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• n  deliberate interference

• It is easy to dismiss the unanimous Republican opposition to the House version of the stimulus bill as bitter, clueless obstructionism.
• The inaction of the other Arab statesfollowing their obstructionism in calling for a postponement of the electionshas exposed that concern about the welfare of Iraqis as .
• That obstructionism was on amazing display at the recent NATO summit in Istanbul.

News & Articles

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• Obama's Second Term Recovery Guide: Use Your Leverage
  The surveillance scandal, the IRS mess, Republican obstructionism, and general second-term malaise are all conspiring to make Obama the lamest of ducks. And he has less than 1,300 days left.
  July 1, 2013 - The Huffington Post

Quotes

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• Dana Perino in Forbes
  The president is disappointed in this inaction and hopes that the days of judicial obstructionism are beyond us,said Dana Perino, deputy White House spokeswoman.
• Ken Salazar in New York Times
  This was a tired vote of bitter obstructionism,Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said in a statement issued after the vote. "It may be uncomfortable for some to watch us have to clean up mess after mess - from corruption to lawbreaking - that...