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	<title>Crikey &#187; Obama administration</title>
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		<title>Dope reform a sign of Obama&#8217;s worth and intent</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/22/rundle-dope-reform-a-sign-of-obamas-worth-and-intent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/22/rundle-dope-reform-a-sign-of-obamas-worth-and-intent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illicit drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marijuana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicinal marijuana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war on drugs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama has transformed the US overnight, from a country with one of the harshest anti-dope regimes, to one with some of the most liberal in the world.

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		<title>US politely averts its gaze from the coup in Honduras</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/21/us-politely-averts-its-gaze-from-the-coup-in-honduras/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/21/us-politely-averts-its-gaze-from-the-coup-in-honduras/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Rest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Honduras]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manuel Zelaya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US foreign policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[No you see it, now you don’t. The coup in Honduras of June 28 has revealed not only the deep divide between an impoverished majority and a privileged elite within Honduras, but the profoundly schizoid nature of the US’ foreign policy, writes <b>Warwick Fry</b>.

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		<title>White House doesn&#8217;t wear the Fox hat</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/15/white-house-doesnt-wear-the-fox-hat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/15/white-house-doesnt-wear-the-fox-hat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CNN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rupert Murdoch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state of the nation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[White House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[White House vs. Fox News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Travelling through the US, <b>Simon Burrow</b> reports on the battle of Fox News vs. the White House. Has open war broken out between old and new media?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Those crazy ole Republicans aren&#8217;t funny anymore</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/18/rundle-those-crazy-ole-republicans-arent-funny-anymore/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/18/rundle-those-crazy-ole-republicans-arent-funny-anymore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death panels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA WTF]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The US is heading towards a health care bill of 20% of GDP, at which point the country has, economically, become one huge hospital. If Obama is not allowed to fix it, it will crash and burn.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>US super embassy won&#8217;t win hearts and minds in Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/14/us-super-embassy-wont-win-hearts-and-minds-in-pakistan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/14/us-super-embassy-wont-win-hearts-and-minds-in-pakistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[international diplomacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[super embassy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A planned new US "super embassy" in Islamabad sends a very visible message about the US engagement with Pakistan, writes <b>Shakira Hussein</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>What Cheney knew &#8212; and why it&#8217;s a test for Obama</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/13/what-cheney-knew-a-test-of-obamas-liberalism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/13/what-cheney-knew-a-test-of-obamas-liberalism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dick Cheney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[That longed-for moment when we see either Dick Cheney or, could it be possible, Dubya himself, in the dock, has come a little closer. But would Obama order an inquiry into the secret ops of the Bush years?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>How the US is brewing imperialism with disengagement</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/07/rundle-how-the-us-is-brewing-imperialism-with-disengagement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/07/rundle-how-the-us-is-brewing-imperialism-with-disengagement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diplomacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Honduras]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US foreign policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Media around the world have been screaming that Biden had given the green light for an attack on Iran in his interview on 'This Week' with George Stephanopolous.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>US economy seesaws around the punchbowl</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/02/us-economy-seesaws-around-the-punchbowl/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/02/us-economy-seesaws-around-the-punchbowl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[No rate rise before 2011? Are conditions in the US really that bad? Yes and no, says <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Boom times for guns, irony</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/18/crikey-says-23/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/18/crikey-says-23/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arms sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pentagon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[US government-to-government arms sales are growing fast and will likely exceed $40 billion for 2009. It's all part of their strategy for international diplomacy, you see...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Supporting terrorism is not a proper basis for detention</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/22/supporting-terrorism-is-not-a-proper-basis-for-detention/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/22/supporting-terrorism-is-not-a-proper-basis-for-detention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 03:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guantanamo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[torture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Obama Administration is tying itself in knots over what to do with prisoners if it is to keep its election promise and close the notorious Guantanamo Bay.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Obama at 100: how the pundits see it</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/30/obama-at-100-how-the-pundits-see-it-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/30/obama-at-100-how-the-pundits-see-it-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Byron York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crikey wrap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Madeleine Albright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=54363</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[US President Barack Obama has officially hit 100 days in office. We take a look at how the pundits are grading his performance thus far.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Justice looms for the torture team</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/24/justice-looms-for-the-torture-team/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/24/justice-looms-for-the-torture-team/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dick Cheney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuremberg Principle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teabagging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[torture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war crimes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The chance of an American president allowing the domestic prosecution of his predecessors for war crimes is essentially zero. American politics just doesn't work that way.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The US EPA&#8217;s &#8216;toxic&#8217; greenhouse gas gamble</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/20/the-us-epas-toxic-greenhouse-gas-gamble/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/20/the-us-epas-toxic-greenhouse-gas-gamble/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Protection Agency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greenhouse gases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The powerful US Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to regulate the six main greenhouse gases on the basis that they are a danger to public health.
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cuba sanctions finally start to unwind</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/14/cuba-sanctions-finally-start-to-unwind/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/14/cuba-sanctions-finally-start-to-unwind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sanctions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It's hardly surprising that the policy of sanctions against Cuba has been a failure; indeed, it's hard to point to any cases where sanctions have succeeded.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The United States of economic oblivion</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/27/the-united-states-of-economic-oblivion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/27/the-united-states-of-economic-oblivion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[general]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[General Motors lost billions, the jobless and durable goods orders fell sharply in January and the bank watch-list expanded -- just another day at recession ground zero, writes <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Bank DeathWatch: lenders on the scrapheap</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/16/bank-deathwatch-lenders-on-the-scrapheap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/16/bank-deathwatch-lenders-on-the-scrapheap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bank death watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Four more small US banks were shut over the weekend, taking to 13 the number closed in the first seven weeks of the year, writes <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
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