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Rand Paul's hypocrisy
Sen. Rand Paul said Hillary Clinton's handling of the terrorist attack in Benghazi, where four Americans died, should preclude her from holding higher office. I don't remember Paul saying that President George W. Bush didn't deserve a second term in...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Catasauqua
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Former top cop of TARP calls for break-up of banks
The Record, Hackensack, N.J.Neil Barofsky, the feisty former prosecutor of Colombian drug lords who was tapped by President George W. Bush in 2008 to oversee the $700 billion TARP bank bailout, did not like a lot of what he saw during his 27-month stint in the nation's capital....Tags: Finance, Politics, Lobbying, Economy, Business and Finance, Federal Bailout Funds
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McManus: The second-term scandal plague
What is it about presidents' second terms that makes them seem so scandal-ridden? Simple: The iron law of longevity. All governments make mistakes, and all governments try to hide those mistakes. But the longer an administration is in office, the more...Tags: Politics, Elections, U.S. Department of State, Republican Party, Justice System
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The most famous umbrella since Neville Chamberlain went to Munich
The Baltimore SunThe public appetite for trivial distraction has always extended to our chief executives. I remember the minor uproar when Lyndon Johnson lifted a beagle by the ears. There was extensive commentary on Richard Nixon's taste for cottage cheese and ketchup....Tags: Bill Clinton, Politics, Elections, Ronald Reagan, Sandra Day O'Connor
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Readers take on guns, taxes, 'sex camp' and more
Time to let you guys sound off about taxes, guns, my weekend at sex camp and more. I wish I had been invited to go along ["My weekend at sex camp"]. You are one of the funniest people on the planet. Sister Ann Kendrick Sister, not only does that...
Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Politics, Ronald Reagan, Justice System, Woodrow Wilson
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Letters: Back and forth over Benghazi
Re "Benghazi's smoking guns," Opinion, May 14 Two questions came to mind reading Jonah Goldberg's column. First, who cut the security funding of diplomatic missions a year before the Benghazi attack? (The Republican-controlled House.) And second,...Tags: Benghazi
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Graduates Turn Their Tassels at CSI
The Times-News, Twin Falls, IdahoAround 400 College of Southern Idaho students, dressed in cap and gown, received their diplomas Friday night at the 47th annual commencement for graduation ceremonies at the college. In all, more than 1,400 students filed applications for graduation....Tags: Graduation, Medical Procedures and Tests, Medical Specialization, Colleges and Universities, Nursing
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Bill O'Reilly: Remember when Obama believed in transparency?
It hasn't been a great week for the Obama folks, as the scandal du jour tour has firmly taken hold. Every day it seems another federal agency is exposed as having intimidated, snooped, covered up or gone to Vegas on the taxpayer dime. Zimbabwe is even...Tags: Susan Rice, Religion and Belief, Christopher Stevens, Islam, U.S. Department of Justice
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Tom Croci, Islip supervisor, called to active duty
NewsdayIslip Supervisor Tom Croci announced Thursday that he has been recalled to active duty in the U.S. Navy and will temporarily leave his post as town leader starting in mid-July for an overseas tour that is expected to last until the spring. "Obviously...Tags: Long Island, Afghanistan, Politics, Elections, Sayville
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The GOP pivots on the IRS scandal
The scandal surrounding the Internal Revenue Service's handling of applications for tax-exempt status by "tea party" groups and other right-leaning organizations took a sharp turn at the House Ways and Means Committee on Friday. In addition to decrying...
Tags: The New York Times, Politics, Elections, U.S. Department of State, Justice System
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Whom can we trust?
Just when I think the opinion of this newspaper is beginning to permit the writing of a neutral article, I read further and you still continue to finger-point to the Republicans and name George W. Bush in the editorial "IRS is ham-handed, but..." When...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Taxation, Internal Revenue Service
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Factbox: Key players in the IRS scandal
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three congressional committees and the Department of Justice are investigating the Internal Revenue Service's scrutiny of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status as the scandal distracts from President Barack Obama's second-...Tags: Darrell E Issa, Washington, DC, Politics, U.S. House of Representatives, Justice System
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