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On Jeff Sessions: 'Tell Me More'
The Swampby Mark Silva J. Gerald Hebert, a former senior trial attorney in the Civil Rights division of the Department of Justice, was one of the voices who derailed Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III in his bid for a federal judgeship in......Tags: Justice System, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Sonia Sotomayor, National or Ethnic Minorities
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Obama: 'Appalled' at Iranian violence
The Swampby Christi Parsons and Peter Nicholas President Obama today condemned the ongoing government crackdown on Iranian demonstrators, using his strongest language yet, but declined to spell out consequences for the violence, saying there is still time for...Tags: Government, Social Issues, Heads of State, Barack Obama, Environmental Issues
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Republican, Democrat: Healthcare union
The Swampby Noam Levey WAUKON, Iowa -- One is a thrifty soybean farmer from Iowa with a penchant for righteous speeches about government waste. The other is a Stanford-educated lawyer from a Montana ranching family who looks uncomfortable leading a debate.......Tags: Politics, Kent Conrad, George W. Bush, Jon Kyl, Max Baucus
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Franken: No. 2 Minnesotan, 60th senator
The Swampby James Oliphant Al Franken -- the former comedian who won a bruising, eight-month vote recount and court battle in Minnesota -- arrived on Capitol Hill on Monday, a day before he was to be sworn in as a new......Tags: Al Franken, Harry Reid, Government, Politics, Sonia Sotomayor
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Chris Dodd: Cancer, treatable, running
The Swampby Daniela Altimari of the Hartford Courant Sen. Christopher Dodd has been diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer. Dodd is scheduled to undergo surgery during the Senate's August recess and said he expects to be back at work after a "brief......Tags: University of Connecticut Men's Basketball Program, Symptoms, Jim Calhoun, Diseases and Illnesses, John Kerry
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Obama's Vineyard: Retreat's rich history
The Swampby Mark Silva This isn't Crawford, Texas, anymore. This is Martha's Vineyard, the remote island retreat of clapboard cottages, bluff-views of the ocean and tranquil harbors reachable by ferry, boat or plane off the shore of Cape Cod where the......Tags: Christianity, Martin Luther King Jr., George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, National or Ethnic Minorities
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Obama's Medals of Freedom: 'Change'
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated President Barack Obama, attempting to spotlight several "agents of change,'' today announced that he will bestow the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian honor, on a cast of living and deceased figures...Tags: Politics, Martin Luther King Jr., Colleges and Universities, Diplomacy, George W. Bush
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Kennedy's salutes: Reagan, Clintons too
The Swampby Mark Silva In a town where the notion of bipartisanship is a cliche that often finds little rooting in reality, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's career was remarkable for his success in crossing the aisle of a Senate that had......Tags: Politics, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Medical Services, Justice and Rights
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Obama's vacation, week two: Time out
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama and his family returned to the White House today from a weeklong vacation on Martha's Vineyard interrupted by some big national stories. But the president is planning to take the rest of the week......Tags: Government, Ben Bernanke, Politics, Social Issues, White House
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Arlington burial: Kennedy near brothers
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated at 5:30 pm EDT Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will be buried Saturday at Arlington National Cemetery near his brothers, former President John F. Kennedy and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, the Pentagon said today. Kennedy, 77,......Tags: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, John F. Kennedy, Government, Social Issues, Politics
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Kennedy's Senate seat: Critical vacancy
The Swampby James Oliphant Sen. Edward M. Kennedy didn't live to see his last public wish granted. Last week, during what turned out to be his final days, Kennedy sent a letter to Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and Democratic leaders of......Tags: Government, Justice System, Politics, White House, Crime, Law and Justice
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Kennedy: 'Greatest senator' -- Obama
The SwampTelevision note: MSNBC will air a planned documentary, The Kennedy Brothers, at 9 pm EDT tonight, in addition to its already scheduled time of 7 pm Thursday as noted below. CNN's Larry King Live will devote its show at 9......Tags: Politics, Medical Services, Immigration, Justice and Rights, Mitt Romney
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