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Obama to pressure Assad, offer aid to reformers (AP)

President Barack Obama speaks at a Democratic National Committee campaign fundraising event at the Boston Center for the Arts in Boston, Wednesday, May 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP – President Barack Obama will use a sweeping Middle East speech on Thursday to sharply defend new sanctions on Syrian President Bashar Assad as the U.S. government toughened its message for the repressive leader: Embrace democracy or get out. In a primary thrust of his address, Obama will also announce aid to countries that embrace reforms, hoping to steer a region roiling in violence toward democratic change that lasts.


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Wall St. reformers angered by secret Goldman Sachs emails crowing about housing collapse

Democrats pushing Wall Street reform seized yesterday on e-mails showing Goldman Sachs executives privately crowing over the housing collapse that ruined so many ordinary Americans.

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