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A Stronger and Sustainable Military for the 21st Century
Posted by on May 17, 2013 at 5:50 PM EDTThe President and the Department of Defense are taking unprecedented steps to protect our environment, achieve significant cost savings, and give our military better energy options.
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Good Samaritan Overdose Response Laws: Lessons Learned from Washington State
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HHS Releases Medicare Data on Spending and Chronic Conditions
Posted by on March 28, 2013 at 7:26 PM EDTA new, easy-to-use interactive tool gives anybody - researchers, physicians, public health professionals, policymakers, consumer advocates, tech innovators, and the public – the ability to find and examine data on multiple chronic conditions among Medicare beneficiaries.
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Affordable Care Act at 3: Looking Forward and Expanding Access
Posted by on March 22, 2013 at 11:55 AM EDTSecretary Kathleen Sebelius lays out the path going forward with the Affordable Care Act and the new healthcare marketplaces.
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Dr. Jill Biden Talks with the PTA's Executive Board about Supporting Military Kids in Schools
Posted by on March 12, 2013 at 6:09 PM EDTDr. Jill Biden joins a meeting of the National PTA's Executive Board to talk about the ways parents, educators and school communities can offer important support to children whose parents are serving in the military, and especially those whose moms or dads are deployed overseas.
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The Time Has Come to Fill Important Judicial Vacancies
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Senate Delays Negatively Impacting our Judicial System
Posted by on March 5, 2013 at 12:45 PM EDTAn infographic illustrates the unprecedented delays in the judicial confirmation process: 78 percent of President Obama’s circuit court judges have waited more than 100 days for a vote, compared to 15 of President Bush’s nominees.
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What Is the Sequester?
Posted by on February 22, 2013 at 7:30 PM EDTHave questions about what the sequester is, and why American families and our national economy face the threat of harmful budget cuts? Check out this explainer for some background.
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What You Need to Know About President Obama's Plan to Provide High-Quality Early Education for All Children
Posted by on February 14, 2013 at 12:43 PM EDTIn his State of the Union address, President Obama called on Congress to expand access to high-quality pre-school to every child in America.
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Let's Move! Three Years of Working Towards a Healthier Generation of Children
Posted by on February 9, 2013 at 5:50 AM EDTSince First Lady Michelle Obama launched Let’s Move! on February 9, 2010 to unite the country around our kids’ health and create real support for families to live healthier lives we’ve seen substantial commitments from across the country to improve the health of our nation’s children.
