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Emergency alert system to be tested this afternoon
The White House is preparing the country for the first nationwide test of the country's emergency alert system on Wednesday.
The test will occur at 2 p.m. Wednesday and will last about 30 seconds, presidential spokesman Jay Carney told reporters....Tags: White House
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RPT-Switching from scandals, Obama to address drones and Guantanamo
Reuters(Repeats with no change in content) By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will seek to draw attention away from a series of domestic scandals with a speech on Thursday that defends the U.S. use of drones abroad and lays out...Tags: Washington, DC, Human Rights, Military Equipment, Politics, Government
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Tea party storm largely contained within IRS but investigations just getting started
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Three days of congressional hearings about the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups have lawmakers looking for ways to widen an investigation that has so far been largely contained within the tax...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Tea Party Movement, Washington, DC, Taxation, Politics
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Obama hablará de drones y Guantánamo, intentando olvidar los escándalos
ReutersPor Jeff Mason WASHINGTON, 23 mayo (Reuters) - El presidente de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, tratará de desviar la atención de una serie de escándalos domésticos con un discurso el jueves en el que defenderá el uso de drones en el extranjero y...Tags: Al-Qaeda, Washington, DC, Anwar al-Awlaki, Barack Obama
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Abogados del Ejército de EEUU piden a Hagel que mejore condiciones en Guantánamo
ReutersMIAMI (Reuters) - Abogados civiles y militares de los reos en la base naval de BahÃa de Guantánamo instaron al secretario de Defensa de Estados Unidos, Chuck Hagel, a que mejore las condiciones de los detenidos, poniendo más presión sobre el...Tags: The Wall Street Journal, Barack Obama
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Key IRS official refuses to testify
WASHINGTON — In a contentious climax Wednesday to a series of congressional hearings, Lois Lerner, a key IRS manager, invoked her right to not testify about the agency's targeting of conservative groups, igniting howls from Republicans and...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Tea Party Movement, Washington, DC, Taxation, Prosecution
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U.S. military lawyers put more pressure on Guantanamo
ReutersMIAMI (Reuters) - Military and civilian lawyers for prisoners at the Guantanamo naval base urged U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to improve conditions for detainees, putting more pressure on the Obama administration to make good its promise to close...Tags: Yemen, The Wall Street Journal, Chuck Hagel, Strikes, Politics
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President Obama to survey devastation of Oklahoma tornado Sunday
MOORE, Oklahoma -- Residents on Wednesday attempted to return to lives wrecked two days ago by a major tornado, as search and rescue operations began slowly to turn into the first steps to a long recovery. In a first since Monday -- when a tornado...
Tags: Tornadoes, Media Industry, Disasters and Accidents, Weather Warnings, Janet Napolitano
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Explanations needed
I do not see how Obama can be an effective president until he and others in his administration come clean with Congress and the American people. It will be extremely difficult for him to promote any of his second-term agenda until we receive answers to...Tags: U.S. Congress, Immigration, South Whitehall Township, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Department of State
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FACTBOX-Who knew what when in the IRS 'Tea Party' scandal
ReutersMay 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has been under intense scrutiny since May 10, when the tax-collection agency acknowledged that workers had used partisan criteria to intensely scrutinize conservative groups' applications for tax-exempt...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Tea Party Movement, Employees, Taxation, Politics
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Under fire from loyalists, White House admits 'potholes' in handling IRS scandal
Reuters* "Been some legitimate criticisms" * Shifting story puts White House under glare * Appearance of clumsiness By Steve Holland WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - Facing criticism from Democratic loyalists, the White House acknowledged on Wednesday that...Tags: Denis R. McDonough, Washington, DC, Taxation, Xi Jinping, Politics
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Obama to travel to tornado-ravaged Oklahoma on Sunday
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will travel to the Oklahoma City area on Sunday to see the devastation caused by tornadoes this week and to talk to families affected by the storm, White House spokesman Jay Carney said on...Tags: Washington, DC, White House, Barack Obama
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