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Obama Says GOP Won’t Get “Ransom” to Lift Debt Limit

The president said Republicans would be responsible for the economic fallout if they refused to raise it.

By: Jackie Calmes ,; Michael D Shear ,; Peter Baker ,; TheNewYorkTimesNewsService

January 14, 2013

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Obama Budget Raises Taxes on Rich to Spend on Job Creation

President Barack Obama speaks at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Virginia, on February 13, 2012. Obama revealed a spending plan for 2013 on Monday that plans to attain …

By: Jackie Calmes ,

February 14, 2012

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Obama Endorses Decision to Limit Morning-After Pill

Washington - President Obama, who took office pledging to put science ahead of politics, averted a skirmish with conservatives in the nation’s culture wars on Thursday by endorsing his …

By: Jackie Calmes &; Gardiner Harris ,

December 9, 2011

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Clinton to Visit Myanmar as Obama Takes Stand on Human Rights

By: Jackie Calmes &; Thomas Fuller ,; TheNewYorkTimesNewsService

November 18, 2011

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A Marine Base for Australia Irritates China

Darwin, Australia - Fresh from announcing an expanded American military presence in Australia, a plan that has angered China, President Obama came to this remote northern town that will …

By: Jackie Calmes ,; NewYorkTimesNewsService

November 17, 2011

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Jobs Plan Stalled, Obama to Try New Economic Drive

Washington - With his jobs plan stymied in Congress by Republican opposition, President Obama on Monday will begin a series of executive-branch actions to confront housing, education and other …

By: Jackie Calmes ,; TheNewYorkTimesNewsService

October 24, 2011

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Obama Tax Plan Would Ask More of Millionaires

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the opening session of the White House Rural Economic Forum at Northeast Iowa Community College, in Peosta, Iowa, Aug. 16, 2011. (Photo: Doug …

By: Jackie Calmes ,

September 18, 2011

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Pressure Builds on Deficit Panel to “Go Big,” Beyond Its Mandate, in Cuts

Washington — Led by President Obama, pressure is building on the new Congressional committee on deficit reduction to “go big” — beyond its mandate to shave as much as …

By: Jackie Calmes ,

September 12, 2011

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Boehner Says Work Has Begun on New Debt Deal to Cut $3-$4 Trillion

Washington - Hoping to reassure markets in the wake of an angry breakdown in the federal budget negotiations, Congressional leaders raced Saturday to reach a new deficit-reduction agreement that …

By: Jackie Calmes &; Carl Hulse ,

July 23, 2011

Obama Budget Pivots From Stimulus to Deficit Cuts

Washington – President Obama, pivoting at midterm from costly economic stimulus measures to deficit reduction, on Monday released a fiscal year 2012 budget that projects an annual deficit of …

By: Jackie Calmes ,; TheNewYorkTimesNewsService|Report

February 14, 2011

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