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Obama faces a daunting December with make-or-break issues...remaining TARP funds. Obama also saw climate change legislation approved by the House, traveled the world in an effort to repair the U.S. brand and put a new member on the Supreme Court, Justice Sonia Sotomayor. "This president started... In this article: Barack Obama, Climate change, Afghanistan, Lyndon Johnson, and United States |
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Newsweek National News | November 14, 2009
Why Women Are Losing Faith in Obama
...Clinton-and he appointed Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. Obama even created the nation's first-ever U.S. ambassadorship for global women's issues. In their hearts, women on the left know the score. But the president has a...
In this article: Barack Obama, Bart Stupak, White House, Gag order, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and Defense of Marriage Act
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washingtonpost.com | November 13, 2009
White House counsel steps down, will be replaced by Bob Bauer
...House shake-up since Obama took office in January. It comes after months of dissatisfaction over Craig's management of the closure of the U.S. military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and other matters, and less than a month after...
In this article: Greg Craig, White House, Barack Obama, Detainee, Guantanamo, Bill Clinton, Robert Gibbs, and U.S. Supreme Court
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U.S. News & World Report | November 11, 2009
Supreme Court Weighs Juvenile Life Sentences
...no children are currently serving them. A United Nations treaty that forbids the imprisonment of children without parole has been signed by all countries except the United States and Somalia. During the confirmation hearings for Justice...
In this article: Supreme Court, Parole, Florida, Columbia University Law School, Heritage Foundation, Amnesty International, and Tom Coburn
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Guardian Unlimited | October 29, 2009
Fun and games in the White House
...to positions of power, to an admirable extent. We have our secretary of state, Hillary Clinton. We have US supreme court justice Sonia Sotomayor. It's also important to recognise that the Obama administration has largely taken a progressive...
In this article: Barack Obama, White House, Hillary Clinton, Kanye West, JavaScript, Sonia Sotomayor, Taylor Swift, and US
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CNN | November 15, 2009
Pentagon bars release of detainee photos
...ruled in September 2008 that the photos must be released. The president later said that doing so "would pose an unacceptable risk of danger to U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq." Newest Justice Sonia Sotomayor had served on that appeals...
In this article: Pentagon, Detainee, Robert Gates, Supreme Court, U.S., Justice Department, and E mail
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PR Newswire: Multicultural News | November 12, 2009
CNN May Restore Journalistic Integrity with Departure of TV Anchor Lou Dobbs, According to Latino Policy Coalition
Latinos in the U.S. are connecting with their political power and will not support racial profiling or discrimination, but instead, are invested in just treatment for all and sound immigration reform," Gonzalez concluded. About the...
In this article: Lou Dobbs, CNN, Sonia Sotomayor, U.S., and California
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L.A. Times - Personal Finance | November 03, 2009
U.S. Supreme Court debates whether mutual funds' fees are too high
...G. Breyer, questioned whether the free market could be counted on to police the fees. The court is reviewing a ruling last year by the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals that tossed out a suit against Harris Associates of Chicago,...
In this article: U.S. Supreme Court, John G. Roberts Jr., Stephen G. Breyer, Antonin Scalia, Sonia Sotomayor, and Frank Easterbrook
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The United States of America (commonly referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.
At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km) and with about 308 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country by total area, and the third largest by land area and population. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The U.S. economy is the largest national economy in the world, with an estimated 2008 gross domestic product (GDP) of US $14.4 trillion (a quarter of nominal global GDP and a fifth of global GDP at purchasing power parity).
- Name:
- the United States
- Conventional Long Name:
- United States of America
- Capital:
- Washington, D.C.
- Language:
- None at federal level
- English (de facto)
- Motto:
- In God We Trust
- Largest City:
- New York City
- Government type:
- Federal constitutional republic
- Founding Date:
- September 03, 1783
- Formations:
- Recognized
- Area:
- 3794101
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $14.441 trillion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 1st
- GDP (nominal):
- $14.441 trillion
- GDP (nominal per capita) Rank:
- 17th
- GPD (nominal) Rank:
- 1st
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $47,440
- Currency:
- United States dollar ($)
- Demonym:
- American
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- USD
- Country Calling Code:
- +1
- ccTLD:
- .us .gov .mil .edu
- Anthem:
- "The Star-Spangled Banner"
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