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February 27, 2009Solis confirmed, 80-17 The Senate Feb. 24 voted 80-17 to confirm California congresswoman Hilda Solis as labor secretary, two months after Obama nominated her. Her nomination was held up by Republican obstructions over her pro-union activities...
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ICE-d! Dragnet raids, quotas stir outrage
February 27, 2009BALTIMORE—Six-year-old Tomas Guillen underwent chemotherapy at Johns Hopkins Hospital without the comforting presence of his father. His dad, Ernesto Guillen, a janitor, was on the way to his son’s bedside when he and 23 other Latino...
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Is Communism for the birds?
February 27, 2009(Vietnam News) NAM DINH — Three years ago, farmer Dinh Van Hoe of Giao Ha Village in Nam Dinh Province, 160km south of Ha Noi, woke up one morning to find the green leaves of his...
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One womans battle: Why a nation changed course
February 27, 2009EFFINGHAM, Ill. — Gail Warner, 39, lives in her southern Illinois “dream house,” a few miles from here. Her husband is a loan officer at a local bank. Her son, who will turn 15 in June,...
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Pushing for more after Ledbetter
February 27, 2009Original source: WASHINGTON (WOMENSENEWS)--In June, Michelle Obama made a last-minute decision to take time out of her campaign schedule to speak at the annual fundraising luncheon for the National Partnership for Women and Families, a nonprofit...
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