In an exclusive interview with CBS News chief White House correspondent Norah O’Donnell, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner spoke about President Obama’s handling of the economy and whether it’ll turn around before Election Day.

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A video for LGBT youth around the country and the It Gets Better Project, featuring U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Al Franken (D-Minn.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Mark Udall (D-Colo.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) called for an immediate vote on President Obama’s jobs bill in the senate today forcing Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to object and calling McConnell’s surprise move a political stunt.

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The Senate moved toward striking a deal on a short-term funding bill that would keep the government operating through mid-November. Jeffrey Brown and David Chalian discuss the implications of the deal.

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During an address to a Joint Session of Congress Thursday, President Obama reminded lawmakers that the voters are fed up with partisan politics and will return to the voting booth in 14 months.

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Erica Hill and Chris Wragge get a review of the week in Washington from CBS News political correspondent Jan Crawford, including the latest about Rick Perry, Marco Rubio and Vice-President Joe Biden.

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Hawaii’s senior senator has been part of the group, helping hammer out the details of the plan. And he says, the President may have been too involved in the process. Civil Beat reporter, Adrienne LaFrance spoke with us via skype from Washington DC.

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President Obama says he consulted Congress and the “fuss” over actions in Libya is just “politics.”

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Mike Haridopolous (R)- FL on his bid for the U.S. Senate.

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AlJazeeraEnglishhttp://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/aljazeeraenglishDohaNewsamericasnews, al, jazeera, Robert, Wirsing, Georgetown, University, Qatar, Osama, bin, Laden, Qaeda, Obama, US, Pakistan, Abbottabad, Islamabad, WashingtonAl Jazeera speaks to Robert Wirsing, Professor of International Politics2011-05-04

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