Mitt Romney’s boast that he closed a $3 billion budget gap as Massachusetts governor without raising taxes is a cornerstone of his White House campaign, a way to highlight his pitch for lower taxes and leaner government in a race where federal budget deficits and the slumping economy are hot issues.
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SPIN METER: Romney used fees to close budget gap
Newt Gingrich began taking steps Wednesday to shut down his debt-laden White House bid, setting the stage to endorse one-time rival Mitt Romney next week and rally Republicans behind their apparent nominee.
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Gingrich to end presidential campaign next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Charles Colson, a Richard Nixon White House operative during the Watergate scandal who had a reputation for ruthlessness before going to jail and starting a prison ministry, died on Saturday at age 80, the ministry said. Colson, who compiled Nixon’s infamous “enemies list” before Watergate brought down the president in 1974, died of complications from a brain hemorrhage after being admitted to a hospital in Fairfax, Virginia, on March 31, Prison Fellowship Ministries said in a statement on its website. …
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Watergate figure, ministry founder Charles Colson dies
Mitt Romney faces a daunting to-do list as he transitions into the role of likely Republican presidential nominee.
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Romney faces lengthy to-do list as likely GOP pick
The Christian Science Monitor – President Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki discussed post-war US-Iraq relations at the White House Monday and the two leaders visited Arlington National Cemetery to commemorate the sacrifices of US troops in a nearly nine-year war.
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Obama hails end of Iraq war, but is it a victory for Iran?
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AP – Concerns over Wall Street practices and economic inequality that have led to sit-ins and rallies in New York and elsewhere reverberated up to the White House on Thursday, with President Barack Obama saying the protesters are expressing the frustrations of the American public.
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Obama acknowledges Wall Street protests as a sign
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Reuters – The Obama administration said on Thursday its top energy loans official was stepping down, following a widening probe into the embarrassing collapse of a solar panel company that got $535 million in federal support.
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Energy loans official leaves in wake of Solyndra
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AP – The outgoing commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan said Monday that the focus of the war will shift in coming months from Taliban strongholds in the south to the eastern border with Pakistan where insurgents closest to al-Qaida and other militants hold sway.
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Petraeus: Fight in Afghanistan to turn eastward (AP)
Reuters – The U.S. military distanced itself Thursday from President Barack Obama’s plan for a faster-than-expected withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, but the top commander there said it was not the kind of decision he would quit over.
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Afghan drawdown poses risk, U.S. military warns (Reuters)
Reuters – The government expects to recover more money than anticipated from the auto bailout as it pulls back financially from the sector, but taxpayers still face billions in potential losses, the White House said.
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Taxpayer loss on auto bailout narrows (Reuters)