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The Associated Press reports that “Rick Perry about as popular in Texas as Obama after failed bid for GOP presidential nom,” and the Tribune says that Perry's campaign cost all of $16 million, with

Renee Montagne talks to NPR News Analyst Cokie Roberts, who has a look at the week ahead for the Republican presidential contenders, and how a drop in unemployment in January is reflecting well for President Obama's campaign for re-election.

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Some believe America is in decline. But author Robert Kagan disagrees. He talks to Steve Inskeep about his new book The World America Made." President Obama recently discussed an article Kagan wrote for The New Republic called "The Myth of American Decline."

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AP - The Obama administration's decision requiring church-affiliated employers to cover birth control was bound to cause an uproar among Roman Catholics and members of other faiths, no matter their beliefs on contraception.

Oil from the Canadian north is already making its way into the U.S. market through existing pipelines and tanker shipments.

Energy experts say that even if President Obama blocks the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, it may already be too late to stop Americans from relying on this dirty source of fuel.

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Australia is the latest stop on his tour of the Pacific Rim countries that the president thinks should be the new focus of U.S. foreign policy.

It is already the focus of a competition for influence with China, and the president is expected to announce details of a new military agreement with the Australians during his visit.

Older voters were President Obama's weakest age group in his 2008 win. They were the GOP's strongest in 2010.

Some members of the Saddlebrooke Republican Club near Tucson, Ariz., watched the debate on TV and discussed the issues that resonated with them.

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Poverty—it’s a scourge that has stuck with the wealthiest nation in the world even as LBJ battled it and President Obama tries to come to grips with its alarming rise.

It’s a heady subject, but even locally, we can all do our small part.