U.S. Politics

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• New rules set parity for mental health care Reuters - Fri Jan 29, 3:21 PM

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Employer-provided group health plans must offer the same level of coverage for mental illness and drug abuse treatment as for other ailments, according to federal regulations issued on Friday.

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  In face-to-face meeting, Obama urges Republicans to work with him on taxes, health, budget The Canadian Press - Fri Jan 29, 3:19 PM

  BALTIMORE - In a sometimes barbed face-to-face encounter, President Barack Obama chastised Republican lawmakers Friday for opposing him on health care, economic stimulus and other major issues.

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  Obama to Republicans: 'work with me' AFP - Fri Jan 29, 2:30 PM

  BALTIMORE, Maryland (AFP) - President Barack Obama Friday chided Republicans for portraying his health reform plan as a "Bolshevik plot" and for saying he wanted to do "crazy stuff that is going to destroy America."

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  US growth good news, but no champagne yet: Obama aide AFP - Fri Jan 29, 2:30 PM

  DAVOS, Switzerland (AFP) - US President Barack Obama's top economic advisor Larry Summers welcomed resurgent US growth data on Friday, but said there was no cause for champagne yet.

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  Obama will push forward on trade in 2010 Reuters - Fri Jan 29, 2:15 PM

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday promised to focus hard this year on boosting trade, but stressed this was did not mean opening valuable markets to countries which restricted U.S. access to their own consumers.

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  Obama seeks to boost nuclear power in new budget Reuters - Fri Jan 29, 1:53 PM

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's budget proposal will triple government loan guarantees for new nuclear reactors, an administration official said on Friday, a move sure to win over some Republican lawmakers who want more nuclear power to be part of climate change legislation.

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  Obama to propose his first arms sales to Taiwan Reuters - Fri Jan 29, 12:56 PM

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration was set to notify the Congress on Friday of its first proposed arms sales to Taiwan, a roughly $6 billion package bound to anger Beijing and add to rising U.S.-China strains.