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Hanna, Age 12, Guest Blogger
Hello! My name is Hanna. I live in Farmington and go to school in West Hartford at a great school called Renbrook. I am twelve years old and in seventh grade. For this year, my father lives in Washington, D.C. and works for Senator Rockefeller when he was...
Tags: West Hartford, Politics, Joe Biden, Washington, DC, Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut)
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Letters to the editor: Obesity, scandals, and McCartney
I am a retired physical-education teacher who worked with students from kindergarten through eighth grade. A majority of my students could not do one pull-up. I tried to be creative and make exercising fun, for which I had a fair amount of success. I am...Tags: Services and Shopping, Ticketmaster, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Benghazi, Lotteries
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Finally, Obama breaks his silence on drones
Over the last four years, there has been a strange irony. One of the greatest speakers of our era has largely kept silent about one of the signature aspects of his presidency. Under President Obama's leadership, U.S. civilian intelligence agencies...
Tags: Pakistan, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, John O. Brennan, Murder
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Letts and Morton are headed to 'Homeland'
Tribune reporterSteppenwolf ensemble members Tracy Letts and Amy Morton have been added to the cast of the Showtime drama "Homeland," TVLine reports. Letts will appear in the show's third season as a senate committee chairman, while Morton will have a recurring role as...Tags: Tony Awards, Homeland (tv program), Entertainment Events
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Pickering agrees to be questioned over State Department's Benghazi probe
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON The retired U.S. diplomat who co-chaired an internal State Department review of the 2012 terrorist attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, on Wednesday ended his refusal to submit to a closed-door interview with a Republican-led House...Tags: Parties and Movements, Republican Party, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Embassy, White House
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U.S. probe of Benghazi attack focused on more than five suspects
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - An investigation of the attacks on the American diplomatic mission and nearby annex in Benghazi, Libya, last year is looking at more than five potential suspects, a U.S. national security source said on Wednesday. The...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Justice System, Police Investigations, FBI, Libya
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Obama administration says fourth American was killed by U.S. drone
WASHINGTON – A day before President Obama is set to deliver a major speech on national security, his administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that it had killed four U.S. citizens – one more than previously known – with...Tags: Pakistan, Washington, DC, Defense, Yemen, Queens (New York City)
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U.S. military lawyers urge Hagel to improve Guantanamo conditions
Reuters* Biggest hunger strike in several years * Obama to reaffirm pledge to close prison * Legal and political hurdles By Jane Sutton MIAMI, May 22 (Reuters) - Military and civilian lawyers for prisoners at the Guantanamo naval base urged U.S. Defense...Tags: U.S. Military, Prisoners and Detainees, Chuck Hagel, Wars and Interventions, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp
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U.S. for first time acknowledges role in deaths of Americans in drone strikes
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON The Obama administration confirmed for the first time on Wednesday that four Americans have died in U.S. drone strikes since 2009, but it sought to justify the killing of only one a senior leader of al-Qaida's Yemen-based affiliate and said...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Civil Rights, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Murder, Arabian Peninsula
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U.S. industry touts 'drone' promise as public debate flares
ReutersBy Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - Public backlash against deadly overseas drone strikes may undermine promising uses of such technology for anything from disaster response to mail delivery, a top U.S. industry group said as it...Tags: Aerospace Manufacturing, U.S. Military, Washington, DC, Boeing Co., Wars and Interventions
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Government killed four Americans in drone strikes
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government formally acknowledged for the first time on Wednesday that it had killed four Americans, including militant cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who died in drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan. Attorney General Eric Holder...Tags: Politics, Pakistan, U.S. Department of Defense, Yemen, Anwar al-Awlaki
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Fourth American fatality by U.S. drones disclosed
WASHINGTON — As President Obama prepared to deliver a major speech on national security Thursday, his administration acknowledged for the first time that it had killed four U.S. citizens — one more than previously known — in drone...
Tags: Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, John O. Brennan, Queens (New York City), Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Department of State
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