Transcript: Q&A responses by Professor Linda Blimes on the cost of the Iraq War

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Excerpts of Q&A responses by Linda J. Blimes, Harvard Kennedy School Professor and co-author of The Trillion Dollar War, on the cost of the Iraq War at the…

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Transcript: Remarks by Harvard Professor Linda Blimes on the cost of the Iraq War on March 21, 2013

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Transcript of remarks by Linda J. Blimes, Harvard Kennedy School Professor and co-author of The Trillion Dollar War, on the cost of the Iraq War at the Carnegie…

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Obama: “We are not a deadbeat nation”

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

ANALYSIS: Trying to avoid a repeat of the 2011 debt ceiling debacle, President Barack Obama insisted that he will not “negotiate” with Republicans who are looking to hold…

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Transcript: President Barack Obama on the debt ceiling

Monday, January 14, 2013

Edited by Jenny Jiang Transcript of President Barack Obama’s remarks on the debt ceiling. Excerpts from the White House press conference on Jan. 14, 2013: 

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Bernanke blames tight credit for hindering U.S. economic recovery

Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. SOURCE: Federal Reserve via Twitter

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke blamed excessively tight credit conditions imposed by banks and mortgage lenders for hindering the U.S. economic recovery.

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Bureau of Labor Statistics: 171K private sector jobs added in October; unemployment rate still below 8%

Friday, November 2, 2012
President Barack Obama concludes remarks on the American Jobs Act at West Wilkes High School in Millers Creek, N.C., Oct. 17, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

More than 171,000 private sectors jobs were added in October and unemployment rate remained below 8% for the second consecutive month, according to figures released by the Bureau…

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Urban Institute: ‘Obamacare’ won’t stunt economic growth

Tuesday, October 30, 2012
SOURCE: Urban Institute

The GOP’s claims that ‘Obamacare’ will kill jobs and stunt economic growth aren’t true, according to a recent report by the Urban Institute.

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Analysis: Impact of sequestration on non-defense discretionary spending

Saturday, October 27, 2012
WTF Domestic spending sequestration 10.26.12

ANALYSIS: For the most part, the media coverage on sequestration – or the looming automatic across-the-board discretionary spending cuts – has been focused on the defense sector.

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Transcript: Paul Ryan’s speech on upward mobility in Ohio

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Edited by Jenny Jiang Transcript: Republican VP nominee Paul Ryan’s economic address on upward mobility at Cleveland State University in Ohio on Oct. 24, 2012:

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Third presidential debate transcript: President Barack Obama’s closing statement

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Transcribed and edited by Jenny Jiang Excerpts from the third and final presidential debate at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida on Oct. 22, 2012 Transcript of President…

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