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Senate confirms Chuck Hagel as new Defense secretary
WASHINGTON – The Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Chuck Hagel, a Vietnam War veteran and former Republican senator from Nebraska, as the 24th secretary of Defense after a brutal confirmation process that saw members of his own party question his...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Wars and Interventions, Politics, Ted Cruz, Carl Levin
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Republican lawmaker: Obama should back off immigration reform
WASHINGTON -- With President Obama making immigration reform a top priority, the Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee has just one bit of advice: Stay away. Rep. Robert Goodlatte, a conservative immigration lawyer from Virginia, said...Tags: Washington, DC, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Politics, Justice System, Illegal Immigrants
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Senators disagree on how close they are to a deal on immigration
WASHINGTON — Key senators trying to negotiate an agreement on immigration reform were divided Sunday on how close they are to reaching a consensus on the legislation. Sens. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), touting a...
Tags: Chuck Schumer, Politics, NBC (tv network), Marco Rubio, Crime, Law and Justice
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GOP primary voters not opposed to immigration reform
WASHINGTON -- Conservative Republicans are open to an overhaul of the nation’s immigration system, including creating a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, according to a new report on voter attitudes in two states with early...
Tags: Politics, John McLaughlin, Illegal Immigrants, John McCain, Career and Workplace
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Hagel confirmed as secretary of defense
Tribune Washington BureauWASHINGTON — Chuck Hagel, who won two Purple Hearts in the Vietnam War, survived the turbulent battle over his nomination to lead the Pentagon, where he will confront two new challenges: potentially dramatic budget cuts and tensions with...Tags: Leon Panetta, Wars and Interventions, Politics, Michael Mukasey, Benghazi
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President to meet with John McCain, Lindsey Graham on immigration
WASHINGTON -- President Obama will meet Tuesday with two of the Republicans leading Senate efforts to craft comprehensive immigration legislation. The invitation that will bring Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina to the...
Tags: Washington, DC, Politics, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), John McCain, Republican Party
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Senate ends Hagel filibuster, nomination moves closer to vote
WASHINGTON – Chuck Hagel moved a step closer to confirmation as Defense secretary after the Senate voted Tuesday afternoon 71-27 to end a GOP-led filibuster of his controversial nomination. A final vote is expected to take place at 1:30 p.m. PST....
Tags: Leon Panetta, Central Intelligence Agency, Politics, John Brennan, Chuck Hagel
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Saturday's TV Highlights: 'Hope Springs' on Starz
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of March 31 - April 5, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES Doctor Who The Doctor (Matt...
Tags: Chuck Schumer, BBC, Suicide, Islam, Jeff Flake
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Rob Reiner on 'Meet the Press'; Richard Land on 'This Week'
Staff writerThe Sunday morning chat shows will get religion for Easter. They also will focus on the gay marriage issues before the U.S. Supreme Court. Cardinal Timothy Egan, archbishop of New York, will be a guest on ABC's "This Week" and CBS' "Face the Nation."...Tags: Chuck Schumer, Politics, CNN (tv network), The Washington Post, Jeff Flake
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Marco Rubio vies for the Republican soul
Maybe, in a rare exception, being on the cover of Time won't be a jinx. Just before giving his party's official response to the State of the Union address — equal to the cover of Time as a jinxed opportunity — Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Politics, USA Today, John McCain, Sean Hannity
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Rand Paul's stunt misses the point
If you took Sen. Rand Paul duck hunting, he'd probably shoot the decoy. That's the impression the first-term Kentucky Republican gave when he took the floor of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday for a 13-hour rambling real-life imitation of Jimmy Stewart's...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Politics, U.S. Department of Justice, Armed Forces, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Stand with Rand?
On March 7, after nearly 13 hours, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) ended his historic filibuster against the nomination of John Brennan as CIA director. The filibuster didn't stop there though, Paul also went on to criticize President Obama's and Attorney...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Politics, Rick Santorum, Rob Portman, John McCain
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