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		<title>The Time Is Now To Pass Pro-Choice, Comprehensive Health Care</title>
		<link>http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/2010/03/the-time-is-now-to-pass-pro-choice-comprehensive-health-care/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Nedeau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“This is not a bill about abortion, this is about health care reform,” said White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs to the audience of Good Morning America on Tuesday.
Easier said than done, Mr. Gibbs. For the past six months, the health care reform process has become a venomous tug-o-war over women’s choice in exchange for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All the Democrats Need Is&#8230;Testosterone?</title>
		<link>http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/2010/03/all-the-democrats-need-is-testosterone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jehmu Greene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amidst a conversation about President Obama&#8217;s attempt to pass health care reform on this morning&#8217;s episode of MSNBC&#8217;s &#8220;Morning Joe,&#8221; commentator Donny Deutsch offered insight about why the process has taken so long: hormones.

&#8220;Say what you want about George Bush,&#8221; he went on, &#8220;There was testosterone, and that exudes everything you do. You could use [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Chile, Bachelet Steps Down</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maxine Lowy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Maxine Lowy
Michelle Bachelet’s presidency comes to a tumultuous end less than two weeks after her country withstood an 8.8 magnitude earthquake. Here, the author assesses what her term in office has meant for women in Chile and what lies ahead.
The massive earthquake that struck Chile before dawn February 27 prompted the government to declare [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf: A Woman Making History</title>
		<link>http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/2010/03/president-ellen-johnson-sirleaf-a-woman-making-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jehmu Greene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[30 Women Making HistoryIn recognition of the 30th anniversary of Women’s History Month, Women’s Media Center is profiling 30 extraordinary women making history.  Our goal is to raise $10,000 to support WMC Exclusives — every dollar raised will go directly toward hiring women writers to comment on major news stories and report topics often neglected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Needs More Women in Government? Everyone</title>
		<link>http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/2010/03/who-needs-more-women-in-government-everyone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Siobhan “Sam” Bennett
Women leaders have shown they know how to work together, whether it’s in the public or private sector. Women’s Campaign Forum President Sam Bennett describes a new initiative to put enough women in office this year to overcome the political impasse plaguing our nation’s lawmakers. 
I know I’m not the only one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Reform—Obama’s Challenge</title>
		<link>http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/2010/02/health-care-reform%e2%80%94obama%e2%80%99s-challenge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Megan Carpentier</dc:creator>
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By Megan Carpentier
Obama meets with Republicans today in a health-care summit. Women who helped put him in office expect him to step up and lead—on both access to quality care and access to abortion.
When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi allowed Bart Stupak’s anti-abortion amendment to the health care reform bill to come to a vote in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harry Reid Mocked by Conservative Media for Linking Unemployment to Domestic Abuse</title>
		<link>http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/2010/02/harry-reid-mocked-by-conservative-media-for-linking-unemployment-to-domestic-abuse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine Epstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Media Matters points out today, Senator Harry Reid is being mocked by multiple right-wing commentators for his citing, on Monday, of a 2004 study demonstrating that instances of domestic abuse rise during times of economic downturn, like the current recession. Many of the comments focused on Reid&#8217;s low approval rating in his state of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just Not Married: Fighting for Equality on Valentine’s Day</title>
		<link>http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/2010/02/just-not-married-fighting-for-equality-on-valentine%e2%80%99s-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie Von Pless</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo Essay by Leslie Von Pless
Lesbian and gay male couples are ready to step up their protest with creative new tactics—witness the action this morning in New York and see what lies ahead for marriage equality in 2010.
In 2009, the fight for marriage equality gained more U.S. victories in one year than over the previous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sirleaf to Seek Second Term</title>
		<link>http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/2010/02/sirleaf-to-seek-second-term/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruthie Ackerman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ruthie Ackerman
First elected after a powerful women’s peace movement forced the end of years of brutal civil war in Liberia, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is asking for a second term to continue with the enormous challenge of rebuilding her country. 
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf surprised and even angered some Liberians recently when she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rica Elects First Woman President</title>
		<link>http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/2010/02/costa-rica-elects-first-woman-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine Epstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following the landslide victory of Costa Rica&#8217;s first female president, women throughout the Central American country are ecstatic. Wrapped in a National Liberation Party flag, Costa Rican Laura Urena exclaimed at the victory celebration, &#8220;I couldn&#8217;t be happier&#8230;It will give new opportunities to women all over the country.&#8221;
While her gender may make her a symbol [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budget 2011: What Will Women Gain?</title>
		<link>http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/2010/02/budget-2011-what-will-women-gain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Megan Carpentier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Megan Carpentier
If a budget is the ultimate statement of values, the Obama Administration deserves some good marks for attending to women’s needs in an austere time.
After President Obama released his budget proposal for 2011 Monday, news reports focused on three things: the increased size of the deficit, the new government spending freeze and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Madam Gov. to Madam Pres.</title>
		<link>http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/2010/02/from-madam-gov-to-madam-pres/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nichola D. Gutgold</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Nichola D. Gutgold
Filling the pipeline leading to the first woman elected U.S. president will take candidates who have convinced voters of their executive abilities, argues the writer, author of two books on women’s races for the highest office. The same doesn’t appear to be true for men who run.

He hasn’t even been sworn in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>That Super Bowl Ad: It’s Not About The First Amendment</title>
		<link>http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/2010/01/that-super-bowl-ad-it%e2%80%99s-not-about-the-first-amendment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebekah Spicuglia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s been a spirited media discussion about Focus on the Family&#8217;s anti-choice ad, which many progressive organizations are asking CBS to pull from the Super Bowl lineup. “Free speech” is a common theme.
Asking CBS to pull the Super Bowl ad is not about censorship or free speech – it&#8217;s about pulling a divisive agenda out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking for a Leader We Can Believe In</title>
		<link>http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/2010/01/looking-for-a-leader-we-can-believe-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pramila Jayapal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Pramila Jayapal
Barack Obama persuaded us to hope, says the author, that under his guidance the nation could take on its very toughest challenges. But stepping up to the plate isn’t enough. 
I watched President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech ready to fall in love again or to wage war.  I came out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jehmu Takes On &#8220;Game Change&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/2010/01/jehmu-takes-on-game-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Wolf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With her political strategist hat on, WMC President Jehmu Greene was featured on Fox and Friends last week to comment on Game Change, a &#8220;tell-all&#8221; exposé of the 2008 presidential campaigns, authored by political reporters  John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. Among a myriad of other things, the book quotes Senator Harry Reid in 2008, [...]]]></description>
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