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Obama Plan Shifts Aid From Bunge to Africa Farmers
2013-04-12 01:43:08| Agriculture - Topix.net
The Afghanistan Women's Business Council , a non-governmental organization, allows female members to harvest and market the fruit and vegetables grown at Badam Bagh, in Kabul, which is a USAID-supported demonstration and research farm.
Obama Talks 'Climate Change' with UN Secretary General
2013-04-11 22:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Weekly Standard: President Barack Obama talked about "climate change" with the U.N. secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, today at the White House. Via the pool report: On North Korea: We will continue to try to work to resolve some of those issues diplomatically even as I indicated to the Secretary General that the United States will take all necessary steps to protect its people and to meet our obligations under our alliances in the region. Obama said they talked about Middle East peace, where there is at least...
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Obama Proposes Funding to Protect Plant and Animal Health
2013-04-11 16:41:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Office of Sen. Pat Roberts Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) said Wednesday that President Obama’s 2014 budget proposal got one thing right. read more
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Can Congress overrule Obama on Keystone XL?
2013-04-11 15:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: As the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power takes up legislation Wednesday to force approval of the Keystone XL pipeline extension, the bill raises a key question: can Congress wrest the Keystone decision away from President Obama? The answer: Neither side knows exactly, but depending on the legislative language, Congress could very well pull it off. The Northern Route Approval Act, the subject of Wednesdays hearing, would grant TransCanada a permit to build a 1,179-mile...
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Obama Budget Hikes Some Infrastructure Programs, Cuts Others
2013-04-11 01:23:30| ENR.com: Headline News
Proposal includes big increase for GSA, modest gains for highways and transit and a sharp cut for EPA water programs.
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