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White House says 'scope and scale' of aid to Syrian rebels may grow
WASHINGTON — White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough said Sunday that “the scope and scale” of assistance to Syrian rebels will expand, based on evidence that the Assad government is gaining ground in the protracted civil war and that...
Tags: Dick Cheney, Fox News Channel (tv network), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Denis R. McDonough, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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Mail Call - June 17
“To all you people out there who complain about getting tickets from speed cameras, which allow you 12 miles an hour over the speed limit before you’re fined: Try to stop complaining, and slow down.” — Hancock “I just read...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Security Measures, Bill Clinton, Elections, Sports
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VA tackles problem of incomplete claims from local veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs has promised to erase the backlog of compensation and pension claims of thousands of veterans in South Florida and nationwide in two years by shifting resources and going digital. But it is also attempting a lesser-...
Tags: Tamarac, Pension and Welfare, Veterans Affairs, Interior Policy, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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Voice of the People
One-party system With the most recent downgrade of the state's credit rating, the failure of Illinois' one-party system is now complete. The refusal by the Democratic Party's hierarchy to face up to the state's massive financial problems, caused by the...Tags: Executive Branch, Pension and Welfare, Wrigleyville, Parties and Movements, Regional Authority
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Final Obamacare push will pitch to the low-income young
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the final months leading up to the launch of the key piece of President Barack Obama's healthcare reforms, the administration is preparing a public-education campaign designed to connect directly with the audience most critical...Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Sales, Healthcare Policies, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws
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Edward Snowden's not the first to make claims about NSA
WASHINGTON — Mathematician William Binney worked for the National Security Agency for four decades, and in the late 1990s he helped design a system to sort through the digital data the agency was sucking up in the exploding universe of bits and...
Tags: NBC (tv network), Edward Snowden, Crime, Law and Justice, Terrorism, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Fire James Clapper, then put him in the dock
Change of SubjectI invite my most clever, lawyerly comment contributors to make the case that National Intelligence Director James Clapper (right) did not brazenly commit perjury during his testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee on March 12. Oregon Democrat Ron... -
Newtown marks six months with new push on guns
ReutersNewtown, Connecticut (Reuters) - Six months after a gunman massacred 26 children and adults at an elementary school, Newtown, Connecticut, marked the day with 26-seconds of silence and an expression of frustration at the stalled progress on gun control....Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy, Dannel P. Malloy , Elections
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How Obama crossed his own line on Syria after months of debate
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Obama's decision to arm Syrian rebels for the first time follows an intense, nearly two-year debate within the White House in which the president and his closest advisers consistently expressed skepticism about U.S....Tags: Bashar Assad, John Kerry, U.S. Military, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Mathematics
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IMF warns U.S. not to scale back stimulus too soon
WASHINGTON — Amid speculation that the Federal Reserve soon might start scaling back its stimulus efforts, the International Monetary Fund cautioned that a pullback before next year could hurt economies worldwide. Highlighting its concern Friday,...
Tags: Central Bank, Money and Monetary Policy, Budget Control Act of 2011, Productivity, Finance
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Mexican judge orders detention of ex-governor suspected of graft
ReutersMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Mexican judge on Friday ordered the detention of a former Mexican governor suspected of embezzling millions in public funds, deepening a scandal that will test President Enrique Pena Nieto's anti-corruption agenda. Andres...Tags: Executive Branch, Medical Procedures and Tests, Crime, Law and Justice, Regional Authority, Prosecution
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The real costs of amnesty add up fast
The Heritage FoundationThe amnesty under consideration in Congress would come at an enormous cost: more than $5 trillion over the lifetime of immigrants who are legalized. But the bill is structured to hide most of those costs from voters. To see how, let's start with some...Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Local Government, Congressional Budget Office, Interior Policy, Washington, DC
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