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    Confidence in direction of country improves slightly

    Any new survey conducted by Democracy Corps between July 21 and July 25 found that the number of Americans who believe that the country is headed in the wrong direction has fallen slightly of late, although the majority still believe Mr. Obama‘s economic policies are not in the best interests of in the nation.

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    31 July, 2012
    Barack Obama, Democracy Corps, Democrats, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Republicans
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    Fed’s Bernanke faces Paul for last time

    Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies before the House Committee on Financial Services on July 18, 2012. Photo: Jason Reed / Reuters.

    Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies before the House Committee on Financial Services on July 18, 2012. Photo: Jason Reed / Reuters.

    Texas Congressman Ron Paul quizzed Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke for the last time on Wednesday, as the 76-year-old House representative prepares to leave Capitol Hill at the end of the year.

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    19 July, 2012
    'End the Fed', Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, Devaluation, Euro, Federal Reserve, House Committee on Financial Services, Interest rates, Monetary policy, Paul Volcker, Ron Paul, Spencer Bacchus
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    Romney booed during NAACP address

    Presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney was booed when he told an NAACP audience that he would eliminate ObamaCare. Photo: AP.

    Presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney was booed when he told
    an NAACP audience that he would eliminate ObamaCare. Photo: AP.

    Presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney was booed when he addressed the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on Wednesday.

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    11 July, 2012
    African Americans, Barack Obama, Black unemployment, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Chamber of Commerce, Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King Jr., Minority groups, Mitt Romney, NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Obama administration, ObamaCare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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    Romney to visit Israel in summer

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney.

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney.

    Presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney will visit Israel during the summer and hold talks with the country’s prime minister and other senior officials. The former Massachusetts governor is keen to show that, as head of state, he would nurture the U.S.-Israel relationship, unlike President Barack Obama who has not traveled to the Jewish State since he won the 2008 election.

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    3 July, 2012
    Barack Obama, Ben LaBolt, Benjamin Netanyahu, Daniel Shapiro, Faith and Freedom Coalition, Herzliya Conference, Iron Dome, Israel, Mitt Romney, Mormon Church, Ron Dermer, Salam Fayyad, Shimon Peres, United Nations
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