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Romney under fire for immigration remarks
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was accused on Wednesday of flip-flopping for comments he made in 2007 indicating he was open to a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
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Former Obama fundraiser Rezko gets 10-year sentence
A U.S. judge on Tuesday sentenced Antoin "Tony" Rezko, a former Chicago fundraiser for President Barack Obama, to 10-1/2 years in prison for corruption and extortion.
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U.S. to name Iran area of "money laundering concern"
The U.S. Treasury Department plans to designate Iran as an area of "primary money laundering concern" on Monday, a U.S. official said, a move that will prompt new steps to isolate Tehran from the international financial system.
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Gingrich: Republican front-runner running behind
The new man of the moment in the Republican presidential race tears down Iowa's two-lane highways in a rental car driven by his campaign director, with just two other staffers - a 20-something assistant and a press secretary - along for the ride.
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Obama tells Asia, U.S. "here to stay"
President Barack Obama said on Thursday that the U.S. military would expand its role in the Asia-Pacific region despite budget cuts, declaring America was "here to stay" as a Pacific power which would help shape the region's future.
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Wall Street drops as warnings on Europe weigh
Stocks declined on Wednesday as policymakers said Europe's debt crisis posed dangers to the global economy and as worries escalated contagion could hit larger European nations.
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House, Senate negotiators agree on spending bill
Congressional negotiators agreed late on Monday to extend funding for many U.S. government programs to mid-December in a bipartisan move to avert any shutdown of agency operations that would otherwise occur by this weekend.
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Perry vows to press on with 2012 bid
Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry vowed to press on with his campaign on Thursday a day after a devastating debate stumble that rocked his already endangered 2012 White House bid.
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Senators unveil bill to spark covered bonds
A bipartisan group of senators on Wednesday introduced legislation designed to create a market for covered bonds, instruments that offer banks a way to raise money for new mortgages.
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U.S. to pull out of Iraq nearly nine years after war began
President Barack Obama said on Friday he would pull U.S. troops from Iraq this year, almost nine years after the U.S. invasion, after he failed to convince Iraq that several thousand troops should remain in part as a balance against neighboring Iran.
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