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    Jun 5, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  1. U.S. lawmakers in new drive to slash Iran's oil sales to a trickle

    Reuters
    By Jonathan Leff and Timothy Gardner NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, June 6 (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers are embarking this summer on a campaign to deal a deeper blow to Iran's diminishing oil exports, and while they are still working out the details, analysts say...

    Tags: Iran's Nuclear Program, U.S. Department of State, Iran, China, Environmental Issues

    2. May 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Ryan Crocker says U.S. is fumbling on Iran's nuclear program

    WASHINGTON — Ryan Crocker has long been viewed as America's indispensable diplomat in the Muslim world. President George W. Bush named him ambassador to Iraq in 2007 to rescue a failing policy, and four years later, President Obama dispatched him to...

    Tags: Iran's Nuclear Program, U.S. Department of State, Iran, Religion and Belief, George W. Bush

    3. May 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Obama puts restrictions on drone program

    WASHINGTON — Reining back the aggressive counter-terrorism strategy he has embraced for five years, President Obama declared clear, public restrictions for the first time on using unmanned aircraft to kill terrorists, a shift likely to significantly reduce U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan and elsewhere.
    WASHINGTON — Reining back the aggressive counter-terrorism strategy he has embraced for five years, President Obama declared clear, public restrictions for the first time on using unmanned aircraft to kill terrorists, a shift likely to significantly...

    Tags: Civil Rights, U.S. Navy, Washington, DC, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Defense

    4. May 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. 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.
    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: Bob Menendez, Rebellions, U.S. Military, Bob Corker, U.S. Congress

    5. Apr 26, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  5. Boston bombing suspect in prison, brother's body unclaimed

    BOSTON (Reuters) - The surviving suspect in last week's Boston Marathon bombing was moved to a prison medical center outside Boston on Friday, while the body of his older brother who died in a shootout with police remained unclaimed, officials said.
    Reuters
    BOSTON (Reuters) - The surviving suspect in last week's Boston Marathon bombing was moved to a prison medical center outside Boston on Friday, while the body of his older brother who died in a shootout with police remained unclaimed, officials said....

    Tags: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Sports, The Boston Globe, Ed Royce

    6. May 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Bolivia, angered by Kerry, says it is ejecting U.S. aid agency

    <em>This post has been updated. Please see the notes below for details.</em>
    This post has been updated. Please see the notes below for details. Bolivian President Evo Morales declared Wednesday he was expelling the U.S. Agency for International Development from the country, accusing the aid agency of conspiring against his...

    Tags: U.S. Department of State, Relief and Aid Organizations, Los Angeles Times, Government, Human Rights

    7. Apr 25, 2013 |Story| Coastline Pilot

  7. Our Laguna: Rohrabacher makes the rounds

    "Getting to Know You" has been U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher's theme song since new areas were added last year to the 48th District that he represents. Last weekend, he lunched with the Laguna Beach Rotary Club on Friday at Aliso Creek Inn and brunched...

    Tags: Dana Rohrabacher, U.S. Congress, Orange County Register, Illegal Immigrants, White House

    8. Apr 15, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  8. Obama: Unclear who is responsible for explosions

    WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; A stony-faced President Barack Obama declared that those responsible for the explosions at the <span style="color: red;">Boston</span> Marathon "will feel the full weight of justice," but he urged a nervous nation not to jump to conclusions. Top lawmakers declared the deadly incident an act of terrorism, and a White House official said it was being treated that way.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — A stony-faced President Barack Obama declared that those responsible for the explosions at the Boston Marathon "will feel the full weight of justice," but he urged a nervous nation not to jump to conclusions. Top lawmakers declared...

    Tags: Sports, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Janet Napolitano, Deval Patrick, U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

    9. Mar 21, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  9. On Syria, Iraq's shadow is long

    WASHINGTON -- This week's 10th anniversary of the Iraq War passed quietly, and that's not a bad thing.
    WASHINGTON -- This week's 10th anniversary of the Iraq War passed quietly, and that's not a bad thing. Most Americans have no wish to celebrate the war, fought under false pretenses to a costly and ambiguous end. But in Washington this week there are...

    Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), Witnesses, Scott Perry, U.S. Military, Prosecution

    10. Mar 18, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  10. Frankel pushes bill to bolster embassy security

    Democratic Rep. Lois Frankel on Monday jumped on board a bill introduced by Republican colleague Trey Radel of Fort Myers that would allow the State Department to consider factors other than low cost when awarding security contracts at U.S. embassies in...

    Tags: U.S. Department of State, Hillary Clinton, Benghazi, U.S. Congress

    11. Jan 4, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  11. Frankel named to Foreign Affairs panel

    U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel, D-West Palm Beach, was named to the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Friday.
    Sun Sentinel
    U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel, D-West Palm Beach, was named to the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Friday. Frankel, who was sworn in Thursday to represent parts of Broward and Palm Beach counties, said the Foreign Affairs panel would "allow me to work on...

    Tags: U.S. Department of State, Iran, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Ted Deutch, West Palm Beach

    12. Jan 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. On Benghazi, blame the bureaucracy

    In testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will resume the fraught conversation about what exactly took place at the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last year on Sept. 11. Members of Congress have made it clear they will focus on how the events, which led to the deaths of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans, were characterized in the hours and days that followed.
    In testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will resume the fraught conversation about what exactly took place at the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last year on Sept. 11. Members...

    Tags: Libya, Al-Qaeda, The Wall Street Journal, Benghazi, Defense Intelligence Agency

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