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Obama seeks to cut Afghan war spending by 10 percent
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday trimmed his funding request for the war in Afghanistan and other overseas operations by 10 percent, reflecting his plans to wind down the U.S. presence in that country. The president asked for $79.4...Tags: Barack Obama, Washington, DC, Afghanistan, White House, War in Afghanistan (2001-present)
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News-Press Editorial: Tending the flame of genocide's victims
Those tending the flame of those who perished in the Armenian Genocide had a bit of a mixed bag this week. In happy news, Glendale Unified and its teachers' union agreed to make April 24 — the day that commemorates the horror — an official day...Tags: Barack Obama, Adam B. Schiff, Politics, Turkey, Massacres
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Ousted IRS boss insists: 'I did not mislead' Congress
Boston HeraldThe ousted head of the IRS went on the defense during a Congressional hearing investigating the agency's targeting of conservative groups, claiming he never lied under testimony and didn't have any names to offer lawmakers as they demanded answers about...Tags: Kevin Brady, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Employees, Taxation
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Treasury gears up to buy time under reimposed debt cap
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday notified Congress it was prepared to take a series of steps to free up about $260 billion so it can keep paying the nation's bills once a temporary suspension in the government's debt ceiling...Tags: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Consumer Confidence, Politics, Bonds, National Government
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HUD to shut down offices as a result of sequester
Across-the-board cuts in the federal budget will force the Department of Housing and Urban Development to close its offices on May 24 and possibly six other days. HUD, which provides assistance programs for low-income and homeless people, said Friday...
Tags: Jerry Brown, Unemployment, Budgets and Budgeting, Shaun Donovan, Career and Workplace
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Russian missiles to Syria could embolden Assad: U.S. general warns
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. military officer on Friday condemned Russia's shipment of advanced anti-ship missiles to Syria, saying it could embolden President Bashar al-Assad's forces to keep fighting a bloody civil war. "It's at the very least...Tags: Weaponry, Bashar Assad, Chuck Hagel, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Israel
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President's remarks at Ellicott Dredges
Remarks by President Barack Obama this afternoon at Ellicott Dredges in Baltimore, from the White House. THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Baltimore! (Applause.) Well, it is wonderful to see all of you. Give Duncan a big round of applause for the great...
Tags: Economic Organization, Politics, John Sarbanes, Intel Corp., State of the Union Address
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EDITORIAL: Department of Justice grab of AP phone records is shameful
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, TexasThe Avalanche-Journal's Friday editorial ... The U.S. Justice Department's seizure of two months' worth of telephone records of Associated Press journalists is an outrageous assault against the First Amendment and any American who values our Bill of...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Avalanches and Landslides, Journalism, John Cornyn
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What Congress should ask IRS, but probably won't
Reuters(Reuters) - The House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee on Friday will hold the first of three hearings on the Internal Revenue Service "Tea Party" targeting scandal. Tax experts hope the hearings go beyond finger-pointing and get to the...Tags: Politics, Tea Party Movement, Taxation, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. House of Representatives
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Farm Bill cultivated in Congress
While farmers are struggling to get seeds in the ground and ranchers are moving livestock to pasture, Congress is stepping closer to piecing together the 2013 Farm Bill. Issues, some big and some small, still divide lawmakers and the process will take...Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Eric Cantor, Politics, U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, U.S. Senate
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Walorski, Upton vote to repeal health care law
U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Jimtown, was among 227 House Republicans and two House Democrats to vote Thursday to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. The vote was 229-195 in favor of repeal. Four Democrats...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Fred Upton, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Republican Party
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Questions on targeting are 'loaded,' IRS official says
WASHINGTON – The acting head of the IRS insisted Friday that he and other agency officials did not mislead Congress by failing to disclose that applications by conservative groups for tax-exempt status were mishandled, and he said to call it...Tags: Paul Ryan, Barack Obama, Politics, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Consumers
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