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WASHINGTON (AP) ? Charting the course for a war’s end, President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai met Friday at the White House to discuss the future of the U. S. role in Afghanistan and the 66,000 American troops in harm’s way.

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WASHINGTON (AP) ? Charting the course for a war’s end, President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai meet Friday at the White House to discuss the future of the U. S. role in Afghanistan and the 66,000 American troops in harm’s way.

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Republican opposition to Chuck Hagel as the next defense secretary swelled from inside and outside the Senate Thursday as a former Senate colleague launched a campaign to block his nomination.

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WASHINGTON (AP) ? Despite fresh opposition from the National Rifle Association, the Obama administration is assembling proposals to curb gun violence that would include a ban on sales of assault weapons, limits on high-capacity ammunition magazines and universal background checks for gun buyers.

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So far, President Barack Obama is not surrounding himself with a team of rivals for his second term but with a team of loyal allies.

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Tickets to President Barack Obama’s inauguration are supposed to be free, but they’re being peddled on eBay and Craigslist for up to $2,000 apiece.

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WASHINGTON (AP) ? Vice President Joe Biden vowed urgent action against gun violence in America Wednesday, pledging steps by the Obama administration that he said could "take thousands of people out of harm’s way" and improve the safety of millions more.

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WASHINGTON (AP) ? Jack Lew’s nomination for treasury secretary means a new signature could soon be coming to the dollar bill.

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WASHINGTON (AP) ? White House chief of staff Jack Lew is President Barack Obama’s expected pick to lead the Treasury Department, with an announcement possible before the end of the week, as the administration moves to fill the most critical jobs in the Cabinet.

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WASHINGTON (AP) ? A defense contractor whose subsidiary was accused in a lawsuit of conspiring to torture detainees at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison has paid $5. 28 million to former prisoners held there and at other U. S. -run detention sites in Iraq during the war.

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