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The fear about this economy, the biggest obstacle facing president obama right now. i surely think it is. writing about the headwinds facing the president in politico today. and "new york" magazine, a big cover about the republican fight. john heilemann first. the perfect storm. europe in turmoil, countries on the periphery of hell waiting to drop out, inability to pay their debt. the united states going day-to-day basically in a clinch, a non-decisive clinch, was the smartest guy on the block mitch mcconnell saying i'm not going to let the republicans be blamed? this is all obama's baby? let ...

Regime in 1970 and 1971. i qualified as a doctor, and i had to leave because there was real disagreement with the leadership in the party with saddam hussein. i went to lebanon, then went to london to do my postgr-graduate studies. and i left the baath party, and i was trying to form a clandestine opposition group from within the establishment in iraq. this did not appeal, of course, to saddam hussein, so he sent me people to try and assassinate me in london, and on a very cold night in february, 1978. i woke up suddenly, accidentally, to see a shadow by the bed, and then i saw a

Seats in the recent parliamentary elections. allawi shared a personal and compelling story of what happened to him back in 1978. he was in london at the time working to organize a secret opposition group back in iraq when he says saddam hussein sent his henchmen to try to kill him. listen to this clip. >> and very cold nights in february 1978, i woke up suddenly, accidentally, to see a shadow by the bed, and then i saw a flickering flicker around the shadow. i thought it was real, not a dream. so i kicked the shadow with my right leg and the next thing i felt, that i was struggling to stand on...

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>> we've now seen the fastest job growth in the united states in the first half of the year since 1999. >> reporter: digging deeper, though, the labor participation rate is stuck at 62.8% for the third straight month. the lowest level since february 1978. the president's aides say many leaving the work force are retiring baby boomers. while republicans insist they're actually discouraged workers who can't find a job. and those being created are part-time. >> working halftime does not result in better jobs across the board for all americans or their ability to buy things. >> reporter: the real ...