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Transcript and video of President Obama’s 2015 State of the Union
President Barack Obama delivered his 2015 State of the Union Address to Congress Tuesday laying out a new vision for what his administration terms “middle-class economics.”
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U.S. and Cuba set to start work on opening diplomatic relations
“There will be lots of starts and stops, but the moves on Dec. 17 look big enough to sustain momentum for some time to come.”
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The latest on travel to Cuba
Following the publication of new regulations for travel to Cuba on Jan. 16, Americans may travel there more easily than at any time in the past half-century. Travelers cannot just hop…
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‘In Cuba, we are ending a policy that was long past its expiration date’
Claiming that the country had turned the page, what appeared to be a loose and at times cocky President Barack Obama announced to the nation during his sixth State of the Union address…
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Cuban Adjustment Act: It’s up to the other side
The topic of the illegal immigration of Cubans into the U.S. goes back in time and my compatriots are sheltered by the U.S. law that grants them permanent residence one year after…
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Bill Moyers on LBJ and ‘Selma’
After his online chat Tuesday, Bill had more to say about the Oscar-nominated film Selma, President Lyndon B. Johnson, the Voting Rights Act and how government has changed over the past…
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Cuba’s pending tech revolution
The government doesn't impede it, Cuba may see a lot of new technology.
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Meet the nine Republicans still in Congress who voted against Martin Luther King day
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s civil rights legacy was enshrined into law when Martin Luther King, Jr. Day became a federal holiday. Meet the nine current members of Congress who voted…
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U.S., Cuban diplomats will only ‘set the parameters’
"We are not oblivious to the weight of history," said an unnamed State Department official when asked about this week's meetings in Havana between U.S. and Cuban officials.
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Caution: ‘New’ policy, old objectives
To achieve the normalization of diplomatic relations with the United States and move forward in the dismantling of the more aggressive forms of U.S. policy, especially the economic…
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