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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: Albert Tom, Danny K. Davis, Jack Lew, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama
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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: Jason Chaffetz, Benghazi, Susan Rice, Military Equipment, U.S. Congress
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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: Max Baucus, Jack Lew, U.S. Congress, Lawyers, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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Could Biden benefit from scrutiny of Hillary Clinton's handling of Benghazi?
If former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hoped she could segue quietly into private life as she pondered a presidential bid in 2016, that fantasy has been abruptly harpooned in the resurrection of the political squabble over the terrorist attack on...Tags: Benghazi, Martin O'Malley, Elections, Politics, Barack Obama
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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: Benghazi, David Petraeus, Susan Rice, Al-Qaeda, Elections
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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: National Government, Benghazi, Al-Qaeda, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice
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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, Internal Revenue Service, Politics
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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, Internal Revenue Service, Darrell E Issa, Politics
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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: Benghazi, Washington, DC, Republican Party, Michael G. Mullen, U.S. Congress
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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: Benghazi, National Government, Jay Carney, News Agency, U.S. House 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: Benghazi, National Government, Jay Carney, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, News Agency
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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: National Government, Jay Carney, Elections, Government, U.S. Congress
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