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Obama Has No regrets About Failed Solar Loans

By Associated Press October 3, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Monday he does not regret a $528 million loan to a solar energy company that later collapsed, saying officials always knew a clean energy loan program would not back winners 100 percent of the time.

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Category: Associated Press, Energy, National News Tags: Barack Obama, Solar Energy

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Obama On Vote Access

By Associated Press September 30, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says that some new state voter ID laws make it harder for groups like seniors to vote, and he says that's a big mistake.

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Category: Associated Press, National News, Politics Tags: Barack Obama, voting

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Obama Praises Killing of al-Qaida Cleric al-Awlaki

By Associated Press September 30, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama declared the killing of a fiery American-born cleric in Yemen a "major blow" to al-Qaida's most active affiliate, and vowed a vigorous U.S. campaign to prevent the terror network and its partners from finding a haven anywhere in the world

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Category: Associated Press, National News, World News Tags: al-Awlaki, al-Qaida, Barack Obama

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White House Calls For New Elections In Yemen

By Associated Press September 23, 2011

WASHINGTON — The White House is calling on Yemen's president to transfer power and hold presidential elections by the end of the year.

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Category: Associated Press Tags: Barack Obama, Yemen

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Obama Rolling Back ‘No Child Left Behind’, Enzi Comments

By Associated Press September 22, 2011

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is offering states a way around provisions of the once-heralded No Child Left Behind law, contending many elements of the Bush-era law have become unintentional barriers to learning and that too many schools, even those showing modest progress, risk being labeled as failing.

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Category: Associated Press, Education, National News Tags: Barack Obama, Mike Enzi, No Child Left Behind

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President Obama, Congressional Leaders Reach Debt Deal, Plan to Face Vote

By Tom McCarthy August 1, 2011

President Barack Obama said Sunday night that he and Congressional leaders had reached a debt deal that cuts trillions in federal spending. The debt ceiling plan was set to face a vote on Monday in hopes of enacting it before a Tuesday deadline, thus averting default, The New York Times reported.

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Category: National News Tags: Barack Obama, congress, debt ceiling