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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Trade Agenda Faces Tough Battle Heading Into House]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Kuhnhenn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- After several near-death experiences in the Senate, the trade agenda that President Barack Obama is pushing as a second term capstone faces its biggest hurdle yet in the more polarized House.
Anti-trade forces have struggled to ignite public outrage over Obama's bid to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[With Iran &amp; Now Cuba, Obama Breakthroughs Face Hard Sell]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/04/13/with_iran__now_cuba_obama_breakthroughs_face_hard_sell_126245.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Kuhnhenn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- After breakthroughs abroad, President Barack Obama is finding stern challenges at home to his foreign policy, facing hard sells to skeptics over U.S. shifts, first on Iran and now Cuba.
Obama returned to Washington early Sunday still basking in the attention from his...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[State's Psaki to Head White House Communications]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/02/19/states_psaki_to_head_white_house_communications_125662.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Kuhnhenn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki will become President Barack Obama's new communications director, filling a key slot as Obama embarks on the final two years of his presidency, White House officials said Thursday.
She replaces veteran Democratic media strategist...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Analysis: Obama Seizes on Recovery, Bets on Staying Power]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/01/21/analysis_obama_seizes_on_recovery_bets_on_staying_power_125333.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Kuhnhenn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's State of the Union address marked a sweet spot in his presidency when economic signs and his own personal approval are on the rise. He made sure to capitalize, taking credit for policies he said raised the country out of its recession.
But...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama, Congressional Dems Show Cracks in Unity]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Kuhnhenn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- It used to be that Democrats would mutter under their breath about President Barack Obama and the White House.
Now, with the midterm elections behind them, some leading members of the president's own party are airing their frustrations with little restraint and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[As Election Nears, Obama Takes Center Stage]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/11/01/as_election_nears_obama_takes_center_stage_124528.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Kuhnhenn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Clashing views from the White House and Republicans about the nation's trajectory are closing out the final week before Election Day.
President Barack Obama on Saturday emphasized economic growth during his tenure while the Senate's Republican leader depicted events he...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Former Biden Chief of Staff to Lead Ebola Response]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/10/17/former_biden_chief_of_staff_to_lead_ebola_response_124338.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Kuhnhenn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is naming Ron Klain, a former chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden and a trusted adviser at the Obama White House, as the point man on the U.S. government's response to the Ebola crisis, the White House said Friday.
Obama has been under...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama to Send 3,000 Troops to West Africa to Fight Ebola]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/09/16/obama_to_send_3000_troops_to_west_africa_to_fight_ebola_123991.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Kuhnhenn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; The Obama administration is ramping up its response to West Africa's Ebola crisis, preparing to assign 3,000 U.S. military personnel to the afflicted region to supply medical and logistical support to overwhelmed local health care systems and to boost the number...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Taps Tech World for Cash]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/05/08/obama_taps_tech_world_for_cash_122580.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Kuhnhenn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (AP) -- They come from different worlds - the buttoned-down political culture of Washington and the entrepreneurial, socks-optional, let's-do-this-faster ethos of Silicon Valley.
But where those worlds overlap, that's where you find President Barack Obama and a wealthy...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama to Focus Civil Rights Message on Voting]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/04/11/obama_to_focus_civil_rights_message_on_voting_122253.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Kuhnhenn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- A day after hailing the Civil Rights Act as a lasting legacy of Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency, President Barack Obama is using another civil rights forum to issue an election-year warning against erosion of the Voting Rights Act, the landmark 1965 law that helped pave...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama, Senate Democrats Take Aim at Gender Pay Gap]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/04/08/obama_senate_democrats_take_aim_at_gender_pay_gap_122210.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Kuhnhenn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies in Congress are making a concerted election-year push to draw attention to women's wages, linking Obama executive actions with pending Senate legislation aimed at closing a compensation gender gap that favors men.
Obama...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Orders to Test Workplace Ideas]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/04/06/obama_orders_to_test_workplace_ideas_122193.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Kuhnhenn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lacking congressional backing to raise wages or end gender pay disparities, President Barack Obama is imposing his policies directly on federal contractors, following a long-established tradition of presidents exerting their powers on a fraction of the economy directly...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Budget to Drop Cost-of-Living Trims]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/02/20/obama_budget_to_drop_budget_cost-of-living_trims_121656.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Kuhnhenn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House says President Barack Obama's upcoming budget proposal will not include his past offer to accept lowered cost-of-living increases in Social Security and other benefit programs. Those had been a central component of his long-term debt-reduction...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jobless Benefits Debate Is First Volley of Election Year]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/01/08/jobless_benefits_debate_is_first_volley_of_election_year_121162.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Kuhnhenn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- The struggle in Washington over whether to renew expired jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed is as much about providing aid to 1.3 million out-of-work Americans as it is about drawing the first political line of an election year.
Tuesday's unexpected vote in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[White House Changes Story on Obama's Uncle]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/12/06/white_house_changes_story_on_obamas_uncle_120880.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Kuhnhenn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House said Thursday that President Barack Obama briefly lived with an uncle who faced deportation from the United States, correcting its previous statements that the president had never met Onyango Obama.
The 69-year-old, Kenyan-born half-brother of Obama's...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Pitches Health Law in Texas]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Kuhnhenn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Beset by hard-to-keep promises and a massive website failure, President Barack Obama is promoting his embattled health care law in the state with the highest rate of uninsured Americans, which has also been politically hostile to the signature initiative of his...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's No Negotiation Stance Setting New Tone]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/09/27/obamas_no_negotiation_stance_setting_new_tone_120124.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Kuhnhenn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- This time, President Barack Obama says, he's not budging. This is the confrontational Obama, the "Make my day" president, betting Republicans blink to avoid a government shutdown or a first-ever default of the nation's debts.
It's a proposition not without risk and one...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Takes Economy Message to Corporate Leaders]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/09/18/obama_takes_economy_message_to_corporate_leaders_119979.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Kuhnhenn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama, facing a budget showdown with Congress, is pushing his economic agenda to some of the nation's top corporate executives while cautioning Republicans not to precipitate a government shutdown or an unprecedented debt default.
Obama was to speak to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama to Tout Economy While Marking Lehman Fall]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/09/16/obama_to_tout_economy_while_marking_lehman_fall_119947.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Kuhnhenn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is seeking credit for an economic turnaround, using the fifth anniversary of the collapse of the Lehman Brothers investment bank to highlight signs of recovery and to warn against potentially market-rattling fights over the federal budget and the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Immigration Mired, Political Wins Elude Obama in 2nd Term]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/07/13/immigration_mired_political_wins_elude_obama_in_2nd_term_119201.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Kuhnhenn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- A dramatic tax-raising deal last New Year's looked like it might be a breakthrough, signaling improved second-term relations between newly re-elected President Barack Obama and a divided Congress. At least that's what the White House hoped.
But six months later,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Limits of Foreign Policy: As Obama Prods, He Gets His Share of Pushback]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/06/20/the_limits_of_foreign_policy_as_obama_prods_he_gets_his_share_of_pushback_118892.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Kuhnhenn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Over the past two weeks, President Barack Obama has argued with Chinese President Xi Jinping over cybersecurity, consulted with world leaders over Syria and trade, declared his desire to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons, and embraced the uncertain steps toward...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama: Northern Ireland Peace Will Be Tested]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/06/17/obama_northern_ireland_peace_will_be_tested_118835.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Kuhnhenn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) -- President Barack Obama declared peace in Northern Ireland a "blueprint" for those living amid conflict around the world, while acknowledging that the calm between Catholics and Protestants will face further tests. Summoning young people to take...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama: IRS Acting Commissioner Has Resigned]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/05/15/obama_irs_acting_commissioner_has_resigned_118433.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Kuhnhenn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced the resignation of the top official at the Internal Revenue Service following a controversy over the agency's targeting of conservative political groups.
Obama, who has been criticized for appearing passive in his response...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama to Meet With Treasury Officials Over IRS]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/05/15/obama_to_meet_with_treasury_officials_over_irs_118431.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Kuhnhenn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will discuss the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups with Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew Wednesday afternoon. White House press secretary Jay Carney says Obama expects people to be held accountable.
The meeting comes in the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Intends to Name N.C.'s Watt to Housing Post]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/05/01/obama_intends_to_name_ncs_watt_to_housing_post_118201.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Kuhnhenn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; President Barack Obama intends to nominate Rep. Melvin Watt to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the government regulator that oversees lending giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a White House official said Tuesday.
If confirmed by the Senate, Watt, D-N.C.,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Calls Spending Cuts &quot;Dumb, Arbitrary&quot;]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/03/01/obama_calls_spending_cuts_dumb_arbitrary_117243.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Kuhnhenn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- A combative President Barack Obama blamed Republican lawmakers Friday for failing to stop automatic spending cuts that were to begin kicking in later in the day, calling the cuts "dumb, arbitrary."
Republicans said the fault was his, for insisting that increased taxes...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Calls Boehner, McConnell As Budget Cuts Loom]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/02/22/obama_calls_boehner_mcconnell_as_budget_cuts_loom_117125.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Kuhnhenn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Signaling an attempt to break an impasse, President Barack Obama on Thursday placed calls to House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell about the looming spending cuts set to kick in on March 1. Neither side reported progress, however, and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Rallies Democrats, Scorns Republican Fiscal Plans]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/02/08/obama_rallies_democrats_scorns_republican_fiscal_plans_116963.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Kuhnhenn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[LEESBURG, Va. (AP) -- Assertive even as he preached humility, President Barack Obama vowed to confront Republicans on the deficit and urged Democrats on Thursday to stick with him on guns and immigration. He scorned a GOP plan to avoid imminent across-the-board spending cuts, declaring...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Promotes His Agenda to House Democrats]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/02/07/obama_promotes_his_agenda_to_house_democrats_116952.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Kuhnhenn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[LANSDOWNE, Va. (AP) -- Predicting a tough road ahead, President Barack Obama urged House Democrats to stick to their principles on guns, immigration and the economy as they confront congressional Republicans in legislative fights to come.
Addressing Democratic lawmakers who assembled...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Economic Jitters Compete With Obama Agenda]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/01/31/economic_jitters_compete_with_obama_agenda_116870.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Kuhnhenn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Just as President Barack Obama is pushing new initiatives on gun control and immigration, the gloomy old problem of a sluggish economy is elbowing its way back into prominence. Consumer confidence is falling, the economy is contracting and large automatic spending cuts...]]></description>
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