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BP Succeeds at Pushing Back Against U.S. Demands

BP successfully argued it shouldn't be liable for most of the broader economic distress caused by the president's six-month moratorium on deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. And it fended off demands to pay for restoration of the Gulf coast beyond its prespill conditions.

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/21/bp-succeeds-pushing-dem...

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Rahm Emanuel expected to quit White House

Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff, is expected to leave his job later this year after growing tired of the "idealism" of Barack Obama's inner circle.

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/78376...

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Al-Qaida warns of new attacks deadlier than before

Al-Qaida's U.S.-born spokesman warned President Barack Obama Sunday that the militant group may launch new attacks that would kill more Americans than previous ones.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100620/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_al_qai...

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VIEDO: Newt Gingrich Exposes Obama's Secular-Socialist Machine

Newt calls on Americans to "replace not reform" our broken government and accept the challenge of saving America

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk0UvTf-SKg

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Obama spill panel big on policy, not engineering

The panel appointed by President Barack Obama to investigate the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is short on technical expertise but long on talking publicly about "America's addiction to oil." One member has blogged about it regularly.

Source: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100620/D9GEP5H01.html

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FCC in move to regulate internet

The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday took its first formal step towards the adoption of new regulations for the broadband industry, setting the stage for what could become one of the most expensive lobbying campaigns to hit Capitol Hill by major telecommunications and cable providers.

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6231b0b8-7a70-11df-9cd7-00144feabd...

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Napolitano: Internet Monitoring Needed to Fight Homegrown Terrorism

Fighting homegrown terrorism by monitoring Internet communications is a civil liberties trade-off the U.S. government must make to beef up national security, the nation's homeland security chief said Friday.

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/18/napolitano-intern...

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Obama hits golf course with Biden on another hot, humid weekend

The White House pool report noted that Obama left at about 1 p.m. for the course at Andrews Air Force base, and his golfing parters included White House Trip Director Marvin Nicholson and David Katz, the energy efficiency campaign manager at the Department of Energy.

Source: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/104313-obam...

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Did Obama deal blackmail Israel?

Concessions extracted amid fears Iranian weapons headed for Gaza

Source: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=168349