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Michelle Obama confirms Santa is on his way Channel NewsAsia Sat, 24 Dec 2011 21:07 PM PST HONOLULU: US First Lady Michelle Obama surprised excited kids Saturday, by answering an air defense hotline set up to track Santa's Christmas Eve trek around the globe with Rudolph and his reindeers. First lady helps track Santa UPI Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:50 PM PST KAILUA, Hawaii, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- First lady Michelle Obama took time out from her vacation in Hawaii Saturday to field phone calls from children wanting an update on Santa Claus' whereabouts. US President Obama savours victory in Hawaiian idyll Straits Times Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:38 PM PST HONOLULU, Hawaii (AFP) - United States (US) President Barack Obama settled into his Christmas vacation on Saturday in his best political shape of 2011, thanks to a victory over Republicans on their own turf - taxes. First lady asked Santa to help get Obama to Hawaii Deseret News Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:33 PM PST Michelle Obama was looking for help from more than just House Republicans so her husband could make it to Hawaii in time for... Fox 2 Talks to Marines in Afghanistan FOX 2 News Detroit Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:26 PM PST President Obama plans to pull all troops out of Afghanistan by 2014, but about 100,000 men and women are currently serving there. They won't be home for Christmas. Obamas spending low-key Christmas Eve in Hawaii Deseret News Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:26 PM PST President Barack Obama and his family are easing into vacation mode, spending a low-key Christmas Eve out of the spotlight. Obama campaign, DNC return contributions from Corzine in aftermath of MF Global collapse Washington Post Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:23 PM PST WASHINGTON â€" President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign and the Democratic National Committee have returned more than $70,000 in contributions from former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine following the collapse of MF Global, Corzine’s financial firm, officials said Friday. Obama’s campaign and the DNC returned contributions of $35,800 from Corzine and his wife, Sharon Elghanayan, said Democratic ... Obama opposes detainee restrictions in spending bill, issues signing statement Washington Post Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:18 PM PST WASHINGTON â€" President Barack Obama told Congress restrictions on his ability to transfer detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the United States might violate the constitutional separation of powers between the legislative and executive branches. The provision is contained in a massive spending bill that Obama signed Friday. The president, in a statement ... Obama machine seeks $60 million in 4th quarter Calgary Sun Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:15 PM PST President Barack Obama’s campaign set a goal of raising $60 million in the fourth quarter of the year to benefit the Democratic incumbent’s re-election and the Democratic National Committee, a campaign official said on Saturday. President Barack Obama has signed a $1 trillion-plus 2012 spending bill Washington Post Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:11 PM PST WASHINGTON â€" President Barack Obama has signed a $1 trillion-plus 2012 spending bill that sets the day-to-day budgets of 10 Cabinet agencies. The Senate approved the bill last Saturday in a flurry of year-end activity that was overshadowed by an ensuing confrontation over extending a payroll tax cut. The spending measure locks in cuts that conservative Republicans won from the White House and ...

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