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Thursday, November 08, 2012

It's All Politics

Likely Suspects: Guessing Obama's Second-Term Cabinet

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick introduces President Obama at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser last year. Could Patrick be chosen to replace Eric Holder as attorney general?

November 8, 2012 A number of people are in the running for Cabinet appointments in President Obama's second term.

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Thursday, February 17, 2011

It's All Politics

U.S. Interest Payments A Growing Fiscal Menace

A trader at the New York Stock Exchange, May 2010.

February 17, 2011 Interest payments on the national debt are forecast by 2018 to crowd out much of U.S. spending. Experts worry that the deteriorating fiscal situation could drive up the interest rates the U.S. must pay, further worsening the situation.

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