U.S. Politics and Government

2008 Presidential Campaign Financial Activity Summarized (6/12/09)

2008 Presidential Campaign Financial Activity Summarized: Receipts Nearly Double 2004 Total
The Federal Election Commission, June 8, 2009
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Party Financial Activity Summarized for the 2008 Election Cycle: Party Support for Candidates Increases
The Federal Election Commission, May 29, 2009
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Cyberspace Policy Review (6/1/09)

Remarks by the President on Securing Our Nation's Cyber Infrastructure
The White House May 29, 2009
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Securing Our Digital Future
Melissa Hathaway, Cybersecurity Chief at the National Security Council, Discusses Securing Our Nation's Digital Future
The White House May 29, 2009
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Fact Sheet
Cyberspace Policy Review: Assuring a Trusted and Resilient Information and Communications Infrastructure
The White House May 29, 2009
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Cyberspace Policy Review
Assuring a Trusted and Resilient Information and Communications Infrastructure
The White House May 2009
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The Condition of Education 2009 (5/29/09)

The Condition of Education 2009
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education June 2009
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The Condition of Education 2009 in Brief
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education June 2009
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President Announces Intent to Nominate Ambassador to Japan (5/29/09)

President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts
The White House May 27, 2009
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Nominating Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court (5/27/09)

Remarks by the President in Nominating Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court
The White House May 26, 2009
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Judge Sonia Sotomayor
The White House May 26, 2009
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CRS Reports:
Supreme Court Nominations, 1789-2009: Actions by the Senate, the Judiciary Committee, and the President
CRS Report for Congress. May 13, 2009. RL33225. 42 p.

Supreme Court Appointment Process: Roles of the President, Judiciary Committee, and Senate
CRS Report for Congress. May 6, 2009. RL31989. 55 p.

eJournal "The Global Financial System: Six Experts Look at the Crisis Bureau of International ad of 2010" (5/18/09)

The Global Financial System: Six Experts Look at the Crisis
Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State
eJournal USA, Volume 14, Number 5, May 2009
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Contents:
-About This Issue
-The End of American Capitalism? Mark Twain, Lake Wobegon, and the Current Crisis -Debt Man Walking -Globalization and the U.S. Financial System
-Sidebar: Moving Forward on the Economy
-Timeline of Financial Asset Bubbles
-Revise Regulation: The Theory of Market Equilibrium Is Wrong -Global Financial Trouble: Causes, Cures, Responses -The Evolving Global Financial System -Glossary -Books, Articles, Reports, Web Sites, and Videos Related to the Global Economy

Budget of the U.S. Government Fiscal Year 2010 (5/13/09)

Analytical Perspectives
Budget of the U.S. Government Fiscal Year 2010
Office of Management and Budget May 2009
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Updated Summary Tables
Budget of the U.S. Government Fiscal Year 2010
Office of Management and Budget May 2009
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Historical Tables
Budget of the U.S. Government Fiscal Year 2010
Office of Management and Budget May 2009
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Last but Not Least ? The Final Installment of the FY 2010 Budget
Peter R. Orszag, Director, Office of Management and Budget The White House May 11, 2009
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Office of Public Engagement (5/12/09)

President Obama Launches Office of Public Engagement: A New Name, Mission for White House Liaison Office - Also Unveils Citizens’ Briefing Book with Ideas from Americans Across the Country -
The White House, May 11, 2009
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Meet the Office of Public Engagement ? and the Citizen’s Briefing Book
The White House, May 11, 2009
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WhiteHouse 2.0
The White House, May 1, 2009
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The President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2010 (5/11/09)

The Fiscal Year 2010 Appendix
Office of Management and Budget
May 2009
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Terminations, Reductions and Savings
Budget of the U.S. Government Fiscal Year 2010 Office of Management and Budget
May 2009
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Presidential Message
Presidential Transmittal Letter: Budget FY 2010
The White House
May 7, 2009
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Background Briefing by Senior Administration Officials to Discuss Terminations, Reductions, and Savings in the 2010 Budget
The White House
May 6, 2009
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Determining What Works, Line by Line
Peter R. Orszag, Director, Office of Management and Budget The White House
May 7, 2009
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The President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2010
Office of Management and Budget
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The Nation's Report Card (5/1/09)

The Nation's Report Card: Long-Term Trend 2008
National Center for Education Statistics
April 28, 2009
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Executive Summary
The Nation's Report Card: Trends in Academic Progress in Reading and Mathematics 2008
April 2009
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The President Obama's First 100 Days　(4/30/09)

Remarks by the President in Arnold, Missouri Town Hall
The White House, April 29, 2009
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Retrospective in Missouri
The White House, April 29, 2009
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President Obama's Foreign Policy: The First 100 Days
Foreign Press Center, April 29, 2009
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Taking Stock
The White House, April 29, 2009
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Remarks by the President at the National Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting (4/28/09)

Remarks by the President at the National Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting
The White House. April 27, 2009.
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Fact Sheet: A Historic Commitment to Research and Education
The White House. April 27, 2009.
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President Obama Announces Members of Science and Technology Advisory Council
The White House. April 27, 2009.
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The Governors Speak 2009 (4/27/09)

NGA Releases Analysis of Governors' Annual State of the State Addresses National Governors Association. April 22, 2009.
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The Governors Speak 2009: Summary of State-of-the-State Addresses of the Governors National Governors Association Center for Best Practices. March 2009.
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State of the State Messages
National Governors Association
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American View. Spring 2009 (4/13/09)

American View. Spring 2009
The Online Magazine of the U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Japan
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Back issues:

English
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Japanese
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Health Reform (3/31/09)

The Cost of Inaction: the Urgent Need to Health Reform
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. March 2009. 7 p.
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The Cost of Inaction
Rebecca Adelman, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The White House. March 30, 2009
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The White House Forum on Health Reform
The White House. March 5, 2009. 54p. Report issued on March 30, 2009
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White House Forum on Health Reform Report
Nancy-Ann DeParle, Director of the White House Office of Health Reform
The White House. March 30, 2009
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Reforming Health Care Will Strengthen Economy, Obama Says
Bureau of International Information Programs, Department of State. March 30, 2009
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Healthreform.gov
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White House Council on Women and Girls　(3/13/09)

Executive Order
Establishing a White House Council on Women and Girls
The White House. March 11, 2009
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President Obama Announces White House Council on Women and Girls
The White House. March 11, 2009
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"Opportunities Their Mothers and Grandmothers and Great Grandmothers Never Dreamed of"
The White House. March 11, 2009
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Budget of the United States Government Fiscal Year 2010 (2/27/09)

Budget of the United States Government Fiscal Year 2010
A New Era of Responsibility
Office of Management and Budget
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A New Era of Responsibility: Renewing America’s Promise
Office of Management and Budget
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Remarks by the President on the Fiscal Year 2010 Budget
The White House, February 26, 2009
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Press Briefing by OMB Director Peter Orszag and CEA Chair Christina Romer
The White House, February 26, 2009
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Obama Submits U.S. Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2010
Bureau of International Information Programs, Department of State
February 26, 2009
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President's Meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Aso (2/25/09)

Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Aso before Meeting
The White House, February 24, 2009
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Readout on the President's Meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Aso
The White House, February 24, 2009
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Obama Considers Japan a Strategic Ally
Aso is First Foreign Official to Visit Obama at White House
Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State, February 24, 2009
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President's Address to Congress (2/25/09)

Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery
Address to Joint Session of Congress
The White House, February 24, 2009
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Preliminary Excerpt of the President's Address to Congress and the List of Americans Seated with the First Lady
Office of the Press Secretary, The White House, February 24, 2009
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Annual Threat Assessment Report by the Intelligence Community (DNI) (2/13/09)

Annual Threat Assessment of the Intelligence Community for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Dennis C. Blair, Director of National Intelligence, February 12, 2009
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Director Blair Highlights Global Threats to the Nation
Director of National Intelligence, February 12, 2009
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Blogs at U.S. Government (2/10/09)

Obama Administration issued memorandum on transparency and open government policy on January 21, 2009. It says that "it is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government.---Executive departments and agencies should harness new technologies to put information about their operations and decisions online and readily available to the public."

Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies
Subject: Transparency and Open Government, January 21, 2009
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Main Blogs in the Government

The Blogs
The White House
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Blogs at America.gov
First 100 Days
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DIPNOTE
http://blogs.state.gov/">[View Website]

DoD Bloggers Rondtable
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"Obama in His Own Words" (1/30/09)

Obama in His Own Words
U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Information Programs
January 2009
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-Inaugural Address, January 20, 2009

-Election Night Remarks, November 4, 2008
-Remarks in Berlin, Germany, July 24, 2008
-A New Strategy for a New World, July 15, 2008
-The America We Love, June 30, 2008
-A More Perfect Union, March 18, 2008
-Announcement for President, February 10, 2007
-Keynote Address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, July 27, 2004
-Remarks Against Going to War with Iraq, October 2, 2002

America.gov - Books
U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Information Programs
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eJournal "The 2009 U.S. Presidential Inauguration" (1/27/09)

The 2009 U.S. Presidential Inauguration
An Electronic Journal of the U.S. Department of State, January 2009, Special Edition
http://www.america.gov/publications/ejournalusa/inaug09.html (HTML)
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- About This Issue
- Inaugural Address
- Photo Gallery — A Day of Celebration
- President Barack Obama — A Biographical Sketch
- Photo Gallery — Celebration Around the World
- Vice President Joe Biden — A Biographical Sketch

Treasury Secretary Confirmation Hearing (1/22/09)

Hearing Statement of Senator Max Baucus
U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, January 21, 2009
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Prepared Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley
U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, January 21, 2009
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Opening Statement Treasury Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner
U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, January 21, 2009
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President Obama’s Inaugural Address (1/21/09)

President Obama’s Inaugural Address
Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State, January 20, 2009
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Barack Obama Becomes 44th President of the United States
America “Ready to Lead Once More,” Obama Says in Inaugural Address
Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State, January 20, 2009
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The White House
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Special Inauguration Calendar (1/20/09)

Special Inauguration Calendar: January 17 - 21, 2009
Foreign Press Center
U.S. Department of State
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January 20, 2009 - Inauguration Day

8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. National Museum of American History exhibition celebrating the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth - “Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life”
Location: National Museum of American History, 14th St. and Constitution Ave.
NOTE: Press release on exhibit: [View Website]

8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. National Museum of American History exhibition in its new Albert H. Small Documents Gallery - “America’s New Birth of Freedom.” The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Ill., has organized the exhibit, which includes a collection of 10 Lincoln documents, including a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared the freedom of slaves in the rebellious confederate states.
Location: National Museum of American History
14th Street and Constitution Ave. NW
NOTE: Press release on exhibit:[View Website]

8:00 a.m. Americans for Democratic Action Inauguration Day breakfast. Participants: Rep. Janice Schakowsky, D-Ill.; Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif.; Rep. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M.; and James Galbraith, author of "Predator State"

10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum Presents “Jubilee: African American Celebration” - Through a colorful display with costumes and tableaus, “Jubilee” offers a cross section of nearly 50 traditions and celebrations observed in the African American community from days of slavery to today. Examined are holidays that are unique but no longer celebrated, regional and national in scope and of relatively recent origin as well as mainstream events also celebrated by African Americans.
Location: Anacostia Community Museum, 1901 Fort Place, SE, Washington, D.C.
NOTE: Press release on exhibit:[View Website]

The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies and The Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC)　Events for presidential inauguration President-elect Barack Osama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden Schedule:

11:30 a.m.: Inaugural Ceremony, West Front, U.S. Capitol

2:30 p.m.: Inaugural Parade proceeds from the U.S. Capitol to the White House

11:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. National Portrait Gallery exhibition “Presidents in Waiting” - the exhibit, which opens on inauguration day, focuses on the office of the vice presidency and the individuals who first served in that office and then later became president.
NOTE: Press release on exhibit:[View Website]

1:20 p.m. President George Bush Departure ceremony.
Location: Andrews Air Force Base, Md.

Information Resource Bank: Presidential Inauguration
U.S. Embassy, Tokyo
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Presidential Inauguration (1/15/09)

Inauguration Day
Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies
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Guide to the Presidential Inauguration
Foreign Press Centers, U.S. Department of State
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America.gov - Inauguration
Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State
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Change.gov - Overview of the Inauguration
Office of the President-Elect
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Washington's First Inauguration, April 30, 1789
American Treasures of the Library of Congress
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Secretary of State Confirmation Hearing (1/14/09)

Kerry Statement on Secretary of State Confirmation Hearing
U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
January 13, 2009
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Senator Richard G. Lugar Opening Statement for Confirmation Hearing of Senator Hillary Clinton to be Secretary of State
U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
January 13, 2009
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Statement of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Nominee for Secretary of State
U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
January 13, 2009
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eJournal "U.S. Presidential Transitions" (1/14/09)

U.S. Presidential Transitions
An Electronic Journal of the U.S. Department of State, January 2009
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　 Contents:

- About This Issue
- A Checklist for New Presidents
- Governing Is Different From Campaigning
- Personnel Is Policy
- Inaugurations of the Past - A Photo Gallery
- Did You Know?
- Early Challenges for a New Administration
- The President and the Press
- For the Record
- Second-Term Transitions
- Transition FAQs
- Additional Resources

Policies of the Bush Administration 2001-2009 (1/13/09)

Press Conference by the President
The White House, January 12, 2009
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Policies of the Bush Administration 2001-2009
The White House, 2009
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President Bush: In His Own Words
The White House, January 12, 2009
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ESTA system goes into effect for Visa Waiver Program travelers to the U.S. (1/9/09)

ESTA　（Electronic System for Travel Authorization）
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Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA)
Embassy of the United States, Japan
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Visa Waiver Program
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President Bush Designates New Marine Monuments (1/8/09)

President Bush Discusses Conservation and the Environment
The White House, January 6, 2009
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Briefing by Teleconference with Jim Connaughton, Chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality
The White House, January 5, 2009
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Fact Sheet: Marine National Monuments
The White House, January 6, 2009
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Fact Sheet: President Bush Has Advanced Cooperative Conservation
The White House, January 6, 2009
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President Bush Designates New Marine Monuments: Largest Marine Conservation Effort in History Protects 195,000 Square Miles
Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State, January 7, 2009
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The 111th Congress Begins (1/8/09)

New U.S. Congress Convenes Amid Controversy: Economy to be Top Legislative Priority in First Weeks
Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State, January ６, 2009
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Congressional Profile
U.S. House of Representative
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Membership of the 111th Congress: A Profile
CRS Report for Congress, December 31, 2008, R40086, ７ p.
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Senators of the 111th Congress
U.S. Senate
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Representative Offices
U.S. House of Representative
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Highlights of Accomplishments and Results of the Administration of George W. Bush (1/5/09)

Highlights of Accomplishments and Results of the Administration of George W. Bush
The Administration of President George W. Bush 2001-2009
The White House, December 2008
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100 Things Americans May Not Know About the Bush Administration Record
The Administration of President George W. Bush 2001-2009
The White House, December 2008
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