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As deadline looms, Obama hunts for debt deal Canada.com Sun, 03 Jul 2011 01:11 AM PDT President Barack Obama and his Republican foes face off again next week in talks on reining in runaway U.S. debt, amid a White House warning that they have just weeks to avert an economic meltdown. Administration supports lesbian employee's case Jefferson City News Tribune Sun, 03 Jul 2011 01:10 AM PDT In a strongly worded legal brief, the Obama administration has said the federal act that defines marriage as being between a man and a woman was motivated by hostility toward gays and lesbians and is unconstitutional. Obama renews call to eliminate tax breaks for the wealthy New Haven Register Sun, 03 Jul 2011 01:09 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) â€" President Barack Obama said Saturday that “nothing can be off-limits” in the budget debate â€" even though Republicans have said tax increases are. The president said every tax break and federal program must come under scrutiny. Mike Thompson: President Obama drones on Detroit Free Press Sun, 03 Jul 2011 01:05 AM PDT American military drones are now operating inside six countries. Captain of American ship jailed in Athens OfficialWire Sun, 03 Jul 2011 01:03 AM PDT The Audacity of Hope , the U.S. flotilla to Gaza, named after Obama’s book "Audacity of Hope", was stopped at sea by the Greek Coast Guard just 20 minutes after leaving the Athens port. The American Debate: The tough slog toward Election Day The Philadelphia Inquirer Sun, 03 Jul 2011 01:00 AM PDT When President Obama remarked at his news conference Wednesday that the economy "is a tough slog," yet insisted that "we still are moving forward," I had an attack of deja vu. Obama sounded a lot like George W. Bush talking about Iraq. And we all know what that slog did to Bush's domestic political fortunes. Federal jobless tax for employers expires The Tennessean Sun, 03 Jul 2011 00:53 AM PDT The expiration of a 35-year-old "temporary" unemployment tax (about $14 a year per worker) will mean real money for some big companies at a time when President Barack Obama is pushing Congress to raise taxes on businesses by closing some loopholes. Afghan War's Deadly Toll On U.S. Forces Hasn't Eased OfficialWire Sun, 03 Jul 2011 00:48 AM PDT Despite U.S. reports of progress on the battlefield, American troops were killed in the first half of this year at the same pace as in 2010 â€" an indication that the war's toll on U.S. forces has not eased as the Obama administration moves to shift the burden to the Afghans. Obama supports lesbian's case Opelousas Daily World Sun, 03 Jul 2011 00:45 AM PDT SAN FRANCISCO â€" In a strongly worded legal brief, the Obama administration has said the federal act that defines marriage as being between a man and a woman was motivated by hostility toward gays and lesbians and is unconstitutional. GI Afghan toll at 197 New York Post Sun, 03 Jul 2011 00:26 AM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan -- American troops in are being killed at the same rate as last year -- despite the Obama administration's moves to shift the burden to the Afghans. The number of Americans who died remained virtually unchanged, 197 this year compared with 195 in the first six months...

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