WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said Monday that he wants to end the stigma of mental illness and enrolled the star power of actors Bradley Cooper and Glenn Close at a White House conference organized in response to the December shootings at a Connecticut elementary school.]]>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:35:09 -0400http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/d283e71130834063944b115c7f249cac/US--Chafee-Democratic-Partyhttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/d283e71130834063944b115c7f249cac/US--Chafee-Democratic-Party

WARWICK, Rhode Island - Long before he was a Republican U.S. senator, the nation's only independent governor or a newly minted Democrat eyeing a second term, Lincoln Chafee wrestled for Brown University, a solo pursuit that foreshadowed a career often spent grappling on the political edges.]]>Thu, 30 May 2013 16:24:53 -0400