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US sets sanctions on rebel leader in northern Mali Tue, 26 Feb, 2013 09:13 AM PST The Obama administration has imposed sanctions on a Touareg leader whose extremist group seized much of northern Mali last year and prompted a French military intervention. Lew moves closer to confirmation with Senate Finance vote Tue, 26 Feb, 2013 09:12 AM PST (CNN) -- Jack Lew came one step closer to Senate confirmation as President Barack Obama's second Treasury secretary when the Senate Finance Committee approved his nomination Tuesday. Feb. 26 Tue, 26 Feb, 2013 09:11 AM PST An economic apocalypse? President Barack Obama claims that our economy and national defense would be decimated by sequestration. Yet, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that even with sequester federal spending will rise from $3.55 trillion in 2013 to $5.93 trillion by 2023. Worse Than Fox? Media Critic Trashes MSNBC ‘State Propaganda’ Following Hiring Of Ex-Obama Advisers Tue, 26 Feb, 2013 09:11 AM PST On a regular basis, there's no shortage of criticism directed at Fox News for being consistently and unfairly biased. But Baltimore Sun media critic David Zurawik argues that MSNBC, having hired ex-Obama advisers David Axelrod and Robert Gibbs , is worse. With sequester, Dems should hit GOP where it hurts Tue, 26 Feb, 2013 09:11 AM PST To emerge from Friday's sequester unscathed, Obama must refute GOP lies about austerity and trickle-down economics US Senate panel backs Lew nomination for Treasury Tue, 26 Feb, 2013 09:11 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) â€" The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday approved President Barack Obama's choice of Jacob Lew to be Treasury secretary and sent the nomination to the full Senate. First lady announces healthy recipe search effort Tue, 26 Feb, 2013 09:10 AM PST Michelle Obama says five media companies and a social media website are working together to make it easier to find nutritious recipes. Republicans criticize Obama for scare tactics Tue, 26 Feb, 2013 09:10 AM PST Three days before forced spending cuts portrayed by most as an economic body blow, President Barack Obama and Republican rivals relied on spin versus substance Tuesday in trying to prod a deeply divided Congress into action to avert the harshest impacts. Obama warns spending cuts could idle shipbuilder Tue, 26 Feb, 2013 09:07 AM PST President Barack Obama is arguing that looming government-wide spending cuts could idle military resources like naval aircraft carriers, while Republicans are criticizing the president for taking his arguments outside Washington instead of staying to work out a plan before Friday's deadline. Obama plans to "listen," not present Mideast peace plan: Kerry reuters.com Tue, 26 Feb, 2013 09:06 AM PST BERLIN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will not bring a peace plan to Israel and the Palestinian Territories next month, but rather intends to listen, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday. Obama's plan to visit has raised speculation of a new U.S. push to revive Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, stalled since 2010 in a dispute over Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West ...

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