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	<title>Washington Insights</title>
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	<description>Washington by Kevin Chappell</description>
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		<title>President Obama to Deliver Back to School Speech September 14</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As students begin their school year, President Barack Obama will deliver his second annual &#8220;Back to School&#8221; speech on Tuesday, September 14.  
The President’s Back to School Speech is an opportunity to speak directly to students across the country.  Last year, President Obama encouraged students to study hard,  stay in school, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chairwoman Lee Statement in support of the Reclaim the Dream Rally</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), Chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, released the following statement today in support of the “Reclaim the Dream Rally” on August 28, 2010:
“Forty-seven years ago Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom to remind America of the ‘fierce urgency of now,’ which ushered in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ebonyjet.com/washingtoninsights/?p=516</link>
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		<title>Kagan Confirmed to Supreme Court</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Elena Kagan will be the third women on the U.S. Supreme Court. The U.S. Senate voted today 61 to 31 to confirm the former solicitor general.
“The Lawyers’ Committee is pleased with the bipartisan vote in confirming Elena Kagan as Associate Justice to the U.S. Supreme Court,” said Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ebonyjet.com/washingtoninsights/?p=511</link>
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		<title>100 Years and Counting, National Urban League Keeps Pushing Forward</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the National Urban League wraps up its centennial anniversary convention in Washington, D.C., the organization has made a very compelling case for its continued relevance.
Not only did President Obama deliver a passionate speech on the urgency of education reform, but he did so fully acknowledging the continued work the Urban League is doing in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black Caucus Submits Questions for Sup. Court Nominee Elena Kagan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As Senate hearings begin today, the Congressional Black Caucus sent questions to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy requesting that Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan be asked to respond.
The letter signed by CBC Chair, Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Chair of the CBC Judicial Nominations Taskforce, applauds Kagan’s outstanding background [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Statement by the President Obama on National HIV Testing Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the prevalence of AIDS is six times higher in African-Americans than among Whites. The following is a statement from President Obama on National HIV Testing Day.
&#8220;This Sunday is National HIV Testing Day, an occasion to raise awareness of the steps each of us can take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Lady Michelle Obama Has Busy Weekend Planned for G20 Summit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First Lady Michelle Obama will travel to Toronto, Canada to participate in the G20 Summit spousal program this weekend. On Saturday, Mrs. Obama will join President Obama at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel, where a special arrival ceremony will take place. She will then attend a spousal dinner. Sunday morning, she will attend a brunch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama Calls Afghan President Karzai</title>
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In a call earlier today, President Obama informed President Hamid Karzai of his decision to accept General Stanley McChrystal’s resignation  and his intent to nominate General David Petraeus to assume command of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.  Both leaders expressed admiration and praise for General McChrystal’s leadership and service over the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ebonyjet.com/washingtoninsights/?p=486</link>
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		<title>Family of Black Tea Party Supporters Speak Out Against President Obama</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From top to bottom: Lloyd Marcus (onstage at a Tea Party rally in Washington, D.C.), his father Lloyd Marcus Sr., and his brother Aaron Marcus (both at the same rally).



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		<link>http://www.ebonyjet.com/washingtoninsights/?p=468</link>
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		<title>White House Issues New Flow Rate Estimates on Oil Spill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Based on updated information and scientific assessments, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, and Chair of the National Incident Command’s Flow Rate Technical Group (FRTG) Dr. Marcia McNutt (Director of the U.S. Geological Survey) today announced an improved estimate of how much oil is flowing from the leaking BP well.

Secretary [...]]]></description>
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