U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner (L) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan participate in the Obama administration's Conference on the Future of Housing Finance.

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Administration looks to fix its broken housing system

The Obama administration held a conference Tuesday on the state of the U.S. housing finance system, as one of the opening steps in formulating a new national housing policy.

South Korea K-1 tanks fire live rounds during air and ground military exercises on the Seungjin Fire Training Field, in mountainous Pocheon December 23, 2010.

Korean situation a 'tinderbox,' envoy says

Amid large-scale South Korean military drills near the border with North Korea, a top official from the North warned against intrusion into its territory, threatening war and citing possible use of nuclear weapons, while an unofficial U.S. ambassador said the situation was like a "tinderbox.".

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during his news conference in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House in Washington December 22, 2010.

Obama to push for Dream Act again in 2011

President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that he will work to change the politics of the immigration debate on children of illegal immigrants in 2011 by engaging Republicans and making his case to the American people to pass the DREAM Act.

U.S. Senator John Kerry (D-MA) (Right) walks to the Senate floor during debate over ratification of the START treaty at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, December 22, 2010.

START Treaty ratified by U.S. Senate

The arms reduction treaty between the United States and Russia was approved by the U.S. Senate today, in a 71 to 26 vote.

Joseph Zadroga listens to a testimony at the U.S. House Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations about the health of the first responders to the September 11 terrorist attacks

Ground Zero health bill passes Senate

The long fight for healthcare and compensation for Ground Zero workers is finally over. The U.S. Senate today passed the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act by unanimous consent.

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) speaks before signing the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 into law as Vice President Joseph Biden listens at the U.S. Department of Interior in Washington, December 22, 2010. Obama said Wednesday that implementing

DADT repeal to take effect in months: Obama

President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that implementation of a repeal of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy would be a "matter of months.".

Obama repeals military gay ban

U.S. Senators, left to right, Joseph Lieberman, I-CT, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, and Carl Levin, D-MI, (D-MI) at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, December 18, 2010.

Senate passes government funding bill

Chances that the federal government will remain open for the next several months improved today, as the Senate passed a Continuing Resolution to keep government programs funded, for the most part, at current levels until March 4, 2011.

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