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Boehner torn between conservative issues and those with broad appeal
WASHINGTON — About once a week, like clockwork, House Speaker John A. Boehner insists in a Capitol news conference that jobs and the economy are the "No. 1 concern" of his GOP majority. But from week to week, there's often another priority in the...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Trent Franks, U.S. Senate, Benghazi, Parties and Movements
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Congress still at odds on where astronauts should go next
WASHINGTON — Where should NASA astronauts go next? That's been the question for the past decade, when President George W. Bush ordered a since-canceled mission to return Americans to the moon. And disagreement over the answer continues to...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Science, Manufacturing and Engineering, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama
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Fertility rites
WASHINGTON — Distilled to a slogan, politics of late goes something like this: "I'm more fertile than you are." It seems fecundity is emerging as the best argument for public office, policy or even citizenship. What was once an unconscious...Tags: Social Issues, Sarah Palin, Kermit Gosnell, Abortion, Immigration
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Obama defends U.S. intelligence strategy in wary Berlin
ReutersBERLIN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama defended U.S. anti-terrorism tactics on a visit to Berlin on Wednesday, telling wary Germans Washington was not spying on the emails of ordinary citizens and promising to step up efforts to close the Guantanamo...Tags: Berlin (Germany), European Union, John F. Kennedy, Kabul (Afghanistan), Hamid Karzai
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U.S. to restart migration talks with Cuba: State Department
ReutersMIAMI (Reuters) - The United States and Cuba have agreed to resume regular migration talks in a possible sign of thawing relations after more than three years of tensions over Cuba's jailing of a U.S. government contract worker. The announcement of the...Tags: Travel, Labor Legislation, Economic Sanctions, Human Rights, Prisons
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Mail Call - June 19
“I am one of the people of the Fairplay fire department who is on the outside looking in, and I thank Charlie Miller, who has the noti ce in the paper today in the letter to the editor. He is 100 percent right. If we can get the present management...Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Parties and Movements, Elections, Tea Party Movement
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Why Hillary Clinton should part with Bill
Hillary Clinton's return to the living was almost flawless. Almost. She unveiled her Twitter account (young and with-it), and referred knowingly to the pantsuit (mature and self-aware). She didn't look tan (that would be too "Real Housewives of New...Tags: Dick Cheney, U.S. Senate, Twitter, Inc., John McCain, Hillary Clinton
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Obama wants to cut nuclear arms, seeks talks with Russia
ReutersBERLIN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama wants to reduce deployed nuclear weapons by up to a third and revive negotiations with Russia to "move beyond Cold War nuclear postures", he said in a speech on Wednesday in Berlin. "After a comprehensive...Tags: Berlin (Germany), Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy, Parties and Movements, Angela Merkel
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Despite controversies, Obama's job approval holds steady in new poll
Despite several weeks of troubles, including controversy over IRS targeting of conservative groups and National Security Agency surveillance of pretty much everybody, President Obama’s job approval has remained at almost exactly the same level it...
Tags: Politics, Parties and Movements, Elections, Philosophy, Polls
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Mail Call - June 20
“When is Greencastle going to get finished with the mess on Route 11 and Baltimore Street? Get it done.” — Greencastle, Pa. “This is Wednesday, June 12, and everyone should read David Hanlin’s article on the Opinion page,...Tags: Charity, Social Security, Christianity, Human Interest, National Security Agency
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Journalistic impartiality tested in NSA leak story
Edward Snowden may represent the archetypal leaker of the Internet age — a tech savant who justifies his civil disobedience as a righteous rebuttal to the big institutions he believes have intruded too far into ordinary people's lives. But it's...
Tags: Dick Cheney, Journalism, Google Inc., The New York Times, National Security Agency
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Hillary Clinton addresses Michigan business group
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Former secretary of state and possible 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has addressed business leaders in western Michigan. She was guest of honor at the Economic Club of Grand Rapids' 26th annual dinner...
Tags: Politics, Antonin Scalia, NBC (tv network), U2 (music group), Government
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