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Column: Benghazi and IRS: Sons of Watergate?
In his defense of President Barack Obama, press secretary Jay Carney is beginning to sound a lot like Ronald Zeigler, Richard Nixon's spokesman. Carney only has to use the word "inoperative," as Ziegler did when incriminating evidence surfaced that proved...Tags: Politics, Television Industry, Libya, John Boehner, Richard Nixon
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Ex-president leading in mayoral race in Manila, Aquino-backed candidates in Senate polls
Associated PressMANILA, Philippines (AP) — Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada was leading in the vote-count for mayor of Manila on Tuesday in what could be his first elected post since he was ousted in a 2001 revolt on corruption charges. In other...Tags: Voting Machines, Philippines, Politics, Executive Branch, Government
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Turkey bombings prompt outcry over support for Syria rebels
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Deadly weekend car bombings in a southern Turkish city have galvanized domestic opposition to the government's steadfast support for Syrian rebels amid fears that Turkey is being dragged into the bloody conflict across its border....Tags: Skype, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Bombings, Government
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Editorial: Make uncovering Benghazi truth a bipartisan mission
"A new tower rises above the New York skyline, al-Qaida is on the path to defeat, and Osama bin Laden is dead." —President Barack Obama to the Democratic National Convention, Sept. 6, 2012. Five nights after that speech, scores of attackers...
Tags: Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), Univision (tv network), September 11, 2001 Attacks, 2012 Democratic National Convention, Politics
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WRAPUP 6-U.S., Russia seek new Syria peace talks; rebels sceptical
Reuters(Adds U.N. statement, paragraphs 6-7) * US, Russia bury differences to push for Syria peace talks * Not clear warring parties will readily agree to negotiate * Threat of conflict spilling over has alarmed world powers * Kerry says without deal Syria...Tags: Robert Mueller, FBI, Justice and Rights, Politics, Government
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Obama pushes for Syria talks but warns of huge challenges
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama vowed on Monday to work to bring the Syrian government and rebels to the negotiating table in coming weeks but warned that a "combustible mix" of regional meddling and Islamist militancy would make it hard...Tags: John Kerry, Vladimir Putin, Russia, Washington, DC, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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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: Steve King, Politics, Susan Rice, Islam, Libya
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Bad faith and Benghazi
"Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night and decided they'd go kill some Americans? What difference -- at this point, what difference does it make?" That was how then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton famously...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Department of State, White House, Libya, Benghazi
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Bringing drones out of the shadows
The use of unmanned aircraft to kill suspected terrorists, a practice that has dramatically escalated during the Obama administration, is receiving fresh and welcome scrutiny in Congress and elsewhere even as the number of drone strikes seems to be on the...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Terrorism, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Afghanistan, Politics
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Yemeni tribesmen kidnap Swiss aid worker: security source
ReutersADEN (Reuters) - Armed Yemeni tribesmen on Monday kidnapped a Swiss citizen working for the Red Cross in the southern province of Abyan, a Yemeni security source said. The aid worker was taken from a vehicle in the city of Jaar where he was travelling...Tags: Employees, Career and Workplace, American Red Cross, Yemen, Kidnapping
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Benghazi: The Obama spin continues
"Bumps in the road." — President Barack Obama on the unrest in Libya and elsewhere in the Middle East that included the deaths of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens, an information officer, and two Navy SEALS. "Crude and disgusting"… "an...Tags: Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Susan Rice, Libya
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LETTER: Benghazi Like A Duck
Jules Witcover's May 9 column "The Debate Over Benghazi, Yet Again" [Opinion] treated the Sept. 11 Benghazi attack and the current congressional hearings as if it were a partisan squabble of no import. I say that by attempting to diminish the...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Benghazi
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