National Politics
Biden greets Chinese VP for official visit
Vice President Joe Biden has welcomed China's future leader to the White House, telling him the two powers should work together despite their differences.
National Politics
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Panetta, Dempsey defendmilitary budget plan
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and the nation's top military leader are defending the Pentagon's slimmed-down, $614 billion budget, telling senators it's time to show they are serious about reducing the deficit.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Justice Breyer robbed at West Indies vacation home
Justice Stephen Breyer was robbed last week by a machete-wielding intruder at his vacation home in the West Indies, a Supreme Court spokeswoman said Monday.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Analysis: A budget plan or a campaign document?
President Barack Obama's new budget lays down the political themes he will pound as he campaigns for re-election - more spending on jobs and higher taxes for the wealthy. It sets him apart from the Republican contenders and gives Democrats a platform to run on.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
US envoy to hold talks with NKorea in Beijing
A U.S. envoy will hold talks with North Korea on its nuclear program in Beijing next week, the first such negotiations since the death of the nation's longtime leader Kim Jong Il.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Obama asks public to push Congress on tax cuts
President Barack Obama is turning to the American people for help in pushing Congress to extend a payroll tax cut due to expire at the end of February.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Proposal would prohibit foreign laws in South Carolina courts
A long list of S.C. lawmakers plan to send a message to Palmetto State courts: Don't apply foreign laws here. A proposed law, which a House panel will consider later this month, is part of a growing movement in legislatures around the country.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
African villagers embrace U.S. role in hunt for Lord's Resistance Army leader
On the edge of this quiet town in the isolated forests of central Africa sits one of America's newest military outposts, a base made of grass surrounded by razor wire. Outside, a baby chimpanzee plays on a green rope, and three local policemen lounge in a pickup truck. Inside, up to 30 U.S. special...
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Kansas lawmaker proposes drug testing for welfare recipients
In a legislative session already flush with complex and divisive issues, Kansas lawmakers now want to take on their version of welfare reform: drug testing.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Texas Republicans criticize Obama's budget plan
President Barack Obama's $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal year 2013 drew immediate rebukes from Texas Republican lawmakers for its price tag and higher fees and taxes, including more than $40 billion on oil and gas producers.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Heaviest 2013 defense budget cuts would fall on troops
As the Pentagon sought to show Monday that it had made tough spending decisions in its fiscal 2013 budget proposal, the brunt of the reductions would fall on U.S. ground troops, which face job losses, modest pay raises and increased health care costs while serving in a smaller force.
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