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U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords

Gabrielle Giffords to be in White House for Husband Kelly's Retirement

Rep Gabrielle Giffords will be visiting the White house on Thursady for her husband, Astronaut and U.S Navy Captain Mark Kelly's retirement ceremony. The announcement was made by Vice President Biden via twitter. The tweet said TOMORROW at 1pm, VP to welcome USN Capt Mark Kelly and @Rep_Giffords to White House for Capt Kelly's military retirement ceremony.

Tax on Rich will Pay for Obama Jobs Plan: Democrats

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Senate Democrats want to hit millionaires with a 5 percent surcharge on their taxes to pay for President Barack Obama's $447 billion jobs program, but the plan seems to be going nowhere in the divided Congress.
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Chris Christie

Obesity Debate Rages on Talk of Christie White House Bid

Speculation that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will enter the U.S. presidential race has led to a feverish debate about the possibility of having the fattest man in the White House since the corpulent William Howard Taft squeezed behind the big desk in the Oval Office.
More than 20,000 Mormon faithful sing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir at the Conference Center during the third session of their 179th annual general conference in Salt Lake City, Utah

Latter-day Saints launch I'm a Mormon ad campaign

The Book of Mormon debuted this year as a Broadway hit that won nine Tonys, and the 2012 race for the Republican presidential nomination features not one, but two candidates of the Mormon faith.
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a school in Washington

Obama Vows No Safe Haven for al Qaeda

President Barack Obama on Friday hailed the killing of American-born militant Anwar al-Awlaki as a tribute to years of counterterrorism cooperation with Yemen and proof that al Qaeda and its allies will find no safe haven anywhere in the world.
Afghanistan

Obama Says 33,000 Troops to Be Pulled Out of Afghanistan

In a letter sent to Congress last Friday, President Barack Obama announced that the United States intends to withdraw 33,000 troops from Afghanistan next year. Obama claimed his administration has reversed the Taliban's momentum in the Central Asian country and that there has been improvement in the training of Afghan security forces.
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Analysts Assess Impact of Defense Cuts on US Jobs

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has warned that a potential $1 trillion cut to the Pentagon budget could raise U.S. unemployment by 1 percentage point but analysts differ on how many jobs could be lost and what that actually means for the economy.
Michelle Obama: Rank 8

Michelle Obama Shops at Target, What did She buy?

The first lady could not shop at Target without creating a buzz and a company of Secret Service. Thursday afternoon, Michelle Obama made a trip to Target store at Potomac Yard Shopping Center in Alexandria, Virginia.

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