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Obama: Americans will support Oklahoma ‘for as long as it takes’
Brian Hughes
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
President Obama pledged Tuesday that Americans would support storm-ravaged Oklahoma “for as long as it takes” in the wake of a tornado killing at least 24 people in the suburbs of Oklahoma City. “Our prayers are with the people of Oklahoma today, and we will back up those prayers with...
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White House helps fuel its own political controversies
Brian Hughes
Published: Mon, May 20, 2013
The White House on Monday acknowledged that top officials there knew a month ago that the IRS was being investigated for targeting conservative groups, but offered no apology for the Justice Department's spying on a second news organization. Even as they labored to put controversy behind them,...
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White House: 'Entirely appropriate' that senior staff didn't tell Obama about IRS probe
Brian Hughes
Updated: 20 hr ago
Senior White House officials knew for nearly a month that the Internal Revenue Service was under investigation for targeting conservative groups, but they decided not to tell President Obama about the incident, the White House said Monday. The admission shows the White House knew about...
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3-Minute Interview: Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce President Tony Howard
Brian Hughes
Published: Mon, May 20, 2013
Tony Howard is president and CEO of the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce.
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After Obama's roughest week, White House points finger at GOP
Brian Hughes
Published: Sun, May 19, 2013
White House officials on Sunday dismissed Republican attacks over three simmering scandals as a partisan witch hunt, hoping to put behind them President Obama's single worst week in office and to move Washington's attention back to his second-term agenda. While Obama was delivering a...
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Obama has ‘complete confidence’ in AG Eric Holder, no apologies for monitoring of reporters
Brian Hughes
Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013
President Obama on Thursday expressed “complete confidence” in embattled Attorney General Eric Holder, making no apologies for the Justice Department secretly seizing reporters’ phone records. In a press conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Obama addressed the...
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Obama appoints new IRS chief
Brian Hughes
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013
President Obama on Thursday appointed Daniel Werfel, a senior Office of Management and Budget official, as the next acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. The announcement comes a day after Obama forced out Steven Miller, the former leader of an agency under fire for targeting...
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Obama ousts acting IRS head after agency is caught targeting conservatives
Brian Hughes
Published: Wed, May 15, 2013
President Obama on Wednesday forced out the acting director of the Internal Revenue Service and pledged to work with Congress as it investigates why the tax agency was inappropriately targeting conservative groups that opposed Obama and other Democrats. IRS Acting Director Steven Miller was...