Obama under wartime strain as he wrestles with Afghanistan
President Obama endures a grueling period marked by wartime decisions and personal hardship. He visited Dover, Fort Hood victims, and Arlington as he weighs troop levels and a new Afghan strategy, pausing at Ross McGinnis’ grave to reflect on sacrifice.
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Joel Achenbach
Washington Post
Washington
Barack Obama
Obama
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Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Texas
Afghanistan
Arlington
Ross McGinnis
Iraq
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Brown pelican cleared for removal from endangered list
Federal officials announced the brown pelican will be removed from the endangered species list, marking a century of recovery since 1970. The bird recovered across Florida, the Gulf and Pacific coasts, and the Caribbean after DDT bans and conservation efforts. Interior officials credit the Endangered Species Act and cite the pelican state’s Big Branch Marsh Refuge press event in Louisiana.
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Interior Department
Sam Hamilton
Federal Fish and Wildlife Service
Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
Louisiana
Pelican State
Pelican Recovery Seen as Endangered Listing Eases
The brown pelican, once nearly gone from U S coasts in the 1960s, may be removed from the endangered list. Interior official Tom Strickland says the species faced habitat threats from rising seas, though officials are confident it is ready for delisting. The bird’s plight helped shape U S environmental policy from the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and the National Wildlife Refuge System started by Roosevelt at Pelican Island Florida. Today the pelican remains common along Florida Alabama Louisiana Mississippi Texas California Washington and Oregon coasts.
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Congress
National Wildlife Refuge System
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Pelican Island
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Texas
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Washington
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O'Connor Dies at 79 Aide to First Female Supreme Court Justice
John J. O'Connor III, a Phoenix lawyer and husband of Sandra Day O'Connor, has died at age 79 in Phoenix from Alzheimer's complications. He left a Phoenix firm in 1981 to accompany her to Washington, later famed for ballroom dancing and social set prominence. They married in 1952 after meeting at Stanford Law School.
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O’connor
Los Angeles Times
John J. O’connor III
Washington
U.S. Supreme Court
Phoenix
Sandra Day O’connor
Stanford University Law School
Bishops Influence Abortion Limits in Health Bill
Rome pressured action as Pelosi worked votes for health reform. Cardinal McCarrick and other bishops lobbied three hours in Pelosi's office to embed abortion limits. The final measure bars new government plans from covering abortion except in rape, incest, or life endangerment, with separate purchase required for coverage in marketplace plans. Critics say church and state mingled. proponents say safeguards protect rights.
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Sean P. O’malley
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