Politics
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Obama, Vladimir Putin agree to disagree on Syria
By BRIAN HUGHES | 06/17/13 05:15 PM
President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin emerged from two hours of talks Monday no closer to a compromise for curtailing a civil war in Syria that has killed more than 93,000 people....
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After House blocks Gitmo closure, Obama taps envoy
By SUSAN CRABTREE | 06/17/13 03:25 PM
Under pressure to demonstrate a renewed commitment to shutter the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, President Obama has...
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Is Obama losing young voters?
By MICHAEL BARONE | 06/17/13 05:00 PM
Barack Obama’s job approval rating is down to 45% in the lastest CNN/ORC poll, conducted June 11-13, with 54%...
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Obama, EU leaders at G-8 talks for ‘largest trade deal in history’
By SUSAN CRABTREE | 06/17/13 11:10 AM
President Obama and several European leaders kicked off the Group of Eight summit in Northern Ireland on Monday by...
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Syria showdown: Obama faces Vladimir Putin at G-8
By BRIAN HUGHES | 06/17/13 10:40 AM
President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet on the sidelines of the G-8 summit in Northern Ireland on...
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White House
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Barack Obama, Congress, White House
After House blocks Gitmo closure, Obama taps envoy
By Susan Crabtree | 06/17/13 03:25 PM
Under pressure to demonstrate a renewed commitment to shutter the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, President Obama has tapped a high-powered Washington attorney as one of two special envoys...
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Syria, Editorial, White House
Examiner Editorial: Obama puts up dukes and blunders into Syria
By Examiner Editorial | 06/17/13 10:35 AM
President Obama's decision to provide weapons to rebels in Syria has the potential to become another foreign policy blunder at a time when the Nobel Prize winner's second term is mired in scandal....
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PennAve, White House
Sen. Lindsey Graham rips Obama on Syria
By Brian Hughes | 06/16/13 02:50 PM
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Sunday said President Obama’s decision to provide small arms and ammunition to the Syrian anti-government rebels wouldn’t curtail a civil war that has killed...
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Congress
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Afghanistan, Congress, Beltway Confidential
Bob Corker blocks Afghan spending bill over millions in payments to Karzai
By Susan Crabtree | 06/17/13 03:40 PM
Sen. Bob Corker, the ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee, is demanding to know why the U.S. government allegedly has made tens of millions of dollars in cash payments to Afghan...
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Barack Obama, Congress, White House
After House blocks Gitmo closure, Obama taps envoy
By Susan Crabtree | 06/17/13 03:25 PM
Under pressure to demonstrate a renewed commitment to shutter the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, President Obama has tapped a high-powered Washington attorney as one of two special envoys...
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Marco Rubio, Immigration, Congress, Beltway Confidential
Obamacare’s tariff on hiring American workers still plagues immigration bill
By Philip Klein | 06/17/13 03:15 PM
An unnamed staffer for Sen. Marco Rubio has caused the latest stir over the immigration bill by telling the New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza that, “There are American workers who, for lack of a better...
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Washington Secrets
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Energy, House of Representatives, Environment, Washington Secrets
Lights out: House plan would protect nation's electricity from solar flare, nuclear bomb
By Paul Bedard | 06/17/13 06:55 PM
Amid growing fears of a massive electromagnetic pulse hit from either a solar flare or a terrorist nuclear bomb, House Republicans on Tuesday will unveil a plan to save the nation's electric grid...
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Campaigns, Rand Paul, Washington Secrets
Senate insiders see Rand Paul, Marco Rubio or Rick Perry leading 2016 GOP ticket
By Paul Bedard | 06/17/13 05:20 PM
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who stumbled out of the GOP presidential primary gates in 2012, appears poised for a revival in the upcoming 2016 primaries, according to key congressional aides and members...
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CBS, Washington Secrets
Mainstream Media Scream: CBS honcho calls Obama scandals 'little fires'
By Paul Bedard | 06/17/13 05:00 PM
There they go again, members of the mainstream media shrugging off the scandals swirling around President Obama. This week's Mainstream Media Scream features CBS News Political Director John...
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Campaigns
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Campaigns, Rand Paul, Washington Secrets
Senate insiders see Rand Paul, Marco Rubio or Rick Perry leading 2016 GOP ticket
By Paul Bedard | 06/17/13 05:20 PM
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who stumbled out of the GOP presidential primary gates in 2012, appears poised for a revival in the upcoming 2016 primaries, according to key congressional aides and members...
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Campaigns, Republican Party
Scott Walker, 2016′s stealth GOP candidate?
By Sean Higgins | 06/17/13 01:05 PM
That’s argument made by the National Journal’s Beth Reinhard. She argues that while the Wisconsin Republican governor scores below several other top contenders in pols now, he is...
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Charles Schumer, Campaigns, Immigration, Columnists
Sen. Charles Schumer's choice: Immigration reform or a campaign issue
By Hugh Hewitt | 06/16/13 06:20 PM
Immigration reform, including the regularization of the nation's 11 million-plus illegal immigrants, appeals to a large slice of the conservative movement -- if it is accompanied by genuine border...
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From the Weekly Standard
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Frack to the Future
Williston, N.D.
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Downsize Ike
The beleaguered Eisenhower Memorial Commission holds its next public gathering later this month, and before its members duck-walk into the hearing room, huddled in a hoplite phalanx against a...
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Barnes On Obama's Poll Numbers: 'Americans Want Leadership and They're Not Getting It'
THE WEEKLY STANDARD podcast with executive editor Fred Barnes on President Obama's falling polling numbers.
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