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18 hours ago ago from The ChamberPost
by Ekaterina Mozhaeva and Stefanie Westerman Yesterday, President Obama gave a speech at the Brookings Institution outlining his strategy to promote job growth. The President highlighted three new proposals. First, he called for additional infrastructure investment. Second, he proposed a fresh round of tax cuts and incentives to help small businesses and get them to start hiring again. And third, he urged Congress to create new ...
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5 hours ago ago from China Digital Times (CDT)
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12 hours ago ago from FanHouse
ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Nearly half of U.S. aerospace sales are exported and are a foundation for building key relationships and shared security and prosperity with important international allies and partners, AIA President and CEO Marion Blakey said Wednesday in testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade Subcommittee. "We estimate nearly half of our workforce is dependent on ...
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2 hours ago ago from PopEater
KABUL -Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday told about a dozen of Afghanistan's senior military officials that the U.S. will be their partner for a long time despite plans to begin pulling troops out in 2011. He spoke at Kabul airport, where the Afghan generals were en route to a meeting with U.S. officials in the southern city of Kandahar. There, the officers were to learn operational details from the U.S. about its plans to send ...
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The Obama administration has decided not to support a global monitoring system for biological weapons, a move that affirms an earlier determination by the Bush administration but that will disappoint some nonproliferation experts. This Story The decision is reflected in the administration's new strategy for countering biological threats, which is due out Wednesday, officials said. Its release comes amid growing ...
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