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Cheney to be in Mich. for Gerald Ford celebration
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney is visiting Grand Rapids as part of a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Gerald Ford. A tribute dinner is set for Monday and a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a...
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Rights Watch: Evidence of wider US waterboarding
CAIRO (AP) — Human Rights Watch said it has uncovered evidence of a wider use of waterboarding than previously acknowledged by the CIA, in a report Thursday detailing brutal treatment of detainees at U.S.-run lockups abroad after the 9/11 attacks....Tags: Tony Blair, Politics, Civil Rights, International Law, Human Rights
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Cheney defends his silence on gay marriage in 2000
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dick Cheney says he didn't see the point of raising the issue of gay marriage in the 2000 presidential campaign, even though he supported it. The former vice president suggested it wouldn't have done much good and probably would...Tags: Washington, DC, George W. Bush, ABC (tv network), Gays and Lesbians, Politics
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Doctors doubt favoritism in Cheney transplant
CHICAGO (AP) — Doctors say it is unlikely that former Vice President Dick Cheney got special treatment when he was given a new heart that thousands of younger people also were in line to receive. After spending nearly two years on a waiting list,...Tags: Heart Failure, Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Cardiologists, Falls Church (Falls Church, Virginia)
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Scale of government's AP records seizure surprises many
WASHINGTON — Three years ago, the Obama administration brought criminal charges under the Espionage Act against Thomas Drake, an Air Force veteran and intelligence expert at the National Security Agency in Maryland. He was not accused of aiding...
Tags: Washington, DC, World War I (1914-1918), Politics, Freedom of the Press, News Media
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Commencement speakers: Conservatives need not apply
We have once again entered the college commencement season, which means we'll soon be reading about uplifting graduation speeches delivered by prominent Americans. Or at least by prominent liberal Americans. It's becoming increasingly apparent that...
Tags: Bob McDonnell, Politics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Barack Obama
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White House fights and loses battle to withhold Benghazi records
ReutersBy Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's White House fought and lost a battle to avoid making public what it claimed were confidential records of internal deliberations over the attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in...Tags: John O. Brennan, Washington, DC, Monica Lewinsky, Politics, Barack Obama
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Mailbag: Fire-ring smoke makes it hard to breathe
As a resident of Huntington Street, I live with the smoke and soot caused by the incessant daily beach fires. It's horrible; the air quality is being adversely affected. My window sills are black with the soot from the fires. My screens are black, my...Tags: Global Warming, Conservation, Weather, Global Change, Environmental Issues
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Obama's 'Katrina moment'
It has been a rough week or so for the Obama administration. From Benghazi to the tapping of reporters' phones to the IRS admitting that it targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny, the press is in a frenzy, and many are questioning President...Tags: Politics, FEMA, Barack Obama, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Executive Branch
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How much was it worth to know Cheney?
— For a time, it seemed as if Dick Cheney owned Washington. From congressional intern to youngest-ever White House chief of staff, from six-term member of the House of Representatives to secretary of defense, from director of the Council on...
Tags: George W. Bush, International Military Interventions, U.S. House of Representatives, Halliburton Company, Wars and Interventions
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COLUMN - Terrorism, Putin and the Cold War legacy
Reuters(Nina Khrushcheva is a Reuters columnist but her opinions are her own.) By Nina Khrushcheva May 14 (Reuters) - Terrorism always complicates diplomatic relations. Since the Boston Marathon bombing, the suspected handiwork of two brothers of Chechen...Tags: Religion and Belief, Justice System, Sports, Religious Conflicts, Politics
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