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Bonnie K. Goodman, BA, MLIS is a journalist, librarian, editor, & historian. She is the editor of Academic Buzz Network, a series of political, academic & education blogs which includes History Musings... History, News & Politics which covers the Obama Presidency, the 113th Congress, and history news. She has previously covered the 2004, 2008 & 2012 Presidential campaigns & 2010 midterm elections.

Ms. Goodman has a BA in History & Art History, and a Masters in Library and Information Studies both from McGill University, and has done graduate work in Jewish history at Concordia University as part of the MA in Judaic Studies degree program, where she focused Medieval & Modern Judaism and her thesis was on American Jewish History & Southern Jewish History.

Ms. Goodman has also contributed to a number of reference publications; including the overviews, and chronologies for History of American Presidential Elections, 1789-2008, 4th edition, originally edited by Fred L. Israel, and Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Facts on File, Inc. 2011, and the bibliographies for The Encyclopedia of the Cold War: a Political, Social, and Military History, edited by Spencer Tucker, ABC CLIO, 2007, and The Home Front Encyclopedia: United States, Britain, And Canada in World Wars I And II, edited by James D. Ciment & Thaddeus Russell, ABC-CLIO, 2006.

She was also the former Editor/Features Editor for the History News Network (HNN), and had worked for HNN from 2004-2010.
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Political Headlines February 19, 2013: Obama applies fresh pressure on Republicans to avoid cuts

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OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 113TH CONGRESS:

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Obama applies fresh pressure on Republicans to avoid cuts

President Barack Obama renewed his pressure on congressional Republicans to head off budget cuts that are due to begin on March 1….READ MORE

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Political Headlines February 19, 2013: Obama applies fresh pressure on Republicans to avoid cuts

POLITICAL HEADLINES

OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 113TH CONGRESS:

THE HEADLINES….

Obama applies fresh pressure on Republicans to avoid cuts

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