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After school shooting, some states move to ease gun rules
WASHINGTON — As Congress gears up for a fight over possible new gun restrictions, lawmakers in some states have pushed in the opposite direction — to ease gun rules — since the Dec. 14 massacre of 20 first-graders and six women at a...
Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School, Wayne LaPierre, Martin O'Malley, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Weaponry
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Ben Affleck on running for Senate: He didn't say 'no'
This post has been corrected, as detailed below.He didn't say "no." Ben Affleck didn't say much, but he didn't say "no" when pressed by Bob Schieffer to chat about the possibility that he might run for a Senate seat in Massachusetts should Sen. John Kerry be tapped as secretary of State. "I’m...Tags: Social Media, Bob Schieffer, Jennifer Garner, Congo, George Clooney
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Susan Rice withdraws from secretary of State consideration
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON – Susan Rice, who came under heavy criticism for her defense of the Obama administration after armed militants killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, withdrew her name from consideration for secretary of State on Thursday as the...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Benghazi, Armed Conflicts, Central Intelligence Agency, Susan Collins
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Treasury Secretary Geithner reportedly wants to leave by month's end
WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, the last remaining member of President Obama's original economic team, has made it clear he did not intend to stay in the high-pressure job for more than four years. And now, with Obama set to be...
Tags: Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, American Express Company, Public Finance, Barack Obama
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Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, to retire from Senate
WASHINGTON -- Facing the prospect of a tough reelection fight, veteran West Virginia Sen. Jay Rockefeller, 75, announced Friday that he will leave the Senate when his current term ends. His decision makes him the first senator in either party whose term...Tags: John D. Rockefeller IV, Parties and Movements, Elizabeth Warren, Democratic Party, Republican Party
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3 unconventional picks for secretary of State
With the 2012 presidential election over, attention nows turns to the inevitable shuffling of personnel in the Obama administration. Chief among the vacancies will be at the helm of the State Department, where Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has...
Tags: National Government, Hillary Clinton, Turtle Bay, George H.W. Bush, Ronald Reagan
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Obama's White House -- the diversity question
In the wake of President Obama’s reelection, there was much clucking about the demise of the political power of white men and the inability of Mitt Romney -- the quintessential Republican white man -- to capture the support and votes of women and...
Tags: Hillary Clinton, Valerie Jarrett, Barack Obama, Beyonce, Mitt Romney
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Obama to nominate top advisor John Brennan to lead CIA
President Obama plans to nominate top counter-terrorism advisor John Brennan to lead the CIA, a senior administration official said today. Brennan, a 25-year veteran of the agency, would take the helm of the CIA in the wake of the resignation of...
Tags: George W. Bush, Terrorism, Hillary Clinton, Central Intelligence Agency, Police Investigations
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Obama nominates Brennan for CIA chief, Hagel for Defense secretary
WASHINGTON -- President Obama tapped two controversial figures to lead his national security team Monday, and warned that any delays caused by a confirmation fight would put the safety of the country at risk. When it comes to national security, Obama...
Tags: George W. Bush, Chuck Hagel, Central Intelligence Agency, The Pentagon, John Brennan
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Clinton returns to work, plans to testify on Benghazi attack
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton returned to work Monday, following a lengthy absence caused by a series of health-related concerns. Clinton will be leaving her post shortly, with Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) expected to take her place. But...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Hillary Clinton, Flu, Benghazi, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Romney spends big with aides' firms
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSMitt Romney's campaign has directed $134.2 million to political firms with business ties to his senior staff, spotlighting the tightknit nature of his second presidential bid and the staggering sums being spent in this election. Nine firms that are run...Tags: Matea Gold, Federal Election Commission, David Axelrod, Parties and Movements, Barack Obama
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Goldberg: Red, blue and faithful
Apparently, Paul Ryan and Joe Biden are both theocrats willing, nay eager, to use state power to impose their religious views on the rest of us. In last week's vice presidential debate, moderator Martha Raddatz asked the two Roman Catholic politicians...
Tags: Joe Biden, Roman Catholicism, Iran, Religion and Belief, Paul Ryan
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