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U.S. slams Japanese mayor's sex-slave comments as 'offensive'
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - The United States condemned as "outrageous and offensive" comments by the mayor of the Japanese city of Osaka who said this week that Japan's military brothels during World War Two were "necessary" to provide respite for...Tags: Slavery, Human Rights, Politics, Japan, Government
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U.S. adds sanctions on Syria, labels rebel chief a terrorist
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Thursday blacklisted four Syrian government ministers, an airline and a television station it said helped the Assad government in its two-year crackdown on opposition forces. The same day, the State...Tags: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Politics, Wars and Interventions, Ayman al-Zawahri, Barack Obama
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Tribal representatives walk out of State Department's Keystone XL meeting
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Tribal representatives walked out of a meeting with U.S. State Department officials who came to Rapid City to discuss concerns about the Keystone XL pipeline project. The Rapid City Journal reports (http://bit.ly/17B7eQd)... -
Benghazi's smoking guns
President Obama was asked about the metastasizing Benghazi scandal in a joint news conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday. Referring to the Americans who died in Benghazi, the president said, "We dishonor them when we turn things...Tags: ABC (tv network), Politics, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Univision (tv network)
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LETTER: Fast And Furious Scandals
Fast and Furious is no longer just the name of the Obama administration gun-running scandal, but the speed and ferociousness of the Obama scandals coming to light. Forget about the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms giving guns to drug lords. Now...Tags: Politics, White House, Susan Rice, Elections, Operation Fast and Furious
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Loss of trust
The IRS focused critical attention on conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. Americans are right to be outraged. People expect fair, nonpolitical treatment from the IRS and other federal agencies. The IRS was not just seeking accounting...Tags: Politics, FBI, Internal Revenue Service, Taxation
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Canada PM defends tar sands pipeline plan, saying oil will come into US anyway
Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — A controversial oil pipeline to the U.S. Gulf Coast "absolutely needs to go ahead," Canada's prime minister said Thursday, and he warned that the oil will be transported through America one way or another. Stephen Harper addressed...Tags: Politics, Ecosystems, Global Warming, Petroleum Industry, Barack Obama
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Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment
KEYSTONE XL PROTEST Tribal members walk out of Keystone meeting (Information in the following story is from: Rapid City Journal, http://www.rapidcityjournal.com) RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Tribal representatives walked out of a meeting with U.S....Tags: Libraries, Paralympic Games, Entertainment, Powerball Lottery, John Thune
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Voice of the People, May. 17
High scandals This is in response to "Obama and overreach; Americans see evidence of truth-shading, arrogance and intrusion" (Editorial, May 15). There is no doubt that the Obama administration is suffering through an embarrassing scandal at the IRS....Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Internal Revenue Service, Tea Party Movement, Elections
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Google executive chairman talks future possibilities
Tribune reporterGoogle executive chairman Eric Schmidt imagines a day when struggling to remember someone's name at a party will be a thing of the past. In a wide-ranging talk on the future of technology in our lives and politics at the Economic Club of Chicago...Tags: China, North Korea, Eric Schmidt, Networking, Beijing (China)
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White House releases Benghazi emails, seeks to defuse controversy
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday sought to defuse controversy over its handling of last year's killing of four Americans in Benghazi, releasing emails that show how Obama administration officials presented a scrubbed-down version of the...Tags: Police Investigations, Politics, U.S. House of Representatives, FBI, Republican Party
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10 Stories that will be talked about today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. COMMISSIONER OUSTED IN GROWING IRS SCANDAL Obama asked acting commissioner's Steven T. Miller to resign and Congress and the Justice...Tags: NATO, Tea Party Movement, Central Intelligence Agency
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