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	<title>CT Politics &#187; jana.kasperka@chron.com (Jana Kasperkevic)</title>
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		<title>With President Obama barely sworn in, EMILY’s List plans a female president for 2016</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/01/22/with-president-obama-barely-sworn-in-emily%e2%80%99s-list-plans-a-female-president-for-2016/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jana.kasperka@chron.com (Jana Kasperkevic)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2016 Presidential Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[57th Presidential Inauguration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EMILY's List]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nancy Pelosi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before President Barack Obama was officially sworn in for his second term as President of the United States of America, a group of pro-choice women who had worked for his re-election gathered for the EMILY’s List 2013 Inaugural Brunch. The activists enjoyed their 2012 victories: having re-elected a Democratic president, having elected a Senate with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrities of President Barack Obama’s second inauguration (with PHOTO GALLERY)</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/01/21/celebrities-of-president-barack-obama%e2%80%99s-second-inauguration-with-photo-gallery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jana.kasperka@chron.com (Jana Kasperkevic)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[57th Presidential Inauguration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beyonce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kelly Clarkson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eva Longoria]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It would not be an Obama event if the festivities did not include a number of well-known celebrities. So it was at the 57th presidential inauguration, the second for President Barack Obama. In the 2012 campaign, Team Obama often tapped famous Obama supporters to help get out the vote – especially women, youth and Latino [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On eve of inauguration, Joe Biden continues to woo Latino voters</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/01/21/on-eve-of-inauguration-joe-biden-continues-to-woo-latino-voters/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/01/21/on-eve-of-inauguration-joe-biden-continues-to-woo-latino-voters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jana.kasperka@chron.com (Jana Kasperkevic)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[57th Presidential Inauguration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[julian castro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latino voters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eva Longoria]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vice President Joe Biden and his family made an unexpected stop at the Latino inaugural 2013 event at the Kennedy Center last night. The unexpected guest delivered a touching speech about the power of Latinos. “I think you underestimate your power and what you have done for America and what you are about to do,” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photo Gallery: Washington prepares for Inauguration 2013</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/01/19/photo-gallery-washington-prepares-for-inauguration-2013/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/01/19/photo-gallery-washington-prepares-for-inauguration-2013/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 00:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jana.kasperka@chron.com (Jana Kasperkevic)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inauguration 2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inauguration]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.timesunion.com/politicssource/?p=4533</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Dec. 18, we reported that inauguration preparations in Washington, D.C. were well underway. Now, a month later, the 2013 Inauguration is almost here. Folks from around the nation have flocked to Washington, D.C. to help President Barack Obama celebrate his victory and to kick off his second term. With inauguration weekend upon us, Washington [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obamas kick off inaugural weekend with National Day of Service (with PHOTO GALLERY)</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/01/19/obamas-kick-off-inaugural-weekend-with-national-day-of-service-with-photo-gallery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 22:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jana.kasperka@chron.com (Jana Kasperkevic)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inauguration 2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michelle Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Day of Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inauguration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA["Inaugurations are about more than just celebrating. They are about coming together and making the country a better place," said President Obama in a video filmed to promote the National Day of Service, adding that volunteering was the highlight of his 2009 Inauguration.]]></description>
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		<title>Slide show: More popular than Congress? Lice, cockroaches, root canals — even France</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/01/10/slide-show-more-popular-than-congress-lice-cockroaches-root-canals-%e2%80%94-even-france/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/01/10/slide-show-more-popular-than-congress-lice-cockroaches-root-canals-%e2%80%94-even-france/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jana.kasperka@chron.com (Jana Kasperkevic)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiscal Cliff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to a recent poll conducted by Public Policy Polling, Americans have higher opinion on head lice and colonoscopies than of our lawmakers.]]></description>
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		<title>‘Put the harps back in the closet,’ says George H.W. Bush aide</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2012/12/28/%e2%80%98put-the-harps-back-in-the-closet%e2%80%99-says-george-h-w-bush-aide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 14:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jana.kasperka@chron.com (Jana Kasperkevic)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bush family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George H.W. Bush]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The national media has been keeping a close eye on the former President George H. W. Bush as he has spent over a month in a Houston hospital.]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama responds to petitions calling for gun control, says he believes in second amendment</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2012/12/22/president-obama-responds-to-petitions-calling-for-gun-control-says-he-believes-in-second-amendment/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2012/12/22/president-obama-responds-to-petitions-calling-for-gun-control-says-he-believes-in-second-amendment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2012 19:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jana.kasperka@chron.com (Jana Kasperkevic)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[gun laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental health care]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[petitions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sandy Hook elementary school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shooting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA["I can't do it alone. I need your help," Obama told Americans who signed the petitions demanding that the White House tackle the issues of gun control and mental health care.]]></description>
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		<title>In the aftermath of Newtown shooting, Rick Perry warns about a ‘knee-jerk reaction’ for gun control</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2012/12/18/in-the-aftermath-of-newtown-shooting-rick-perry-warns-about-a-%e2%80%98knee-jerk-reaction%e2%80%99-for-gun-control/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 19:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jana.kasperka@chron.com (Jana Kasperkevic)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[gun laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guns]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Texas Gov. Rick Perry, speaking to a Tea Party gathering, warned about “a knee-jerk reaction” from the federal government to the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting, reports NBC. “One of the things that I hope we don’t want to see from the federal government is a knee-jerk reaction from Washington, D.C., when there is an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As nationwide debate about gun control heats up, NRA goes silent (updated)</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2012/12/18/as-nationwide-debate-about-gun-control-heats-up-nra-goes-silent-updated/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2012/12/18/as-nationwide-debate-about-gun-control-heats-up-nra-goes-silent-updated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jana.kasperka@chron.com (Jana Kasperkevic)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[crime and punishment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kay Bailey Hutchison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Louie Gohmert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Rifle Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newtown]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Rifle Associated, NRA, has stayed silent ever since the news of Friday's events broke.]]></description>
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