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Obama meets with young immigrants, encourages them to speak out
WASHINGTON -- President Obama met Tuesday with young immigrants and others who expressed their fear that family members will be deported and their hope that Congress will pass new immigration laws to keep families intact. Obama urged the group to...
Tags: Elections, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate, Labor Legislation, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Report: Apple avoided billions in U.S. taxes on foreign income
This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details WASHINGTON -- Apple Inc. has used an elaborate web of offshore subsidiaries to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. taxes on $44 billion in foreign income over the past four years,...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Republic of Ireland, Carl Levin, U.S. Senate, Microsoft Corporation
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Rand Paul 2016?
Boston HeraldRand Paul blasted President Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for their security failures in Benghazi in a Herald interview ahead of the U.S. senator from Kentucky's keynote speech to New Hampshire Republicans tomorrow that's further...Tags: Elections, Chris Christie, Paul Ryan, Hillary Clinton, Marco Rubio
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White House fights back on IRS as GOP keeps up pressure
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON — A senior White House aide insisted Sunday that President Obama learned only from news reports that an IRS office had singled out dozens of tea party organizations and other conservative groups for questionable scrutiny, while...Tags: Elections, CNN (tv network), Prosecution, Rob Portman, Mitch McConnell
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Spotlighting a terrorism risk, and profiting
WASHINGTON — Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Lobbying, Bioterrorism, Defense, Terrorism
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Obama meets with Central Florida woman to talk immigration
WASHINGTON -- A Winter Park woman was among several advocates for immigration reform who met Tuesday with President Barack Obama at the White House. Melissa McGuire-Maniau, an Air Force veteran, shared with Obama her story about how her family...Tags: Immigration, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Washington, DC
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Some U.S. utilities say they're under constant cyber attack
ReutersWASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) - Several power utilities say they face a barrage of cyber attacks on their critical systems, a report by two Democratic lawmakers found echoing warnings from the Obama administration that foreign hackers were trying to bring...Tags: Elections, Edward J Markey, Computer Crime, Corporate Officers, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce
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Obama to discuss al Qaeda, drones, Guantanamo Bay in Thursday speech
ReutersBy Steve Holland ATLANTA, May 19 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, under fire for security lapses at a U.S. mission in Libya, will in a speech on Thursday lay out his wide-ranging counter-terrorism policy, from the controversial use of drones to...Tags: Military Equipment, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, State of the Union Address, Christopher Stevens, Terrorism
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Cardinal Health's CEO uses background to think outside the box
The Columbus DispatchWhen most people listen to an orchestra, they hear the violins playing the melody. Not George Barrett, CEO of Cardinal Health. "When musicians listen to a piece of music, they hear the inner lines, they hear the viola supporting the harmony, the...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Corporate Officers, Chemical Industry, New York University, High School Sports
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AP chief says phone probe makes news sources reluctant to talk
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - The Justice Department's seizure of phone records for journalists at the Associated Press is hurting the agency's ability to gather news, the wire service's Chief Executive and President Gary Pruitt said on Sunday....Tags: The Associated Press, Eric Holder, U.S. Department of Justice, CBS Corp., Barack Obama
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Apple CEO makes no apology for company's tax strategy
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook made no apology on Tuesday for the iPad maker saving billions of dollars in U.S. taxes through Irish subsidiaries and told lawmakers that his company backs corporate tax reform, even though it...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Corporate Officers, Carl Levin, Jay Carney, Microsoft Corporation
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White House accuses Republicans of 'fishing expeditions'
ReutersBy Tabassum Zakaria and Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - The White House on Sunday accused Republicans of conducting political "fishing expeditions," while Republican lawmakers showed no let up in attacking President Barack Obama's...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, The Washington Post, This Week (tv program), Rob Portman, Mitch McConnell
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