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• Obama's (Almost) Round-the-Clock Coverage

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  ABC News' Sunlen Miller reports: Sen. Barack Obama -- subjected now to a press pool of reporters categorizing his every move -- says that it's taken some getting used to adjusting to the new level of press surveillance. It's been...

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• U.S. Is 'Flashing Red' Light at Israel, Sen. Reed Says

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  ABC News' Mary Bruce reports: Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., said this morning that the U.S. military is "flashing red" at Israel not to attack Iran. "From the military commanders I've spoken to, the yellow lights are blinking very, very quickly,"...

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• DuHaime Joins McCain Operation as Political Director

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  ABC News' George Stephanopoulos reports: ABC News has learned that Sen. John McCain's campaign has hired Mike DuHaime as political director, the first new hire by Steve Schmidt in his capacity as the person in charge of day-to-day campaign operations....

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• Obama 'Puzzled' by Frenzy Over Iraq War Plan Comments

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  ABC News’ Sunlen Miller reports: Sen. Barack Obama told reporters he was “puzzled” by the press coverage he received on Thursday when he held two separate press conferences to explain his plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq. On Thursday...

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• Obama and Clinton Will Raise Funds Together Next Week in NYC

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  ABC News’ Sunlen Miller reports: Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton will appear together at two New York City fundraisers next week in an attempt to raise money for not only the presumptive nominee but also to settle some...

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• Rove Urges Abortion Foes into Battle

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  ABC's Lisa Chinn reports: Former presidential aide Karl Rove asked abortion opponents to "talk to the undecideds," in order to defeat Democrat Barack Obama -- echoing Abraham Lincoln's advice to the Whig Party in the election of 1844. In a speech at the National Right to Life Committee's 36th Annual Convention,

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• Obama Considering Larger Denver Stage

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  When Sen. Barack Obama makes history and accepts his party's presidential nomination in Denver, he may choose to leave the convention arena behind to do so. Democrats familiar with convention planning tell ABC News that Obama may seek out a bigger venue from which he will deliver his acceptance speech. The Obama campaign is considering having

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• Obama Enjoying the Red and Blue of Montana

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  ABC's Sunlen Miller reports: Sen. Barack Obama spent the day campaigning with his family this 4th of July in a red state that he’s vying to flip to blue in the general election. “Montanans I’m proud to be with you on the 4th of July,” Obama exclaimed the Democrat in Butte, Montana. On his forth visit to the state,

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• Protesters Interrupt Bush Holiday Speech

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  ABC's Matthew Jaffe reports: Protesters today repeatedly interrupted President Bush's Fourth of July speech at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's residence in Charlottesville, Virginia. No sooner had Bush started speaking at the naturalization ceremony welcoming new American citizens than protesters began shouting at him, calling him a "

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• Marines Extended in Afghanistan as Violence Rises

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  ABC's Jonathan Karl reports: The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit has just been told their time in Afghanistan is to be extended by 30 days, according to Marine spokesman Major Eric Dent. The 2,200 Marines in the 24th MEU arrived in...

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