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Pentagon lifting ban on women in combat
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will end the long-standing prohibition on women serving in direct combat, Pentagon officials said Wednesday, opening hundreds of thousands of military jobs previously closed to female service members. Panetta and Gen....
Tags: Joint Chiefs of Staff, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Barack Obama, Iraq, Defense
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Obama begins new term with calls for unity, equality
President Barack Obama began his second term Monday by calling for an end to the rigid ideologies of modern politics but laying out a broad policy agenda more likely to stoke partisan confrontation than avoid it.
Looking out over hundreds of thousands of...Tags: Gun Control, Republican Party, C-SPAN (tv network), Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Barack Obama
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Inauguration on King Day an emotional tie for many
She'd never seen a presidential inauguration in her life, or wanted to, but on Jan. 20, 2009, Nathasa Werts braved bone-chilling weather and a crowd of more than a million people for a trip to Washington. The nation had just elected its first black...
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Pikesville, Glen Burnie, Barack Obama, Elections
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Next 90 days could be crucial for O'Malley
For Martin O'Malley, the next 90 days will likely be the most important that remain in his tenure as Maryland's governor. As the General Assembly opens its 2013 session Wednesday, O'Malley will be looking to cap a record that many people believe he...
Tags: Tom Harkin, U.S. Elections, Howard Dean, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Gun Control
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Still recovering from Sandy, Crisfield braces for next storm
— Hazel Cropper, for years the fastest crab picker in this city built on its seafood industry, worries about the storm drain a few feet from her living room. As volunteers assessed the damage Superstorm Sandy caused to her home, the 74-year-old...
Tags: Renovation, Water, Republican Party, Insurance, Barack Obama
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Use offshore oil and gas revenue for conservation
We wish to recognize the leadership of U.S. Senators Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin on behalf of the Land and Water Conservation Fund. LWCF is the program that ensures Maryland has the resources our parks, forests, and wildlife areas need to provide...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Conservation Fund, Antietam National Battlefield, Environmental Issues, Conservation
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Consumer advocates stress discrimination concerns despite new mortgage rule
Consumer advocates welcomed a federal effort aiming to prevent predatory mortgage lending at a town hall in Baltimore on Thursday, but expressed worries that new rules would not halt discrimination.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau unveiled a...Tags: Banking, Consumers, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Loans
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Governor predicts assault weapons ban will pass
Gov. Martin O'Malley predicted that Maryland will ban assault weapons during the General Assembly session that began Wednesday. "Their sole purpose is not for sport; it is to kill human beings — as quickly and as many as possible, as effectively...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Gun Control, Assault, Interior Policy, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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In reversal, federal disaster aid is approved for Somerset Co.
Granting an appeal by Gov. Martin O'Malley, the Obama administration reversed course Friday and approved disaster aid for Somerset County residents who suffered damage from the remnants of Hurricane Sandy. However, the federal government did not alter...
Tags: FEMA, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Martin O'Malley, Disasters and Accidents, Snow Storms
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Term up for Social Security Administration's commissioner
President Barack Obama is expected to soon nominate a new head of the Social Security Administration, replacing an incumbent appointed by his predecessor, George W. Bush, but the White House is mum on who should take the helm at the agency, which faces...
Tags: Insurance, Barack Obama, Social Sciences, Maryland Department of Transportation, Elections
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Cardin ignores Israeli human rights abuses
Neil Simon's column on the new U.S.-Russia trade law could not be further from the truth when it states that Sen. Benjamin Cardin has "catapulted human rights atop the international agenda ("Cardin stands up for rights," Dec. 12). Senator Cardin talks...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, Human Rights, Israel, Russia
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Cardin should stop meddling in Russia
Sen. Ben Cardin is Maryland's joke on the USA. Instead of working for the interests of his state he finds it necessary to meddle into the internal affairs of Russia, which I certain is quaking in its boots over Mr. Cardin's human rights measure ("Senate...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, Human Rights, Russia, Politics
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