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Obama’s dangerous Asia “pivot”
January 12, 2012The Obama administration is in the middle of a major shift a "strategic pivot" says the Oval Office, in two regions of the world: Asia and Africa.
Read moreImmigration rights activists applaud hardship waiver proposal
January 12, 2012This past Friday, the Obama administration announced rule changes in immigration policy that would allow undocumented immigrants to seek a hardship waiver while staying in the United States.
Read moreHe is gone from you now … reflections on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
January 9, 2012"Around 1968," Jackson says, "my parents were working at pretty good jobs, in a factory. Now there are no more jobs. What would Dr. King think of that?"
Read moreRecess appointments are welcome start to 2012
January 6, 2012President Barack Obama sent a clear and welcome message this week when he made the recess appointments.
Read moreObama bulldozes GOP wall of obstruction
January 5, 2012The president said he was forced to make the appointment now, during the current Congressional recess, if the consumer protection agency was to function.
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