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Mayor Bloomberg and NY fashion industry leaders calls for immigration reforms.

Mayor Bloomberg and fashion industry leaders call for immigration reforms

New York City mayor Michael Rubens Bloomberg has joined forces with some of the biggest names in the fashion industry like Oscar de la Renta, Brooks Brothers, Malia Mills and Diane von Furstenberg to implement immigration reforms and promote easier visa procedure for international workers.

Obama has broad agenda in Latin America trip, Brazil key

U.S. President Barack Obama departs for a trip to California and Oregon, from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, February 17, 2011.
President Barack Obama will pursue a broad agenda when he makes a five-day trip to three Latin American nations in March, soon after Treasury Sec. Timothy Geithner traveled to the largest economy in the region, Brazil, to lay the groundwork for the President's trip.
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BP workers could have prevented rig accident: report

BP had workers on the doomed Deepwater Horizon rig who could have prevented the missteps that led to the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, but they were not consulted, the White House oil spill commission said on Thursday. In an expanded report on the causes of the BP drilling disaster that killed 11 workers and ravaged the U.S. Gulf coast last summer, the commission released new details about the events that preceded the BP accident.
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Geithner: Cut corporate tax rate substantially

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Tuesday that the United States needs to cut the corporate tax rate substantially with a goal in the high 20 percent range, down from the current 35 percent. A day after the White House unveiled a budget that seeks to trim the country's massive deficit, Geithner reiterated that the Obama administration
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Obama slams Iran crackdown, urges Mideast reform

U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday condemned Iran's crackdown on protesters inspired by Egypt's popular uprising and urged friends and foes across the Middle East to take heed of their peoples' aspirations for democracy.
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Obama's Remarks on Unveiling of the 2012 Federal Budget (Full Text)

The following is a White House Transcript of President Barack Obama's remarks on the unveiling of his proposal for the U.S. 2012 fiscal year federal budget as delivered at Parkville Middle School and Center for Technology in Baltimore, Maryland on February 14, 2011.
 Obama plans 4G for 98% American household by 2016

Obama plans 4G for 98% American households by 2016

The United States plans to build high-speed 4G wireless services network and make it available to at least 98 percent of Americans households by 2016, President Barrack Obama said during a speech at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan.
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Who is best to challenge Obama in 2012?

Potential Republican candidates in 2012 presidential election who gathered in Washington for the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) have launched an attack on major policies of the Obama administration as they pitched their respective cases. Here's a snapshot of the possible Republican challengers in 2012:
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White House backs standard for mortgage servicers

The Obama administration favors creating a national standard for mortgage servicers such as Bank of America Corp and JPMorgan Chase & Co that have been accused of botching home foreclosure procedures.
U.S. President Barack Obama walks to the Oval Office of the White House in Washington February 10, 2011.

Obama to visit Intel in Oregon next week

President Barack Obama will make a trip to Oregon at the end next week and will visit an Intel manufacturing plant as well as discuss the company's programs related to science, engineering and math programs, the White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said in a press conference on Friday.
Raymond Davis is escorted by police and officials out of court after facing a judge in Lahore, January 28, 2011

Pakistani police: US shooter committed murder

A diplomatic standoff between America and Pakistan may intensify after a Pakistani police official said the police will recommend murder charges for American diplomat Raymond Davis for committing a “clear murder” of two Pakistanis last month.
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Obama says Egypt transition unclear, urges step-by-step plan

President Barack Obama said late Thursday it was not yet clear how Egypt's government is moving to transfer authority, on the same day when Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said he would be handing some of his powers to his vice president but would remain in office until September's elections.
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Spy arrest a warning to Taiwan on China ties

The arrest of a Taiwanese general accused of spying for China is a warning to Taiwan to be wary of its old foe despite warming economic links that are likely to stay unscathed by the case.

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