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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: Public Officials, Justice System, International Military Interventions, The New York Times, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Justice System, Peter T. King, Washington, DC, John O. Brennan, Crime, Law and Justice
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Senate panel focuses on enforcement in immigration bill
WASHINGTON — Senators kept the bipartisan immigration bill largely unchanged Thursday after dispatching dozens of proposed amendments even as they punted many of the thorniest issues to next week. The day's session at the Senate Judiciary...
Tags: Mike Lee, Migration, Justice System, John Cornyn, Labor Legislation
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Senators hit snag on tech provisions in U.S. immigration bill
ReutersBy Caren Bohan and Rachelle Younglai WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - Amid fierce lobbying from the tech industry and organized labor, senators on Thursday hit a snag over a visa program for high-skilled foreign workers in the U.S. immigration bill and...Tags: Justice System, Justice and Rights, Employment, Employment Opportunities, AFL-CIO
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Obama's environment, energy team nears completion with votes
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's energy and environment team took two steps forward on Thursday after the U.S. Senate confirmed Ernest Moniz as energy secretary and a committee cleared Gina McCarthy to get a full Senate vote to lead the...Tags: Barbara Boxer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues, Roy Blunt, Washington, DC
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U.S. House lawmakers in last-ditch bid to save immigration bill
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives trying to write an immigration bill met on Thursday in a last-ditch attempt to resolve their differences over a temporary worker program and healthcare benefits for illegal immigrants....Tags: Justice System, Migration, Labor Legislation, Justice and Rights, John Carter
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Justice Department subpoena of AP records revives interest in shield law for journalists
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The controversy over the government's secret subpoena of Associated Press telephone records has revived legislation that protect journalists from having to reveal their sources to federal investigators — and the White House...Tags: Justice System, Freedom of the Press, Lobbying, Washington, DC, Media Industry
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House immigration group reaches an agreement in principle on sweeping legislation
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of House members announced a deal Thursday on sweeping immigration legislation, a breakthrough that could boost chances for one of President Barack Obama's top second-term priorities. It came after months of...Tags: Migration, Justice System, Justice and Rights, Labor Legislation, Zoe Lofgren
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McCain again calls for special congressional panel on Benghazi
WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) pressed Sunday for a special congressional committee to investigate the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, last year, insisting that questions about former Secretary of State...
Tags: Benghazi, Hillary Clinton, CBS Corp., John Boehner, Central Intelligence Agency
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Congress speaks with a loud, muddled voice on Syria
WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein made headlines recently by demanding a forceful U.S. response to Syria's use of chemical weapons against its population. Less noticed was that the California Democrat wasn't urging deeper military involvement...
Tags: Justice System, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Military, James Inhofe
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REFILE-EXCLUSIVE-Elon Musk quits Zuckerberg's immigration advocacy group
Reuters(Fixes misplaced apostrophe in senators' in 5th para) * Advertising tactics turn some groups against Facebook * Support for positions of three lawmakers, including oil drilling * Musk and David Sacks removed from donor list on website By Sarah McBride...Tags: Migration, Justice System, David O. Sacks, Marco Rubio, Immigration
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Welcome to the 'Stop Hillary Clinton' hearing
"Mirror, mirror, on the wall. Who's the most powerful woman of them all?" No doubt about it. Not Queen Elizabeth, Angela Merkel or Oprah Winfrey. The most powerful woman on the planet is former first lady, former senator from New York, former...
Tags: Italy, Benghazi, The New York Times, Hillary Clinton, Mitt Romney
May 19, 2013
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May 17, 2013
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May 16, 2013
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May 16, 2013
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May 16, 2013
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May 16, 2013
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May 16, 2013
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May 16, 2013
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May 12, 2013
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May 11, 2013
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May 10, 2013
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May 10, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
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