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President Obama's administration admits killing four Americans in drone strikes
Brian Hughes
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013
The Obama administration killed four Americans in drone attacks overseas, the Justice Department acknowledged Wednesday in the first such public admission by the administration. The day before President Obama was set to make a major public address about his counterterrorism policies, including...
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Obama will push Gitmo closure despite Pentagon plans for renovation
Brian Hughes
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013
President Obama on Thursday will again call for the closure of the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, even as his Pentagon asks Congress for $450 million more to keep the facility open, stoking doubts about whether the president will live up to a glaringly unfulfilled campaign promise. With...
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Democrats fret President Obama's scandals will hurt them in 2014
Brian Hughes
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
President Obama isn't the only one whose fortunes are on the line in the face of a trio of explosive political scandals that are consuming Washington. The Justice Department's monitoring of reporters, the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups and the White House's...
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Jay Carney: ‘It’s not about me’
Brian Hughes
Yesterday
Amid revelations that the Justice Department monitored both Associated Press journalists and Fox News’ James Rosen, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, a former reporter, was asked Tuesday if he had ever received classified information when writing about the inner workings of government.
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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: Mon, May 20, 2013
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...