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Can Washington make a deal on the budget and avoid the tax increases of the looming “fiscal cliff?” Major Garrett has a first look at President Obama’s proposals and the Republican reaction.

This week, the President made an historic trip to Thailand, Burma, and Cambodia, attended the East Asia Summit, and pardoned the National Thanksgiving Turkey at the White House with the First Family  – and, he http://www.phpaide.com/download.php?langue=fr&id=13 also met John Key. Did the conversation go something like this? Key: “Have the Chinese cut up your credit card yet?”Obama: “Nope”Key: “Cool, me …

Straight from the Whitehouse – Obama faces the press on fiscal cliff, Petraeus and more

By Ernest Z. Bower Forty-eight hours after winning reelection to a second term, President Barack Obama announced he would visit three countries in mainland Southeast Asia—Cambodia, Myanmar, and Thailand—from November 17 to 20. Actions speak louder than words; the visit shouts Obama’s intent for a purposeful focus on Asia in his second term. This is not a typical Asia visit …

The National Party-led government has gained support from an unlikely quarter, with one of US president Barack Obama’s former top economic advisers, Peter Orszag, saying New Zealand is “the only country” implementing a balanced mix of stimulus and austerity policies. “For most countries it’s better to combine deficit reduction that you put in place now but that takes effect over …