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							<title><![CDATA[Haley Blasts Plan to Bring Detainees to U.S.]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ellie Potter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley told lawmakers in Washington on Thursday that she will fight to prevent Guantanamo Bay detainees from being moved to the United States.
In February, President Obama reiterated his plan to close the facility and move the prisoners to the U.S. detention...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[First Lady Hopes Successor Keeps Up WH Garden]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ellie Potter</author>
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First lady Michelle Obama says she hopes her successor will keep up her White House vegetable garden and that she plans to continue her Let&rsquo;s Move! campaign after leaving 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Her remarks came as she fielded a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Senators Tackle Drug Trafficking Via Mail Systems]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ellie Potter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Senators grappled with the supply side of the nation&rsquo;s growing opioid epidemic on Tuesday, noting the significant amount of drugs entering the U.S. through the mail.
But combating the problem is complicated by the different ways mail is sent and the variety of rules each delivery...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Huckabee, O'Malley: Love of U.S. Holds Nation Together]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ellie Potter</author>
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Former presidential contenders Mike Huckabee and Martin O&rsquo;Malley trumpeted hope for America despite the fierce presidential race at a press conference Wednesday for the season 3 premiere of AMC&rsquo;s &ldquo;TURN: Washington&rsquo;s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Actress Arquette, Rep. Maloney Cite Gender Pay Gap]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ellie Potter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Academy Award-winning actress Patricia Arquette and Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) spotlighted the extent of the nation&rsquo;s gender wage gap during a presentation at the National Press Club Tuesday.
In light of Equal Pay Day, the day a female employee must work into the next year in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bono: To Defeat Extremism, Fund Needy Nations]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[International rock star and humanitarian Bono captivated Capitol Hill Tuesday as he advocated a modern Marshall Plan to combat violent extremism across the globe.
Dressed in black, with his trademark pastel-colored glasses, the singer argued that helping countries in need -- as the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[First Lady Plants Her Final WH Vegetable Garden]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Michelle Obama got her hands dirty again on Tuesday, repeating a spring ritual begun during her first year at the White House. This time, she hosted students from across the country as well as representatives from NASA to plant her final vegetable garden as first lady.
Every year Mrs....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Takes Sex Assault-Prevention Talk to Campuses]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ellie Potter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Vice President Joe Biden will speak at college campuses next week about sexual assault prevention, an issue he's been pushing since 2014.
In the past, Biden has emphasized the importance of men&rsquo;s involvement in stopping rape on campus, urging male students to call out fellow...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[President Calls Drug Addiction a Health Problem]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[President Obama advocated changing the way society views drug addiction as a means of combating it during an appearance at the National Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit in Atlanta on Tuesday.
&ldquo;We&rsquo;re staying on cutting off the pathways for these drugs coming in, but what we...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obamas Host Final Easter Egg Roll]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ellie Potter</author>
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President Obama and Michelle Obama hosted 35,000 people on the White House South Lawn for the 138th annual Easter Egg Roll on Monday.
The theme of the event was &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s Celebrate!&rdquo; to commemorate the last such event of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lawmakers Hail New Opioid Rules -- But Call for More]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ellie Potter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Lawmakers are supporting tough federal regulations to combat the heroin and opioid epidemic sweeping the nation, though some say the new changes are not enough.
In 2014 more than 47,000 Americans died of a drug overdose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Deaths...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Press Club Welcomes Rezaian Back Home]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The National Press Club celebrated the homecoming of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian on Monday night after his imprisonment in Iran for 545 days.
Rezaian and his wife, Yeganeh Salehi, a journalist for the Abu Dhabi newspaper The National, were arrested by Iranian forces at their...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obamas Host &quot;Hamilton&quot; Cast at White House]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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First Lady Michelle Obama hosted the cast of the award-winning Broadway musical &ldquo;Hamilton&rdquo; as well as students from three high schools Monday for a theater workshop in the White House.
Mrs. Obama is a big fan of the production,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Florida Primary Panel Divided on Rubio's Chances]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ellie Potter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Marco Rubio&rsquo;s presidential campaign hinges on a victory in next week&rsquo;s Florida primary and the pressure will mount on him to exit the race if he doesn&rsquo;t win his home state, panelists noted at a RealClearPolitics-sponsored event in Miami ahead of Thursday night&rsquo;s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[First Lady Honors Pioneering Female Air Force Officer]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[First Lady Michelle Obama presented a special U.S. flag to retired Air Force Brigadier Gen. Wilma Vaught on Wednesday, saying Vaught has brought much-needed attention to the country&rsquo;s 3 million women veterans.
Today, only one in 10 female veterans takes advantage of government...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Latinos Could Swing Texas Primary Outcome]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The outcome of Tuesday&rsquo;s Texas GOP primary could hinge on the state&rsquo;s large Latino population, a Democratic Party official said Thursday.
Every presidential election there are 4 million Latino votes on the table in the Lone Star State, representing 40 percent of the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Cubans Fear Changes in U.S. Benefits for Immigrants]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ellie Potter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With President Obama reopening diplomatic relations with Cuba, many aggrieved citizens of that communist nation fear that U.S. lawmakers will alter programs that grant them exclusive benefits upon arrival in the United States.            
Since Obama began amending relations with Cuba in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Flint Crisis Could Help Dems With Key Voters]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ellie Potter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats have united behind the water crisis in Flint, Mich., targeting Republicans on the presidential trail and in both chambers of Congress for the public health catastrophe, in a move that could help their appeal to two key voting blocs.
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have met...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Voters Want Issues, Not Politics, in Democratic Debate]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ellie Potter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Voters are interested in hearing issues, not politics, panelists at a RealClearPolitics event said on Thursday before the Democratic debate.
The debate, hosted by PBS in Milwaukee, is the first time Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders will face off after he won the New Hampshire primary...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Experts Urge Upgrades to U.S. Missile Defense]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ellie Potter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Amid growing concerns about missile warfare, panelists at a breakfast hosted by RealClearPolitics on Tuesday discussed the state of U.S missile defense, threats from hostile nations and the funding trajectory of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense program (GMD).
The missile defense...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[First Lady Hosts History-Making Black Dancers]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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Michelle Obama hosted 51 students and four dance icons for an African dance workshop at the White House on Monday to celebrate Black History Month.
The first lady emphasized the importance of hard work in dance and equated it to the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fiorina Rips Debate Exclusion, Says &quot;Game Is Rigged&quot;]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Carly Fiorina criticized ABC and the Republican Party for not including her in Saturday&rsquo;s Republican debate, saying it&rsquo;s &ldquo;rigged.&rdquo;
&ldquo;The people of Iowa voted in an election this week, and I beat the establishment&rsquo;s guys,&rdquo; she wrote Friday in a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lawmakers Debate Underage Immigration Policies]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ellie Potter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The surge of illegal immigrants over the southwestern U.S. border and the humanitarian and national security implications stemming from that surge were heatedly debated Thursday by the House Judiciary Committee.
During the hearing, committee members emphasized the number of unaccompanied...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lawmakers Urge Social Media Monitoring of Refugees]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/02/03/lawmakers_urge_social_media_monitoring_of_refugees_129549.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ellie Potter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The admittance of refugees into the United States and the background checks used in that process were the main topics of a House committee hearing Wednesday.
Lawmakers particularly questioned how the Department of Homeland Security monitors social media accounts to determine if a refugee...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[White House Salutes High School Counselors]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/01/28/white_house_salutes_high_school_counselors_129475.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[First Lady Michelle Obama honored the 2016 School Counselor of the Year at the White House on Thursday in a program recognizing not just the winner&rsquo;s achievements but the importance of school counselors across the nation.
She also pledged to host the event next year &ndash; in her...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Senators Urge More Funding to Fight Drug Addiction]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ellie Potter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A bipartisan group of lawmakers and state leaders urged Congress to do more to fight the opioid epidemic sweeping the country &ndash; a crisis that has become an issue in several key Senate races and in the presidential campaign.
&ldquo;I believe what we have now is a pandemic,&rdquo;...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Teen Reporters Will &quot;Chase the Race 2016&quot;]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ellie Potter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Twelve high school reporters from around the country will cover the 2016 presidential election in a new program intended to immerse them in the U.S. political process and engage other future voters.
Envision, an educational organization dedicated to giving students learning experiences...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lynch Defends Obama's Executive Orders on Guns]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/01/20/lynch_defends_obamas_executive_orders_on_guns_129387.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ellie Potter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Attorney General Loretta Lynch defended President Obama&rsquo;s executive orders on gun control on Wednesday.
&ldquo;[The executive orders] seek to enforce existing laws,&rdquo; she told the Senate appropriations subcommittee that oversees the Justice Department. &ldquo;They seek to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[For Press Club Bartender, It's Last Call After 49 Years]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ellie Potter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[PHOTO BY NOEL ST. JOHN
The National Press Club recognizes members who have been part of the organization for 25 and 50 years or more as Silver Owls and Gold Owls, respectively. On Wednesday, it honored a man who served many of these members for decades by awarding him the esteemed Gold...]]></description>
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