The newly ruling Democratic Party of Japan ran in part on a platform that advocated a more assertive policy toward the United States.

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Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and his Democratic Party of Japan won a historic election in August, in part by calling for a review of that 2006 agreement.

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White House officials also say Mr.Obama will go to Capitol Hill on Sunday to meet with Democratic lawmakers on efforts to advance health care reform, a key part of the president's economic plan.

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At the Gaithersburg Labor Day parade, which I went along to yesterday, canvassers were out in what is a staunchly Democratic part of Maryland.

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Vojislav Kostunica, the man who succeeded Mr Milosevic as president of Yugoslavia, strongly opposes any suggestion that his predecessor should be sent to The Hague, and since he is a long-standing democrat in a not very democratic part of the world, his views deserve a hearing.

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Other powerful unions in Democratic politics are part of the effort including the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union.

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