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Wed, May 23, 2012

Obama officials press Senate to ratify sea treaty

By David Alexander

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington's failure to ratify the Law of the Sea Convention puts the U.S. military at increasing risk ...

Senator Barbara Boxer (R-CA) speaks to the media after voting on a bill allowing a rise in the debt ceiling on Capitol Hill in Washington Au

Wed, May 23, 2012

Progress on highway bill but Keystone unresolved: senator

By Roberta Rampton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers on a U.S. Senate-House committee are making progress on finalizing a transportation spending bill, Senator Barbara Boxer ...

U.S. President Barack Obama salutes as he arrives for the Air Force Academy commencement ceremony in Colorado Springs, Colorado May 23, 2012

Wed, May 23, 2012

Obama defends foreign policy record against Republicans

By Laura MacInnis

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday staunchly defended his foreign policy record against Republican election-year criticism that he ...

Wed, May 23, 2012

Powell critical of Romney foreign policy team

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell criticized Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Wednesday for taking advice from foreign policy ...

Wed, May 23, 2012

Arizona official says satisfied Obama U.S.-born

By Tim Gaynor

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona's secretary of state said on Wednesday he has received information from state officials in Hawaii that verifies ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner takes a tour of the Marlin Steel Wire Products factory in Baltimore, Maryland, May 17, 2012. REUTER

Wed, May 23, 2012

Guessing game begins over next Treasury chief

By Glenn Somerville

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wanted for the Treasury Department: a new boss who can fix trillion-dollar-plus budget deficits, overhaul the tax system and ...

Wed, May 23, 2012

Away from presidential race's glare, battles for Congress rage

By Samuel P. Jacobs

SCHAUMBURG, Illinois (Reuters) - Republican Representative Joe Walsh was campaigning recently at a diner in this Chicago suburb when he came ...

Mitt Romney, U.S. Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts governor, addresses a crowd of supporters during a rally at Lan

Tue, May 22, 2012

Obama struggles in Kentucky, Arkansas primaries

By Suzi Parker

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - Voters registered a strong protest against President Barack Obama in Democratic primaries in solidly Republican Kentucky and ...

Director of the Secret Service Mark Sullivan at the National Peace Officers Memorial Service on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 15, 2012. RE

Tue, May 22, 2012

U.S. Secret Service chief: no security breach from scandal

By Susan Cornwell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A prostitution scandal in Colombia involving U.S. Secret Service employees did not result in any security breach and ...

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney signs autographs for supporters during a campaign event in H

Tue, May 22, 2012

Romney begins to stir in fight for U.S. Hispanic votes

By Steve Holland and Sam Youngman

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney is launching a push to appeal to Hispanic voters ...

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