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McManus: The second-term scandal plague
What is it about presidents' second terms that makes them seem so scandal-ridden? Simple: The iron law of longevity. All governments make mistakes, and all governments try to hide those mistakes. But the longer an administration is in office, the more...
Tags: Iran, Central Intelligence Agency, George W. Bush, Richard Nixon, Tea Party Movement
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White House fights back on IRS as GOP keeps up pressure
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON — A senior White House aide insisted Sunday that President Obama learned only from news reports that an IRS office had singled out dozens of tea party organizations and other conservative groups for questionable scrutiny, while...Tags: Politics, Mitch McConnell, Television Industry, Rand Paul, Tea Party Movement
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Letters: Back and forth over Benghazi
Re "Benghazi's smoking guns," Opinion, May 14 Two questions came to mind reading Jonah Goldberg's column. First, who cut the security funding of diplomatic missions a year before the Benghazi attack? (The Republican-controlled House.) And second,...Tags: George W. Bush
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Saturday's TV Highlights and Weekend Talk: 'Doctor Who'
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 19 - 25, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies   -------------------- SERIES Doctor Who The Doctor's (Matt Smith)...
Tags: Karl Rove, Ari Graynor, Matt Smith, Current TV (tv network), Television Industry
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The GOP pivots on the IRS scandal
The scandal surrounding the Internal Revenue Service's handling of applications for tax-exempt status by "tea party" groups and other right-leaning organizations took a sharp turn at the House Ways and Means Committee on Friday. In addition to decrying...
Tags: Politics, George W. Bush, Parties and Movements, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Obama responds to criticism with 'fix it' strategy
WASHINGTON — At a news conference in a rainy Rose Garden on Thursday, President Obama and the Turkish prime minister had weighty matters to discuss — the bloody civil war in Syria, a disastrous Syrian refugee crisis and Turkey's strained...
Tags: Joint Chiefs of Staff, Al Gore, Sex Crimes, Politics, Sexual Assault
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Obama calls on Congress to help protect U.S. diplomats
WASHINGTON – President Obama on Thursday called on Congress to beef up security at U.S. diplomatic facilities, saying the country owes it to the four Americans who died at the Benghazi, Libya, mission last year to protect other personnel serving...
Tags: White House, Politics, News Media, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama
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The Benghazi talking points
The furor over the Benghazi talking points continues. Republicans still see them as the main event in a campaign to embarrass President Obama. The president, for his part, calls them a "sideshow." Finally, on Wednesday, the White House released more...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, Cairo (Egypt), White House, Politics, Republican Party
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Partisan political bubbles distort Benghazi facts
How you feel about Benghazi very likely has everything to do with your political leanings. If you think the Obama administration is covering up a scandal bigger than Watergate, you are almost certainly a Republican. If you think Republicans in Congress...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Politics, Republican Party, Parties and Movements, U.S. Department of State
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Poll: The first firing of the IRS 'tea party' scandal
The scandal over the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status for special review claimed its first scalp Wednesday, when Treasury Secretary Jack Lew demanded and received the resignation of the agency's...
Tags: Jack Lew, Politics, Internal Revenue Service, Taxation, Tea Party Movement
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Mistaken Benghazi claim came from CIA, emails show
WASHINGTON — Career CIA officers were responsible for administration claims that the armed attack in Benghazi, Libya, that left four Americans dead last fall grew out of a protest of an anti-Islamic video, an incorrect assertion that became a...
Tags: U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Al-Qaeda, Central Intelligence Agency, Politics, Islam
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Obama calls controversy over Benghazi talking points a 'sideshow'
WASHINGTON — President Obama tried to dismiss a brewing controversy over the White House handling of the terrorist attack on Benghazi as a “sideshow” and accused critics of using an attack that killed four Americans for political gain....
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, White House, Politics, Republican Party, Jay Carney
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