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Dallas Mavericks’ Delonte West Not Going to White House

Delonte West, a Dallas Mavericks player, will be the only one of his team to stay back when they make their highly-anticipated visit to the White House, to meet President Barack Obama. In his own words, West has been banned from going to the White House owing to a past that has criminal records.
Republican presidential candidates (L-R) former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) listens as former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks during the Republican presidential candidates debate in Concord, New Hampshire, January 8, 2012.

Rivals Get Another Crack at Romney in Sunday Debate

Republican presidential candidates stepped up their attacks on rival Mitt Romney in a televised debate on Sunday morning -- a mere two days before primary-election voters in New Hampshire head to the polls -- and the front-runner mostly weathered the attacks.
U.S. President Obama puts hand on shoulder of Cordray during trip to Cleveland

Republicans Seek Legal Ruling on Obama Recess Appointments

Congressional Republicans Friday asked the Justice Department to weigh in on the controversial recess appointments President Barack Obama made to install appointees to politically sensitive jobs overseeing consumer lending and the labor force.
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West Readies Oil Contingency Plan if Iran Blocks Straits

Western powers this week readied a contingency plan to tap a record volume from emergency stockpiles to replace nearly all the Gulf oil that would be lost if Iran blocks the Strait of Hormuz, industry sources and diplomats told Reuters.
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Sen. Rubio in Letter to Obama: 'America Becoming a Deadbeat Nation’ [FULL TEXT]

U.S. Senator Marc Rubio from Florida sent a scathing letter urging President Obama to tackle the debt crisis and resist raising the debt ceiling. It's a tragic reality, he writes. But, on your watch, more and more people have come to believe that America is becoming a deadbeat nation inevitably heading toward a European-style debt crisis.
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Obama's Recess Appointments Reopen Murky Legal Debate

The president's recess appointment power under the Constitution is not without its ambiguities, and the president's use of this power in light of these ambiguities has given rise to significant political and legal controversy since the beginning of the Republic.
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney

Romney Back in Spotlight, Faces Barrage of Attacks

Mitt Romney's win in the Iowa caucuses has slapped him with a once-familiar tag: frontrunner. It may signal a return to the common stasis of any campaign. Where once intra-party bickering sunk many past frontrunners, the common political mantra of punch up has taken hold in the 2012 campaign. Perhaps the era of surging candidates is over?
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Obama Plan will Cut Tens of Thousands of Ground Troops

The Obama administration will unveil a more realistic vision for the military Thursday, with plans to cut tens of thousands of ground troops and invest more in air and sea power at a time of fiscal restraint, officials familiar with the plans said Wednesday.

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