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Anita Dunn: MSNBC 'different' from Fox News
The woman who launched the first broadside against Fox News says MSNBC is not discredited, in her opinion, by its share of opinion programming.
New Dem talking point on Obama approval doesn't wash
Tim Kaine and David Plouffe said Wednesday that President Obama's approval rating is higher than the vote percentage he got in most states during the 2008 election. But the numbers don't necessarily bear that out.
NY23 a "battle for the Republican Party's soul"
"Tea party" activist who drew national attention over the summer says the Republican Party needs to heed the wishes of the grassroots. Democrats say all this is good for them.
Gibbs says health care process "open"
White House press secretary knocks critics of the process to craft a health care bill.
Obama's sixth Afghan review meeting a smaller affair
President Obama is meeting with a smaller war council on Monday for a sixth deep dive on Afghanistan strategy.
The real reason team Obama uses video so much (it's not transparency)
A video of President Obama's communications adviser gives insight into why the White House really likes using videotaped messages so much.
H.W. Bush looks to dampen Obama protests
The 41st president welcomes President Obama to College Station, where protests await.
A loud silence amid the noise
As modern day "news" swirled around President Obama and the story of a boy and a balloon, one young woman stood apart, trying to hear something worthwhile.
Nobel adds to Obama's heavy load of high expectations
Hendrik Hertzberg says Obama's Nobel just makes things worse for a president slumping under the pressure of high expectations.
McCain adviser Salter calls Nobel for Obama "morally indefensible"
Salter says he is not criticizing President Obama or the White House, but that they should have refused the prize and that the Nobel committee should have given the award to someone like slain Iranian protester Neda Salanti.
Latest on Iran sanctions
Top Obama officials did their best Tuesday to say little on the subject beyond, 'We're working on it.'
Who's coming to White House Afghan review today
Here's the list.
Rahm: Afghanistan troop levels 'one of biggest decisions' Obama will make
Rahm Emanuel says the strategy President Obama decided on earlier this year for Afghanistan was dependent on a government that is viewed as legitimate by its people, adding fuel to the rumors that the White House is going to go a different direction.
A shoving match and a mysterious commotion
On the sidelines of two of President Obama's events here at the U.N. in New York, there were some unusual happenings.
Inside the room for Obama's Middle East peace talks
A look inside the room when President Obama met with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
