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Obama presses forward on health reform; GOP stalls
July 24, 2009President Obama continued his campaign for health care reform this week with a stop at a Cleveland area clinic, July 23. The town hall event came one day after a major televised press conference during which...
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Port Chicago disaster remembered
July 24, 2009320 men died on July 17, 1944, in a munitions explosion aboard a ship being loaded at the Port Chicago Navy Magazine with armaments bound for the war in the Pacific.
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COMMENTARY Recession related suicides skyrocket in Houston, Texas
July 23, 2009HOUSTON – An article in the Houston Chronicle recently documents a dramatic jump in suicides in Houston since the onset of the recession. It points out that many suicides are directly related to the loss of...
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President Obama challenges GOP ‘misinformation’ on health care reform
July 23, 2009President Barack Obama got right to the point on health care reform and answered every GOP charge at the July 22 White House press conference.
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Student loan bill clears House committee
July 23, 2009President Barack Obama’s proposal to make the process of going to college affordable, accessible and fair for all students under the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act passed the House education committee July 21. The measure...
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