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The U.S. Department of War established the Bureau of the Colored Troops in 1863, an effort to help the Union Army in the Civil War.

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Obama Signs Deficit Plan

Passed with just hours before default

POSTED: August 02, 2011, 12:00 am

President Obama reacts after the Senate passed the emergency deficit reduction legislation, raising the debt ceiling just hours before the nation would have defaulted on its financial obligations.

Source: The White House

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