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President to meet with John McCain, Lindsey Graham on immigration
WASHINGTON -- President Obama will meet Tuesday with two of the Republicans leading Senate efforts to craft comprehensive immigration legislation. The invitation that will bring Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina to the...
Tags: Jeff Flake, Barack Obama, Marco Rubio, John McCain, U.S. Department of Defense
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Kerry in show of unity with Afghanistan's Karzai
KABUL – Secretary of State John Kerry joined Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday for a public show of unity, declaring that the two allies “are on the same page” despite weeks of unprecedented friction. Kerry, who has played a...
Tags: Government, Central African Republic, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Prisons
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Congress urges tuition assistance be reinstated
Rep. Juan Vargas, D-Chula Vista, joined other members of Congress to urge Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to immediately reinstate the tuition assistance program that the Army, Marines and Air Force have all suspended. The members of Congress wrote a...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Congress, Juan Vargas
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Marine fatally shoots 2 and kills self in Quantico base rampage, officials say
A Marine killed two fellow military staffers at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, then killed himself in what appeared to be an isolated incident, military officials said on Friday. There was no immediate explanation for the motive of the gunman...
Tags: Defense, FBI, U.S. Marine Corps, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Shootings
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Three dead, including suspect, in Marine base shooting
QUANTICO, Va. (AP) — A Marine who worked at an officer candidates school fatally shot two of his colleagues before killing himself in a barracks dorm room, officials said. The Marine's colleagues were a man and a woman. Military officials did...
Tags: Elections, FBI, Murder, Armed Conflicts, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Standing with Rand, nervously
WASHINGTON -- "Stand with Rand," urged placards at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, where Sen. Rand Paul won last weekend's presidential straw poll, cementing the Kentucky Republican's status as a favorite of the conservative movement....Tags: Minority Groups, Heritage Foundation, Social Issues, Rand Paul, Mitch McConnell
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On anniversary of Iraq war, legislators petition for Medal of Honor for Marine
L.A. NOWOn the 10th anniversary of the start of U.S.-led operations in Iraq, a bipartisan group of legislators in Washington submitted a resolution calling for the Medal of Honor to be awarded to Marine Sgt. Rafael Peralta of San Diego, killed...... -
Weigh what you hear on the 'news'
With focus now on Lincoln and other celebrated figures in American history, we hear discussions of what they would think, do or say today. Since they can't speak now for themselves, no certain answers are to be found. That doesn't stop discussions,...
Tags: Rush Limbaugh, Television, Entertainment, Comedy Central (tv network), Radio
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Transcript: Rand Paul's filibuster of John Brennan's CIA nomination
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) delivered a nearly 13-hour filibuster Wednesday of John Brennan’s nomination to lead the CIA. Paul used his time on the floor to question the legality of the White House's policies on drone use, beginning at 11:47 a.m. EST and...
Tags: Restaurants, Google Inc., Religion and Belief, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Personal Data Collection
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Baltimore sailor says he was told not to report rape
After he was raped by a fellow Navy sailor, Brian Lewis wanted justice. What he got, the Baltimore man told a Senate panel Wednesday, was an order to keep quiet. When commanders learned of the attack, Lewis said, he was told not to report it to...
Tags: Rape, U.S. Army, U.S. Military, Criminals, Prisons
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Security risks, frayed relations dog U.S., Afghans
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A series of security problems and fractured relations with Afghan leaders plagued Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's first trip here as Pentagon chief, including the Afghan president's accusations that the U.S. and the Taliban...
Tags: Afghanistan, Suicide, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Prisons, Hamid Karzai
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Fixing the filibuster
The filibuster is back in the news, thanks to Sen. Rand Paul's nearly 13-hour talkathon on U.S. drone policy last week. Putting aside the merits of Mr. Paul's national security views, his feat of endurance was in the best tradition of the Senate. He...Tags: Government, U.S. House of Representatives, Minority Groups, Barack Obama, National Government
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