Obama and GOP clash over $61 billion budget cuts
House Republicans push a $61 billion reduced domestic-spending measure to curb deficits while Obama warns against risky cuts that could harm the recovery. Democrats say the plan will cost jobs and widen strain on social programs as a March 4 deadline looms to avoid a government shutdown.
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Obama ups pressure in Davis detention standoff with Pakistan
President Obama pressed Pakistan to release Raymond Allen Davis the detained 36 year old U S embassy employee who killed two Pakistanis. He warned that detaining a diplomat endangers American diplomacy and urged Pakistan to honor diplomatic immunity. A high profile envoy was sent to bolster the case amid rising nationalism and anti American sentiment in Pakistan.
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Final Hawaii vote on civil unions delayed
Hawaii Senate delays final vote on same sex civil unions by one day amid procedural concerns. The bill had passed the House and was moving to the governor for signature before the delay was proposed for public notice reasons. Hawaii would become the seventh state to grant marriage rights without full marriage authorization.
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