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• Obama to push 2015 policy agenda in three-day tour

  03-01-2015 23:48
  
  By Julia Edwards HONOLULU (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama this week will unveil policy initiatives on housing, college affordability and job creation during a three-day road trip to highlight his 2015 agenda, the White House said on Saturday.  Obama, who is returning to Washington on Sunday from a two-week family vacation in Hawaii, will begin a tour on Wednesday of Michigan, Arizona and Tennessee. He will highlight themes he will talk about in his annual State of the Union address to C
  
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• MOVES-Former White House press aide exits TPG

  03-01-2015 23:10
  
  Adam Levine, a former assistant press secretary for U.S. President George W. Bush, has left his position as managing director of global public affairs at TPG Capital LP, a spokesman for the private equity ...
  
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• Sony hack: U.S. authorizes new sanctions on North Korea

  03-01-2015 08:25
  
  London, Jan 03 (ANI): The United States has imposed new sanctions on North Korea as a response to the country's "provocative, destabilizing and repressive actions" in Sony Pictures' cyberattack incident, said the White House.
  
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• White House to announce nominee for Fed board, source says

  03-01-2015 01:25
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is likely to announce a nominee for a Federal Reserve Board of Governors seat next week or the following week, a source close to the matter said on Friday. The White House plans to nominate a candidate with background in community banking, the source said. A White House official said the administration did not have a personnel announcement at this time. (Reporting by Emily Stephenson)
  
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