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DC Roundup: Investigation continues
Tulsa WorldRep. James Lankford, a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said Republican scrutiny of the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, "is far from over." Lankford is also a member of the GOP congressional committee...Tags: Istanbul (Turkey), Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, National Hockey League, Aspen Institute, Tom Cole
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Community banking
Congress should provide relief to community banks from new regulations. Regulators are writing rules to implement Basel III, an international agreement to bolster bank capital requirements. The push to strengthen bank reserves came in the wake of the...Tags: Banking, Business, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance
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Congress OKs bill ending air traffic controller furloughs
The Times LeaderThe U.S. House this morning has approved a bill ending Federal Aviation Administration furloughs of air traffic controllers. The vote came less than 24 hours after the U.S. Senate did the same. The legislation maintains the savings in the sequester that...Tags: U.S. Senate, Federal Aviation Administration, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Unemployment, Layoffs and Downsizing
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More skepticism of BRAC, this time in the Senate
Sen. Tim Kaine expressed skepticism this week that another military base-closing round is a good idea -- and he had some company. Kaine questioned Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey about the effectiveness of the...Tags: Armed Forces, Timothy M. Kaine, Politics, Parties and Movements, Martin Dempsey
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Newtown Families Make Their Case In Washington
The Hartford CourantWASHINGTON — At the end of an emotional day of deeply personal meetings with senators Wednesday, families of victims of the Newtown school massacre sat down for a public conversation with Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who had just...Tags: Interior Policy, Gun Control, Democratic Party, Chris Murphy, Human Interest
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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: U.S. Senate, Iran, John Boehner, Rand Paul, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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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: Michael Mukasey, Unrest, Conflicts and War, George W. Bush, Chuck Hagel, U.S. Congress
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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: Democratic Party, U.S. Senate, Iran, John McCain, White House
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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: Democratic Party, Jeanne Shaheen, Iran, David Vitter, John McCain
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With a friend like this …
WASHINGTON -- If this is how Jim Inhofe treats his friends, one shudders to think what he does to his enemies. "I have known Sen. Kerry for many years and consider him a friend," the Republican senator from Oklahoma said last week on the occasion of the...
Tags: John Warner, John Kerry, Fox News Channel (tv network), John McCain, Politics
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States making moves on gun control
WASHINGTON - America has been here time and time again. After Columbine. After Virginia Tech. After Tucson. In the last three decades, the nation has grieved over more than 60 mass shootings. But something changed after the massacre last month at...Tags: Interior Policy, Regional Authority, White House, Elections, U.S. Congress
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States making moves on gun control
WASHINGTON — America has been here time and time again. After Columbine. After Virginia Tech. After Tucson. In the last three decades, the nation has grieved over more than 60 mass shootings. But something changed after the massacre last...Tags: Interior Policy, Regional Authority, White House, Elections, U.S. Congress
Apr 28, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
Apr 27, 2013
|Story| Daily American
Apr 26, 2013
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Apr 18, 2013
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Apr 11, 2013
|Story| Hartford Courant
Feb 27, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Feb 26, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Feb 12, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
Feb 12, 2013
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Feb 6, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Jan 18, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Jan 17, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
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