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White House fights back on IRS as GOP keeps up pressure
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON — A senior White House aide insisted Sunday that President Obama learned only from news reports that an IRS office had singled out dozens of tea party organizations and other conservative groups for questionable scrutiny, while...Tags: Prosecution, Taxation, CNN (tv network), Television Industry, ABC (tv network)
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White House accuses Republicans of 'fishing expeditions'
ReutersBy Tabassum Zakaria and Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - The White House on Sunday accused Republicans of conducting political "fishing expeditions," while Republican lawmakers showed no let up in attacking President Barack Obama's...Tags: Taxation, CBS Corp., Lifestyle and Leisure, Television Industry, Washington, DC
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The president's redacted truth, subjunctive outrage
WASHINGTON - Note to GOP re Benghazi: Stop calling it Watergate, Iran-contra, bigger than both, etc. First, it might well be, but we don't know. History will judge. Second, overhyping will only diminish the importance of the scandal if it doesn't meet...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Department of State, Media Industry, Susan Rice, Police Investigations
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RPT-Danger and separation from families changing job of U.S. diplomats
Reuters(Repeats with no change in content) * Ambassador to Yemen faces death threats * More than 1,000 U.S. diplomats at "unaccompanied" posts * Like troops, diplomats can face post-traumatic stress By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - When...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Yemen, U.S. Department of State, Afghanistan, Arab Spring
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McManus: The second-term scandal plague
What is it about presidents' second terms that makes them seem so scandal-ridden? Simple: The iron law of longevity. All governments make mistakes, and all governments try to hide those mistakes. But the longer an administration is in office, the more...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Taxation, U.S. Department of State, Monica Lewinsky, Politics
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Letters: Back and forth over Benghazi
Re "Benghazi's smoking guns," Opinion, May 14 Two questions came to mind reading Jonah Goldberg's column. First, who cut the security funding of diplomatic missions a year before the Benghazi attack? (The Republican-controlled House.) And second,...Tags: George W. Bush
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Armed groups bomb Libyan military posts in Benghazi
ReutersBENGHAZI, May 18 (Reuters) - Armed groups attacked military posts in Libya's second city Benghazi with bombs and a rocket-propelled grenade, an army commander said on Saturday. Nearly two years after the uprising that ended Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year...Tags: Explosions, Libya, Emergency Incidents, Military Equipment
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Saturday's TV Highlights and Weekend Talk: 'Doctor Who'
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 19 - 25, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES Doctor Who The Doctor's (Matt Smith)...Tags: Lou Adler, Karl Rove, Taxation, Afghanistan, The New York Times
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After tough week, Obama tries to change the subject to jobs
ReutersBALTIMORE (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday sought to turn the spotlight from controversies threatening to swamp his agenda back to his top priority - the economy - and announced he will try to cut in half the time it takes to get federal...Tags: Taxation, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC, TransCanada Corporation, Politics
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The giant, shocking IRS scandal that wasn't
There's nothing Washington likes better than a scandal. So official Washington was absolutely orgasmic this week while dealing with not one, but three scandals at the same time. Not one of which, sadly, was a sex scandal. First, there were accusations...Tags: John Boehner, U.S. Congress, Taxation, Politics, Tea Party Movement
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U.S. House panel demands deposition from Benghazi investigator
ReutersBy Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - The Republican chairman of a congressional oversight committee on Friday ordered the leader of the investigation into the Sept. 11, 2012, Benghazi attacks to sit for a private interview next week. As...Tags: Michael G. Mullen, Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Department of State, Barack Obama, Washington, DC
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Answer the question, Mr. President
I love to hear Democrats still blame George W. Bush for all their ills. Jay Carney said last week that Benghazi was a long time ago — it happened 8 months ago. But President Bush is still brought up, after 54 months of not being in office, as a ...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Jay Carney, George W. Bush, Susan Rice, White House
May 19, 2013
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May 19, 2013
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May 19, 2013
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May 18, 2013
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May 17, 2013
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May 17, 2013
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