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Families, health advocates urge Obama to act on food safety

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U.S. President Obama smiles as he arrives to attend an Olympic basketball exhibition game between the U.S. and Brazil national men's teams in Washington(Reuters) – Families, public health advocates and consumer groups called on the White House on Tuesday to implement delayed provisions in a food safety law they say would prevent nearly 3,000 deaths caused by food-borne illnesses each year. Families of victims who have died from food-borne illnesses and consumer and health organizations wrote a letter to President Barack Obama calling on him push forward provisions of a food safety law signed last year that would regulate food imports, produce and packaged food against possible contamination. …

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Obama takes on Republicans over tax fairness

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U.S. President Obama, Canada's Prime Minister Harper and Mexico's President Calderon arrive for joint news conference in the White House Rose Garden in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, seizing on Republican plans to slash deficits that the White House sees as a potent vote winner for Democrats in this year’s election, slammed his opponents on Tuesday to reinforce his claim that they favor the rich. In a week in which Republican Mitt Romney is expected to extend his lead in the race for his party’s nomination to confront Obama in the November 6 election, the president took aim at their recent budget plans to cut spending and taxes. “This congressional Republican budget … it’s a Trojan horse. …

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