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THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This week, Senate leaders introduced revised legislation on comprehensive immigration reform. I thank leaders from both parties for their bipartisan effort to fix our immigration system so it can meet the needs of our Na

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 09 January 2006 Doctors treating Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon say he has begun breathing on his own and shows some independent movement. The news came Monday as Mr. Shar

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By David Gollust Washington 12 June 2008 A senior U.S. diplomat is en route back to Washington after talks with North Korean officials on the stalled six-party nuclear accord. North Korea has agreed to accelerate compliance with the disarmament deal

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Hey girl I like the way, you shake and move that thing, I see I'm doing me, and baby this thing is twenty/twenty! I think Im just about to make my move somehow I got a proposition; let me buy you what youre sipping. I dont mean to rush you, I dont wa