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White House silent about Holder approving Fox News probe
Yesterday
The White House on Friday didn’t respond to a report that Attorney General Eric Holder authorized the seizure a Fox News reporter’s phone and email records — and with no daily press briefing...
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Tea party vs. old guard in GOP Senate rift
Yesterday
WASHINGTON (AP) — A long-simmering feud between establishment Republicans and tea partyers broke into full view, with Sen. John McCain accusing younger colleagues of overplaying their hands and...
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Obama pledges to rein in drone use, close Guantanamo
Published: Thu, May 23, 2013
President Obama on Thursday said he will impose stricter limitations on the use of drone strikes against suspected terrorists and renewed his pledge to close the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay,...
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Text of President Obama speech on terrorism
Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
Text of President Barack Obama's speech on the fight against terrorism at the National Defense University, as provided by the White House: ___ It's an honor to return to the National Defense...
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White House, Politics
Obama pushes new rules for drones, transfers for Gitmo prisoners
Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
President Obama on Thursday said he is imposing new limitations on the use of drone strikes against suspected terrorists and took fresh steps to close the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, declaring...
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4 Americans killed since 2009 in US drone strikes
Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen since 2009. The...
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President Obama's administration admits killing four Americans in drone strikes
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...
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What the Data Didn’t Show
By: Kate Havard
Baltimore The presidential ambitions of Maryland governor Martin O’Malley have taken a hit after a federal investigation uncovered a sordid sex-drugs-and-racketeering ring festering right...
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Do Not Disturb
By: William Kristol
Harry Truman famously kept a sign on his desk in the Oval Office, “The Buck Stops Here.” Sixty years later, President Obama hangs a sign on the door to the Oval Office, “Do Not Disturb.”...
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Citizens, Not Customers
By: Matthew Continetti
"We provided horrible customer service,” outgoing acting commissioner of the IRS Steven Miller told the House Ways and Means Committee on May 17, referring to evidence that his agency had...