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President says full economic recovery is still “a ways off” as he heads to meeting with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican. Later, he flies with the first family to Ghana. Full story
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Obama: Economic recovery ‘a long way off’
President Barack Obama said Friday the world apparently has averted economic collapse but a "full recovery is still a ways off."
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Lawmaker: Panetta terminated secret program
A congresswoman says CIA Director Leon Panetta has terminated the covert program the spy agency had been conducting for eight years without the knowledge of Congress.
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E-mails detail Sanford's Argentina trip
When South Carolina's Commerce Department planned a trade mission to South America last year, Gov. Mark Sanford wanted to skip a tour, meet estate agents and keep an evening free.
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