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Obama: Michelle 'best' for Copenhagen
The Swampby Mark Silva First Lady Michelle Obama plans to travel next month to Copenhangen, where the International Olympic Committee will select the host city for the 2016 summer games. It has been unclear whether President Barack Obama would accompany her......Tags: Barack Obama, United States, Government, National Government, Michelle Obama
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Obama to U.N.: 'Climate threat' grave
The Swampby Christi Parsons and updated NEW YORK -- President Obama this morning issued an appeal to world leaders to help avert "an irreversible catastrophe" in the earth's climate, accepting a portion of blame for global warming on behalf of the......Tags: Carol Browner, United States, National Government, Economy, United Nations
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Boehner to Obama: 'Where are the jobs?'
The Swampby Mark Silva The government's monthly report on unemployment will arrive tomorrow morning, Washington time. President Barack Obama will arrive in Denmark to press Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympic summer games in the morning, Copenhagen time. The...Tags: Career and Workplace, Barack Obama, United States, Unemployment, National Government
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Obama, Afghanistan commander meet
The Swampby Mark Silva Some of the criticism leveled at President Barack Obama for his quick trip to Copenhagen to lobby the International Olympic Committee for the 2016 summer games iin Chicago has noted the other pressing challenges that the president......Tags: Barack Obama, Health, Afghanistan, White House, Trips and Vacations
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Obama delays Copenhagen, raises stakes
The Swampby Jim Tankersley and updated 4:50 pm EST President Barack Obama will push back his visit to the international climate change treaty negotiations in Copenhagen from the first week of the conference to its final scheduled day, a senior White......Tags: Barack Obama, Global Change, Heads of State, Treaties, Weather
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Climate change, U.S.: 'A deal to be done'
The Swampby Jim Tankersley COPENHAGEN -- With strident appeals for action and sharp rebukes of their critics, diplomats from around the world launched a two-week negotiating summit in the Danish capital today, in hopes of producing a new agreement to curb......Tags: Barack Obama, Global Change, Weather, Treaties, Environmental Politics
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EPA: Greenhouse gases health threat
The Swampby Jim Tankersley COPENHAGEN -- The Obama administration has finalized a declaration that greenhouse gases endanger public health, a senior administration official said today, opening the door to broad new regulations that could affect the largest...Tags: Environmental Politics, Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Regional Authority, Politics
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Copenhagen: Copin' with climate change
The Swampby Jim Tankersley COPENHAGEN - After an opening day of pomp and hope-sowing, the largely behind-the-scenes negotiations for a new global climate treaty have begun in earnest here in Danish capital. That means it's time for the bargaining-table leaks to......Tags: Conservation, Global Change, Weather, United Nations, Ecosystems
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Climate proposal has big-nation input
The Swampby Jim Tankersley COPENHAGEN -- In public at least, the early days of the climate summit here have been dominated by developing nations' furor over a proposed "Copenhagen Agreement" that was leaked to environmentalists and reporters on Tuesday. But many.....Tags: United Nations, India, Denmark, China
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Climate change: Momentum for a deal
The Swampby Jim Tankersley COPENHAGEN -- A flurry of draft proposals for new international climate agreements hit international negotiators today, bringing with them what many delegates and environmentalists called new momentum toward a climate deal. Two drafts...Tags: Barack Obama, Global Change, Weather, Treaties, International Relations
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Obama's 'sexy' insulation talk: New jobs
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama went to Home Depot today. "Seeing how Christmas is right around the corner, and we're at Home Depot, I figured I might knock out some of my shopping,'' the president said at the icon......Tags: Energy Saving, Barack Obama, The Home Depot, Heads of State, United Nations
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Facing climate impasse, U.S. antes up
The Swampby Jim Tankersley COPENHAGEN -- Attempting to revive climate negotiations that appear dangerously close to flat-lining, the Obama administration announced today that it would join allies in raising $100 billion by 2020 to help the world's poorest...Tags: Barack Obama, Global Change, Heads of State, Hillary Clinton, Weather
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