Articles filed under U.S. President
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Romney kicks off fundraising tour in Elk GroveAug 06, 2012 6:52 pm - A suburban manufacturing tour will kick off GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s second summer stop in Chicago. The former Massachusetts governor is expected to speak ...
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McCain, Haley among first announced for GOP confabAug 06, 2012 11:25 am - WASHINGTON — A trio of female firsts and three former GOP presidential contenders are among the first speakers disclosed for the Republican National Convention at the en...
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Romney gaffes contrast with Obama in ’08Aug 01, 2012 9:46 am - BERLIN — The British were offended, the Palestinians accused him of racism and even in friendlier Poland, Mitt Romney’s union policies drew criticism from the current le...
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Illinois GOP delegates want Rubio as Romney VPJul 31, 2012 11:00 pm - A majority of respondents to a Daily Herald survey of Illinois delegates to the Republican National Convention say Florida Sen. Marco Rubio should be Mitt Romney's vice ...
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Romney denies criticizing Palestinian cultureJul 31, 2012 9:15 am - WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney says he wasn’t criticizing Palestinian culture at a fundraiser in Jerusalem on Monday. Palestinian officials accused the Republican presidential...
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Romney: Anyone who overpays taxes unqualified to be presidentJul 30, 2012 5:00 am - JERUSALEM — Mitt Romney says that if he paid more taxes than were required, he wouldn't be qualified to be president. The U.S. presidential candidate tells ABC News that...
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Nevada's high unemployment makes election a toss-upJul 29, 2012 6:00 am - LAS VEGAS — They're called “the cooler crowd,” and Las Vegas is greeting them with ambivalence: A stream of post-recession tourists ready for fun but watching their wall...
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Gun violence shifts to forefront of campaignJul 26, 2012 10:00 am - WASHINGTON — Days after the mass shootings in Colorado, guns shifted to the forefront of the presidential campaign as President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mit...
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Why a blue-collar Illinois town wants to host a presidential debateJul 23, 2012 3:51 pm - Since early 2011, Cheryl Randecker and her co-workers have known their jobs making electronic sensors at a factory in Freeport would be lost to China. Some even were ask...
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Will Colorado economy turn purple state red or blue?Jul 22, 2012 7:16 am - PUEBLO, Colo. — In this working-class city where steel was the economic muscle of the past and where harnessing the wind offers promise for the future, Cris Gillispie ha...