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Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:55:39 GMT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:11:54 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/indepth/washington-in-transition http://im.ft-static.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.png http://www.ft.com/indepth/washington-in-transition http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fa194802-7566-11e2-a9f3-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_washington-in-transition%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Go-ahead for US-EU trade talks was central to a speech in which the US president returned to themes from his re-election campaign Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:11:37 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fa194802-7566-11e2-a9f3-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_washington-in-transition%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct fa194802-7566-11e2-a9f3-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/039f2936-759f-11e2-9891-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_washington-in-transition%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct US president rejected the largely Republican narrative of fiscal crisis, 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