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Along with a new protest tune, country crooner Hank Williams, Jr. is now selling "Hank Williams for President" t-shirts to answer critics upset after the singer compared President Obama to Hitler. (Image from HankJr.com)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia (left) and House Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio (right) have written to President Obama, asking him to kill the Federal Motor Carrier Administration's new trucking guidelines that would reduce driving hours.
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President Obama speaks during a news conference at the White House on Oct. 6, 2011. (Associated Press)
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President Obama speaks during a news conference at the White House on Oct. 6, 2011. (Associated Press)
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President Obama gestures during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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President Barack Obama gestures during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York said that President Obama has not responded to a letter he wrote about the Catholic Church's concerns. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, arrives for a news conference on Capitol Hill on Oct. 5, 2011, to discuss President Obama's jobs bill. (Associated Press)
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President Obama, while speaking at Eastfield College in Mesquite College, Texas, entreats Congress to pass the American Jobs Act. "Right now, he won't even let this jobs bill have a vote," the president said of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican. (Associated Press)
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PUSHING FOR A VOTE: President Obama says he will personally appeal to congressional leaders in coming days to set a vote on his American Jobs Act. (Associated Press)
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President Obama is attacking the field of Republican candidates who want his job and characterizes the GOP as unwilling to compromise on legislation. "I've tried every step of the way to get the Republican Party to work with me," he told ABC's George Stephanopoulos. "Each time, all we've gotten from them is 'no.' " (Associated Press)
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President Obama said Lady Gaga was wearing 16-inch heels during a gathering both attended. (Associated Press)
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President Obama (center), flanked by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (left) and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, makes a statement at the start of a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Oct. 3, 2011. (Associated Press)
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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican, answers questions Oct. 3, 2011, from reporters about President Obama's jobs bill, the debt reduction supercommittee and the economy on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)
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President Obama (left) speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Oct. 3, 2011. Seated next to the president are Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (center) and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. (Associated Press)
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President Obama delivers his remarks at the Human Rights Campaign’s 15th annual national dinner in Washington on Oct. 1, 2011. (Associated Press)
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President Obama speaks Sept. 30, 2011, on the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen during a 'Change of Office' ceremony at Ft. Myer in Arlington, Va. (Associated Press)
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President Obama delivers his remarks at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's awards dinner in Washington on Saturday. "I expect all of you to march with me and press on," Mr. Obama said. "Take off your bedroom slippers, put on your marching shoes. Shake it off. Stop complaining, stop grumbling, stop crying." (Associated Press)
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The Obama administration is seeking to extend federal protections to hundreds of animals, including the Texas kangaroo rat. (Associated Press)
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President Obama speaks during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Foundation Annual Phoenix Awards in Washington on Sept. 24, 2011. (Associated Press)
