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  2. Affordable Care Act - Wikipedia

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    Obama and his opponent, Senator John McCain, both proposed health insurance reforms, though their plans differed. McCain proposed tax credits for health insurance purchased in the individual market, which was estimated to reduce the number of uninsured people by about 2 million by 2018. Obama proposed private and public group insurance, income ...

  3. Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories - Wikipedia

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    In November 2008, commentator and social critic Camille Paglia criticized the "blathering, fanatical overkill" of the topic, but also questioned Obama's response: "Obama could have ended the entire matter months ago by publicly requesting Hawaii to issue a fresh, long-form, stamped certificate and inviting a few high-profile reporters in to ...

  4. Connecticut State Police - Wikipedia

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    The Connecticut State Police was created under House Bill #247 on May 29, 1903. Initially, five men, paid three dollars a day, were hired to enforce state liquor and vice laws, making it one of the oldest State Police forces in the nation. [3]

  5. Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting - Wikipedia

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    On December 14, 2012, a mass shooting occurred at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, United States.The perpetrator, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, shot and killed 26 people. 20 of the victims were children between six and seven years old, and the other six were adult staff members.

  6. 2010 Nuclear Security Summit - Wikipedia

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    There was a priority in disarming the remaining weapons, as well as reducing the number of development facilities and materials. Following the 9/11 attacks in 2001, the possibility of terrorists misusing nuclear materials and facilities became a real threat, and nuclear security was highlighted as a means to combat the threat of nuclear terrorism.

  7. Killing of Miriam Carey - Wikipedia

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    Miriam Iris Carey (August 12, 1979 – October 3, 2013), [3] of Stamford, Connecticut, was a dental hygienist licensed to practice in New York and Connecticut. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] She was born and raised in Bedford-Stuyvesant , Brooklyn , New York .

  8. Transgender rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A number of states have passed laws protecting trans people and their families, as well as their healthcare providers, fleeing anti-trans states, from extradition. In 2022, Connecticut became the first state to implement such a law, alongside similar protections for reproductive healthcare providers and recipients. [163]

  9. List of Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign endorsements ...

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    8.2.5 Connecticut House of Representatives. ... Hal Daub, Chairman of the Social Security Advisory Board (2002–2006) and U.S. Representative from NE-02 (1981–1989 ...