Topic: U.S. Politics
AFP Global Edition | 2010-03-18 22:10:50
US President Barack Obama on Thursday scrapped a planned trip to Asia in favor of making an 11th-hour drive to help steer his historic health care overhaul through a cliffhanger Sunday vote. "We greatly regret the delay," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters, but the "passage of health insurance reform is of paramount importance and the president is determined ...
AP News | 2010-03-18 21:55:26
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, gestures during her news conference on healthcare on Capitol Hiill in Washington, Thursday, March 18, 2010.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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AP Features | 2010-03-18 21:33:42
President Barack Obama has postponed his trip to Asia until June so he can stay in Washington for a possible vote Sunday on his health care overhaul. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Thursday the president is disappointed and regrets having to delay his visits to Indonesia and Australia but has told the leaders of those nations that health care ...
AP News | 2010-03-18 21:21:41
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, looks over her notes during a news conference on healthcare on Capitol Hiil in Washington, Thursday, March 18, 2010.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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