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Afghanistan Offensive and Iraq Withdrawal: Obama's National Security Advisor Discusses Both with ABC News


ABC News' Ann Compton reports: Just back from Afghanistan as a bold new military offensive gets underway, National Security Advisor James Jones sounds confident about President Obama's surge strategy. "The pieces are there and over the next two months we...

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Who Makes the Big Bucks at the White House?


ABC News' Sunlen Miller reports: The annual list of White House staffer salaries was posted by the White House today, providing a juicy peek into the take home pay of President Obama’s team. Twenty-eight-year-old speechwriter Jon Favreau, for example, rakes...

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Obama Quizzed at Health Care Town Hall: On Taxing Benefits, Single Payer System, and Costs


ABC News' Yunji de Nies and Sunlen Miller report: President Barack Obama says he does not want to raise taxes on health care benefits, but instead hopes to lower the amount of money individuals can deduct on their taxes. “I...

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Today's Q's for O's White House


ABC News' Yunji de Nies: But, Robert, what about the smaller businesses? I mean, obviously, Wal-Mart is the largest, you know, employer in the country. What does an employer mandate really look like? And what level could be able to...

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