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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...
Tags: Darrell E Issa, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Benghazi, U.S. Military, U.S. Department of State
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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: Prosecution, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, DC, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Martin Dempsey
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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. ...
Tags: White House, Benjamin L. Cardin, Health and Safety at Work, Republican Party, Jay Carney
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Nobody died at Watergate, but it was a bigger scandal than Benghazi
Before Wednesday's hearing into last September’s attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said: “If you link Watergate and Iran-Contra together and multiply it maybe by 10 or so, you’re going to...
Tags: Iran, Steve King, Mitt Romney, Hillary Clinton, Islam
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Letters: One 'scandal,' many goals
Re "Issa tested by the spotlight," May 22 The IRS did what it was supposed to do regarding 501(c)(4)s, but in a way that strongly suggested partisan bias by investigating "tea party"-related groups during the Obama administration and liberal churches...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Taxation, Politics
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Can taxpayers plead the Fifth when audited?
Regarding Lois Lerner's testimony, or lack thereof, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and her pleading the Fifth Amendment: Now suppose that I, as an ordinary taxpayer, were to be audited by the Internal Revenue Service. Suppose... -
Republicans say military could have done more in Benghazi
WASHINGTON — The latest chapter in the political battle over the killing of four Americans in Libya is unfolding this week, with Republicans pointing to the testimony of a State Department official as evidence that the U.S. military could have...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Michael G. Mullen, Republican Party, Christopher Stevens
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More fishy government spending
If you're like me and wrote a healthy check last week to pay your dues to Uncle Sam, you probably don't want to hear more about the government wasting your hard-earned dough. But I'm going to stoke your ire anyway, because our president and Congress...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Government Health Care, Allentown, Darrell E Issa, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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Post office retreats on eliminating Saturday mail
WASHINGTON (AP) — The beleaguered U.S. Postal Service backed down from its cost-saving plan to eliminate Saturday mail delivery, acknowledging that Congress barred a move that supporters said was essential to addressing the agency's dire financial...
Tags: Darrell E Issa, Thomas R. Carper, U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Congress, Government
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Federal firefighters push for shift-swap flexibility
When city or county firefighters have a family event or unexpected obligation pop up on a workday, their solution is familiar to most shift workers: They find a colleague willing to trade hours. But for the roughly 10,000 firefighters employed by the...Tags: Fires, Budget Control Act of 2011, Hospitals and Clinics, Fort Meade (military base), Gaithersburg (Montgomery, Maryland)
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Average federal salary up, despite pay freeze
The "average" federal employee salary is nearly $78,500, an amount that has risen by about $1,800 in the past two years despite a general freeze on salary rates, according to the Office of Personnel Management. As of September, OPM reported last week,...Tags: Darrell E Issa, Barack Obama, U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Congress, Civil and Public Service
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Federal government cuts travel costs; scientists warn of collaboration lost
Florence P. Haseltine knows the power of scientists meeting face to face. The former researcher at the National Institutes of Health notes a list of milestones achieved through networking and collaboration at conferences, such as the deliberations that...
Tags: Women's Health, Health Organizations, Budgets and Budgeting, Research, Blake Farenthold
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