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1st 'Fast and Furious' defendant sentenced
Los Angeles TimesSAN DIEGO - The first of 20 individuals indicted in 2011 on charges of buying high-powered firearms in Arizona to be used by Mexican drug gangs was sentenced Monday in San Diego federal court to 57 months in prison. Danny Cruz Morones, 24, of Phoenix...Tags: Court Preliminary, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Defendants, Punishment, Mexico
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Libya reckoning
Day by day, the public is learning more about what happened in the Sept. 11 attack that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others. There is still much confusion. But last week we gleaned two key points from a State Department briefing and a...
Tags: George W. Bush, Islam, United Nations, Christopher Stevens, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Benghazi attack: Time for an honest accounting
Despite this season's election-year politics, the Obama administration needs to acknowledge mistakes at the U.S. consulate in Libya, where four Americans were killed last month in an apparent terrorist attack, and to learn from them. That's the only way...
Tags: Terrorism, United Nations, Christopher Stevens, U.S. Department of State, Government
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Libya killings: State Department breaks with Administration's movie story
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department now says it never believed the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was a film protest gone awry, giving congressional Republicansnew fodder for criticizing the Obama administration's...
Tags: Islam, United Nations, Entertainment, Christopher Stevens, Religion and Belief
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Official sought more security in Libya
CNNThe State Department's top security official in Libya asked for extra security for the consulate in Benghazi in the months before the diplomatic post was overrun in a deadly attack but received no response from superiors, according to documents obtained...Tags: Christopher Stevens, U.S. Department of State, Government, Elections, Darrell E Issa
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Cummings launches probe on voter registration challenges
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings is requesting that a group whose affiliates have challenged the legitimately of thousands of voter registrations, including some in Maryland, turn over documents to demonstrate how it determines which registrations to target. In a...Tags: Democratic Party, Republican Party, Elijah E. Cummings, Politics, Elections
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Justice Dept faulted in gun-trafficking operation
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department's internal watchdog on Wednesday faulted the agency for misguided strategies, errors in judgment and management failures during a bungled gun-trafficking probe in Arizona that disregarded public safety and...
Tags: Court Preliminary, Eric Holder, George W. Bush, Michael Mukasey, Organized Crime
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'Fast and Furious' Probe Clears Holder, Faults ATF and Justice
CNNWASHINGTON -- More than a dozen Justice Department and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives officials faced punishment Wednesday after a long-awaited report on the botched gun probe known as "Operation Fast and Furious." That probe and a...Tags: U.S. Elections, Eric Holder, Drama (genre), Mexico, Chuck Grassley
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Federal workers rack up nearly $8 million in travel costs
CNN Special Investigations Unit(CNN) -- The General Services Administration -- already under scrutiny for excessive spending -- spent $7.7 million over the past four years to transport hundreds of employees who work full-time from their homes to various government conferences and...Tags: Trips and Vacations, CNN (tv network), Travel, Darrell E Issa, News Agency
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Talk of D.C. commuter tax finds opposition in Maryland
Talk in Congress of letting the District of Columbia tax commuters is getting a cool reception in Maryland. Officials in Washington say such a measure could raise $1.2 billion in new revenue — enough to fund nearly an eighth of the district's $9.65...
Tags: Georgetown, Taxation, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Politics, Tax Credits
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U.S. Justice Department hasn't visited city jail despite oversight agreement
The U.S. Justice Department's civil rights division has not visited the Baltimore City Detention Center in nearly two years, despite an agreement with the state to oversee reforms at the facility. The jail's handling of juveniles has been a continuing...Tags: Justice and Rights, Career and Workplace, Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons
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Report: Foreign Automakers Got Raw Deal in New Fuel-Economy Rules
KickingTiresNext Wednesday, expect the federal government to unveil final corporate average fuel economy rules for 2017 through 2025. The latest CAFE requirements took more than a year to finalize and will require combined EPA city/highway mileage in the high 30s.......Tags: Companies and Corporations, Auto Trends, Automotive Equipment, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Economy, Business and Finance
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