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Editorial: The case for arms to Syria
The Syrian rebels battling President Bashar Assad's forces are on the ropes. They've lost one strategic city and may be on the brink of losing a stronghold in Aleppo to government forces, fortified by Iran-backed Hezbollah fighters. Assad's enabler-in-...
Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Rebellions, Barack Obama, Military Equipment, Moscow (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: FBI, Terrorism, Najibullah Zazi, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., U.S. Congress
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Coroner has not determined if crash victim is Michael Hastings
The Los Angeles county coroner's office had yet to determine Tuesday night whether a body recovered from a fiery car crash was that of award-winning journalist Michael Hastings. The body was badly charred and identified only as "John Doe 117," law...
Tags: Stanley A. McChrystal, Authors, Accidental Death, Barack Obama, Motorvehicle Accidents
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IRS manager says tea party groups not politically targeted
WASHINGTON — An Internal Revenue Service manager who described himself as a "conservative Republican" told congressional investigators that no one in the agency's Cincinnati office was trying to target tea party organizations for political reasons,...
Tags: Tea Party Movement, U.S. Congress, Elijah E. Cummings, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, DC
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Joe Biden touts White House progress on gun control
WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden, seeking to reinvigorate the White House's stalled gun safety push, touted incremental progress Tuesday in nearly two dozen executive actions pledged by the administration in January. In a speech to...
Tags: Gun Control, Interior Policy, National Rifle Association of America, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice
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Obama calls U.S.-Taliban talks agreement 'important first step'
KABUL, Afghanistan — For more than a decade, the U.S. and the Taliban have met almost exclusively on the battlefield of America's longest war. In coming days, both sides said, they will sit down at a negotiating table to discuss ending the bloodshed...
Tags: Anders Fogh Rasmussen, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, International Military Interventions, Qatar, Kabul (Afghanistan)
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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: Al-Qaeda, Government, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Barack Obama, Summits
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Led by Republicans, House passes measure to limit abortions
WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives passed legislation to enact stringent restrictions on abortion Tuesday, acting on an issue championed by social conservatives in the Republican majority and inviting a possible new challenge to...Tags: John Boehner, Incest, Trent Franks, Barack Obama, Abortion Issue
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Enroll America sets private outreach for Obamacare enrollment
ReutersBy David Morgan WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - Enroll America, a nonprofit group at the center of the political fight over President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, launched a multi-state grassroots campaign on Tuesday to help sign up millions...Tags: Healthcare Policies, Healthcare Provider, Healthcare Industry, Elections, Kathleen Sebelius
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Michael Hastings was working in L.A. when he died in car crash
Journalist Michael Hastings was living in Los Angeles and reporting on national security issues and the entertainment industry when he died early Tuesday in a car crash in the city, according to his employer. Hastings, a hard-charging reporter whose...
Tags: Stanley A. McChrystal, Authors, Accidental Death, Barack Obama, Motorvehicle Accidents
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N.Korean envoy in Beijing seeking to mend ties - experts
ReutersBy Michael Martina BEIJING, June 19 (Reuters) - A North Korean envoy held talks with Chinese officials on Wednesday that experts said were unlikely to yield concessions from Pyongyang on its nuclear programme but were more aimed at repairing ties with...Tags: Barack Obama, Kim Jong Un, South Korea, Pyongyang (North Korea), Xi Jinping
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Patent trolls collect 'nuisance fees' and political enemies
Star Tribune (Minneapolis)WASHINGTON Mason Cos. of Chippewa Falls, Wis., sells shoes, women's clothing and general merchandise on the Internet and through mail-order catalogs. It does not produce or market computers or their components. Yet six times in the past three years,...Tags: Justice System, Business Enterprises, Instrument Engineering, Barack Obama, Lawyers
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