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    Feb 25, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  1. State to take significant hit in U.S. budget battle

    LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The White House says Michigan faces about $140 million in losses if an automatic federal budget cut takes effect Friday, and U.S. Sen. Carl Levin says he's hopeful the deadline pressure will prompt Congress to raise money by closing some tax loopholes.
    LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The White House says Michigan faces about $140 million in losses if an automatic federal budget cut takes effect Friday, and U.S. Sen. Carl Levin says he's hopeful the deadline pressure will prompt Congress to raise money by...

    Tags: U.S. Congress, Politics

    2. Feb 22, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  2. Rep. Benishek: Hopeful for deal to avoid sequestration funding cuts but skeptical

    PETOSKEY, Mich. — Congress is gearing up for another down-to-the-wire budget crisis this week with mandatory $1.2 trillion cuts to governmental spending set to take effect March 1.
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    PETOSKEY, Mich. — Congress is gearing up for another down-to-the-wire budget crisis this week with mandatory $1.2 trillion cuts to governmental spending set to take effect March 1. But, despite being discouraged, second-term Congressman Dan...

    Tags: U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, U.S. Congress, Social Media, Medicare, Media Industry

    3. Feb 12, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  3. Senate panel approves Pentagon nominee Chuck Hagel

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A bitterly divided Senate panel has voted to approve the nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the nation's defense secretary.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — A bitterly divided Senate panel has voted to approve the nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the nation's defense secretary. The Armed Services Committee voted 14-11 to send the nomination to the full Senate. Tuesday's vote broke...

    Tags: Kelly Ayotte, James Inhofe, Politics, United Nations, Vietnam

    4. Feb 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Hagel approved by Senate committee in party-line vote

    WASHINGTON -- After a sometimes contentious debate, the Senate Armed Services Committee voted on party lines and narrowly approved the nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel to be secretary of Defense, moving the bitter fight over President Obama’s Cabinet choice to the full Senate.
    WASHINGTON -- After a sometimes contentious debate, the Senate Armed Services Committee voted on party lines and narrowly approved the nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel to be secretary of Defense, moving the bitter fight over President Obama’s...

    Tags: U.S. Senate, Bill Nelson, Vietnam War (1955-1975), John McCain, North Korea

    5. Feb 12, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  5. Senate panel approves Hagel for Pentagon chief

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A bitterly divided Senate panel on Tuesday approved President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the nation's defense secretary in a rancorous session at which Republican questioned the former GOP senator's truthfulness and challenged his patriotism.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — A bitterly divided Senate panel on Tuesday approved President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the nation's defense secretary in a rancorous session at which Republican questioned the former GOP senator's truthfulness...

    Tags: Bill Nelson, Kelly Ayotte, David Vitter, James Inhofe, Angus King

    6. Feb 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Republicans maintain filibuster threat ahead of Hagel vote

    WASHINGTON – On the eve of a Senate committee vote on Chuck Hagel’s nomination to lead the Pentagon, a group of Republican senators continued Monday to threaten what would be a historic filibuster for a Cabinet appointment despite warnings...

    Tags: U.S. Senate, Libya, John McCain, Parties and Movements, Chuck Hagel

    7. Feb 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Hagel hearings: Is Israel more important than Afghanistan?

    <em>This post has been corrected, as indicated below.</em>
    This post has been corrected, as indicated below. Although they aren’t infallible, “word clouds” -- graphic representations of the frequency with which certain words occur in a text -- can be instructive. Yousef Munayyer of the...

    Tags: Judaism, Chuck Hagel, Religion and Belief, U.S. Military, Politics

    8. Feb 8, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  8. Senators use hearing to air CIA controversies

    WASHINGTON - The confirmation hearing Thursday of John Brennan to be CIA director reopened scrutiny of a wide range of controversies that have dogged the country for more than a decade, ranging from the Obama administration's embrace of targeted...

    Tags: Sleep Deprivation, Terrorism, Dianne Feinstein, Crime, Law and Justice, David Petraeus

    9. Jan 31, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Hagel defends record, spars with critics in Senate hearing

    This post has been updated. See the note below for details.
    WASHINGTON -- Making his first public comments after his nomination to lead the Pentagon, former Sen. Chuck Hagel said Thursday he stood by his record but also urged senators to look beyond controversial votes and statements he has made, which critics...

    Tags: Mitt Romney, Terrorism, Hamas, James Inhofe, Chuck Schumer

    10. Jan 31, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Chuck Hagel, an antiwar secretary of Defense

    Former Sen. Chuck Hagel, President Obama&rsquo;s nominee for secretary of Defense, wasn&rsquo;t the most articulate candidate ever to appear before a Senate committee on Thursday. Hagel <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-hagel-counters-critics-confirmation-hearing-20130131,0,7229390.story">fumbled his way</a> through questions about policy and his own past statements, questions that were all utterly expectable.
    Former Sen. Chuck Hagel, President Obama’s nominee for secretary of Defense, wasn’t the most articulate candidate ever to appear before a Senate committee on Thursday. Hagel fumbled his way through questions about policy and his own past...

    Tags: Chuck Hagel, Barack Obama, U.S. Military, George W. Bush, Politics

    11. Jan 31, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Hagel to stress opposition to a nuclear Iran in Senate testimony

    WASHINGTON -- President Obama&rsquo;s nominee for secretary of Defense, former Sen. Chuck Hagel, will stress at his confirmation hearing Thursday that he opposes letting Iran acquire nuclear weapons and will focus on developing military options to set back Tehran&rsquo;s program, according to a U.S. official familiar with his planned testimony.
    WASHINGTON -- President Obama’s nominee for secretary of Defense, former Sen. Chuck Hagel, will stress at his confirmation hearing Thursday that he opposes letting Iran acquire nuclear weapons and will focus on developing military options to set...

    Tags: U.S. Senate, Chuck Hagel, James Inhofe, Defense, Barack Obama

    12. Jan 28, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. The challenging math of passing immigration reform

    WASHINGTON &ndash; Senators from both parties are expressing enthusiasm for pushing a comprehensive overhaul of the nation&rsquo;s immigration system.
    WASHINGTON – Senators from both parties are expressing enthusiasm for pushing a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s immigration system. But while immigration politics appears to have changed in the wake of sweeping Republican rejection...

    Tags: Tom Harkin, Bill Nelson, Thomas R. Carper, David Vitter, Crime, Law and Justice

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