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President Obama offers encouragement for reforms in Myanmar
WASHINGTON -- President Obama welcomed Myanmar President Thein Sein to the White House on Monday with tokens of encouragement as the former military ruler pushes democratic reforms in the once-authoritarian Southeast Asian nation. Obama praised Thein...
Tags: Prisoners and Detainees, Government, Human Rights Watch, Human Rights, Jay Carney
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Are critics wrong to blame the president for recent scandals?
Yes Perhaps taking the blame for government blunders comes with the presidency. So it is not surprising that President Obama's critics are taking advantage of recent federal scandals to cast blame on the White House. But those quick to throw mud at the...Tags: Barack Obama, Internal Revenue Service
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Senate confirms new judge for Middle District of Florida
WASHINGTON -- By a vote of 90-0, the U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed Sheri Polster Chappell to serve as a new judge for the Middle District of Florida, which includes Orlando. The confirmation follows an unsuccessful bid by the White House last year to...Tags: Orlando, Politics, Washington, DC, Barack Obama, Crime, Law and Justice
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AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional
WASHINGTON (AP) — The president and chief executive officer of The Associated Press on Sunday called the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records "unconstitutional" and said the news cooperative had not ruled out legal...
Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Government, The Associated Press, Central Intelligence Agency, John Cornyn
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GOP ponders how to capitalize on Obama's woes
WASHINGTON (AP) — The scandals dogging President Barack Obama are a political gift to Republicans, who could use some good luck after recent election losses. It's not clear, however, how Republicans can best capitalize on Democrats' woes,...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Fiscal Cliff, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Republican Party, U.S. Department of Justice
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Hey! I made 'Best of the Web today!'
Change of SubjectOn the Bulworth thread, a commenter asks if I'll be responding to James Taranto's blog item at the Wall Street Journal that mentions me. A bit. Here's the relevant passage and a few subsequent passages with my comments. There's been...... -
A 'Meet the Press' moment
Change of SubjectFrom the transcript: NBC'S MEET THE PRESS" HOST DAVID GREGORY: Peggy Noonan, you wrote something (in your Wall Street Journal column) this week that really struck me in your column on Friday. And I want to put it up on...... -
How Obama can rescue his candidacy
Here's the White House view of the current trilogy of so-called scandals: Republicans are trying to destroy President Barack Obama's second term by magnifying bureaucratic miscues and distorting policy realities. This isn't without some merit. On none...Tags: Parties and Movements, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, U.S. Department of Justice, Republican Party, Susan Rice
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Top item on Obama's agenda: damage control
As it must come to all American presidents, it seems, Barack Obama's policy agenda is being crowded out of the headlines by the imperative of damage control against administration scandal. The allegations of incompetence or worse in the IRS' targeting...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Benghazi, Central Intelligence Agency, John Kerry, Democratic Party
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Pointing to threat, pulling in profit
Tribune Washington BureauWASHINGTON -- Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he called a...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Government, U.S. Department of Defense, September 11, 2001 Attacks, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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Editorial: Conservatives should lead on immigration
If President Barack Obama delivers on his promise to sign meaningful immigration legislation in his second term, it could be because he wisely stayed out of the way while Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican with his eye on the White House, did the...Tags: Migration, Marco Rubio, National Security, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Republican Party
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Don Welsh focuses boundless energy on promoting Chicago
Don Welsh, Chicago's top convention and tourism salesman, early this month embarked on one of the most high-wire sales trips of his tenure here — flying to rival Las Vegas in an attempt to win back the National Hardware Show, once a cornerstone...
Tags: Basketball, Sports, Tourism and Leisure Industry, Entertainment, National Football League
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