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Walnut Creek News Briefs Feb. 3 — Mayor to give city address; former Senator to speak about Wikileaks

Obama’s prayers: charity, humility, and longer skirts for Malia
At the National Prayer Breakfast, he admitted that his ‘faith journey has had its twists and turns,’ but he also said a frequent prayer is that he ‘might walk closer with God.’

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Walnut Creek News Briefs Feb. 3 — Mayor to give city address; former Senator to speak about Wikileaks
Mayor Cindy Silva will give her first State of the City address at the Walnut Creek Chamber of Commerce’s annual lunch Feb. 9. Silva likely will outline the city’s goals and priorities at this annual event and talk about what Walnut Creek has accomplished and struggled with in the past year.

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Mubarak Family Fortune Could Reach $70 Billion, Say Experts

Your Views: Letters to the editor (Feb. 4)
Readers express a variety of opinions in their letters to FLORIDA TODAY.

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Mubarak Family Fortune Could Reach $70 Billion, Say Experts
President Hosni Mubarak’s family fortune could be as much as $70 billion (£43.5 billion) according to analysis by Middle East experts, with much of his wealth in British and Swiss banks or tied up in real estate in London, New York, Los Angeles and along expensive tracts of the Red Sea coast.

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Debt Ceiling Vote Could Spark First U.S. House GOP Battle

Reagan at 100: Rosy Retrospection
Two days from Ronald Reagan’s 100th birthday the hagiography that’s long surrounded the 40th president is in full dress mode – seemingly supported less by public views of his work in office than by the remarkable strength of his skills…

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Debt Ceiling Vote Could Spark First U.S. House GOP Battle
A looming revolt against raising the national debt limit has opened the first visible rift between the new GOP leadership in the U.S. House and a faction represented by House Tea Party Caucus leader Michele Bachmann.

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China Officials Meet with U.S. Officials & Sec. of State
China officials met in Beijing Friday with U.S. officials — a week after their presidents’ summit — for follow-up work on relations between the countries.

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Former Time Journalist to Be Obama Press Secretary
Posted: Friday, January 28, 2011 9:35 am | Updated: 9:36 am, Fri Jan 28, 2011. WASHINGTON (AP) — Jay Carney, who built a career covering politics and presidents before joining the White House himself, on Thursday became President Barack Obama’s choice as his next press secretary and chief defender.

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Advisor to four presidents previews State of the Union

Ruled by rifles
The Pentagon and the National Rifle Association have a lot in common these days. They’re in love with guns. They maintain powerful lobbies. They refuse to acknowledge the dangerous consequences of their policies.

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Advisor to four presidents previews State of the Union
Stephen Hess wrote speeches for Presidents Eisenhower and Nixon and was an advisor to Presidents Ford and Carter. He previews President Obama’s second State of the Union address and talks about memorable speeches from the past 50 years.

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State of the Union Preview | Obama won’t back cutting benefits

No stemming red ink: Federal deficit to hit $1.5 trillion
Far from slowing, the government’s deficit spending will surge to a record $1.5 trillion flood of red ink this year, congressional budget experts estimated Wednesday, blaming the slow economic recovery and last month’s tax-cut law. The report was sobering new evidence that it will take more than President Barack Obama’s proposed freeze on some agencies to stem the nation’s extraordinary budget …

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State of the Union Preview | Obama won’t back cutting benefits
President Barack Obama has decided not to endorse his deficit commission’s recommendation to raise the retirement age, and otherwise reduce Social Security benefits, in tonight’s State of the Union address, cheering liberals and drawing a stark line between the White House and key Republicans.

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Press Releases: Remarks With Mexican Foreign Secretary Patricia Espinosa

Bomb explosion kills at least 35 in Moscow airport
Russian authorities are probing a terrorist attack on Moscow’s busiest airport, where a suicide bomber set off a massive explosion that killed 35 people and injured at least 180 others on Monday.

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Press Releases: Remarks With Mexican Foreign Secretary Patricia Espinosa
Remarks With Mexican Foreign Secretary Patricia Espinosa Press Availability Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Alhondiga de Granaditas, Guanajuato, Mexico January 24, 2011 MODERATOR: (In Spanish.) FOREIGN SECRETARY ESPINOSA: (In Spanish.) SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very, very much, Secretary Espinosa. And it is a great pleasure and an honor to be here for this bilateral meeting. I very …

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China views summit of presidents as win for Hu, Communist Party

Obama, China’s Hu agree to disagree
The U.S. and Chinese presidents acknowledge major differences on economic and human rights issues, but they also pledge to cooperate to stabilize Sino-U.S. relations. Hu’s visit leads to $45 billion in business deals. The leaders of the U.S. and China unapologetically acknowledged major differences on economic issues and human rights in a White House summit Wednesday, but also pledged …

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China views summit of presidents as win for Hu, Communist Party
Chinese President Hu Jintao’s just-concluded summit with President Barack Obama was a win both for the Communist Party and for Hu himself, demonstrating once again the Chinese government’s reliance on ceremony to bolster its standing among its people.

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