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OPINION: Will Obama be ruined by recent scandals?
The Herald (Rock Hill, S.C.)What did the president know and when did he know it? Apparently not much. The key question that arose in the Watergate scandal, when applied to the three "scandals" that have erupted simultaneously over the past week or so, produce a ho-hum answer....Tags: Republican Party, Justice System, Internal Revenue Service, Politics, Richard Nixon
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Analysis: Upgrade crowns Turkey's peaceful rise but pitfalls loom
ReutersPARIS (Reuters) - Turkey's achievement of investment-grade status crowns a decade of rapid growth, financial stability and political reform by a "tiger" economy on the seam of Europe and Asia, but the rising power still faces pitfalls in a dangerous...Tags: National Government, Freedom of the Press, Elections, NATO, European Debt Crisis
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Today's Buzz: Are Obama scandals overblown?
Orlando Sentinel Editorial BoardThe Obama White House has been trying to defuse three, simultaneous scandals: the altered talking points for the Benghazi attack, the IRS targeting of conservative groups for audits and the Department of Justice seizure of reporters’ phone records....Tags: Elections, Politics
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Turkey seeks seat at U.S.-EU trade table, fears marginalization
Reuters* Ankara fears being sidelined by U.S.-EU trade deal * Obama, Erdogan launch initiative to deepen trade * Turkey-U.S. trade doubled to $20 billion in past decade By Nick Tattersall WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - Turkey is pushing for involvement in...Tags: National Government, Washington, DC, Turkey, Trade Agreements, Politics
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COLUMN- Why the underwear-bomber leak infuriated the Obama administration
Reuters(Jack Shafer is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By Jack Shafer May 17 (Reuters) - Journalists gasp and growl whenever prosecutors issue lawful subpoenas ordering them to divulge their confidential sources or to turn over potential...Tags: Arabian Peninsula, Freedom of the Press, Justice System, Al-Qaeda, United Kingdom
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WRAPUP 3-France opposes Syria conference if Iran to attend
Reuters* U.N. chief wants peace talks soon * Planned conference faces growing obstacles * Refugee numbers top 1.5 million. says U.N. By Darya Korsunskaya SOCHI, Russia, May 17 (Reuters) - France spelled out on Friday that it would oppose a peace conference...Tags: National Government, Russia, Missile Systems, United Nations, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Column: Why the underwear-bomber leak infuriated the Obama administration
Reuters(Reuters) - Journalists gasp and growl whenever prosecutors issue lawful subpoenas ordering them to divulge their confidential sources or to turn over potential evidence, such as notes, video outtakes or other records. It's an attack on the First...Tags: Arabian Peninsula, Freedom of the Press, Justice System, Al-Qaeda, United Kingdom
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Depot workers brace for 20% pay reduction
The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo."This is going to be tough. But I have friends here with kids who are going to have an even tougher time with this furlough policy," the 28year-old Salazar said Thursday. "It makes you wish our leaders in Washington would figure out a way to pass a budget...Tags: Career and Workplace, Unemployment, Fiscal Cliff, Budgets and Budgeting, Mark Udall
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Bachmann revels in 229-195 House vote to repeal Obamacare
Star TribuneFor Rep. Michele Bachmann, Thursday hearkened back to the halcyon days of 2009, when her Tea Party supporters flocked to the U.S. Capitol and she led Republican opposition to President Obama's health care law. Tea Party rally? Check. House vote to...Tags: Parties and Movements, Michele Bachmann, Republican Party, U.S. Senate, Internal Revenue Service
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First Lady plants wheat in White House garden
First Lady Michelle Obama on April 4 planted wheat by hand in the White House kitchen garden and then watered it. Crouching by signs reading "club wheat" and "bread wheat," the first lady scratched rows in the dirt so she and the children could put...Tags: Tom Vilsack, Politics, Breads, Agriculture, Potatoes
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Factbox: IRS's rich history of scandals, political abuse
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - A crisis engulfing the U.S. Internal Revenue Service over its scrutiny of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status adds to a long history of scandal and abuse - both real and alleged - at the tax agency. Here are some high-...Tags: U.S. Congress, Internal Revenue Service, Taxation, American Enterprise Institute, Politics
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LETTER: Fast And Furious Scandals
Fast and Furious is no longer just the name of the Obama administration gun-running scandal, but the speed and ferociousness of the Obama scandals coming to light. Forget about the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms giving guns to drug lords. Now...Tags: Elections, Operation Fast and Furious, U.S. Department of State, Politics, Susan Rice
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