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OBAMACARE IS HERE
A key feature of the Affordable Care Act took effect
on Tuesday, when online insurance exchanges
launched for Americans to buy health coverage.
The exchanges in each state allow people to
compare options and find out if they’re eligible for
more affordable plans, with the goal of making sure
everyone is insured. Congressional Republicans
tried to repeal the law more than 40 times, to no
avail. Seven million people are expected to buy private insurance using the exchanges this year
and 25 million more will have insurance by 2016 due to Obamacare, according to the CBO.
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MISSION
BEGINS
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10.06.13
International inspectors began supervising the
dismantling of Syria’s chemical weapons this week.
They have about nine months to finish getting rid of the
estimated 1,000-ton arsenal. The mission was approved
by a U.N. Security Council resolution following a deadly
chemical attack in Damascus this summer, which sparked
weeks of debates over a proper response and threats
from the Obama administration of missile strikes against
Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime.
TOM CLANCY DIES
Bestselling author Tom Clancy died on
Tuesday night in a Baltimore hospital at the
age of 66. He was best known for writing
espionage and military science books. Four
of Clancy’s books, The Hunt for Red October,
Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger
and The Sum of All Fears, were adapted into
Hollywood films. His latest book, Command
Authority, is set to be published in December.
The president of Putnam Books, Clancy’s
publisher, told The New York Times that
Clancy “was a thrill to work with.”