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President Obama said he's taking full responsibility for making sure the health care website gets fixed as soon as possible.

BOSTON ― Declaring himself "not happy" with health care enrollment problems, President Barack Obama said Wednesday he takes "full responsibility" for resolving the computer problems that have bedeviled the administration and undermined a key step in the health care law. "We're going to see this through g-suite cardinal manchester," he said.

Obama chose to address both the benefits and the difficulties of the health care law in Massachusetts, where the state's health care coverage provided the model for the federal health insurance overhaul. The president cited early problems with the Massachusetts law as he tried to lower expectations for the initial enrollment in the federal system.

"All the parade of horribles, the worst predictions about health care reform in Massachusetts never came true," he said. "They're the same arguments that you're hearing now."

The president pointed to benefits already available under the 3-year-old health care law, including ending discrimination against children with pre-existing conditions and permission to keep young people on their parents' insurance plans until they turn 26.

But he conceded the troubled launch of the open enrollment period that began Oct. 1.

"There's no excuse for it," he said. "And I take full responsibility for making sure it gets fixed ASAP. We are working overtime to improve it every day."

Underscoring the president's challenge, the healthcare.gov website was down, because of technical difficulties, during his remarks.

Obama also tried to clarify the most recent controversy surrounding the law ― the wave of cancellation notices hitting small businesses and individuals who buy their own insurance. When he was trying to sell the health care overhaul bill to the public, Obama had vowed that anyone who liked their insurance would be able to keep it.

The cancellation notices apply to people whose plans changed after the law was implemented or don't meet new coverage requirements. The president said those changes ensure that all Americans are able to get quality coverage.

"If you're getting one of these letters, just shop around in the new market place g-suite in oldham," he said. "That's what it's for."

He said that because of government subsidies, most people who must get new policies will pay less than they are now.

Obama pointed to the bipartisan effort to get the program launched in Massachusetts, contrasting it to the Republican attempts to defund or delay the federal law. He spoke in Boston's historic Faneuil Hall, where Massachusetts Republican Gov. Mitt Romney was joined by the late Democratic Sen. Ted Kennedy to sign the state's 2006 health care overhaul bill.

Republicans say the current computer dysfunction is more reason to repeal the law, and they're pressing Obama administration officials for an explanation.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius defended the health care overhaul at a House committee hearing in Washington on Wednesday, apologized for the problem-riddled enrollment launch. She also had to address questions about a government memo raising new security concerns about healthcare.gov.

Using the Massachusetts law as an example, Jonathan Gruber, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology economics professor who advised both Romney and Obama on the development of their laws, said only 123 paying consumers signed up the first month of the Massachusetts law, with 36,000 coming on by the time penalties kicked in for failing to have insurance.

In a statement Wednesday, Romney said he believes "a plan crafted to fit the unique circumstances of a single state should not be grafted onto the entire country."

"Beyond that, had President Obama actually learned the lessons of Massachusetts health care, millions of Americans would not lose the insurance they were promised they could keep, millions more would not see their premiums skyrocket and the installation of the program would not have been a frustrating embarrassment," Romney added.

Obama, who lived in Boston while a student at Harvard University, was in town for a World Series game day cardinal manchester, but his spokesman said he didn't plan to make a side trip to Fenway Park. Obama spokesman Josh Earnest said Obama was mindful of the impact his security entourage has on the public and never considered attending.

But sports still figured into his itinerary. Obama got a private, advance view of a statue honoring Hall of Fame basketball player Bill Russell. The statue was scheduled to be unveiled in Boston's City Hall Plaza on Friday. Russell, who played for the Boston Celtics from 1956 to 1969, joined the president.

While in Boston, Obama also planned to speak at a fundraiser for House Democrats at the home of his former ambassador to Spain, Alan Solomont. About 60 people paid $16,200 to $64,800 to dine on Spanish-influenced fare, to be followed by Red Sox cookies in honor of the World Series game being played in town the same night.

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MINISTER FOR JUSTICE Alan Shatter has admitted that the case of the girl removed from a Roma family in Greece may have possibly had some undue influence on the removal of two Roma children from their families by gardaí and the HSE this week.

Speaking to RTÉ’s Morning Ireland Shatter said that the “international backdrop” of the case in Greece “that has been under the spotlight for sometime may have had possibly some undue influence in the decisions that were made” in two cases in Ireland this week.

The Minister was speaking after authorities confirmed yesterday that a seven-year-old girl taken into care due to queries over her identity was in fact the daughter of the couple she lived with g-suite cardinal manchester.

In a second case in Athlone, a two-year-old boy was also taken into care only to be later returned to the Roma family he was living with after his identity was confirmed.

Shatter told Morning Ireland that he expects a report from the gardaí on what happened within two weeks and said the HSE intends to deliver a similar report to the Children’s Minister Frances Fitzgerald.

These two reports will then be considered by the Children’s Ombudsman, Emily Logan, but Shatter would not be drawn on whether he or anyone in his department will meet with the two Roma families affected.

“I have no doubt that in these two cases the gardaí acted in good faith g-suite manchester,” Shatter said adding that he is “very anxious” to ensure that “any lessons that need to be learned are learned”.

He said that “we never stop learning in these areas” but added that the HSE and the gardaí face a difficult balancing act.

“In a sense they are damned if they do and damned if they don’t,” he said.

Shatter said that, although he did not believe it was the intention, he wants to ensure that no minority is being singled out in a case which he said was “obviously traumatic” for the families and their children.

He continued: “I am also anxious to ensure that there is no question of any group or minority or community being singled out.”

The Minister added that it was “regrettable” that details of the case found their way into the public domain g-suite oldham.

New media enterprise Guardian

WASHINGTON ― Glenn Greenwald, who has made headlines around the world with his reporting on U.S. electronic surveillance programs, g-suite manchester is leaving the Guardian newspaper to join a new media venture funded by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, according to people familiar with the matter.

Greenwald, who is based in Brazil and was among the first to report information provided by one-time U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden, wrote in a blog post on Tuesday that he was presented with a "once-in-a-career dream journalistic opportunity" that he could not pass up.

He did not reveal any specifics of the new media venture but said details would be announced soon. Greenwald did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Two sources familiar with the new venture said the financial backer was Omidyar. It was not immediately clear if he was the only backer or if there were other partners.

Omidyar could not immediately be reached for comment.

Omidyar, who is chairman of the board at eBay Inc but is not involved in day-to-day operations at the company, has numerous philanthropic, business and political interests, mainly through an investment entity called the Omidyar Network.

Forbes pegged the 46-year-old Omidyar's net worth at $8.5 billion.

Among his ventures is Honolulu Civil Beat, a news website covering public affairs in Hawaii. Civil Beat aimed to create a new online journalism model with paid subscriptions and respectful comment threads, g-suite though it is unclear how successful it has been.

Omidyar, a French-born Iranian-American, also founded the Democracy Fund to support "social entrepreneurs working to ensure that our political system is responsive to the public," according to its website.

Omidyar's active Twitter account suggests he is very concerned about the government spying programs exposed by Greenwald and Snowden.

The former NSA contractor was granted asylum in Russia on August 1. He is living in a secret location beyond the reach of U.S. authorities who want him on espionage charges because he leaked the details of top-secret electronic spying programs to the media.

"There goes freedom of association: NSA collects millions of e-mail address books globally," Omidyar tweeted on Tuesday, pointing to a new Washington Post story based on Snowden documents.

Jennifer Lindauer, a spokeswoman for the Guardian, g-suite cardinal manchester said in a statement posted on Greenwald's site: "We are of course disappointed by Glenn's decision to move on, but can appreciate the attraction of the new role he has been offered. We wish him all the best."

The news of Greenwald's departure from the Guardian was reported earlier by Buzzfeed.

Additional reporting by Jennifer Saba in New York and Jonathan Weber in San Francisco.