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Republicans, choice and pain
Two-thirds of American voters support Roe v. Wade. Women overwhelmingly favored Barack Obama over Mitt Romney, the Republican who wanted to de-fund Planned Parenthood and overturn Roe. Public approval of Congress is at or near its lowest level ever...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Congress, Planned Parenthood
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Russia reacts coolly to Obama's nuclear proposals
MOSCOW -- Russian officials responded coolly Wednesday to President Obama’s call for further reductions to the U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals. “We cannot allow the balance of the strategic deterrence system to be broken, or the...
Tags: Vladimir Putin, NATO, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Military Equipment, Weaponry
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Mail Call - June 20
“When is Greencastle going to get finished with the mess on Route 11 and Baltimore Street? Get it done.” — Greencastle, Pa. “This is Wednesday, June 12, and everyone should read David Hanlin’s article on the Opinion page,...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), George W. Bush, Baptist, Charity, National Security Agency
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As Tea Party rallies, FBI says IRS probe a top priority
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than a dozen FBI agents are assigned to a criminal probe into Internal Revenue Service scrutiny of conservative political groups, FBI Director Robert Mueller said on Wednesday. "It's a high-priority investigation and it...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Crime, Law and Justice, Career and Workplace, Taxation, Washington, DC
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Obama turns JFK's Berlin speech into new call for freedom
ReutersBERLIN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama offered a new twist on Wednesday to John F. Kennedy's historic 1963 call for liberty -- "Ich bin ein Berliner" -- by saying other oppressed people eager to join the free world were also "citizens of Berlin." Just...Tags: Berlin (Germany), John F. Kennedy, Angela Merkel, NATO, Germany
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Obama wants to cut nuclear arms, seeks talks with Russia
ReutersBERLIN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama wants to reduce deployed nuclear weapons by up to a third and revive negotiations with Russia to "move beyond Cold War nuclear postures", he said in a speech on Wednesday in Berlin. "After a comprehensive...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Angela Merkel, Vladimir Putin, Germany, Russia
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NSA chief says programs disrupted 50 terrorist plots
Under growing pressure over recently disclosed surveillance programs, the head of the National Security Agency told lawmakers Tuesday that gathering telephone data and monitoring Internet use has helped to disrupt more than 50 "potential terrorist events"...
Tags: U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Fort Meade (military base), Computer Crime, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., Crime, Law and Justice
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G-8 leaders support political solution to Syria
BEIRUT — Global economic leaders, including the United States and Russia, reiterated support Tuesday for a political solution to the Syrian civil war, backing a plan for a transitional government hammered out last year in Geneva. The contentious...
Tags: Bashar Assad, Vladimir Putin, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Russia, David Cameron
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WRAPUP 7-United States to meet Taliban to seek Afghan peace
Reuters* U.S. official says talks to start on Thursday in Doha * Peace process will not be easy or quick; could take years * Obama anticipates "a lot of bumps in the road" * Afghans say Taliban has agreed to meet government (Edits) By Mark Felsenthal,...Tags: Saxby Chambliss, Haqqani Network, Afghanistan, Politics, G8
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Poll shows more than half the public no longer trusts President Obama
Blame secret surveillance of American phone calls, blame the IRS targeting certain political groups, blame the Obama Administration's handling of four American deaths in Libya, or blame the Justice Department's secret collection of journalists' phone...
Tags: Politics, Elections, Polls
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United States to meet Taliban to seek Afghan peace
ReutersWASHINGTON/KABUL (Reuters) - The United States and the Taliban raised hopes on Tuesday for a negotiated peace in Afghanistan with commitments to meet this week after 12 years of bloody and costly war between American-led forces and the insurgents. The...Tags: Saxby Chambliss, War in Afghanistan (2001-present), Haqqani Network, Afghanistan, G8
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Voice of the People, Jun. 19
What would Abe do? Even in the time of Abraham Lincoln you needed moral integrity plus either political capital or political savvy to get anything meaningful accomplished. Lincoln had the moral integrity and political savvy; today's politicians are...Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Personal Income, Interior Policy, Illinois Elections, Pension and Welfare
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