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Thank you, John, for that kind introduction. Good afternoon, everyone, and thanks for the opportunity to be with you today. This is, I think, a particularly important time for you to be gathering – and a particularly opportune moment for me to talk with you about some of the reforms that the Administration has proposed…
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United Nations Headquarters New York, N.Y. PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you very much. Good morning. I want to thank the Secretary General for organizing this summit, and all the leaders who are participating. That so many of us are here today is a recognition that the threat from climate change is serious, it is urgent, and it…
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We’ve been hearing from more and more from the left and the center in the Democratic Party in terms of criticisms of the way the Obama administration has handled the health-care reform issue. Add U.S. Sen. Jim Webb to the list of Obama critics. “The most difficult thing for me as a senator has been…
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We drove down Buena Vista’s Bradford Drive after our Labor Day breakfast with the Democrats. The Republicans, too, had just finished their breakfast at the American Legion hall. The parade on Magnolia Avenue was about to start. Just then a good Republican friend of mine spotted a big blue Dem sticker someone at breakfast had…
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During the real-estate bubble, older urban neighborhoods across the nation, from Atlanta to Baltimore to Cleveland to Sacramento and countless communities in between, fell victim to a devastating plague of predatory lending and mortgage fraud. This was enabled by Wall Street’s bottomless appetite for financing home loans, lenders’ lax standards, and corruption among mortgage brokers…
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Citing their strong leadership and support of animal protection policies, the Humane Society Legislative Fund announced its endorsement of Republican Bob McDonnell for Virginia governor and Democrat Steve Shannon for Virginia attorney general.
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Remarks from President Obama at fundraising reception for Sen. Arlen Specter THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much, everybody. Please, have a seat. Thank you. It was, first of all, wonderful to meet all of you as we were taking pictures. And I want to say that I am so pleased to be here not only…
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Democrats seem to start off behind the eight-ball in attorney-general’s races. I say that because Republicans have won the last four, dating back to Jim Gilmore’s win over Bill Dolan in 1993. That the trend has continued even as Democrats have won the past two governor’s races and past two U.S. Senate races says something…
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The Obama administration is rolling out a plan today to require heightened fuel-economy standards for cars, SUVs and light trucks by 2016 that would save consumers money and dramatically cut U.S. oil consumption.
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TV has its Emmys, Broadway has its Tonies. Virginia now has its BeeVees, the first annual awards surrounding the yearly Labor Day extravaganza that makes our own Buena Vista the political capital of the Commonwealth. This year was no exception. The current governor, the lieutenant governor, and candidates for all three statewide jobs (those two…
