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Hagel announces 11 days of furloughs for most DOD civilian staff
Joel Gehrke
Updated: Tue, May 14, 2013
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced that most of the DOD’s 800,000 civilian personnel will be furloughed up to 11 days, in response to budget cuts brought on by sequestration. “After extensive review of all options with the DoD’s senior military and civilian leadership on how we...
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Rep. Stockman: Investigate IRS audits of Obamacare critics reported to White House
Joel Gehrke
Published: Tue, May 14, 2013
Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas, asked two House committees to investigate IRS audits of people reported to the White House as critics of Obamacare. “Government reforms adopted after Watergate prohibit the White House from coordinating with the IRS to target citizens,” Stockman said in...
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White House: ‘No knowledge’ of DOJ seizing AP phone records
Joel Gehrke
Published: Mon, May 13, 2013
President Obama had “no knowledge” that the Justice Department obtained two months of Associated Press reporters’ phone records, his spokesman said today. “Other than press reports, we have no knowledge of any attempt by the Justice Department to seek phone records of the AP,” White...
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Obama: Republicans are making Americans ‘cynical about government’
Joel Gehrke
Updated: Mon, May 13, 2013
President Obama resorted to his old “fever” analogy to complain to Democratic Party donors about ongoing Republican “hyper-partisanship.” He also admitted to failing to deliver the post-partisan era promised in 2008. “What’s blocking us right now is a sort of hyper-partisanship in...
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Flashback: Nixon’s articles of impeachment included IRS scandal
Joel Gehrke
Updated: Mon, May 13, 2013
Time’s Joe Klein wrote that the IRS scandal places President Obama “on the same page as Richard Nixon.” How so? Well, the articles of impeachment drafted for Nixon cited his misuse of the IRS to target political enemies.
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IRS scandal delays Levin hearing about need to pressure political nonprofits
Joel Gehrke
Published: Mon, May 13, 2013
Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., scheduled a hearing to call for the IRS to crack down on non-profit groups that engage in political activity, but the recent scandal of the IRS targeting conservatives has resulted in the postponement of that hearing. “The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations...
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Obama: ‘No patience’ with alleged IRS targeting of conservatives
Joel Gehrke
Published: Mon, May 13, 2013
President Obama, though acknowledging that the IRS’s alleged targeting of conservative groups remains under investigation, emphasized that he has “no patience” with the reported misconduct, though he stopped short of outlining consequences for the perpetrators. “We’ll wait and see...
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Obama: Benghazi talking points a ‘sideshow’ — GOP fundraising hook
Joel Gehrke
Updated: Mon, May 13, 2013
President Obama dismissed questions about the editing of the Benghazi talking points as a “sideshow” driven by political animosity from Republicans, who, he noted, have raised money off the issue. “The whole issue of talking points, frankly, throughout this process has been a...
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White House blames State Dept., CIA for edits made to Benghazi talking points
Joel Gehrke
Published: Fri, May 10, 2013
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney blamed the State Department and the CIA for the fact that all references to terrorist involvement in the Benghazi attack were edited from the official administration talking points.
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State Department refuses to identify ‘leadership’ who demanded edits of Benghazi talking points
Joel Gehrke
Published: Fri, May 10, 2013
State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell refused to identify the member of State Department “leadership” who demanded that information about the role of terrorists in the Benghazi attack be edited from the official talking points. “I can’t speak to every word that’s been...
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