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Obama: Japan earthquake potentially 'catastrophic'
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said he was "heartbroken" by images of devastation in Japan following Friday's deadly earthquake and tsunami, and pledged U.S. assistance to help the country recover. "Our hearts go out to our friends in...Tags: Washington, DC, Human Interest, FEMA, Politics, Earthquakes
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Emanuel to be sworn in as Chicago's new mayor
CHICAGO (AP) — Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel will soon be sworn in as Chicago's first new mayor in two decades. Vice President Joe Biden is expected to attend the Monday morning inauguration ceremony at a popular downtown park....Tags: Politics, Rahm Emanuel, White House, Richard M. Daley
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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: Interior Policy, Politics, Lebanon, Libya, Mexico
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Soucy and Donovan Video Played At Trial
The Hartford CourantFor the first time during an 18-month federal investigation into his failed campaign for Congress, former House Speaker Chris Donovan was seen and heard in secret tapes played in court Thursday. He was bantering with the key witness in the case about...Tags: Politics, Heart Attack, Prosecution, Waterbury, Chris Murphy
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Focus Of Braddock Trial Shifts To Checks
The Hartford CourantThe trial of the campaign finance director for former Speaker of the House Christopher Donovan has provided must-watch political theater, thanks in part to the vulgar, sometimes crude, and grandiose testimony of Harry Raymond Soucy, the government...Tags: Christopher G Donovan, Heart Attack, Politics, Federal Election Commission, Elizabeth Esty
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Turkish prime minister, Obama discuss Syria's civil war in White House meeting
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Thursday that the U.S. and Turkey will keep ramping up pressure to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad from power, but there's "no magic formula" to stop his violence. At a news conference with Turkish...Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Terrorism
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Guillermo Martinez: Immigration currently takes back seat, but Rubio's task remains hard
The second term curse that many believe affect many presidents has kept discussion of President Barack Obama's agenda off the front pages and out of the television newscasts. Instead of covering the budget sequestration, journalists are covering what...Tags: Barack Obama, Ted Cruz, Politics, Immigration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Could Biden benefit from scrutiny of Hillary Clinton's handling of Benghazi?
If former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hoped she could segue quietly into private life as she pondered a presidential bid in 2016, that fantasy has been abruptly harpooned in the resurrection of the political squabble over the terrorist attack on...Tags: Barack Obama, Elections, Politics, U.S. Department of State, Benghazi
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Father of fallen Navy SEAL Team VI SEAL visits Flight 93 Memorial
On Aug. 5, 2011 Billy and Karen Vaughn lost their son Aaron Vaughn, Navy SEAL Team VI member, in a helicopter crash. The Chinook helicopter was named Extortion 17. Recently Billy visited another crash site commemorating other brave Americans, who gave...
Tags: Washington, DC, Transportation Accidents, U.S. Military, Terrorism, Human Interest
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Politics as Usual
Barletta wants Boston bombing immigration hearings U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta pounced on news that one of the alleged Boston Marathon bombers' friends re-entered the country without a valid visa. The 11th District Republican, well known for his passionate...Tags: Interior Policy, Gary Alexander, Politics, Illegal Immigrants, Regional Authority
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At NRA convention, both sides of gun debate
HOUSTON — On the morning of the first day of the National Rifle Assn. convention, before the doors opened, scores of visitors lined up outside the convention center, part of what organizers expect will be a record crowd. Among them was Tilman...
Tags: Interior Policy, National Rifle Association of America, Ted Cruz, Politics, Wayne LaPierre
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McManus: Obama's Gitmo woes
President Obama sounded genuinely outraged last week when he talked about the Kafkaesque situation at the Guantanamo prison camp, where the United States has been holding 166 men without trial for terms that are, at this point, officially endless. "It's...Tags: Barack Obama, Strikes, Politics, Wars and Interventions, Career and Workplace
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May 4, 2013
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