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Republican presidential candidates (L-R) former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) listens as former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks during the Republican presidential candidates debate in Concord, New Hampshire, January 8, 2012.

Rivals Get Another Crack at Romney in Sunday Debate

Republican presidential candidates stepped up their attacks on rival Mitt Romney in a televised debate on Sunday morning -- a mere two days before primary-election voters in New Hampshire head to the polls -- and the front-runner mostly weathered the attacks.
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Richard Cordray

Obama's Recess Appointments Reopen Murky Legal Debate

The president's recess appointment power under the Constitution is not without its ambiguities, and the president's use of this power in light of these ambiguities has given rise to significant political and legal controversy since the beginning of the Republic.
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney

Romney Back in Spotlight, Faces Barrage of Attacks

Mitt Romney's win in the Iowa caucuses has slapped him with a once-familiar tag: frontrunner. It may signal a return to the common stasis of any campaign. Where once intra-party bickering sunk many past frontrunners, the common political mantra of punch up has taken hold in the 2012 campaign. Perhaps the era of surging candidates is over?
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Obama Plan will Cut Tens of Thousands of Ground Troops

The Obama administration will unveil a more realistic vision for the military Thursday, with plans to cut tens of thousands of ground troops and invest more in air and sea power at a time of fiscal restraint, officials familiar with the plans said Wednesday.
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Iowa Caucus Results: Historically Uneven Record of Predicting Nominee

Underlying Tuesday's results is the question of whether the Iowa caucuses are in fact reliable indicators of who will emerge as the eventual nominee. A look back at the last few Iowa caucuses shows that while an Iowa victory can rally support for a candidate or help shape the media narrative, it is by no means definitive.
US Aircraft Carrier near Strait of Hormuz

Will U.S. End Up in War With Iran in 2012?

The latest threat comes days after U.S. President Barack Obama signed into law sanctions against Iran's central bank which processes most of the country's oil-export payments. Obama and other leaders, including European Union foreign ministers set to meet in Brussels on Jan. 30 to consider a oil-export ban on Iran, hope more sanctions will slow the country from further developing its nuclear weapons program.
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum

Santorum sends Iowa caucus rivals scrambling

With time running out, rivals of surging Republican Rick Santorum raised doubts about his conservative record on Monday in hopes of heading off a last-minute victory by the former senator a day before Iowa kicks off the 2012 presidential election season.
U.S. President Barack Obama

Obama Strikes Hopeful Note in Year-End Address

President Barack Obama, striking a hopeful note in a year-end weekly address, hailed foreign policy milestones while keeping pressure on Congress to further extend payroll tax cuts through the end of 2012.
Protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement stand with signs outside Duarte Square in New York

Occupy makes annual list of most overused words

Occupy this: the trash bin. At least, so say students at Michigan's Lake Superior State University who released an annual list of words they deem so misused, overused and cliched they should be banished in the year ahead.

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