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Alaska's Senators Aim to Block Funding for Eielson F-16 Move
Channel 2 NewsAlaska's U.S. senators are taking yet another approach in their efforts to ground an Air Force plan to move an F-16 fighter squadronfrom Fairbanks to Anchorage. Sens. Mark Begich and Lisa Murkowski have written a letter (PDF) requesting that no money...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Armed Forces, Thad Cochran, Lisa Murkowski, Mark Begich
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Eisenhower son calls for new direction in Gehry-designed memorial
Members of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's family have been openly critical of the design for a planned memorial to the 34th president in Washington. This week, the family called for a completely new direction for the project in a letter written by the...
Tags: Human Interest, Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Casey: House bill could prompt layoffs at Letterkenny Army Depot
waynesboro@herald-mail.comU.S. Sen. Bob Casey announced concerns Thursday about a defense bill recently passed by the House of Representatives that includes a provision he says could dramatically affect operations and prompt layoffs at Letterkenny Army Depot north of Chambersburg....Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Unemployment, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Layoffs and Downsizing, Thad Cochran
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Funding for 9/11 Memorial and Museum faces more questions
The9/11 Memorial and Museum is facing more funding questions as the governors of New York and New Jersey have called on the federal government to step in and contribute more to the management of the site. The two governers have sent a letter to...
Tags: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, National Parks, New York City, Executive Branch, National September 11 Memorial & Museum
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Pearl Harbor survivors share stories of attack
Clarence Pfundheller was standing in front of his locker on the USS Maryland when a fellow sailor told him they were being bombed by Japanese planes.
"We never did call him a liar, but he could stretch the truth pretty good," Pfundheller said. "But...Tags: Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Korean War (1950-1953), National Parks, Religious Conflicts, Tourism and Leisure
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Remembering Pearl Harbor
It was 70 years ago the United States was blindsided by a cowardly attack on Pearl Harbor. Japanese fighter planes and torpedo bombers invaded the skies above Hawaii and assaulted the military base. Altogether, 2,390 Americans lost their lives in the...Tags: Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), World War II (1939-1945)
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Pearl Harbor Day: Nation promises survivors it will never forget
Nation NowPearl Harbor Day: Age is catching up with the survivors of Pearl Harbor. As their ranks continue to dwindle, some survivors fear that the nation may let down its guard or forget their sacrifices. On this 70th anniversary, the nation promised survivors... -
Toomey bill on fleecing is overdue
If the late U.S. Sen. William Proxmire, D-Wis., could find a way to communicate with U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., he'd probably say: "What took you guys so long?"
As reported Wednesday in The Morning Call, Toomey, who is from the Lehigh Valley, is a...Tags: Thad Cochran, Politics, Barbara Boxer, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Fraud
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Monster Mash: Wyoming museum recalls Japanese American internment
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Senate rejects rival GOP, Democratic budgets
Associated PressThe Democratic-led Senate on Wednesday emphatically rejected a budget-slashing House spending bill as too draconian. It then immediately killed a rival Democratic plan that was derided by moderate Democrats as too timid in its drive to cut day-to-day...Tags: Utah, Budgets and Budgeting, Bernard Sanders, White House, Maine
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Barney F. Hajiro dies at 94; World War II Medal of Honor recipient
Barney F. Hajiro, whose heroic actions as a World War II Army private during the rescue of the so-called Lost Battalion and in two other fierce battles in eastern France earned him a belated Medal of Honor nearly six decades later, has died. He was 94....Tags: Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Hawaii, Science and Technology, Politics, Health
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Timeline of Sen. Ted Stevens' Corruption Trial
KTUU.comMay 8, 2007: Sen. Ted Stevens responds to a federal indictment of Bill Allen, head of oilfield services company VECO Corp., for allegedly bribing his son, then-state Senate President Ben Stevens, in 2002. July 18, 2007: Stevens files a report on his...Tags: Prosecution, U.S. Senate, Crime, Law and Justice, Anchorage, Utah
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