Obama Thanks Team That Killed Bin Laden

President Obama visited Fort Campbell, Ky., Friday to personally thank members of the team that found and killed Osama bin Laden earlier this week. But he first flew to Indianapolis to talk about clean energy, and the day's mostly good news on job creation in April.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/05/06/136063076/obama-thanks-team-that-killed-bin-laden?ft=1&f=1003

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Have the heroes of 9/11 become today's scapegoats? (San Jose Mercury News)

Cops anf firefighters now face pay cuts, calls to shrink their pensions and even layoffs, as elected officials and residents suggest their pay and benefits are breaking the bank. Share With Friends: | | Politics - Top Stories News, News Feeds and News via Feedzilla.

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How Obama Can Win the Tax Battle

Michael Tomasky, NY Review of BooksMore than perhaps at any time in recent American history, questions of budgeting and the country’s financial future occupy center stage. We have seen, in recent weeks, a long-delayed deal on the 2011 federal budget that stripped $38 billion out of so-called “nondefense discretionary spending,” which includes most of the domestic programs Republicans love to hate (aid to the poor, environmental protection) and accounts for 12 percent of the roughly $3.5 trillion budget.

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/05/06/how_obama_can_win_the_tax_battle_254996.html

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Obama at U.S. base to pay tribute to bin Laden mission (Reuters)

FORT CAMPBELL, Kentucky (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, basking in U.S. public approval for the killing of Osama bin Laden, flew to a military base on Friday to thank special forces involved in the deadly raid deep inside Pakistan. Share With Friends: | | Politics - Top Stories News, News Feeds and News via Feedzilla.

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The Nation: A Cruel, Unusually Punishing GOP Debate

Fox News hosted the GOP's first debate on Thursday, a chance for the public to asses those who aim to replace President Obama in the White House in 2012. But John Nichols of The Nation argues that the debate was neither consequential nor did the participants impress.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/05/06/136049702/the-nation-a-cruel-unusually-punishing-gop-debate?ft=1&f=1057

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