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politics lead

November 25th, 2013
05:58 PM ET

Former governor: Obamacare 'sticker shock' already setting in

Former Maryland Governor Bob Ehrlich and former Vermont Governor Howard Dean discuss whether President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law can work in the long run.

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world lead

November 25th, 2013
05:51 PM ET

Haass: Opponents of Iran deal 'asking too much'

Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, told CNN's John Berman dissenters in the diplomatic fallout from the historic P5+1 agreement with Iran expect too much of the rogue nation.

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politics lead

November 25th, 2013
05:32 PM ET

Boehner tries, eventually enrolls in Obamacare

After all the problems with the Obamacare website, and people losing insurance, could there be a new unexpected failure for President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law? A failure to fail, as it were, creating, perhaps, embarrassing success for the Republican Speaker of the House, John Boehner.

national lead

November 22nd, 2013
06:16 PM ET

Not enough young people enrolling in Obamacare

(CNN) - From the beginning, the administration has known that no matter how many people sign up for Obamacare, a substantial number have to be young and healthy, they have to put more money into the insurance pool than they will take out.

The data CNN has so far for five states suggests that part of the equation is not going very well.
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world lead

November 22nd, 2013
06:06 PM ET

Western official: Iran nuclear deal may be imminent

(CNN) - Momentum appears to be building for a breakthrough deal on Iran's nuclear program, with top diplomats flocking to the site of ongoing talks and one Western official saying Friday a deal could be reached "as soon as tonight."

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and British Foreign Secretary William Hague will both be in Geneva on Saturday.

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