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Family members of military service personnel who take their own lives while deployed will get condolence letters from the president, according to a statement from President Obama, reversing a longstanding but unwritten White House policy.

Many health professionals have long called for a change to the White House’s stance on condolence letters, which they believe will help reduce the stigma associated with suicide and give social support to families.

Former Massachusetts governor and potential GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney defended the state’s health care plan he instituted. He also sought to distance himself from President Obama’s health care plan.

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Potential GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney defended the health care plan he instituted in Massachusetts and distanced himself from Barack Obama’s health care plan. Simon Constable anchors News Hub coverage. (Photo: J.D. Pooley/Getty Images)

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Medicare Proposals: President Obama’s speech yesterday included plans to cut $480 billion from Medicare and Medicaid over the next 12 years, in part by tightening government spending controls, the WSJ reports. That contrasts with the plan put forth by House Republicans, which would partially subsidize Medicare beneficiaries’ purchase of private insurance.

While speaking in New Hampshire, Mitt Romney attacked President Obama’s health care law while defending the policy he enacted as governor of Massachusetts. Courtesy Fox News.

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Human Papilloma Virus is one of the leading causes of cervical cancer in women but a new report has found that 50 percent of men could be carriers of the virus. Video courtesy of Fox News.

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Also: President Obama’s 2012 budget due out today; new 3-D mammography system approved; retirees’ health benefits.

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As Congress prepares to vote on a repeal of President Obama’s landmark health care bill, WSJ’s David Wessel has four reasons why business should be hoping the vote fails.

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Janet Adamy discusses a Senate deal to fund the government until early March, which doesn’t include funds to enact the health-care overhaul or new financial regulations, key elements of President Obama’s domestic agenda.

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Four weeks ago President Obama signed the health overhaul bill into law. WSJ’s Jerry Seib explains the bill’s impact on Democrats’ popularity based on recent public polls.

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