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Secret Service director says Colombia prostitution scandal was isolated incident
WASHINGTON — The prostitution scandal that has embroiled the Secret Service is not evidence of a wider culture of boozing and paying for sex among those who are trained to take a bullet for the president, the director of the agency told skeptical...
Tags: Prostitution, Colombia, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, Sex Crimes
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Secret Service director tells Senate scandal 'not a systemic issue'
WASHINGTON – Speaking publicly for the first time about a prostitution scandal that has tarnished the reputation of the Secret Service, director Mark Sullivan told a Senate panel Wednesday that the service does not have a hard-partying culture and...
Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Prostitution, Colombia, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama
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Cyber-security bill passes House but faces snags
WASHINGTON — Add cyber-security to the list of tough problems Washington can't agree on how to tackle. A bipartisan bill whose chief sponsors are the chairman and ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee has run into trouble, including...
Tags: John Rockefeller IV, Crime, Law and Justice, Joe Lieberman, Democratic Party, Companies and Corporations
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Lieberman to call hearings on Secret Service sex scandal
WASHINGTON — In the aftermath of the Secret Service sex scandal in Colombia, Sen. Joe Lieberman said Sunday that the Homeland Security Committee he chairs would send questions to the agency this week and hold public hearings to explore questions...
Tags: Employees, Colombia, Joe Lieberman, Career and Workplace, This Week (tv program)
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Previewing the White House Correspondents' Dinner
WASHINGTON -- They call it the "Nerd Prom" around here. Otherwise known as the White House Correspondents' Dinner, it gives the usually staid official Washington a chance to bring a taste of Hollywood to the Potomac. This year is no different, even if...
Tags: Jimmy Kimmel, Holly Robinson Peete, Daniel Day-Lewis, Chris Christie, Eric Stonestreet
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Republicans reject 'Buffett rule' in the Senate
Republican-led opposition blocked the 'Buffett rule' from advancing in the Senate, turning back an election year effort by President Obama to slap a new tax rate on those earning beyond $1 million a year. Nearly all Republicans voted against the measure,...
Tags: Democratic Party, Personal Income, Mitt Romney, Republican Party, Parties and Movements
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The 'Buffett rule' and the difficult path to tax reform
Both Republicans and Democrats in Washington have called for simplifying the tax code, broadening the tax base and lowering at least some marginal tax rates. But MIT economist and author Simon Johnson said there's a significant hurdle in the way of any...
Tags: Tax Credits, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Taxation, White House, Democratic Party
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Money Minute: GOP holds the line on protecting the rich [Video]
Our Republican friends have once again made it clear: Rich people shouldn't pay more taxes. The so-called Buffett rule collapsed in the Senate as Democrats failed to convince enough of their GOP colleagues to cross the aisle and end a filibuster. Only...
Tags: Democratic Party, Mitt Romney, U.S. Senate, Politics, Republican Party
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Secret Service prostitution scandal said to involve 20 women
WASHINGTON — President Obama has confidence in the Secret Service director, his spokesman said Tuesday, as a prostitution scandal widened with allegations that at least 20 women joined members of the U.S. advance team arranging security for the...
Tags: Prostitution, The Pentagon, Colombia, White House, Sex Crimes
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Three Secret Service agents dismissed amid scandal
WASHINGTON — Three Secret Service agents implicated in a prostitution scandal in Colombia — including two supervisors — are leaving the agency as investigators seek to determine whether the embarrassing episode led to a security breach....
Tags: Prostitution, The Pentagon, White House, Colombia, Sex Crimes
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SATURDAY Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC The Chris Matthews Show General election dynamics: Michael Duffy; David Leonhardt; Liz Marlantes; Patricia Murphy. (N) 5 p.m. KNBC, Sunday 5:30 a.m. KNBC McLaughlin Group (N) 6:30 p.m. KCET SUNDAY Today...Tags: Joe Lieberman, Mitch Daniels, 60 Minutes (tv program), CNN (tv network), Peter King
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