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U.S. lawmakers call for action on Syria's chemical weapons
WASHINGTON -- U.S. lawmakers quickly called for action after the White House informed members of Congress on Thursday that American intelligence agencies now believe the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against rebels trying to topple President...
Tags: White House, Washington, DC, Wars and Interventions, U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Armenian genocide recognition overdue, congressman says
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank), lead sponsor of the Armenian genocide resolution in Congress, delivered his remarks in Armenian on the House floor Wednesday as he honored the estimated 1.5 million Armenians who were massacred in 1915 at the hands of Ottoman...Tags: U.S. Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, Turkey, Genocide, Massacres
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Boston bombing suspect describes plot
BOSTON — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has told investigators that he and his older brother planned the Boston Marathon bombings only a week or so before the race, that they were operating alone, and that they received no training or support from outside...Tags: Shootings, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Thomas Menino, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Crime, Law and Justice
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Video: Schiff delivers speech on House floor in Armenian to honor genocide victims
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank), lead sponsor of the Armenian genocide resolution in Congress, delivered his remarks in Armenian on the House floor Wednesday as he honored the 1.5 million Armenians who were massacred in 1915 at the hands of Ottoman Turks....Tags: U.S. Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, Turkey, Genocide, Massacres
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Congress members urge NASA to spare planetary science funding
This post has been updated. See below for details.Don't cut planetary science funding, members of Congress urged NASA on Friday. In a letter to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), urged the space agency to maintain funding levels for...Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Budgets and Budgeting, Astronomy, Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Budget Control Act of 2011
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Schiff slams Congressional colleagues for not passing agreement on background checks
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) wants his colleagues in Congress to know that he is appalled by the failure of the Senate to pass a bipartisan bill Wednesday that would have mandated background checks for firearms buyers. “What happened this...Tags: Safety of Citizens, Joe Manchin III, National Rifle Association of America, Government, Interior Policy
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CISPA passes House committee, angering privacy activists
The U.S. House Intelligence Committee overwhelmingly passed a cyber-security bill on Wednesday, angering privacy advocates who believe the bill fails to protect critical personal information. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2013,...Tags: Elections, IBM, Media Industry, Adam Schiff, U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
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Rep. Schiff: Boston Marathon perpetrators will feel 'full weight of justice' (Video)
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) on Tuesday echoed President Obama’s vow to bring those responsible for the deadly bombing at the Boston Marathon to justice. Speaking about the tragedy for the second time in as many days, Obama said the nation’s...Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Adam Schiff, Barack Obama, U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
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Space budget takes a hit
President Obama's budget proposal, unveiled on Wednesday, would cut funding for planetary exploration at NASA by roughly $200 million, although it still funds several high profile missions being planned out of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Caņada...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, U.S. Congress, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Space Programs, Science
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As Senate acts, trying to figure out why Americans love their guns
The Senate voted Thursday morning to allow the gun debate to go forward. Looks as if this pistol-packin’ nation may end up with a background check requirement after all -- though there’s no guarantee that even that modest measure will...
Tags: Brad Carson, Al Gore, Rentals, National Rifle Association of America, Crime, Law and Justice
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Toll students go to Washington, D.C.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) met on March 20 in Washington D.C. with a group of 70 seventh- and eighth-grade students and their chaperons from Glendale's Toll Middle School. The students were visiting during their spring break, and Schiff took time to...
Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Washington, DC, Boy Scouts of America, Adam Schiff
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Congratulations to re-elected Armenian president spark Burbank hunger strike
Ara Manoogian hadn’t eaten for nine days as of Monday, and he was prepared to go without food for weeks, or even months, more. Camped in an RV parked outside Rep. Adam Schiff’s Burbank office, Manoogian said his hunger strike was in protest...
Tags: White House, Serzh Sargsyan, Strikes, Elections, Armenia
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