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President Obama is citing steady progress after the "grueling" recession.  In the annual State of the Union address, the President said there is still much work to do to prompt a more robust recovery. 

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Mayor Jon Mitchell watched the President's second Inaugural Address on Monday with members of his family.  Mitchell told WBSM News, he was impressed by the President's message.....

Mitchell said he was pleased to hear the President again state his committment to alternative energy programs

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In a bold protest of the new possible gun regulations set down by President Obama, one Oregon sheriff says he won't comply.

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Mayor Jon Mitchell is attending the U-S Conference of Mayors in Washington this week, but he took some time on Thursday to visit Capitol Hill. 

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President Obama is unveiling a sweeping package of gun safety proposals and that's apparently causing folks to flock to gun stores across the country.    At Westport Village Sports on State Road, clerk Paul Picard tells WBSM's Jim Phillips, he's noticed increased foot traffic in his store for about a month

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The President isn't making any friends with past, present, or future gun owners. Now the NRA is taking a big shot at him and some other big time Democrats.

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On Monday President Obama nominated former Senator Chuck Hagel to the post of secretary of defense and current counterterrorism adviser John Brennan as director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Both nominees may run into problems getting confirmed to their positions by the Senate.

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A Maine man is going to be serving some time after sending a letter to President Obama, threatening to take his life.

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Massachusetts Senator John Kerry is being formally nominated by President Obama to be the next Secretary of State. 

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Now that President Obama has nominated John Kerry to be Scretary of State, a new poll shows if a special election were held today for John Kerry's Senate seat, Scott Brown would probably win.

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