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26 Jul 2010 10:28

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World: Afghanistan and The White House: How do THEY feel about Wikileaks?

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23 Jun 2010 21:37

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U.S.: Some key numbers from the whole Stanley McChrystal thang

  • 40minutes, the length of the interview David Patraeus got
  • six days ago, the White House got some fact-checking calls from Rolling Stone
  • 48 hours ago, the article came out (though Rolling Stone sat on the hit machine at first, idiots)
  • <30 number of minutes it took Obama to talk it through with Stanley McChrystal source
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22 Jun 2010 11:09

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U.S.: Bad news, guys: Peter Orszag is steppin’ down from the White House

Why we love ol’ Petey: He’s the first White House budget chief whose love life overshadowed his job. How did THAT happen? source
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21 Jun 2010 21:27

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Politics: Speaking of Rahm Emanuel, could he leave the White House soon?

  • MAYBE based on who you believe source
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03 Jun 2010 10:53

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Politics: White House on Romanoff thang: There was no job offer, kids

  • Messina wanted to determine if it was possible to avoid a costly battle between two supporters. But Romanoff said that he was committed to the Senate race and no longer interested in working for the Administration, and that ended the discussion.
  • White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs • Regarding the situation with Colorado Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff. Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina had contacted the candidate before he officially ran for the Senate, but since he had his mind made up, it wasn’t happening. Still, though, expect people to dig for a controversy here. Because, hey, why the heck not. They need something to do, right? source
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02 Jun 2010 22:14

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Politics: Joe Sestak may have had a buddy in the employment line

  • Mr. Messina also suggested three positions that might be available to me were I not pursuing the Senate race,” Romanoff wrote in a statement. “He added that he could not guarantee my appointment to any of these positions. At no time was I promised a job, nor did I request Mr. Messina’s assistance in obtaining one.
  • A statement from Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff • Making him look like Joe Sestak, round two. Romanoff discussed working with the deputy chief of staff if he chose not to run for the Senate, but he chose to stay in the race. The wording of this suggests that the administration did nothing wrong, but the devil’s in the details. Oh, and what fun details to dig through! One piece of advice for nugget-diggers: Avoid Rahm Emanuel’s socks when digging through Obama’s seemingly smelly dirty laundry. source
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01 Jun 2010 20:43

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Politics: The White House is being super-vague about the Israel thing

  • yes They’re against acts that resulted in the loss of life. (Uh, O … kay, whatever that means)
  • no They haven’t outright said to Israel that they screwed up, or that they support their actions. source
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01 Jun 2010 20:38

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U.S.: Obama: “Oh, hey … Jan. Sorry about ripping your state so hard.”

  • The president’s got an Arizona governor-shaped guest coming this week. In case you forgot with the oil spill and Israel messing with flotillas, Arizona’s immigration law is still an annoyingly big deal. And Obama hasn’t been all that gracious about the law. So, as a way to pull out an olive branch, he’s bringing Gov. Jan Brewer to the Oval Office on Thursday. We know neither of them can wait. source
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28 May 2010 11:56

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Politics: Now Twitter’s all over this Joe Sestak/Bill Clinton micro-scandal



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28 May 2010 10:41

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Politics: Three things we now know about that whole Joe Sestak situation

  • one Our boy Rahm Emanuel was the guy who was trying to push the idea.
  • two The position was unpaid so that he would keep his seat in the House.
  • three Emanuel had BILL CLINTON ask Sestak if he was interested. source
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