BOGOTA - Colombia and Venezuela restored diplomatic relations Tuesday, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced after meeting with his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez.
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On Tuesday, August 10, 2010, the President signed into law:
H.R. 1586, which appropriates funds for education jobs; extends and modifies certain increased Federal medical assistance for States; accelerates the sunset of certain temporary increases in food assistance benefits; limits the use of foreign tax credits by U.S. corporations with foreign operations; and rescinds appropriated funds for several Federal programs.
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On Tuesday, August 10, 2010, the President signed into law:
H.R. 2765, the “Securing the Protection of our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage Act,” or the “SPEECH Act,” which amends title 28, United States Code, to prohibit recognition and enforcement of certain foreign judgments;
H.R. 5874, which provides supplemental appropriations to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) of the Department of Commerce to help support efforts to reduce patent pendency and reform USPTO operations to make them more effective; and
S. 1749, the “Cell Phone Contraband Act of 2010,” which Prohibits providing or attempting to provide cell phones and similar wireless devices to Federal prisoners and possessing, obtaining, or attempting to obtain such devices by Federal prisoners.
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WASHINGTON – Below please find a statement by President Obama on the passing of former Senator Ted Stevens:
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The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Kansas and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, flooding, and tornadoes during the period of June 7 to July 21, 2010.
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11:43 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. One of the biggest challenges of this recession has been its impact on state and local communities. With so many Americans unemployed or struggling to get by, states have been forced to balance their budgets with fewer tax dollars, which means that they’ve got to cut critical services and lay off teachers and police officers and firefighters.
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GANDHINAGAR - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Tuesday caught everyone by surprise when he visited the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA)headquartered at the milk town of Anand in Gujarat.
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