:Xu19Ny3JvvY:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=XyN9ECo7vZM:Xu19Ny3JvvY:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=XyN9ECo7vZM:Xu19Ny3JvvY:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=XyN9ECo7vZM:Xu19Ny3JvvY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=XyN9ECo7vZM:Xu19Ny3JvvY:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=XyN9ECo7vZM:Xu19Ny3JvvY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=XyN9ECo7vZM:Xu19Ny3JvvY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/XyN9ECo7vZM" height="1" width="1"/
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Obama says U.S. auto industry 'growing strong' after bailout

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 14:58
President Barack Obama, speaking at a Chrysler plant here Friday, praised the recovery of the embattled U.S. auto industry and celebrated the tough choices he says made a comeback possible.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=4OK3YaxOrV4:gi4YgrR5UDw:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=4OK3YaxOrV4:gi4YgrR5UDw:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=4OK3YaxOrV4:gi4YgrR5UDw:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=4OK3YaxOrV4:gi4YgrR5UDw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=4OK3YaxOrV4:gi4YgrR5UDw:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=4OK3YaxOrV4:gi4YgrR5UDw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=4OK3YaxOrV4:gi4YgrR5UDw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/4OK3YaxOrV4" height="1" width="1"/
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Hayden: WikiLeaks disclosures are a 'tragedy'

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 13:25
In a 1997 light-hearted comedy, "Excess Baggage," Benicio del Toro (an inadvertent kidnapper) asks Alicia Silverstone (the unintended kidnap victim), "How stupid do you think I am?" Silverstone classically deadpans her response, "How stupid is there?"div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=kL6NnDLUzw8:1v_AlDm_Hvo:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=kL6NnDLUzw8:1v_AlDm_Hvo:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=kL6NnDLUzw8:1v_AlDm_Hvo:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=kL6NnDLUzw8:1v_AlDm_Hvo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=kL6NnDLUzw8:1v_AlDm_Hvo:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=kL6NnDLUzw8:1v_AlDm_Hvo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=kL6NnDLUzw8:1v_AlDm_Hvo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/kL6NnDLUzw8" height="1" width="1"/
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Opinion: Arizona can prevail on immigration law

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 12:59
A district judge on Wednesday preliminarily barred the enforcement of two sections and two subsections of Arizona's new immigration law, SB 1070.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=wV4iX1FmgJo:hDcY1XATcdE:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=wV4iX1FmgJo:hDcY1XATcdE:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=wV4iX1FmgJo:hDcY1XATcdE:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=wV4iX1FmgJo:hDcY1XATcdE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=wV4iX1FmgJo:hDcY1XATcdE:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=wV4iX1FmgJo:hDcY1XATcdE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=wV4iX1FmgJo:hDcY1XATcdE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/wV4iX1FmgJo" height="1" width="1"/
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What happened to the American dream?

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 11:59
Pundits and politicians alike opine that Washington has not been focused enough on jobs, and President Obama sought to expand the jobs agenda Thursday at the National Urban League in a speech on education.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=tqvWlLjxlvs:MCws-KznUQ0:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=tqvWlLjxlvs:MCws-KznUQ0:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=tqvWlLjxlvs:MCws-KznUQ0:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=tqvWlLjxlvs:MCws-KznUQ0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=tqvWlLjxlvs:MCws-KznUQ0:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=tqvWlLjxlvs:MCws-KznUQ0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=tqvWlLjxlvs:MCws-KznUQ0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/tqvWlLjxlvs" height="1" width="1"/
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Army private transferred to Virginia amid leak investigation

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 10:06
An Army private suspected of leaking classified material, including videos and other documents, has been transferred from Kuwait to a Marine Corps brig in Quantico, Virginia.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=eWn756cZuXE:4W32amq-5OY:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=eWn756cZuXE:4W32amq-5OY:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=eWn756cZuXE:4W32amq-5OY:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=eWn756cZuXE:4W32amq-5OY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=eWn756cZuXE:4W32amq-5OY:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=eWn756cZuXE:4W32amq-5OY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=eWn756cZuXE:4W32amq-5OY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/eWn756cZuXE" height="1" width="1"/
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Ethics panel charges Rangel

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 08:22
The House ethics committee accused Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel of 13 violations of House rules involving alleged financial wrongdoing and harming the credibility of Congress. WHAT'S AN ETHICS HEARING? | RANGEL: 'ROUGH PERIOD' l FULL STORYdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=gxPolbwnnMw:mWM_d13Z7vA:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=gxPolbwnnMw:mWM_d13Z7vA:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=gxPolbwnnMw:mWM_d13Z7vA:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=gxPolbwnnMw:mWM_d13Z7vA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=gxPolbwnnMw:mWM_d13Z7vA:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=gxPolbwnnMw:mWM_d13Z7vA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=gxPolbwnnMw:mWM_d13Z7vA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/gxPolbwnnMw" height="1" width="1"/
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Ex-mayor injects race into primary

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 08:09
An African-American candidate who marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is hoping the voters in a Democratic primary race in Tennessee will look at the color of his skin.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=GdXXGBcKUhA:dyn7zMaj2rc:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=GdXXGBcKUhA:dyn7zMaj2rc:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=GdXXGBcKUhA:dyn7zMaj2rc:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=GdXXGBcKUhA:dyn7zMaj2rc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=GdXXGBcKUhA:dyn7zMaj2rc:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=GdXXGBcKUhA:dyn7zMaj2rc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=GdXXGBcKUhA:dyn7zMaj2rc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/GdXXGBcKUhA" height="1" width="1"/
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Weakened AZ immigration law takes effect

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 07:28
Arizona's new immigration law is now in effect -- a day after a federal judge blocked the most controversial parts of it.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=wZ0Xhv7MarU:ieQ2O9VzvXw:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=wZ0Xhv7MarU:ieQ2O9VzvXw:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=wZ0Xhv7MarU:ieQ2O9VzvXw:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=wZ0Xhv7MarU:ieQ2O9VzvXw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=wZ0Xhv7MarU:ieQ2O9VzvXw:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=wZ0Xhv7MarU:ieQ2O9VzvXw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=wZ0Xhv7MarU:ieQ2O9VzvXw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/wZ0Xhv7MarU" height="1" width="1"/
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Obama shares his 'View' on media, family and Snooki

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 19:33
President Barack Obama was "charming as usual" during a taping of a segment with "The View" set to air Thursday, said Joy Behar, one of the co-hosts.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=GpHI_yYcc5Y:2REl0zC60Ok:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=GpHI_yYcc5Y:2REl0zC60Ok:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=GpHI_yYcc5Y:2REl0zC60Ok:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=GpHI_yYcc5Y:2REl0zC60Ok:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=GpHI_yYcc5Y:2REl0zC60Ok:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=GpHI_yYcc5Y:2REl0zC60Ok:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=GpHI_yYcc5Y:2REl0zC60Ok:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/GpHI_yYcc5Y" height="1" width="1"/
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Mullen: WikiLeaks may have blood on hands

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 17:43
The top U.S. military officer said Thursday that Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, was risking lives to make a political point by publishing thousands of military reports from Afghanistan.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=Y3ZbWr_OHWM:I2uP4Js9ni0:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=Y3ZbWr_OHWM:I2uP4Js9ni0:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=Y3ZbWr_OHWM:I2uP4Js9ni0:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=Y3ZbWr_OHWM:I2uP4Js9ni0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=Y3ZbWr_OHWM:I2uP4Js9ni0:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=Y3ZbWr_OHWM:I2uP4Js9ni0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=Y3ZbWr_OHWM:I2uP4Js9ni0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/Y3ZbWr_OHWM" height="1" width="1"/
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Obama signs bill targeting crime on Indian reservations

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 16:40
President Barack Obama on Thursday signed the Tribal Law and Order Act, which provides greater law enforcement powers for tribal authorities on Indian reservations.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=NHQ6_C4s1GA:m5PAjDOrmLU:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=NHQ6_C4s1GA:m5PAjDOrmLU:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=NHQ6_C4s1GA:m5PAjDOrmLU:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=NHQ6_C4s1GA:m5PAjDOrmLU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=NHQ6_C4s1GA:m5PAjDOrmLU:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=NHQ6_C4s1GA:m5PAjDOrmLU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=NHQ6_C4s1GA:m5PAjDOrmLU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/NHQ6_C4s1GA" height="1" width="1"/
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Senate panel approves Clapper's nomination as intelligence chief

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 14:52
James Clapper is one Senate vote away from becoming the nation's next intelligence chief.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=hkLx5w58v4Y:SdHN6fb7Mtk:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=hkLx5w58v4Y:SdHN6fb7Mtk:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=hkLx5w58v4Y:SdHN6fb7Mtk:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=hkLx5w58v4Y:SdHN6fb7Mtk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=hkLx5w58v4Y:SdHN6fb7Mtk:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=hkLx5w58v4Y:SdHN6fb7Mtk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=hkLx5w58v4Y:SdHN6fb7Mtk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/hkLx5w58v4Y" height="1" width="1"/
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How Rangel's hearing could play out

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 14:32
Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel could be the subject of the House ethics committee's first corruption trial in almost a decade. BAD DAY FOR RANGEL? | FULL STORYdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=JJX3tu_9eU4:vwCf-krsLQE:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=JJX3tu_9eU4:vwCf-krsLQE:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=JJX3tu_9eU4:vwCf-krsLQE:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=JJX3tu_9eU4:vwCf-krsLQE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=JJX3tu_9eU4:vwCf-krsLQE:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=JJX3tu_9eU4:vwCf-krsLQE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=JJX3tu_9eU4:vwCf-krsLQE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/JJX3tu_9eU4" height="1" width="1"/
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Sherrod plans to sue Breitbart

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 13:26
Former Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod said Thursday she will pursue a lawsuit against conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart -- the man responsible for posting an edited video clip of Sherrod appearing to say she discriminated against a white farmer looking for assistancediv class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=VlK3jMR7-18:YgIS3eANYZI:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=VlK3jMR7-18:YgIS3eANYZI:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=VlK3jMR7-18:YgIS3eANYZI:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=VlK3jMR7-18:YgIS3eANYZI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=VlK3jMR7-18:YgIS3eANYZI:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=VlK3jMR7-18:YgIS3eANYZI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=VlK3jMR7-18:YgIS3eANYZI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/VlK3jMR7-18" height="1" width="1"/
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6,600 Arlington graves may be mixed up

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 13:08
A senate subcommittee hearing is scheduled Thursday to examine the mismanagement of Arlington Cemetery, one of the nation's most hallowed burial places for its war dead.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=Cu4m65Qwea4:b3oe6CHXuyU:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=Cu4m65Qwea4:b3oe6CHXuyU:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=Cu4m65Qwea4:b3oe6CHXuyU:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=Cu4m65Qwea4:b3oe6CHXuyU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=Cu4m65Qwea4:b3oe6CHXuyU:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=Cu4m65Qwea4:b3oe6CHXuyU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=Cu4m65Qwea4:b3oe6CHXuyU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/Cu4m65Qwea4" height="1" width="1"/
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Obama: 'Education is an economic issue'

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 11:35
President Barack Obama will deliver a major education reform speech at the National Urban League's 100th Anniversary Convention in Washington Thursday morning.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=Bn_lHMzBM1U:8arhd5urR5c:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=Bn_lHMzBM1U:8arhd5urR5c:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=Bn_lHMzBM1U:8arhd5urR5c:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=Bn_lHMzBM1U:8arhd5urR5c:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=Bn_lHMzBM1U:8arhd5urR5c:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=Bn_lHMzBM1U:8arhd5urR5c:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=Bn_lHMzBM1U:8arhd5urR5c:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/Bn_lHMzBM1U" height="1" width="1"/
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