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• Nixon's Western White House (and post-Watergate refuge) hits market at $75 million

  04-04-2015 21:53
  
  The president called this place La Casa Pacifica -- the House of Peace. Key Cold War decisions were made here, and he healed here after his disgrace and a grave illness.
  
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• Denver schools take lead in hiring DREAMer teachers

  04-04-2015 20:19
  
  DENVER (AP) — Like many sojourners to this country, Alejandro Fuentes Mena lives with uncertainty as U.S. immigration policy is debated in the courts, Congress and the White House. But as he awaits a final ruling on his own future, he's helping other young people build their dreams.
  
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• Sarah Brady, Wife of Former White House Secretary Jim Brady, Dies

  04-04-2015 06:13
  She was 73.
  
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• Monochromes: See Victorian Children All Dressed Up at the 1889 White House Easter Egg Roll

  04-04-2015 05:57
  
  Welcome back to Monochromes, a Friday mini-series wherein Curbed delves deep into the Library of Congress's photographic annals, resurfacing with an armful of old black-and-white photos of architecture and interior design. Have a find you want to share? Hit up...
  
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• Obama condemns brutal terror attack in Kenya

  04-04-2015 05:08
  
  Washington, April 4 (IANS/EFE) US President Barack Obama telephoned Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday to express condolences for the 147 lives lost in an attack on a Kenyan university by the Somali terrorist group Al Shabab, the White House said.
  
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• US optimistic about final nuclear deal with Iran

  04-04-2015 04:20
  
  Washington, April 4 (IANS) A day after reaching a framework agreement with Iran, the Obama administration on Friday sounded upbeat about the prospect of a final deal within three months over the Islamic republic's nuclear programme. "I do think there's a lot of work to be done, but we are confident that we can get those details in place," White House spokesperson Eric Schultz told reporters traveling with President Barack Obama aboard Air Force One from Salt Lake City to Washington. Iran and the
  
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• Cuba interests section in Washington rich in history

  04-04-2015 03:57
  
  It looks like just another stately mansion on the street leading up to the White House. Its destiny is to become Cuba's embassy, now that the countries have announced they will bury half a century of Cold War enmity and restore full ties. On the wrought iron fence is a small plaque that says Cuba's official presence in the US falls under the protection of the Embassy of Switzerland. The three-story limestone structure was erected in 1916 to serve as the "Legation of the Republic o
  
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• Gun control activist Sarah Brady dies at 73

  04-04-2015 02:19
  
  (Reuters) - Sarah Brady, a prominent gun control activist and widow of former White House Press Secretary James Brady, died on Friday at age 73, her family said in a statement. She was battling pneumo...
  
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• Obama asks Congress to widen Arctic refuge protections

  04-04-2015 01:25
  
  The Obama administration on Friday finalized its recommendation to expand protected areas of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, calling on Congress to block about 12 million acres (5 million hectares) from oil and gas drilling. U.S. President Barack Obama, in a letter to House Speaker John Boehner released by the White House, stood by his administration's earlier recommendation to preserve a wide swath of the state's Arctic refuge, setting up a likely battle with the Republican-led Congre
  
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• Iran president views nuclear deal as start of new relationship with world

  04-04-2015 00:52
  
  (Adds further comment from White House, WSJ report) * Netanyahu: Final pact must recognise Israel's right to exist * State Department: Deal is only about nuclear issue * Obama calls leaders in Congress * Iranians celebrate on Tehran streets By Babak Dehghanpisheh and Ori Lewis BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, April 3 (Reuters) - Iran's president said on Friday that a framework for a nuclear deal was just the first step toward building a new relationship with the world, after Iranians greeted the announcement o
  
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• Wife of Reagan aide and anti-gun champion Sarah Brady dead at 73

  04-04-2015 00:50
  
  Sarah Brady, the wife of a former White House spokesman and a tireless anti-gun violence activist, died Friday at the age of 73, according to her organization. Sarah and her husband James crusaded against gun violence after he was shot during an assassination attempt on former US president Ronald Reagan in 1981. "Together with her husband Jim 'Bear' Brady, Sarah was the heart and soul of this organization and the successful movement it has become today," the group's pres
  
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• White House 'confident' on finalizing details for Iran nuclear deal

  04-04-2015 00:09
  
  By Susan Heavey and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Friday pressed its case for a deal to curb Iran's nuclear program, expressing confidence in hammering out final details as President Barack Obama reached out to leaders in Congress, where U.S. lawmakers remain cautious. Obama called the four top leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate to discuss the framework agreement announced on Thursday by negotiators in Switzerland, a spokesman said. The agreem
  
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• Obama finalizes call for protected area in Arctic refuge

  04-04-2015 00:05
  
  The Obama administration on Friday finalized its recommendation to expand protected areas of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, calling on Congress to block about 12 million acres (5 million hectares) from oil and gas drilling. U.S. President Barack Obama, in a letter to House Speaker John Boehner released by the White House, stood by his administration's earlier recommendation to preserve the state's Arctic refuge, setting up a likely battle with the Republican-led Congress over the oil-
  
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• Obama, in calls with Middle East leaders, makes case for Iran deal

  04-04-2015 00:04
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday spoke with the leaders of Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to share details on the framework agreement reached with Iran, the White House said in a statement. Obama also invited the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council to meet with him at Camp David this spring to discuss the tentative deal. (Reporting by Susan Heavey; Editing by Sandra Maler)
  
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