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    May 14, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  1. Associated Press says U.S. government seized journalists' phone records

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    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Associated Press said on Monday the U.S. government secretly seized telephone records of AP offices and reporters for a two-month period in 2012, describing the acts as a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into news-gathering...

    Tags: Jay Carney, National Government, National Security Agency, Politics, Justice System

    2. May 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. With new revelations, outrage spreads about IRS targeting

    WASHINGTON — Top career officials in the Internal Revenue Service withheld information from Congress for months about the tax agency's targeting of conservative organizations for extra scrutiny, according to documents released Monday as a...

    Tags: Jay Carney, Interior Policy, National Government, U.S. Congress, Politics

    3. May 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Government secretly obtains phone records from journalists

    WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors secretly obtained telephone records from more than 20 lines belonging to the Associated Press and its journalists in an attempt to learn who leaked information on how the CIA thwarted an apparent terrorist plot hatched in Yemen.
    WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors secretly obtained telephone records from more than 20 lines belonging to the Associated Press and its journalists in an attempt to learn who leaked information on how the CIA thwarted an apparent terrorist plot...

    Tags: Jay Carney, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Politics, Justice System, Al-Qaeda

    4. May 15, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. Not everyone is out to destroy Hillary all the time

    In recent days, Foreign Policy magazine's tally of the number of Hillary Rodham Clinton references during last Wednesday's Benghazi hearing has become grist for politicians and reporters to extrapolate wider political truths about the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee investigation. In total, we counted 32 discussions of the former secretary of state in almost five hours of testimony. To many, this meant one thing: Republicans used the hearing to tarnish Clinton's leadership credentials — a calculated early strike ahead of her anticipated bid for the presidency in 2016.
    In recent days, Foreign Policy magazine's tally of the number of Hillary Rodham Clinton references during last Wednesday's Benghazi hearing has become grist for politicians and reporters to extrapolate wider political truths about the House Oversight...

    Tags: Republican Party, Hillary Clinton, Politics, Prosecution, Physical Fitness and Exercise

    5. May 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Obama dismisses Benghazi criticism as 'sideshow'

    WASHINGTON — A defiant President Obama dismissed as a "sideshow" the controversy over his administration's handling of last year's armed assault in Benghazi, Libya, accusing critics of trying to make political hay from the deaths of four Americans.
    WASHINGTON — A defiant President Obama dismissed as a "sideshow" the controversy over his administration's handling of last year's armed assault in Benghazi, Libya, accusing critics of trying to make political hay from the deaths of four Americans....

    Tags: Republican Party, Jay Carney, Hillary Clinton, Michael G. Mullen, Politics

    6. May 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. IRS targeted conservative groups, official says

    WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service improperly singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny of their applications for nonprofit status, a top agency official said Friday, setting off calls for investigations into an organization already under fire for its handling of secret political spending by nonprofits.
    WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service improperly singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny of their applications for nonprofit status, a top agency official said Friday, setting off calls for investigations into an organization...

    Tags: Paul Ryan, Interior Policy, U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, Darrell E Issa

    7. May 9, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  7. Whistle-blower's yarn fails to tie Benghazi lapses to politics

    WASHINGTON -- They summoned a whistle-blower to Capitol Hill, but instead they got a virtuoso storyteller.
    WASHINGTON -- They summoned a whistle-blower to Capitol Hill, but instead they got a virtuoso storyteller. Gregory Hicks, the No. 2 U.S. diplomat in Libya the night Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed, was to be the star...

    Tags: Republican Party, Hillary Clinton, Darrell E Issa, Politics, Justice System

    8. May 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Envoy describes night of Benghazi attack

    WASHINGTON — Minutes after Greg Hicks learned that the perimeter of the U.S. mission in Benghazi had been breached by men with guns, he punched a cellphone number to reach Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, his immediate boss, who was at the scene.
    WASHINGTON — Minutes after Greg Hicks learned that the perimeter of the U.S. mission in Benghazi had been breached by men with guns, he punched a cellphone number to reach Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, his immediate boss, who was at the scene....

    Tags: Hillary Clinton, U.S. Congress, Darrell E Issa, Politics, Prosecution

    9. May 9, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. Benghazi deserves real review

    Whether the House investigation into the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, is a political witch hunt aimed at former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her possible run for president in 2016, as Democrats allege, or a principled...

    Tags: Republican Party, Hillary Clinton, Terrorism, Politics, John Boehner

    10. May 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. House committee hearing on Benghazi attack opens on partisan note

    WASHINGTON -- A hearing on the deadly September 2012 attack on U.S. diplomats in Benghazi, Libya, began with sharp exchanges Wednesday morning when the ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform accused the Republican chairman of making baseless assertions about a potential military response that have been refuted by top generals.
    WASHINGTON -- A hearing on the deadly September 2012 attack on U.S. diplomats in Benghazi, Libya, began with sharp exchanges Wednesday morning when the ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform accused the Republican...

    Tags: U.S. Military, Martin Dempsey, Darrell E Issa, Michael G. Mullen, Joint Chiefs of Staff

    11. May 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Partisan politics, little new information at House Benghazi hearing

    WASHINGTON — Partisan politics loomed over a House hearing Wednesday  on the deadly September 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound  in Benghazi, Libya, as Republicans and Democrats clashed over the meaning of testimony from three witnesses...

    Tags: Darrell E Issa, Politics, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Prosecution, Elijah E. Cummings

    12. May 8, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  12. Perez vote delayed as confirmation fight intensifies

    WASHINGTON -- A Senate committee vote on Labor Secretary nominee Tom Perez was postponed hours before it was set to take place Wednesday, highlighting what appears to be a growing partisan fight over the confirmation of the former Maryland official. 
    WASHINGTON -- A Senate committee vote on Labor Secretary nominee Tom Perez was postponed hours before it was set to take place Wednesday, highlighting what appears to be a growing partisan fight over the confirmation of the former Maryland official. ...

    Tags: Republican Party, Benjamin L. Cardin, Jay Carney, Career and Workplace, U.S. Senate

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U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Photos
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Committ...
(May 8, 2013)
Benghazi Hearing
Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) is leading the G...
(May 8, 2013)
House Holds Hearing On Benghazi Consulate Attacks
Hall of Famer Dick Butkus testifies before the House Ov...
(December 12, 2012)
Butkus in 2012
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