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        "uri": "/2013/11/06/obama-meets-with-senate-dems-on-health-care/",
        "title": "Obama meets with Senate Dems on health care",
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        "prettyDate": "November 06, 2013",
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        "summary": "President Barack Obama met Wednesday with Senate Democrats facing re-election next year to discuss the problem-plagued health care rollout that could affect their races.",
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        "uri": "/2013/11/04/obama-promises-to-smooth-out-health-care/",
        "title": "Obama promises to 'smooth out' health care",
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        "prettyDate": "November 04, 2013",
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        "summary": "President Barack Obama is expressing sympathy for Americans who are getting kicked off their health insurance plans, but says they were often getting \"a very bad deal.\"",
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        "uri": "/2013/10/30/obama-says-hes-not-happy/",
        "title": "Obama says he’s ‘not happy’",
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        "prettyDate": "October 30, 2013",
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        "summary": "Declaring himself \"not happy\" with health care enrollment problems, President Barack Obama said Wednesday he takes \"full responsibility\" for resolving the computer problems that have bedeviled the administration and undermined a key step in the health care law. \"We're going to see this through,\" he said.",
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        "uri": "/2013/10/30/obama-to-cite-massachusetts-laws-slow-start/",
        "title": "Obama to cite Massachusetts law’s slow start",
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        "prettyDate": "October 30, 2013",
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        "summary": "President Barack Obama is citing the Massachusetts health care system's slow start to keep expectations low for early sign-ups for his own overhaul. And he's pointing to the bipartisan effort to get the program launched in Massachusetts to encourage his opponents to stop rooting for his law's failure.",
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        "uri": "/2013/10/04/dems-say-its-time-to-end-shutdown/",
        "title": "Dems say it’s time to end shutdown",
        "byline": "Andrew Taylor, Nedra Pickler",
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        "prettyDate": "October 04, 2013",
        "timeToRead": "5 minute",
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        "summary": "President Barack Obama decided to stay home from economic summits in Asia as Democrats stepped up pressure on congressional Republicans to rein in their tea party faction and reopen the government with no strings attached.",
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        "uri": "/2013/06/03/obama-calls-for-end-to-mental-illness-stigma/",
        "title": "Obama calls for end to mental illness stigma",
        "byline": "Nedra Pickler",
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        "prettyDate": "June 03, 2013",
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        "summary": "President Barack Obama says he is convening a conference on mental illness to bring the issue \"out of the shadows.\"",
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        "uri": "/2013/04/02/obama-proposes-100-million-for-brain-mapping-proje/",
        "title": "Obama proposes $100 million for brain mapping project",
        "byline": "Nedra Pickler",
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        "prettyDate": "April 02, 2013",
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        "summary": "President Barack Obama on Tuesday asked Congress to spend $100 million next year on a new project to map the human brain in hopes of eventually finding cures for disorders like Alzheimer's, epilepsy and traumatic injuries.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2013/01/21/obama-speech-sets-stage-for-looming-policy-fights/",
        "title": "Obama speech sets stage for looming policy fights",
        "byline": "Nedra Pickler",
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        "prettyDate": "January 21, 2013",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "President Barack Obama has prepared a second inaugural address that broadly lays out his vision for the country's future, setting the stage for looming debates over taxes, guns, immigration and other issues while leaving the details for another day.",
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        "uri": "/2012/11/07/obama-now-faces-new-urgent-task/",
        "title": "Obama now faces new urgent task",
        "byline": "Nancy Benac, Nedra Pickler",
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        "prettyDate": "November 07, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "8 minute",
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        "summary": "President Barack Obama faces a new urgent task now that he has a second term, working with a status-quo Congress to address an impending financial crisis that economists say could plunge the country into further recession if not resolved.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2012/11/06/obama-romney-yield-to-voters/",
        "title": "Obama, Romney yield to voters",
        "byline": "Nancy Benac, Nedra Pickler",
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        "prettyDate": "November 06, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "8 minute",
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        "summary": "Two fierce competitors who've given their all, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney now yield center stage to voters Tuesday for an Election Day choice that will frame the contours of government and the nation for years to come.",
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