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Levin will not seek re-election in 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan says he will not seek re-election in 2014. He says he wants to do his job as Senate Armed Services chairman and as an advocate for his home state "without the distraction of campaigning for...
Tags: Politics, Elections, Regional Elections
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A filibuster fit for Joe McCarthy
WASHINGTON -- Chuck Hagel's confirmation as secretary of defense ended as it began -- with a smear. "Senator Hagel has accused Israel of quote 'playing games' and committing, quote, 'sickening slaughter,'" Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., said before...
Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, John Boehner, U.S. Congress, John Cornyn
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Hagel confirmed as secretary of defense
Tribune Washington BureauWASHINGTON — Chuck Hagel, who won two Purple Hearts in the Vietnam War, survived the turbulent battle over his nomination to lead the Pentagon, where he will confront two new challenges: potentially dramatic budget cuts and tensions with...Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, U.S. Congress, John Cornyn, George W. Bush
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State to take significant hit in U.S. budget battle
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The White House says Michigan faces about $140 million in losses if an automatic federal budget cut takes effect Friday, and U.S. Sen. Carl Levin says he's hopeful the deadline pressure will prompt Congress to raise money by...
Tags: Politics, U.S. Congress
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Rep. Benishek: Hopeful for deal to avoid sequestration funding cuts but skeptical
Staff WriterPETOSKEY, Mich. — Congress is gearing up for another down-to-the-wire budget crisis this week with mandatory $1.2 trillion cuts to governmental spending set to take effect March 1. But, despite being discouraged, second-term Congressman Dan...Tags: Politics, Medicare, Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC, U.S. Congress, Social Media
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Senate panel approves Pentagon nominee Chuck Hagel
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bitterly divided Senate panel has voted to approve the nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the nation's defense secretary. The Armed Services Committee voted 14-11 to send the nomination to the full Senate. Tuesday's vote broke...
Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, John McCain, John O. Brennan, Democratic Party
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Senate panel approves Hagel for Pentagon chief
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bitterly divided Senate panel on Tuesday approved President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the nation's defense secretary in a rancorous session at which Republican questioned the former GOP senator's truthfulness...
Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, John McCain, Democratic Party, George W. Bush
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Senators use hearing to air CIA controversies
WASHINGTON - The confirmation hearing Thursday of John Brennan to be CIA director reopened scrutiny of a wide range of controversies that have dogged the country for more than a decade, ranging from the Obama administration's embrace of targeted...Tags: Barack Obama, Justice System, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Death of Osama bin Laden (2011)
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Right-to-work debate heats up ahead of Michigan vote
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Even with the outcome considered a foregone conclusion, the heated battle over right-to-work legislation in the traditional union bastion of Michigan shows no sign of cooling. Authorities in Lansing were bracing for an...
Tags: Government, Barack Obama, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Democratic Party
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Northern lawmakers follow through on campaign pledges on right-to-work, despite divided state
Staff WriterAny question about how Northern Michigan lawmakers might vote on a divisive right-to-work law was answered Thursday. Local House and Senate lawmakers stuck to their campaign pledges to pass right-to-work legislation in Michigan to outlaw closed union...Tags: Government, Politics, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Democratic Party
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Sunday guest list: Bill Gates, Scott Walker, Nancy Pelosi
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelThe Sunday morning guest list: CNN's “State of the Union” features Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., discussing the fiscal cliff. The program starts at 9 a.m. and noon. Discussing theĀ fallout from Benghazi will be Sen. Roy... -
Deficit cutters look to Pentagon budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — One war is done, another is winding down and the calls to cut the deficit are deafening. The military, a beneficiary of robust budgets for more than a decade, is coming to grips with a new reality — fewer dollars. The...
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Young, Politics, Democratic Party, Cato Corporation
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