Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney-Republican Congressman Todd Akin-President Barack Obama

Why keeping Akin in play is good for Obama camp

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In crafting a response to Republican congressman Todd Akin's comments on rape, President Barack Obama and his aides are following Napoleon Bonaparte's age-old advice: Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. The White House and its Democratic allies have spotlighted Akin's remarks in their "war on women" drive against Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney but have stopped short of joining a chorus of Republican leaders calling for the Missouri lawmaker to drop out of the race for the U.S. Senate. ... read more..

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Government Health Insurance-President Barack Obama-Catholic Hospitals-Religious Freedom

Catholic hospitals reject birth control deal

Sharpening an election-year confrontation over religious freedom and government health insurance rules, the nation's Catholic hospitals on Friday rejected President Barack Obama's compromise for providing Birth Control coverage to their women employees. read more..

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Republican Budget Proposal-President Barack Obama-Mitt Romney

Isn't it 'marvelous?' Obama seeks to define Romney for voters

When President Barack Obama criticized Mitt Romney by name this week for embracing a controversial Republican budget proposal, he worded his attack carefully and with bite. "(Romney) said that he's 'very supportive' of this new budget, and he even called it 'marvelous' -- which is a word you don't often hear when it comes to describing a budget," Obama said during a speech on Tuesday, before adding: "It's a word you don't often hear generally. ... read more..

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Republican Budget Proposal-President Barack Obama-Mitt Romney

Isn't it 'marvelous?' Obama seeks to define Romney for voters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When President Barack Obama criticized Mitt Romney by name this week for embracing a controversial Republican budget proposal, he worded his attack carefully and with bite. "(Romney) said that he's 'very supportive' of this new budget, and he even called it 'marvelous' -- which is a word you don't often hear when it comes to describing a budget," Obama said during a speech on Tuesday, before adding: "It's a word you don't often hear generally. ... read more..

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Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking-President Barack Obama-Official Language-Contraceptives

U.S. government readies new contraceptives language

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama Administration on Friday is expected to propose official language laying out its plan to accommodate the moral concerns of religiously affiliated institutions that oppose Birth Control, according to sources familiar with the matter. The announcement of a new “Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking" would not alter President Barack Obama's adopted policy requiring access to free employer-sponsored health insurance coverage for women's contraceptives, the sources said. ... read more..

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Conservative Talk Show Host-President Barack Obama-Georgetown University-Birth Control

Obama hits back at Limbaugh by invoking daughters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama invoked his young daughters on Tuesday to hit back at Rush Limbaugh over the conservative talk show host's incendiary comments about a Birth Control activist. In remarks that outraged many women and drew criticism from both Democrats and Republicans, Limbaugh branded Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke a "slut" and "prostitute" for speaking out in support of Obama's policies on birth control. Carefully measuring his words at a White House news conference, Obama would not take on Limbaugh directly or comment on his apology. ... read more..

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President Barack Obama-Georgetown University-Women's Rights-Contraception-Rush Limbaugh

Obama calls student as contraception fight turns nasty

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called a law student on Friday to express his support after she was branded a "slut" by controversial right-wing talk-show host Rush Limbaugh for her outspoken support of Obama's new policy on contraception coverage. Sandra Fluke, a 30-year old student and women's rights activist at Georgetown University in Washington, has been caught in the middle of a contentious election-year fight between Obama and Republicans over the policy, which requires health insurance plans to cover contraception. ... read more..

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President Barack Obama-Contraception-White House

White House sticking to contraception plan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will not make any more changes to the rule announced last week requiring health insurance plans to provide women with coverage for contraception, although U.S. Roman Catholic bishops have said it violates the Church's religious principles. "We put out the plan that reflects where the president intended to go. This is our plan," White House chief of staff Jacob Lew said on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday. ... read more..

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