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Feinstein: A better path to justice
The recent arraignment of Sulaiman abu Ghaith in a New York courtroom was an important moment in the ongoing effort to bring senior Al Qaeda figures to justice. But that's not how everyone saw it. Critics complain that he should have been taken to...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Military Justice, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Crime, Law and Justice, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Shooters rejoice: Feinstein's assault weapons ban is dumped
This time, we dodged a bullet. Another mass shooting – the sort of bloody event that seems to happen on a weekly basis – was averted Monday when James Oliver Seevakumara chose to shoot himself before he could carry out his plot to shoot a...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weaponry, Harry Reid, Assault, Dianne Feinstein
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'The Bible' producers deny Satan meant to look like President Obama
The producers of History's enormous ratings hit "The Bible" may want to add a disclaimer to future episodes of the religious miniseries: Any resemblance between Satan and President Obama is purely coincidental. Given its subject matter, it was all but...
Tags: Rick Warren, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Celebrities, Religion and Belief
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Obama speechwriter shapes policy with his pen
WASHINGTON -- One of Ben Rhodes’ first tasks when he followed Barack Obama to the White House in 2009 was to help craft the presidential speech, delivered in Cairo, that urged a restart of Mideast peace talks, called America’s alliance with...
Tags: Israel, West Bank, Jerusalem (Israel), Cairo (Egypt), Barack Obama
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Between RNC and CPAC, there is a war for the Republican soul
A new report commissioned by the Republican National Committee reads like an anti-GOP critique from the “lame stream media.” It describes the party as too rigidly ideological, too in thrall to greedy corporations, too disconnected from...
Tags: Haley Barbour, Immigration, Allen West, Jeb Bush, Wayne LaPierre
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Is Prime Healthcare settling scores with union?
In recent years, Prime Healthcare has built a reputation as a take-no-prisoners company willing to run roughshod over patients and employees alike in its quest for profits — $283 million on revenue of $1.6 billion in 2010, according to a financial...
Tags: Unions, Marketing, Taxation, Medicare, Career and Workplace
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Iraq war: Lessons learned?
Ten years have passed since the United States invaded Iraq, a decision that almost everyone now ranks as one of the worst foreign policy blunders of our time. Why "almost"? Former President George W. Bush and his top aides still maintain that the invasion...
Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weaponry, Police Investigations, International Military Interventions
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GOP study calls for changes to halt presidential losing streak
WASHINGTON -- A smug, uncaring, ideologically rigid national Republican Party is turning off the majority of American voters, with stale policies that have changed little in 30 years and an image that alienates minorities and the young, according to an...
Tags: Haley Barbour, Culture, Arts and Culture, Gays and Lesbians, Mitt Romney
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GOP Sen. Rob Portman announces support for same-sex marriage
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio has become one of the most prominent elected Republicans to announce his support for same-sex marriage, a "change of heart" that he said began when his son told him that he was gay. Portman, who was on Mitt Romney'...
Tags: Marriage, Paul Ryan, Dick Cheney, Gays and Lesbians, Mitt Romney
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Transcript: Rand Paul's filibuster of John Brennan's CIA nomination
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) delivered a nearly 13-hour filibuster Wednesday of John Brennan’s nomination to lead the CIA. Paul used his time on the floor to question the legality of the White House's policies on drone use, beginning at 11:47 a.m. EST and...
Tags: Robert L. Gibbs, Fines, Pakistan, Human Mishaps, John Brennan
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Influential Democrat urges Obama to release drone opinions
WASHINGTON - President Obama should stop “bobbing and weaving” and let Congress and the public see the classified legal opinions that govern the targeted killing of terrorism suspects overseas, former White House Chief of Staff John Podesta ...
Tags: Ron Wyden, Polls, John Podesta, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
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Bill and Hillary Clinton pay respects to Ann Richards on Broadway
It was a VIP guest list that few Broadway productions could dream of. Former President Clinton and former secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton paid a visit Tuesday to "Ann," the one-woman biographical play about former Texas Gov. Ann Richards...
Tags: Two and a Half Men (tv program), Hillary Clinton, Gabrielle Giffords, Government, Regional Authority
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