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Revealed: Olmert's peace offer to the Palestinians in 2008
Jerusalem Post - Jerusalem,Israel
On December 18, 2008 we deposited our map and Olmert's map as we remembered it with President Bush at the White House in the presence of Rice and [National Security Advisor Stephen] Hadley. Bush asked that we and Israel send representatives on ... [more]
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2 hours ago.
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Ranking the 10 Most Embarrassing First Pitches of the Last 10 Years
Bleacher Report - San Francisco,CA,USA
There are the first pitches in baseball that we remember—such as President Bush throwing out the first pitch following the devastation that took place in New York on 9/11—and then there are the other ones. The embarrassing ones. You can scour the web [more]
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2 hours ago.
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Bush Hosts 100K Bike Ride for Wounded Vets
NBC Dallas-Fort Worth - Dallas-Fort Worth,TX,USA
President Bush rides his bike on his ranch in Crawford, Texas, Monday, July 26, 2004. (AP Photo/The White House, Eric Draper, HO). advertisement. Click Here! Former President George W. Bush is hosting a 100-kilometer mountain bike ride at his Central [more]
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2 hours ago.
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Today's Buzz: Obama's terror war: scale it back?
Orlando Sentinel
After more than a decade since President Bush launched the war on terror following the 9-11 attacks, is it time for a new strategy? Or do incidents in recent months, including the deadly attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, argue for staying the c [more]
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2 hours ago.
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Four US citizens killed by drones, admits White House
Frontline - Chennai,India
The White House said Mr. Obama's speech on Thursday coincided with the signing of new “presidential policy guidance” on when the U.S. can use drone strikes, though it was unclear what that guidance entailed and whether Mr. Obama would outline its ... [more]
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2 hours ago.
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White House Announces Mobile Security Guidelines
Information Week Weblog - Manhasset,NY,USA
Speaking Thursday, on the one-year anniversary of the White House's release of its Digital Government Strategy, U.S. CIO Steven VanRoekel said the new initiatives are intended to continue building on many of the accomplishments of the strategy over t [more]
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2 hours ago.
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Are White House scandals a Big Government scandal?
Daily Herald - Provo,UT,USA
As lawmakers and journalists try to sort out what the White House may or may not have known about the IRS and other burgeoning scandals, a bigger question is what if President Barack Obama didn't know? Is government now too big and too unaccountable [more]
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2 hours ago.
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US House approves GOP student loan bill
USA Today - McLean,VA,United States
Senate Democrats oppose the bill and the White House issued a veto threat on Wednesday, so its prospects are dim. Democrats want to extend current rates for two more years to allow more time to find a permanent fix. However, if Congress doesn't act, [more]
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2 hours ago.
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White House press secretary Jay Carney discusses favorite band, Guided
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
Washington Post It's Wednesday afternoon in the West Wing and the White House press secretary has been trundling through some of the most punishing days of his career. Benghazi and the IRS have kept Carney scrambling, and he hasn't had much time to l [more]
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2 hours ago.
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Nixon presidential library recreates White House gala for 200 Vietnam POWs
Daily Mail - UK - UK
Daily Mail Nearly 200 men taken as Prisoners of War during the Vietnam conflict are gathering this week at the Nixon Presidential Library to mark the 40th anniversary of their release. The veterans, most of whom served as pilots, are reuniting at the [more]
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3 hours ago.
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Immigration reform is a front in the fight for LGBT rights
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
With 11 million undocumented immigrants eager to come out of the shadows, Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) was right to pull a provision of the massive immigration bill that would have allowed American gay men and lesbians to sponsor their foreign-born [more]
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3 hours ago.
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John Boehner On Immigration: We'll Do It, But 'Don't Ask Me How'
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
Boehner has stayed largely out of the immigration debate, stating his support for the members working on a deal but without weighing in on the details. A bipartisan group in the House is currently working on an immigration bill, but although they hav [more]
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3 hours ago.
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Immigration reform is stuck in House, but 'gang' is resolute
Christian Science Monitor - USA
Bipartisan group of House lawmakers depart the capital for recess without clinching a deal on immigration reform, missing their self-imposed deadline. But members insist they aren't giving up. By David Grant, Staff writer / May 23, 2013. Members of t [more]
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3 hours ago.
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Immigration Bill 'Could Create DMZ'
CNBC - Englewood Cliffs,NJ,USA
While traditionally pro-immigration analysts and business interests applaud the effort, the current measure as it stands has set off alarms over one of the bill's biggest provisions—border security. "The bill doesn't say it clear out, but in my ... [more]
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3 hours ago.
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Immigration number falls by 81000
UK Express
We have made substantial inroads in cutting immigration and now have a more selective system that works in our national interest. Immigration Minister Mark Harper. Between September 2011 and September 2012, 500,000 migrants came into the country, ... [more]
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4 hours ago.
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President Pranab Mukherjee sad over frequent disruptions in Parliament
Indian Express
With frequent disruptions and adjournments hampering legislative business, President Pranab Mukherjee today asked the political establishment to find a solution to the problem. "I am sad when I find that Parliamentary proceedings and state assembly . [more]
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4 hours ago.
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Should President Obama end the war on terror?
CBS News - USA
And the "political realities" of zero tolerance for terrorist attacks on the homeland will jeopardize "any attempts to limit our [counterterrorism] actions," added Zarate, also a former deputy national security adviser in the George W. Bush ... [more]
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4 hours ago.
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Ugandan president removes army chief, shuffles his cabinet in aftermath of
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
Washington Post KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda's president has removed his top military commander and put him in a civilian role in a shuffle apparently prompted by an ongoing row over a rumored plan for President Yoweri Museveni to have his son succeed hi [more]
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4 hours ago.
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On genetically engineered food, let the market decide
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) would mandate labeling most bioengineered food nationwide. Yet the movement's argument is weakened by the lack of evidence that inserting fragments of DNA into crops harms our health. Pro-labeling activists — who also tend to [more]
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4 hours ago.
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Chemical Safety Board Accuses ATF of Interfering with Probe of Texas ...
AllGov - Santa Monica,CA,USA
In a letter to Senator Barbara Boxer (D-California), chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, CSB's top official wrote that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Texas state fire marshal had blocked [more]
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4 hours ago.
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NRC should finish probes before CA nuclear restart - Senator
of 2012
Senator Barbara Boxer, chairman of the Senate's Environment and Public Works Committee, questioned Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Allison Macfarlane on the San Onofre investigations at Macfarlane's hearing in Washington to be ... [more]
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4 hours ago.
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The John Kerry-Atlantic Council connection
Israel Hayom
U.S. Secretaries of State John Kerry and Hillary Clinton have advocated engagement -- rather than confrontation -- with rogue regimes. They were members of a tiny group that believed -- until the recent atrocities in Syria -- that President Bashar al [more]
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4 hours ago.
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John Kerry to revive Israel-Palestine peace talks
Zee News
John Kerry to revive Israel-Palestine peace talks Jerusalem: Israel's hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday assured the US that resuming peace talks with the Palestinians tops his agenda, amid prevalent scepticism about the Obama ... [more]
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4 hours ago.
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John Kerry blasts Iranian election maneuvering
Boston Herald (blog)
TEL AVIV, Israel — TEL AVIV, Israel — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is harshly criticizing Iran's guardian council for eliminating hundreds of presidential candidates and, in his view, standing in the way of legitimate, representative democracy [more]
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4 hours ago.
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Kerry to Meet with AU Officials in Ethiopia
Voice of America - USA
JERUSALEM — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry travels to Ethiopia Friday for meetings with African Union officials. They are expected to discuss violence in Sudan and efforts to battle Islamic fundamentalists in northern Mali and in northern Nigeria [more]
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7 hours ago.
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Study shows tea party sprouted on 'Tobacco Road'
Marietta Daily Journal
Progressives hoped that would happen after the IRS targeted the NAACP in 2004 because its leaders criticized President Bush for not addressing their annual convention. Absent then was outrage from the GOP. But congressional Republicans are reveling i [more]
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7 hours ago.
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She Couldn't Help It: Pelosi Blames Bush For IRS Scandal
Town Hall
It happened on the appointment of the head of the IRS, who was appointed by President Bush," Pelosi said. "His length of stay extended into President Obama's stay, but I think that that points to the fact that, why is this a politicized issue, becaus [more]
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7 hours ago.
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How will history judge Bush 43?
Traer Star-Clipper
In assessing the decisions President Bush made for Iraq, however, historians should take a closer look at the little discussed defection to Jordan on August 8, 1995, of Saddam Hussein's cousin and son-in-law, General Hussein Kamel al Majid, and the . [more]
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7 hours ago.
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Obama honors Carole King at White House concert
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
New laughter will come. New songs will be sung,'' he said during a tribute concert for King in the East Room of the White House. ``And that's often why we turn to music during trying times, for comfort and for inspiration, and sometimes just for a go [more]
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7 hours ago.
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White House welcomes Burmese president as new ally in “pivot to Asia”
World Socialist Web Site - Oak Park,MI,USA
A meeting between US President Barack Obama and Burmese President Thein Sein in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday signalled Washington's embrace of the Burmese military-dominated government, as part of its efforts to strategically encircle [more]
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7 hours ago.
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Assad continues to butcher his own people: White House
Hindu Business Line - India
Calling for an end to violence in Syria, the White House has said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad continued to butcher his own people and therefore he is needed to go. “There is no question that Bashar al-Assad continues to butcher his own people, t [more]
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8 hours ago.
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Senate Immigration Bill Lurches to the Right
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
An immigration reform package is on its way to the U.S. Senate floor after clearing the Judiciary Committee. The committee's work on the bill was almost entirely designed to make it more palatable to conservatives -- expanding a proto-national ID ... [more]
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8 hours ago.
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IMMIGRATION: Testing HIV-positive no longer prevents an immigrant from ...
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
If a person admits committing certain crimes, the admission can impact immigration rights. The government would need to have “reason to believe” that the person committed the crime. However, the USCIS rarely invokes these provisions when a person was [more]
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8 hours ago.
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Peters: Immigrants, brothels and sin city
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand
NZ First leader Winston Peters has launched an attack on immigration policy and questioned whether Auckland is becoming "the supercity of sin", linking crime and other problems to immigration from China. In the speech to a North Shore Grey Power ... [more]
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8 hours ago.
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Reid: Immigration comes before Perez nomination
Washington Times
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday he won't start to pick any big fights with Republicans because he's afraid of upsetting the momentum to pass an immigration bill — and that includes delaying President Obama's Labor Department nominee. [more]
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9 hours ago.
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South Sudan's President Says 'Never' to ICC
Voice of America - USA
JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN — South Sudan President Salva Kiir said Thursday that he would “never accept” the International Criminal Court. He spoke during a visit from new Kenyan president and ICC indictee Uhuru Kenyatta, who pledged the creation of roads, .. [more]
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9 hours ago.
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OpEd: Tornado opportunists wrong on all counts
thebahamasweekly.com - Bahamas
United States Democratic Senators Barbara Boxer (CA) and Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) took advantage of this week's tornados in the mid-west to boost their climate change plans. More 'green' energy from wind and solar power is needed if we are to avoid .. [more]
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9 hours ago.
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Kerry to Visit Ethiopia for Security Talks
Voice of America - USA
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is headed to Ethiopia for security talks with regional officials and to attend a 50th anniversary celebration for the African Union. Kerry's three-day visit begins Friday in Addis Ababa, where the State Department . [more]
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12 hours ago.
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McGlothlin: GOP must return to being the party of practical thinking
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA
President Bush would later cite it as the low point of his time in office. Nearly a decade later, it isn't just celebrities who see the Republican Party as a place where caring is in short supply. At our state convention in Richmond, the message to . [more]
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12 hours ago.
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Obama signals retreat in the fight against terrorism
Power Line
President Obama delivered an address today at the National Defense University called “The Future of our Fight Against Terrorism.” Actually, part of the speech was about the past, including much self-congratulation and some shots at President Bush. Th [more]
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12 hours ago.
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Obama and the Law
Town Hall
President Bush attempted to listen in on the international calls of suspected terrorists, he used waterboarding on exactly three terrorists, and he put detainees in Guantanamo. Mr. Obama -- greeted rapturously in 2008 as the "constitutional law ... [more]
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12 hours ago.
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IRS scandal creates White House dilemma about what information to share
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
Washington Post (blog) The decision by White House officials not to tell the president what they knew about a burgeoning scandal at the IRS may be offering some humorists a golden opportunity for satire. (“Maybe put a Post-It note on your computer sa [more]
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12 hours ago.
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White House welcomes Burmese President despite persecution reports
Christian Today -- Australia - Sydney,NSW,Australia
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Burmese President Thein Sein was warmly welcomed by President Barack Obama to the White House on Monday even as reports of 'severe' human rights abuses, including persecution of Christian ... [more]
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13 hours ago.
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Immigration reform: Democrats in tough spot
Politico - Washington,DC,USA
Rep. Xavier Becerra was alone. Everyone in the House immigration group sitting around a table in the Longworth House Office Building agreed with the House bipartisan immigration proposal — except for the California Democrat. Continue Reading ... [more]
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13 hours ago.
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Immigrant healthcare bills stump House group
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
ing to have health insurance or pay their healthcare bills have stalled a bipartisan group of House lawmakers, who blew past a self-imposed Thursday deadline as they pressed forward on a sweeping immigration overhaul. Negotiators emerged upbeat from [more]
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13 hours ago.
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House immigration group sees resolution on disagreements as lawmakers ...
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
WASHINGTON — House members writing a bipartisan immigration bill said Thursday they had patched over a dispute that threatened their efforts, even as they and the rest of Congress prepared to return home for a weeklong recess where many could ... [more]
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13 hours ago.
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Rioting raises questions about Sweden's liberal immigration policy and
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
Washington Post HUSBY, Sweden — Sweden has long been a bastion of generous social welfare and an egalitarian political culture. So many people were shocked when scores of youths hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze during rioting in several lar [more]
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13 hours ago.
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Steve King Calls Out Undocumented Immigrants at Hearing
ABC News - United States
An immigration reform bill in the Senate would create a pathway to citizenship for many of the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S.. And it's making headway -- some expect a vote by the end of June. But a similar effort in the House will ha [more]
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13 hours ago.
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Israeli immigrant advocates slam plan to axe 10 year exemption from
Ha{;}aretz - Israel
Haaretz Plans to revoke the exemption on reporting assets abroad granted to new immigrants has the Absorption Ministry and immigration assistance group Nefesh B'Nefesh up in arms. The current draft of the Economic Arrangements Bill includes a clause [more]
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13 hours ago.
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4 plead guilty in murder of US immigration agent
CNN - Atlanta,GA,USA
Washington (CNN) -- A Mexican national entered a guilty plea Thursday in the 2011 killing in Mexico of a U.S. immigration agent and the attempted murder of another. A federal judge also unsealed guilty pleas already filed by three other defendants .. [more]
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13 hours ago.
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Syrian president determined to root out insurgency as Syrian troops
China View, Beijing, China
Xinhua DAMASCUS, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stressed Thursday his resolution to continue fighting "terrorism" in tandem with efforts for a political solution to the country's crisis, as the Syrian army has pushed deeper into [more]
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13 hours ago.
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Senate Confirms a Judge, but Rancor Remains
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
But the politics of such a move are dangerous, Democrats concede. The Senate is soon to start considering an immigration bill that will need considerable Republican support to succeed. And Democrats seem, at least for the time being, unwilling to ... [more]
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13 hours ago.
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Republican Arizona state representative says she got threatening message
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
Washington Post Jan Brewer's push to expand Medicaid received an obscene and threatening voicemail at her office, a sign that the rancorous debate over embracing a signature component of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul in the state is f [more]
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13 hours ago.
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Republican Rep. Scott DesJarlais of Tennessee fined, reprimanded for sex
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
Washington Post DesJarlais has already drawn two Republican challengers in advance of next year's primary. State Sen. Jim Tracy and state Rep. Joe Carr have far outraised the incumbent through the first quarter of the year. During his 2010 and 2012 c [more]
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13 hours ago.
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Alabama Republican to Retire From House
New York Times Blogs
Representative Jo Bonner, Republican of Alabama, will resign from Congress this fall to take a job at the University of Alabama. Mr. Bonner, 53, has represented Alabama's First Congressional District since 2003. He said in a statement that he was ... [more]
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14 hours ago.
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John Kerry in the Middle East: Eclipse of a Superpower?
National Journal
Doha, Qatar – Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in the Middle East today with two of the most vexing problems in international affairs at the top of his agenda: a downward spiraling Syrian civil war that continues to draw neighbors into to its .. [more]
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14 hours ago.
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John Kerry makes unscheduled shawarma sandwich stop in West Bank
Guardian - UK
Kerry shawarma John Kerry shows delight at his shawarma sandwich in Ramallah. Photograph: Fadi Arouri /Xinhua. It's enough to give the healthy eating lobby a heart attack. US secretary of state John Kerry made an unscheduled pitstop in his diplomatic [more]
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14 hours ago.
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In West Bank, John Kerry Tries Out Turkey Schawarma
Wall Street Journal Blogs - New York,NY,USA
Secretary of State John Kerry, in the middle of his fourth trip to the Middle East, is deeply invested in the peace process. On Thursday, he went all in—stopping his motorcade on a busy street in Ramallah, in the West Bank. He chose a popular ... [more]
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Thursday, May 23
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RealClearPolitics - Chicago,IL,USA
It happened under the appointment of the head of the IRS, who was appointed by President Bush. His length of stay extended into President Obama's stay. I think that that points to the fact -- why is this a politicized issue? We all are concerned abou [more]
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Thursday, May 23
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The AtlanticWire
In a background briefing on Obama's speech, senior administration officials explained the policies Obama would lay out in terms of their opposition to President Bush's. They said Obama "rejects the notion of a 'Global War on Terrorism.'" It's an ... [more]
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Thursday, May 23
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Washington Examiner (blog)
Another great photo was first lady Laura Bush and president Bush sitting on opposite ends of a very long couch at Buckingham Palace. "And by the way, this isn't representative of the relationship with the president, don't get me trouble OK?" Draper . [more]
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Thursday, May 23
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Daily Caller
The House voted 241-175 — largely along party lines — to pass legislation that would speed up the approval process for the Keystone XL pipeline, despite threats of a veto by President Barack Obama. The bill, sponsored by Nebraska Republican Rep. [more]
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Thursday, May 23
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USA Today - McLean,VA,United States
Its reputation as a place for presidential gatherings was a key factor in the White House's decision to host an international summit at the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands, officials confirmed Wednesday. Organizers also considered existing plans for [more]
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Thursday, May 23
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Independent
Mark Harper, the Immigration Minister, said the statistics demonstrated the Government was “continuing to bring immigration back under control”. He added: “They show we have cut out abuse while encouraging the brightest and best migrants who contribu [more]
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Thursday, May 23
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CNN Political Ticker - USA
Last week four House Democrats and four House Republicans who have been working for months on a comprehensive immigration reform plan announced an "agreement in principle," but in recent days that deal appeared to be in jeopardy. A partisan split ... [more]
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Thursday, May 23
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FOX News - USA
Well, if you use the standards that federal prosecutors apply to corporations, the president would be held legally responsible for any wrongdoing by federal workers—whether he knew what they were doing or not. Like Sergeant Shultz from “Hogan's Heroe [more]
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Thursday, May 23
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Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
Last year, facing a similar rate-doubling deadline during his reelection campaign, President Obama pushed Congress to freeze the 3.4 percent rate for one year. Mitt Romney, his Republican opponent, agreed. Now there is increasing talk of changing the [more]
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Thursday, May 23
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Economic Times - India
While his work in the White House, obviously, focused on a Republican agenda, "in the private sector he's given advice to people of all political persuasions," she said. Today, Wal-Mart is facing several reputational issues. It was linked to garments [more]
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