President Obama – Obama leads birthday salute to Ted Kennedy (AP via Yahoo! News)
Obama leads birthday salute to Ted Kennedy (AP via Yahoo! News)
President Barack Obama led a Kennedy Center crowd in a performance of "Happy Birthday" Sunday night, capping a star-studded musical birthday tribute to ailing Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.
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GOP Leaders Criticize Bank Rescue Plan, Urge Obama to ‘Make Hard Choices' (Washington Post)
Republican congressional leaders yesterday called President Obama's budget proposal wasteful and his plan to rescue the nation's banks unrealistic, urging the administration to "make hard choices" and allow some major financial institutions to fail.
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Obama Aims to Shield Science From Politics (Washington Post)
When President Obama lifts restrictions on funding for human embryonic stem cell research today, he will also issue a presidential memorandum aimed at insulating scientific decisions across the federal government from political influence, officials said yesterday.
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Obama stem-cell pledge revives volatile debate (AFP via Yahoo! News)
US President Barack Obama is to scrap a ban on federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research on Monday, a move already delighting scientists and vexing conservatives.
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Obama to keep stem cell promise (Politico via Yahoo! News)
President Barack Obama will issue a broad declaration Monday that science should be walled off from political interference in his administration, officials said Sunday.
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