ENC Agent » Politics http://encagent.com Local Business, News, and Forum. Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:37:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 3 Democrats — 2 senators, 1 governor — to retire (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_democrats2010 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_democrats2010#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:37:48 +0000 Yahoo! News: Most Recommended ap/20100106/us_democrats2010 FILE - Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., pauses during a news conference on health care, in this Dec. 14, 2009 file photo taken on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democratic officials tell The Associated Press that Dodd won't seek re-election this fall. The five-term Democrat is expected to make an announcement Wednesday Jan. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)AP - With the 2010 election year barely under way, two senators and one governor — all Democrats — ditched plans to run for re-election in the latest signs of trouble for President Barack Obama's party.


]]> FILE - Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., pauses during a news conference on health care, in this Dec. 14, 2009 file photo taken on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democratic officials tell The Associated Press that Dodd won't seek re-election this fall. The five-term Democrat is expected to make an announcement Wednesday Jan. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)AP – With the 2010 election year barely under way, two senators and one governor — all Democrats — ditched plans to run for re-election in the latest signs of trouble for President Barack Obama’s party.


]]> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_democrats2010/feed/ 0 Departure of ND Sen. Dorgan unsettles Democrats (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_dorgan_senate http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_dorgan_senate#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:29:28 +0000 Yahoo! News: Most Recommended ap/20100106/us_dorgan_senate FILE - This Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009 picture shows Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., in Washington. Dorgan says he will not seek re-election to the Senate in 2010, a surprise announcement that could give Republicans an opportunity to pick up a seat from the Republican-leaning state. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - North Dakota Sen. Byron Dorgan stunned fellow Democrats when he decided not to seek re-election this fall and swung open a race that Republicans are convinced will help the GOP dent the Democrats' fragile majority in the Senate.


]]> FILE - This Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009 picture shows Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., in Washington. Dorgan says he will not seek re-election to the Senate in 2010, a surprise announcement that could give Republicans an opportunity to pick up a seat from the Republican-leaning state. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP – North Dakota Sen. Byron Dorgan stunned fellow Democrats when he decided not to seek re-election this fall and swung open a race that Republicans are convinced will help the GOP dent the Democrats’ fragile majority in the Senate.


]]> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_dorgan_senate/feed/ 0 US official: Extremists seek new ways to attack US (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_airline_attack http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_airline_attack#comments Sun, 03 Jan 2010 09:43:00 +0000 Yahoo! News: Most Recommended ap/20100103/us_airline_attack The recent failed bid to blow up a US airliner is a reminder of AP - A top counterterrorism official is warning that al-Qaida and other extremists are working to test U.S. defenses and launch an attack on American soil.


]]> The recent failed bid to blow up a US airliner is a reminder of AP – A top counterterrorism official is warning that al-Qaida and other extremists are working to test U.S. defenses and launch an attack on American soil.


]]> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_airline_attack/feed/ 0 Obama blames al Qaeda for plane attack (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_security_airline_obama http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_security_airline_obama#comments Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:06:08 +0000 Yahoo! News: Most Recommended nm/20100103/us_security_airline_obama US President Barack Obama makes a statement at the Marine Base in Kaneohe, Hawaii, on December 29. Obama Saturday for the first time accused an Al-Qaeda affiliate of arming and training a young Nigerian man for a thwarted suicide mission to blow up a US airliner.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)Reuters - The Obama administration on Saturday zeroed in on al Qaeda as the driving force behind an attempt to bomb a U.S.-bound airliner on Christmas and promised again to hold accountable those involved in the failed attack.


]]> US President Barack Obama makes a statement at the Marine Base in Kaneohe, Hawaii, on December 29. Obama Saturday for the first time accused an Al-Qaeda affiliate of arming and training a young Nigerian man for a thwarted suicide mission to blow up a US airliner.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)Reuters – The Obama administration on Saturday zeroed in on al Qaeda as the driving force behind an attempt to bomb a U.S.-bound airliner on Christmas and promised again to hold accountable those involved in the failed attack.


]]> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_security_airline_obama/feed/ 0 GOP leader says US leaders can overcome problems (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gop_mcconnell http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gop_mcconnell#comments Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:07:31 +0000 Yahoo! News: Most Recommended ap/20100103/us_gop_mcconnell FILE — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. at his weekly news conference, on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this Dec. 22, 2009 file photo. During the GOP's weekly radio address McConnell said Saturday Jan. 2, 2010 the United States ultimately will overcome the daunting problems of war, recession and double-digit unemployment. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)AP - Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says the United States will overcome war, recession and double-digit unemployment.


]]> FILE — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. at his weekly news conference, on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this Dec. 22, 2009 file photo. During the GOP's weekly radio address McConnell said Saturday Jan. 2, 2010 the United States ultimately will overcome the daunting problems of war, recession and double-digit unemployment. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)AP – Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says the United States will overcome war, recession and double-digit unemployment.


]]> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gop_mcconnell/feed/ 0 Obama Pledges Renewed Fight Against Terrorism (CQPolitics.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/politics3274776 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/politics3274776#comments Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:56:20 +0000 Yahoo! News: Most Recommended cq/20100102/politics3274776 CQPolitics.com – In his weekly address, President Obama detailed the administration’s fight against terrorism and talked about investigations into the country’s terrorist watch list and ways security personnel conduct screening for air travel.

]]> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/politics3274776/feed/ 0 President Obama at Camp Lejeune North Carolina http://encagent.com/politics/ http://encagent.com/politics/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:11:25 +0000 Brian Purnell http://encagent.com/?p=50

In a speech at Camp LeJeune in North Carolina, President Obama laid out his plan for responsibly ending the war in Iraq, which will end the combat mission by August 2010.

Mentioned in this speech:

Senator Kay Hagan

Govenor Bev Purdue

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