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A secret legal review on the use of America's growing arsenal of cyberweapons has concluded that President Obama has the broad power to order a pre-emptive strike if the United States detects credible evidence of a major digital attack looming from abroad, according to officials involved in the review. The New York Times reports.
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It's early on in the Arizona legislative session, but so far the proposals described by one top Republican as "esoteric" and criticized by Democrats as unconstitutional have dominated the headlines _ despite promises from GOP leaders to focus on top-tier issues such as balancing the state budget and improving education.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.-- The response to natural disasters and other emergencies in American Indian communities is expected to improve thanks to legislation signed into law by President Barack Obama. Former Santa Clara Pueblo Gov.
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Vincent Reinhart, Morgan Stanley; and Kelly King, BB&T Corporation, discuss the rally's recent run, and what needs to be done to get the economy back on track.
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Edward I. Koch, the master showman of City Hall, who parlayed shrewd political instincts and plenty of chutzpah into three tumultuous terms as mayor of New York with all the tenacity, zest and combativeness that personified his city of golden dreams, died Friday morning at age 88.
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WASHINGTON, Feb 1- The Obama administration laid out its blueprint for providing contraceptive coverage for employees at nonprofit religious organizations on Friday, proposing rules that would contain benefits within separate individual insurance plans without cost to the employer.
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WASHINGTON, Feb 1- Only 11 of the 50 U.S. states have moved to implement new consumer safeguards under President Barack Obama's healthcare law, raising questions about how major health insurance reforms will be enforced, a report released on Friday says.
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The U.S. Treasury Department said it could redeploy emergency cash measures from May 19 if necessary to ensure the government could keep borrowing money, a Treasury official said on Thursday.
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Heather Hurlburt, Executive Director, National Security Network talks about the Obama administration's foreign policy shift as Hagel's Defense Secretary confirmation faces even more hurdles.
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WASHINGTON, Jan 31- Completing a major Republican retreat from another messy showdown with President Barack Obama, the U.S. Senate on Thursday passed legislation to allow the government to keep borrowing money at least through May 19.
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George Canellos is currently deputy director of the SEC's enforcement division. During his four-year tenure, Khuzami led the SEC's efforts to penalize the largest U.S. banks for actions that helped trigger the 2008 financial crisis. Canellos was appointed by Elisse Walter, who has been interim SEC chairman since Mary Schapiro resigned in December.
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Some unions are growing weary of the health law they supported, with Grace-Marie Turner, Galen Institute president and Philip Dine, author of "State of the Unions."
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WASHINGTON, Jan 31- The U.S. Treasury Department said it could redeploy emergency cash measures from May 19 if necessary to ensure the government could keep borrowing money, a Treasury official said on Thursday.
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John Engler, head of the Business Roundtable, a group that lobbies for corporate chief executives, said on Thursday that President Barack Obama might back such a change. Profits earned in the United States are taxed at that rate on a current basis, meaning right away.
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WASHINGTON, Jan 31- The U.S. Treasury Department said it will be ready to resume so-called extraordinary measures to ensure all debt obligations are met starting from May 19, a Treasury official said on Thursday. The bill, which needs to be signed by President Barack Obama, suspends the debt limit until May 19.
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NEW YORK, Jan 31- Is oil like red meat or is it like tobacco? This morality play is being acted out with the greatest intensity in the fight over the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would stretch from Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast.
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WASHINGTON, Jan 31- The White House on Thursday disbanded President Barack Obama's jobs council, a group of high-profile chief executives who gave advice on how to spur employment growth, even as 12 million Americans remain out of work. White House spokesman Jay Carney said the council was set up with a two-year lifespan that was now expiring.
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WASHINGTON, Jan 31- The Obama administration's decision on the Keystone XL oil pipeline will not be made until at least June, a U.S. official said, which would delay the project for months and frustrate backers of Canada's oil sands.
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WASHINGTON, Jan 31- A bill allowing the U.S. government to borrow money beyond its record $16.4 trillion debt limit won final congressional approval on Thursday, clearing the way for President Barack Obama to sign it into law.
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The Democratic-led Senate on Thursday approved must-do legislation to permit the government to borrow hundreds of billions of dollars more to meet its obligations, putting off one Washington showdown even as others loom in coming weeks.
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WASHINGTON, Jan 31- The U.S. Senate on Thursday gave final Congressional approval to a bill allowing the government to borrow money beyond its record $16.4 trillion record debt limit, clearing the way for President Barack Obama to sign it into law.