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		<title>Congressional Black Caucus Frustrated with Obama</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
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A year ago, members of the Congressional Black Caucus openly wept at Barack  Obama&#8217;s inauguration. Slowly, that euphoria has given way to  frustration that his administration has not done more for black America.  Questions about how to elect him have been replaced by questions about  how to prod him.
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		<title>President Obama Meets with Haitian President Rene Preval</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
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President Barack Obama on Wednesday renewed America&#8217;s commitment to  the recovery and reconstruction of earthquake-devastated Haiti, telling  visiting President Rene Preval he knows the crisis has not passed.
After an Oval Office meeting, Obama stood beside Preval in the White  House [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thoughtmerchant.net&blog=1361635&post=973&subd=thoughtmerchant&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Haitian President Rene Preval Visits Washington D.C.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
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Haitian President Rene Preval  meets with President Obama tomorrow to thank him for the more than $700  million the U.S. sent to the island after the Jan. 12 earthquake, but  he’s also here to be put on notice that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thoughtmerchant.net&blog=1361635&post=970&subd=thoughtmerchant&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Moore: &#8220;Haiti is a Republican&#8217;s Paradise&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://thoughtmerchant.net/2010/03/06/michael-moore-haiti-is-a-republcans-paradise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Filmmaker Michael  Moore, appearing on Friday night’s Real  Time with Bill Maher on HBO to plug the DVD release of his  Capitalism: A Love Story screed, cited the 250,000 killed in Haiti,  which he snidely described as an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thoughtmerchant.net&blog=1361635&post=965&subd=thoughtmerchant&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Democrats Dodge Post-Rangel Gavel Fight</title>
		<link>http://thoughtmerchant.net/2010/03/05/democrats-dodge-post-rangel-gavel-fight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
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The race is on for permanent control of the Ways and Means Committee.
The Democrats’ decision to install 78-year-old Michigan Rep. Sander Levin as acting chairman of the panel Thursday forestalled a brutal fight for the support of leaders and rank-and-file members.
But it also served as the starting gun for a minimarathon that will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thoughtmerchant.net&blog=1361635&post=960&subd=thoughtmerchant&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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