House Speaker John Boehner gave these remarks, regarding the fiscal cliff and spending cuts, in the House on December 11, 2012.
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House Speaker John Boehner gave these remarks, regarding the fiscal cliff and spending cuts, in the House on December 11, 2012.
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released this report on December 10, 2012. The report reports data on apprehensions and successful illegal entries from 2006 to 2011.
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President Obama gave these remarks at the Daimler Detroit Diesel Plant in Michigan on December 10, 2021.
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President Obama gave these remarks, regarding the fiscal cliff and extending middle class tax cuts, on December 8, 2012.
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House Speaker John Boehner released this column discussing the fiscal cliff on December 7, 2012.
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The Public Interest Declassification Board, established by Congress, released this report on "Transforming the Security Classification System" on December 6, 2012.
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The Coalition for Fiscal and National Security, a group of former U.S. government officials, released this statement on the fiscal cliff on December 4, 2012.
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The U.S. Senate voted on December 4, 2012 to approve amendment 3262 to the National Defense Authorization Act, S. 3254. The amendment requires Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to provide a report to the Armed Services Committees regarding U.S. military options in Syria.
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President Obama gave these remarks at the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Symposium on December 3, 2012.
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House Republican leaders sent this letter regarding the fiscal cliff to the President Obama on December 3, 2012.
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President Obama gave these remarks on the economy in Hatfield, Pennsylvania on November 30, 2012.
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House Speaker John Boehner gave these remarks on the fiscal cliff on November 30, 2012, following President Obama's speech in Pennsylvania.
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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gave these remarks to the UN General Assembly on November 29, 2012 following the UNGA's vote to grant Palestine observer status.
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Secretary of State Clinton gave these remarks at the Foreign Policy Group's "Transformational Trends 2013" forum at the Newseum on November 29, 2012.
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Secretary of State Clinton "unveiled the PEPFAR Blueprint: Creating an AIDS-free Generation that provides a roadmap for how the U.S. government will work to help achieve an AIDS-free generation" on November 29, 2012, World AIDS Day.
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UN Ambassador Susan Rice gave this statement explaining the United States' vote on Palestine's non-member observer state status, on November 29, 2012.
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UN General Assembly draft resolution A/67/L.28, according Palestine non-member observer state status in the United Nations, passed by a vote of 138 to 9 on November 29, 2012.
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President Obama and President-elect Peña Nieto of Mexico gave these remarks at the White House on November 28, 2012.
President Obama and Vice-President Biden released this foreign policy plan in November 2012, following President Obama's re-election.
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The State Department released this statement following Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi's decrees of November 22, 2012 that grant him broad powers.
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