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IRS chief declines to identify employees involved in scandal
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The outgoing head of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service angered Republican lawmakers on Friday by resisting their demands that he identify who at the tax-collection agency had inappropriately targeted conservative groups for extra...Tags: Taxation, Danny K. Davis, Republican Party, U.S. House of Representatives, Political Fundraising
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GOP demands more despite Benghazi email release
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House release of some 100 pages of emails and notes about the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year has failed to satisfy congressional Republicans, who are demanding more information....Tags: David Petraeus, Susan Rice, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, Benghazi, White House
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Obama ousts IRS chief over inquiry
WASHINGTON — President Obama forced out the head of the IRS on Wednesday, seeking to restore the public's faith in the tax agency while asserting a measure of control over a rapidly growing political problem. Making a hastily scheduled statement...
Tags: Taxation, Max Baucus, Mitch McConnell, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Lawyers
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Obama dismisses Benghazi criticism as 'sideshow'
WASHINGTON — A defiant President Obama dismissed as a "sideshow" the controversy over his administration's handling of last year's armed assault in Benghazi, Libya, accusing critics of trying to make political hay from the deaths of four Americans....
Tags: Elections, Michael G. Mullen, Republican Party, Prosecution, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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DOCUMENTS: White House releases trove of Benghazi emails
WASHINGTON (AP) — Then CIA-Director David Petraeus objected to the final talking points the Obama administration used after the deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, because he wanted to see more details revealed to the...
Tags: David Petraeus, Elections, Susan Rice, U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Al-Qaeda
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Editorial: Obama and overreach
•Multiple White House claims about Washington's handling of the murderous raid in Benghazi stand exposed as false. •Internal Revenue Service officials admit a worse-by-the-day scandal that appalls fair-minded Americans. •The U.S....
Tags: Elections, Al-Qaeda, Taxation, NATO, 2012 Democratic National Convention
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U.S. House panel to hold second hearing on IRS controversy
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - A second U.S. House of Representatives committee announced on Wednesday it will hold a hearing on the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny. The House Oversight and Government...Tags: Taxation, Politics, Internal Revenue Service
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House panel to hold second hearing on IRS controversy
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A second House of Representatives committee announced on Wednesday it will hold a hearing on the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny. The House Oversight and Government Reform...Tags: Taxation, Politics, Darrell E Issa, Internal Revenue Service
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Leaders of independent Benghazi review board say they'll testify publicly before Congress
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of the panel that independently reviewed last year's deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, said Tuesday they were prepared to testify publicly before Congress to counter what they consider...Tags: U.S. Congress, Michael G. Mullen, Politics, Benghazi, Darrell E Issa
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In uproar over U.S. seizure of AP records, focus turns to Holder
ReutersBy Tabassum Zakaria and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was likely to face a storm of questions on Tuesday over the Justice Department's controversial decision to seize telephone records of the Associated...Tags: Patrick Leahy, Entertainment Events, Pulitzer Prize Awards, National Government, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
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Associated Press says U.S. government seized journalists' phone records
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Associated Press said on Monday the U.S. government secretly seized telephone records of AP offices and reporters for a two-month period in 2012, describing the acts as a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into news-gathering...Tags: Patrick Leahy, Entertainment Events, Pulitzer Prize Awards, National Government, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
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With new revelations, outrage spreads about IRS targeting
WASHINGTON — Top career officials in the Internal Revenue Service withheld information from Congress for months about the tax agency's targeting of conservative organizations for extra scrutiny, according to documents released Monday as a...Tags: Elections, Taxation, Interior Policy, Impeachment, National Government
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