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	<title>Crikey &#187; Harley Dennett</title>
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		<title>Coalition split on gay exemption aged-care providers don&#8217;t want</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/06/18/church-owned-aged-care-providers-dont-want-exemption-from-laws/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/06/18/church-owned-aged-care-providers-dont-want-exemption-from-laws/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harley Dennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aged care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aged care reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Coalition]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<b>UPDATED:</b> The Coalition wants to ensure church-run aged care providers can deny beds to gay people. But the organisations tell <em>Crikey</em> they don't discriminate -- and don't want the protection to do it.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Defence at Mardi Gras: a military step towards inclusiveness</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/12/24/defence-at-mardi-gras-a-military-step-towards-inclusiveness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/12/24/defence-at-mardi-gras-a-military-step-towards-inclusiveness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 01:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harley Dennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LGBTI]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The ADF plans to enter a uniformed marching formation in the 2013 Sydney Mardi Gras for the first time. It's about time, writes one journalist and gay Defence spouse.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nuclear drumbeat grows as US eyes Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/08/02/nuclear-drumbeat-grows-as-us-eyes-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/08/02/nuclear-drumbeat-grows-as-us-eyes-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 03:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harley Dennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Defence Force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US forces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US military]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=307122</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nuclear weapons and joint military bases aimed at containing our largest trading partner will, sooner or later, be put in our backyard. That's if US Republicans get their way.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/08/02/nuclear-drumbeat-grows-as-us-eyes-australia/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>61</slash:comments>
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		<title>Free speech gets a workout at Christian marriage clash</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/06/27/free-speech-gets-a-workout-at-christian-marriage-clash/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/06/27/free-speech-gets-a-workout-at-christian-marriage-clash/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 02:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harley Dennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian christian lobby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john anderson]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=299245</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It was an ugly scene more reminiscent of the 1957 Little Rock Nine than a movement on the right side of history. <em>Crikey</em> goes to church to hear the anti-gay marriage sermon.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Marriage inquiry: a &#8216;consensus&#8217; of six divergent positions</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/06/18/marriage-inquiry-a-consensus-of-six-divergent-positions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/06/18/marriage-inquiry-a-consensus-of-six-divergent-positions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 03:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harley Dennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adam Bandt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graham Perrett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[house of representatives]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=297099</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A House of Representatives committee has dodged the question of whether to pursue marriage equality after a record 276,000 responses during its inquiry.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Campbell Newman&#8217;s &#8216;attack on gays&#8217; could face legal test</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/05/24/campbell-newmans-attack-on-gays-could-face-legal-test/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/05/24/campbell-newmans-attack-on-gays-could-face-legal-test/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 03:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harley Dennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Qld]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil unions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiv aids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same sex marriage]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=292700</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Family and human rights lawyers are considering grounds to halt what they see as a pair of targeted attacks on the LGBTI community from the Queensland government.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Essential: class warfare tag not winning voters</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/05/21/essential-class-warfare-tag-not-winning-voters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/05/21/essential-class-warfare-tag-not-winning-voters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 03:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harley Dennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polling]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=291944</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australians don&#8217;t buy the Coalition&#8217;s argument that the government is engaging in &#8220;class warfare&#8221;, according to new polling from Essential Research. A quarter of the electorate don&#8217;t know what to think, but a near majority believe the government is trying to ensure all Australians benefit from the mining boom and other wealth derived from Australia&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/05/21/essential-class-warfare-tag-not-winning-voters/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>US reveals plans to put nukes in your neighbourhood</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/05/11/us-reveals-plans-to-put-nukes-in-your-neighbourhood/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/05/11/us-reveals-plans-to-put-nukes-in-your-neighbourhood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 03:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harley Dennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Korea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear arsenal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US forces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US military]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=290307</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The US would redeploy tactical nuclear weapons to the Asia-Pacific and ask regional allies to host nuclear weapons in plans added to the draft Pentagon budget.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/05/11/us-reveals-plans-to-put-nukes-in-your-neighbourhood/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gay marriage and US politics: Romney and Obama can&#8217;t pick a side</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/05/08/gay-marriage-and-us-politics-romney-and-obama-cant-pick-a-side/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/05/08/gay-marriage-and-us-politics-romney-and-obama-cant-pick-a-side/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 03:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harley Dennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012 US Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay policies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican primaries]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=289360</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two prominent Democrats have come out in support of gay marriage, while Republican Mitt Romney is pressured to distance himself from the issue.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/05/08/gay-marriage-and-us-politics-romney-and-obama-cant-pick-a-side/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Avalanche of submissions on gay marriage an uneasy consensus</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/23/avalanche-of-submissions-on-gay-marriage-an-uneasy-consensus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/23/avalanche-of-submissions-on-gay-marriage-an-uneasy-consensus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harley Dennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online poll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[senate committees]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=286739</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Parliamentary committee staff has never had more work thrust upon it than the interest generated by three bills seeking to amend the <em>Marriage Act</em>. Is there any hope of consensus?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/23/avalanche-of-submissions-on-gay-marriage-an-uneasy-consensus/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Double standards from the ADF as ruling excuses gay cyber bullying</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/06/double-standards-from-the-adf-as-ruling-excuses-gay-cyber-bullying/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/06/double-standards-from-the-adf-as-ruling-excuses-gay-cyber-bullying/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harley Dennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Defence Force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bullying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay rights]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=263249</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With gay marriage opponents pushing the line that everything is hunky-dory for gay people so please stop whinging, an ADF inquiry has given a free pass to anti-gay bullying and death threats.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/06/double-standards-from-the-adf-as-ruling-excuses-gay-cyber-bullying/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>US debt: Obama threatens veto after supercommittee fails</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/22/us-debt-obama-threatens-veto-after-supercommittee-fails/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/22/us-debt-obama-threatens-veto-after-supercommittee-fails/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harley Dennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[newt gingrich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tea Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Congress]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[US debt ceiling crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US debt supercommittee]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=260643</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama has upped the pressure on Republicans to agree to some tax increases as part of US deficit reduction by threatening to veto any attempt to undo automatic cuts to the military.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/22/us-debt-obama-threatens-veto-after-supercommittee-fails/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Occupy Wall Street: a Tea Party by any other name</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/05/occupy-wall-street-a-tea-party-by-any-other-name/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/05/occupy-wall-street-a-tea-party-by-any-other-name/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 02:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harley Dennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Occupy Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tea Party Movement]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=251026</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tea Party activists and the much younger Occupy Wall Street protesters are in furious agreement that they are not alike. But neither generation has exclusive ownership of the frustration sweeping the US.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/05/occupy-wall-street-a-tea-party-by-any-other-name/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Now they ask, and they&#8217;re happy to tell: stories from the frontline</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/21/now-they-ask-and-theyre-happy-to-tell-stories-from-the-frontline/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/21/now-they-ask-and-theyre-happy-to-tell-stories-from-the-frontline/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 02:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harley Dennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Don't Ask Don't Tell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gays in the military]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US military]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=248276</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pentagon officials signed the death certificate for the US military’s Don’t Ask Don’t Tell ban on known gay, lesbian and bisexual servicemembers today with a rowdy cheer more akin to civilian political rallies than a military ceremony.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fox News stirs for America&#8217;s next class war</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/20/fox-news-stirs-for-americas-next-class-war/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/20/fox-news-stirs-for-americas-next-class-war/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 02:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harley Dennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buffett tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dick morris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fox News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steve doocy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Warren Buffett]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=248024</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama's plan to ask the wealthy to pay their fair share of tax has sent Fox News into DEFCON 1.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/20/fox-news-stirs-for-americas-next-class-war/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s jobs plan: stimulus is still a four-letter word</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/09/obamas-jobs-plan-stimulus-is-still-a-four-letter-word/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/09/obamas-jobs-plan-stimulus-is-still-a-four-letter-word/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 02:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harley Dennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[us jobs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=246127</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There’s a rare and genuine sense of hope in Washington tonight since nobody shouted "You Lie!" or walked out of the Barack Obama’s much anticipated jobs speech to a joint session of Congress.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>The US debt deal nobody likes is done &#8230; almost</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/01/the-us-debt-deal-nobody-likes-is-done-almost/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/01/the-us-debt-deal-nobody-likes-is-done-almost/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 03:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harley Dennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[US debt-ceiling deal]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=238702</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Less than 48 hours before the US government runs out of money, a tentative deal to avoid default has split both parties down the middle and a vote still has not been scheduled.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gay marriage honeymoon a smokescreen of lingering inequality</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/25/gay-marriage-honeymoon-a-smokescreen-of-lingering-inequality/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/25/gay-marriage-honeymoon-a-smokescreen-of-lingering-inequality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 03:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harley Dennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Don't Ask Don't Tell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York gay marriage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of same-s-x couples rushed to be the first to marry in New York. But that win bears no resemblance to equality-focused gay rights moves in Australia and other advanced societies.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>US nears debt deal, dragging Tea Party kicking and screaming</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/21/us-nears-debt-deal-dragging-tea-party-kicking-and-screaming/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/21/us-nears-debt-deal-dragging-tea-party-kicking-and-screaming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 03:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harley Dennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michele Bachmann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US debt ceiling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=236948</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The White House is confident a grand deal will be reached in days to raise the US debt ceiling -- giving Republicans the largest share of the spoils. It’s been said before, but this time they’re adamant.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>A resolution to the US debt crisis that nobody likes</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/14/a-resolution-to-the-us-debt-crisis-that-nobody-likes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/14/a-resolution-to-the-us-debt-crisis-that-nobody-likes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 03:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harley Dennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democratic party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitch McConnell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US debt ceiling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[US financial markets lifted today, possibly as it digested the new plan by Republican Senator Mitch McConnell to prevent the US from defaulting by handing over Congress’s debt ceiling power to the White House. It's a plan B at best.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>No deal on debt sends US economy to the brink</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/11/no-deal-on-debt-sends-us-economy-to-the-brink/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/11/no-deal-on-debt-sends-us-economy-to-the-brink/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 03:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harley Dennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Boehner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US debt ceiling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=234617</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The White House debt crisis talks took a turn for the worse in the last 24 hours, as Republican Speaker John Boehner walked away from a $4 trillion spending cut called the "deal of the century". The stunt could be catastrophic.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/11/no-deal-on-debt-sends-us-economy-to-the-brink/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>US creditors wait, Obama thundered, but Republicans didn&#8217;t listen</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/30/us-creditors-wait-obama-thundered-but-republicans-didnt-listen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/30/us-creditors-wait-obama-thundered-but-republicans-didnt-listen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 02:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harley Dennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Boehner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US debt ceiling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama needs to pull a rabbit out of his hat quickly before the game of debt brinkmanship in Washington damages more than just his own legacy. His stance today didn't help, <b>Harley Dennett</b> reports from DC.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s gay marriage flip-flop hints at campaign targets</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/24/obamas-gay-marriage-flip-flop-hints-at-campaign-targets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/24/obamas-gay-marriage-flip-flop-hints-at-campaign-targets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 03:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harley Dennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MEDIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Don't Ask Don't Tell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay rights groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=231299</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why is it so hard to believe a left-leaning politician might genuinely oppose same-sex marriage? The bigger problem for Barack Obama is not even he's sure what side he supports.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/24/obamas-gay-marriage-flip-flop-hints-at-campaign-targets/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>White House race begins: Republicans debate in New Hampshire</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/14/white-house-race-begins-republicans-debate-in-new-hampshire/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/14/white-house-race-begins-republicans-debate-in-new-hampshire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 03:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harley Dennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[republican presidential nomination]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=229015</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The first major debate of the 2012 US presidential primaries took place in New Hampshire Monday night, giving each of the seven candidates a chance to rise above the widespread view that the field is a poor one.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Black is back as evangelical Republicans rally</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/06/black-is-back-as-evangelical-republicans-rally/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/06/black-is-back-as-evangelical-republicans-rally/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 03:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harley Dennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2016 US election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As Barack Obama mobilises his re-election campaign, the Republican base is for the first time excited about a black man running for president -- former fast food chain executive Herman Cain, that is. <em>Crikey</em> was at the Faith and Freedom Coalition in DC.]]></description>
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