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Margaret Carlson: Republicans smell blood, but may take it too far
Republicans in Congress are so hungry for scalps, they just can't leave well enough alone. The scandal engulfing the Internal Revenue Service is a story that's playing to their benefit. Monday, after having the weekend to think about it, Sen. Marco Rubio,...Tags: Parties and Movements, Taxation, Benghazi, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Congress
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OPINION: Worldview: Real scandal of Benghazi
The Philadelphia InquirerYes, Virginia, there is a Benghazi scandal. The scandal is that Rep. Darrell Issa (R., Calif.) and some Republican colleagues are dishonoring the memory of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans by making a political circus out of their...Tags: Benghazi, U.S. Department of Defense, Hillary Clinton, Politics, U.S. Department of State
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Rochester school budget proposal set at $61,461,652: Includes 10 staff reductions
Foster's Daily Democrat, Dover, N.H.School renovations, staff reductions, and an almost level-funded recreation budget were discussed at Tuesday's City Council meeting, as members of the School and Recreation departments presented their proposed budgets to the council. The proposed School...Tags: Career and Workplace, Unemployment, Budgets and Budgeting, Renovation
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Will Republicans let Obama have his scandal?
Republicans in Congress are so hungry for scalps, they just can't leave well enough alone. The scandal engulfing the Internal Revenue Service is a story that's playing to their benefit. On Monday, after having the weekend to think about it, Sen. Marco...Tags: Parties and Movements, Taxation, Internal Revenue Service, Benghazi, U.S. Congress
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You say you want a revolution?
Change of SubjectFormer Defense Secretary Robert Gates on CBS' "Face the Nation" Sunday: I believe that we have misjudged the Arab Spring and the Arab Revolutions. And I will call it "The Arab Revolutions." And looking at it from a historian's standpoint,...... -
Former U.S. defense secretary urges USC grads toward public service
The StateThe day after former CIA director Robert Gates went from being a university president to President George W. Bush's Secretary of Defense, he flew to Iraq. There, Gates said Friday, he noticed something about U.S. troops that he always thinks of when...Tags: College of William and Mary, University of South Carolina , Civil and Public Service, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics
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Saturday's TV Highlights and Weekend Talk Shows: 'The Confession'
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 12 - 18, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES Orphan Black Paul (Dylan Bruce)...
Tags: Death, Tom Hanks, Dick Durbin, Television, Maya Angelou
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Benghazi attack tops Sunday morning news menu
Staff writerThe Benghazi attack will be the main topic this weekend on Sunday morning chat programs. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., talk to NBC's "Meet the Press" at 9 a.m. on WESH-Channel 2. They will discuss whether there was...Tags: Mother's Day, Dick Durbin, Cathy McMorris, Maya Angelou, BBC
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It's a big weekend for college graduations
The Charlotte ObserverFormer CIA Director Robert Gates will be among the keynote speakers Friday, as several of the Carolinas' largest universities award diplomas in commencement exercises. This is the biggest weekend of the year for college graduations, with more than three...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Science and Technology, Music, Science, Media Industry
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U.S. Navy moves ahead on new presidential helicopter program
ReutersBy Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON, May 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy posted the final rules for a long-delayed, multibillion dollar competition for a new fleet of presidential helicopters, saying it planned to award a contract about a year from now despite...Tags: Textron Incorporated, Aerospace Manufacturing, Lockheed Martin Corp., Science and Technology, Armed Forces
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Generals with Fort Bragg ties taking leadership in world's hot spots
The Fayetteville Observer, N.C.Since the bloody bombings at the Boston Marathon, America's attention has been focused on terror at home. The two brothers believed to have carried out that attack had been living in the United States for about a decade, officials have said. But...Tags: International Military Interventions, Joseph Kony, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Terrorism, Armed Forces
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Pentagon struggles with high cost of health care
WASHINGTON (AP) — The loud, insistent calls in Washington to rein in the rising costs of Social Security and Medicare ignore a major and expensive entitlement program — the military's health care system. Despite dire warnings from three...
Tags: Defense, Government Health Care, Health Insurance Cost, U.S. Congress, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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