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Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office.
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Rep. Michele Bachmann, a leader of the Tea Party Caucus in the U.S. House, takes to the steps of the U.
Suddenly, President Obama is on the defensive over the Benghazi attack, the IRS Tea Party scandal, and a Justice Department probe of AP phone records.
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