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PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama in Immigration Dance - ABC News

March 19, 2010


Los Angeles Times

PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama in Immigration Dance
ABC News
AP President Barack Obama promised to make overhauling the immigration system a top priority in his first year as president. He's now in Year Two, and the odds that he'll get to sign a bill before the November midterm ...
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Democrats push toward Sunday vote on health care (AP)

March 19, 2010

Clinic workers hold signs and chant during a rally in support of US President Barack Obama's health care reform package in Oakland, California, on March 17. US President Barack Obama on Thursday scrapped a planned trip to Asia in favor of making an 11th-hour drive to see his historic health care overhaul through a cliffhanger Sunday vote.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AP - Slowly but steadily, support is building behind President Barack Obama's health care legislation in the House, the result of intense lobbying and politically targeted changes aimed at reassuring waverers and winning over critics.


Pakistan arrests halt UN contacts with Taliban (AP)

March 19, 2010

A Pakistani man reads a newspaper reporting the capture of top Taliban commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar at a news stand in Karachi on February 16. The arrest of key Taliban leaders in Pakistan stopped a secret channel of communications with the United Nations, the former UN special representative to Afghanistan said Friday in a BBC interview.(AFP/File/Rizwan Tabassum)AP - Pakistan's recent arrests of top Taliban leaders have halted the United Nation's secret talks with the insurgency, the U.N.'s former envoy to Afghanistan said.


Obama backs senators' immigration overhaul outline (AP)

March 19, 2010

From left, Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., talk on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 16, 2010, prior to a news conference to discuss new legislation to combat China currency manipulation. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - President Barack Obama, facing criticism from advocates of immigration reform, pledged Thursday "to do everything in my power" to get immigration legislation moving in Congress this year.


US Rep: Pa. 'Jihad Jane' terror suspect cooperated (AP)

March 19, 2010

FILE - In this June 26, 1997 booking photo released by the Tom Green County Jail in San Angelo, Texas, is shown Colleen R. LaRose. LaRose makes her first court appearance Thursday March 18, 2010 since a stunning indictment last week that charged that she plotted with terror suspects abroad to kill a Swedish artist who had offended Muslims. (AP Photo/Tom Green County Jail)AP - A woman accused of trolling the Internet as Jihad Jane and agreeing to marry a suspected terrorist and kill a Swedish artist targeted by radical Muslims cooperated with authorities, a congressman said.


US, Russia clash over startup of Iran nuke plant (AP)

March 19, 2010

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov smile as they leave a news conference after the talks in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 18, 2010. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday opened two days of talks with Russian leaders on nuclear arms control and other security issues, and separately with top international diplomats on the outlook for bringing Israel and the Palestinians back to peace talks. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and her Russian counterpart clashed openly Thursday over the planned launch this summer of Iran's first, Russian-built nuclear power plant, highlighting a split in views over how to steer Iran away from nuclear weapons.


New Dem lawmakers feeling heat on health care (AP)

March 19, 2010

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008  file photo, Democratic candidate for Congress, Ohio state representative Steve Driehaus, votes in Cincinnati. Freshman Rep. Steve Driehaus is getting it from all sides on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. The Ohio Democrat opened his local newspaper, The Cincinnati Enquirer, on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 to find a giant ad urging him to vote against the bill — featuring a photo of him with his two young daughters. Tea party protesters stormed his office and berated his staff.  (AP Photo/Al Behrman, File)AP - Freshman Rep. Steve Driehaus is getting it from all sides on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.


Feds: Brakes weren't applied on crashed NY Prius (AP)

March 19, 2010

A Toyota Prius is parked at the Harrison, New York police station waiting to be tested by Toyota personnel and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Wednesday, March 17, 2010.  Toyota recalled more than 8 million cars because their gas pedals could become stuck or be snagged by floor mats. In addition, the government is looking into complaints from at least 60 Toyota drivers who say they got their cars fixed and still had problems.(AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)AP - Computer data from a Toyota Prius that crashed in suburban New York City show that at the time of the accident the throttle was open and the driver was not applying the brakes, U.S. safety officials said Thursday.


Private drama plagues Oscar winner Sandra Bullock (AP)

March 19, 2010

FILE - Sandra Bullock and Jesse James arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar party on in this March 7, 2010 file photo taken in West Hollywood, Calif. Sandra Bullock has canceled her appearance at the London premiere of 'The Blind Side' scheduled for Tuesday March 23, 2010 almost two weeks after winning a Best Actress Academy Award. In a statement released by Warner Bros UK., the 45-year-old actress says she can't attend the event for 'unforeseen personal reasons.' (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, File)AP - Sandra Bullock is on a career high. America's Sweetheart and "Miss Congeniality" was repeatedly anointed as Hollywood royalty this year, sweeping awards season and capping it off with an Oscar for her role as a devoted mom in "The Blind Side."


Wake Forest tops Texas 81-80 in OT on Smith's shot (AP)

March 19, 2010

Wake Forest guard Ishmael Smith (10) is hugged by Wake Forest guard L.D. Williams (42) after hitting the game winning shot to defeat Texas 81-80 in  an NCAA college basketball game in New Orleans, Thursday, March 18, 2010. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)AP - From No. 1 to one and done: Ishmael Smith's last shot meant one more collapse for Texas.


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