U.S.
HSS nominee says health care overhaul cannot wait
April 4, 2009Original source: Katherine Sebelius, nominee to be the next Secretary for Health and Human Services, expressed support for swift congressional action on health care reform during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions hearing...
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The border’s ‘Agent Orange’ controversy
April 4, 2009Original source: In the Vietnam War, the United States sprayed vast tracts of land with the chemical defoliant Agent Orange as part of a counter-insurgency strategy aimed at removing forest cover for Viet Cong and North...
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Hitting the streets for the budget
April 3, 2009Volunteers knock on doors for health care, education and clean energyWASHINGTON — Organizing for America volunteers have gone door-to-door in all 50 states and collected more than 640,000 signatures on pledges of support for President Obama’s...
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Hitting the streets for the budget
April 3, 2009Volunteers knock on doors for health care, education and clean energyWASHINGTON — Organizing for America volunteers have gone door-to-door in all 50 states and collected more than 640,000 signatures on pledges of support for President Obama’s...
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Immigrants face detentions, few rights
April 3, 2009(AP) America's detention system for immigrants has mushroomed in the last decade, a costly building boom that was supposed to sweep up criminals and ensure that undocumented immigrants were quickly shown the door. Instead, an Associated...
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