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Don't believe media: Sequester already causing real pain
Regular readers of this column have heard me say it before, but I'll say it again: I'm often embarrassed by the questions my colleagues ask at White House briefings. This week was no exception. Among reporters inside the Beltway, the latest narrative,...
Tags: Bethlehem (Northampton, Pennsylvania), White House, Layoffs and Downsizing, Head Start, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Warner writes defense chief about lead in water
Sen. Mark Warner is asking the secretary of defense to make sure military families aren't being exposed to unsafe levels of lead in drinking water. Warner raised the issue with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel after recent tests at two Navy child care...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Defense, Hampton Roads
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Hagel suggests thinning the top ranks
WASHINGTON -- Chuck Hagel was taking questions at Fort McNair on Wednesday after his first major speech as defense secretary when a man rose to ask about his recent comments on North Korea. "I was misquoted again," Hagel blurted out, without saying what...
Tags: Iran's Nuclear Program, U.S. Department of Defense, Egypt, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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Congress urges tuition assistance be reinstated
Rep. Juan Vargas, D-Chula Vista, joined other members of Congress to urge Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to immediately reinstate the tuition assistance program that the Army, Marines and Air Force have all suspended. The members of Congress wrote a...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Congress, Juan Vargas
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Marine fatally shoots 2 and kills self in Quantico base rampage, officials say
A Marine killed two fellow military staffers at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, then killed himself in what appeared to be an isolated incident, military officials said on Friday. There was no immediate explanation for the motive of the gunman...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Marine Corps, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Shootings, Defense
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Agencies in Maryland dodge furloughs — for now
A month after across-the-board federal spending cuts began, there are signs that one of the most troubling potential consequences for Maryland — the furloughing of federal employees — might not be as widespread as initially feared. But the...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Congress, Social Security, White House
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Three dead, including suspect, in Marine base shooting
QUANTICO, Va. (AP) — A Marine who worked at an officer candidates school fatally shot two of his colleagues before killing himself in a barracks dorm room, officials said. The Marine's colleagues were a man and a woman. Military officials did...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Punishment, Elections, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics
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Kerry in show of unity with Afghanistan's Karzai
KABUL – Secretary of State John Kerry joined Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday for a public show of unity, declaring that the two allies “are on the same page” despite weeks of unprecedented friction. Kerry, who has played a...
Tags: Central African Republic, U.S. Congress, Prisons, Taliban, Kabul (Afghanistan)
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Hagel and defense
Biography isn't policy. President Barack Obama's choice for secretary of defense, Chuck Hagel, former Nebraska Republican senator, has a resume most politicians can envy: a clean senatorial record, no ethical lapses and two Purple Hearts from a war many...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Barack Obama, The Boston Globe, Israel, Religion and Belief
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Chuck Hagel survives
After all the thunder and lightning signifying nothing but more Republican obstructionism, former Sen. Chuck Hagel has taken over at the Pentagon, vowing a realistic approach to America's military role in the world. Not surprisingly, he indicated he...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, John McCain, Republican Party
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Chuck Hagel a petty decision by Obama
It's official. President Barack Obama has named former Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., as his nominee for secretary of defense. Hence, we may be in store for the worst defense secretary nomination fight since George H.W. Bush's failed appointment of Sen. John...
Tags: POLITICO LLC, U.S. Department of Defense, Barack Obama, Media Industry, Republican Party
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Standing with Rand, nervously
WASHINGTON -- "Stand with Rand," urged placards at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, where Sen. Rand Paul won last weekend's presidential straw poll, cementing the Kentucky Republican's status as a favorite of the conservative movement....Tags: Immigration, Minority Groups, Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul, Republican Party
Apr 5, 2013
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|Column| Orlando Sentinel
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