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Senate Armed Services panel approves defense bill
The Senate Armed Services Committee passed a $625 billion defense bill Friday that would raise the cost cap on the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford and free up nearly $2 billion to restore cuts from sequestration. Sen. Tim Kaine, a member of the...
Tags: Sexual Assault, U.S. Military, Gerald Ford, Mark R. Warner, Assault
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Palatine High senior honored for artwork
Palatine High School senior Alyssa Froehling has won the 8th District title in the Congressional Art Competition, and her artwork will soon hang on Capitol Hill. U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth of Hoffman Estates announced Froehling's "Symbiosis" photo...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Teaching and Learning, Judges, U.S. House of Representatives, Justice System
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Saturday's TV Highlights and Weekend Talk Shows: 'The Confession'
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 12 - 18, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES Orphan Black Paul (Dylan Bruce)...
Tags: Robert Gates, Stephen Schwarzman, Kelly Ayotte, John McCain, The New York Times
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Benghazi attack tops Sunday morning news menu
Staff writerThe Benghazi attack will be the main topic this weekend on Sunday morning chat programs. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., talk to NBC's "Meet the Press" at 9 a.m. on WESH-Channel 2. They will discuss whether there was...Tags: Robert Gates, Stephen Schwarzman, Kelly Ayotte, John McCain, The New York Times
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The president's feeble gesture
"President Obama plans to give up 5 percent of his salary this year to draw attention to the financial sacrifice of more than 1 million federal employees who will be furloughed." -- The Washington Post, April 4 "Here's the plan. We get the warhead and...
Tags: Barack Obama, Easter, Harry Reid, Amputation, Politics
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From the Tribune archives: The House Rahm Built
Tribune staff reporterRahm Emanuel was seething. He was hurtling down an asphalt road in upstate New York on the 47th trip of his ferocious campaign to win back the House. A lecture, even from his friend James Carville, was the last thing he needed. In just 12 days, Emanuel'...Tags: Laws, Army National Guard, Executive Branch, John Kerry, Democratic Party
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At VFW, Iraq from 2 sides
Tribune staff reporterTwo men with White House aspirations offered starkly different assessments of the war in Iraq on Tuesday, with one pleading for patience and the other calling for a new strategy. Though Fred Thompson and Barack Obama both appeared before the Veterans...Tags: Barack Obama, Pennsylvania, U.S. Military, Rudy Giuliani, John McCain
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Former Rep. Joe Walsh's radio show to start March 25
Clout StreetOutspoken former one-term Republican U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh, who teased his dedicated tea party supporters with the prospect of a possible run for governor in 2014, is now officially headed to radio. Walsh released a statement today confirming that he...Tags: Joe Walsh, Elections, Politics, Joe Walsh, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Democratic congressmen support Illinois gay marriage, though they can't vote on it
Clout StreetA day after Speaker Michael Madigan pronounced the gay marriage bill 12 votes short, a group pushing the issue tried to recapture momentum by announcing support from seven Illinois Democratic congressmen --- even though they don’t get to vote in...Tags: Social Issues, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics, Bill Foster, Democratic Party
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Rahm Emanuel talked with governor's office about who should fill Obama's Senate seat
Rahm Emanuel, President-elect Barack Obama's pick to be White House chief of staff, had conversations with Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration about who would replace Obama in the U.S. Senate, the Tribune has learned. The revelation does not suggest...Tags: Barack Obama, Local Elections, Valerie Jarrett, Dan Hynes, U.S. Presidential Transition (2009)
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Kirk: Lock up the 'chuckleheads'
Change of SubjectTranscribed from a portion of the WBEZ-FM 91.5 interview with Republican U.S. Sen Mark Kirk of Illiniois Wednesday: Alex Keefe: Senator, you mentioned the murder of Hadiya Pendleton a moment ago. It seemed like things got pretty emotional in the...... -
Walsh, Duckworth in heated debate
A heated suburban congressional campaign boiled over during a Tuesday night debate as Republican Rep. Joe Walsh labeled Tammy Duckworth a "failed bureaucrat" running a poll-tested campaign while the Democratic challenger argued the incumbent serves the...
Tags: Medicare, Government Health Care, Veterans Affairs, Politics, Democratic Party
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