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Governors press for alternative to impending spending cuts Sat, 23 Feb, 2013 05:12 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Less than a week before billions of dollars of U.S. spending cuts are set to begin, governors meeting in Washington ratcheted up the pressure on Congress and President Barack Obama to find an alternative to the reductions and give states more say in bringing down the federal debt. OBAMA'S WEEKLY ADDRESS: Congress Must Act Now to Stop the Sequester Sat, 23 Feb, 2013 05:12 PM PST WASHINGTON, DCâ€"President Obama used this week’s address to urge Congress to stop the harmful automatic cuts that threaten thousands of jobs and affect our national securityâ€"called the sequesterâ€"from t Obama attends youngest daughter's dance recital ap.org Sat, 23 Feb, 2013 05:06 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) â€" President Barack Obama has attended his youngest daughter's dance recital at an arts center in suburban Maryland. Obama, McCain to meet on immigration reform (VIDEO) Sat, 23 Feb, 2013 05:06 PM PST President Obama, Senator John McCain and other lawmakers will meet about immigration on Tuesday at the White House. After Long Isolation, Myanmar Now Has Suitors Sat, 23 Feb, 2013 05:01 PM PST Myanmar's contacts with the world are now expanding rapidly. President Obama's visit last November was a sign of that shift. And China is building major oil and gas pipelines that link the two countries. Obama's Meeting With New Japanese Leader Focuses On China Sat, 23 Feb, 2013 05:00 PM PST President Obama met with the new Japanese Prime Minister Shinzu Abe at the White House on Friday. The two nations have common concerns about what they regard as provocations by North Korea and China. Nation + World Sat, 23 Feb, 2013 05:00 PM PST FILE â€" In this Jan. 28, 2013, file photo President Barack Obama meets to discuss administration policies to reduce gun violence with representatives from Major Cities Chiefs Association and Major County Sheriffs Association at the White House in Washington. Secret U.S.-North Korea diplomatic trips reported Sat, 23 Feb, 2013 04:58 PM PST An Obama administration official visited North Korea twice in 2012 in an unsuccessful effort to improve relations after Kim Jong Un assumed power, ex-officials say. WASHINGTON â€" A White House official made two secret visits to North Korea last year in an unsuccessful effort to improve relations after new ruler Kim Jong Un assumed power, according to former U.S. officials familiar with the trips. 'Sequestration' could hurt Nevada Sat, 23 Feb, 2013 04:55 PM PST In this Feb. 15, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. The politics have been fierce and the fingerpointing incessant. Gun rally: 'It's a fundamental right of every American' Sat, 23 Feb, 2013 04:54 PM PST Gun advocates rallied across Washington state Saturday to protect their right to bear arms after President Obama's executive order to toughen gun laws.

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