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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: Political Fundraising, Tea Party Movement, Danny K. Davis, Taxation, 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: Military Equipment, Christopher Stevens, Email, U.S. Congress, Central Intelligence Agency
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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: Mitch McConnell, U.S. Congress, Parties and Movements, John Boehner, Internal Revenue Service
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Not everyone is out to destroy Hillary all the time
In recent days, Foreign Policy magazine's tally of the number of Hillary Rodham Clinton references during last Wednesday's Benghazi hearing has become grist for politicians and reporters to extrapolate wider political truths about the House Oversight...Tags: Prosecution, NBC (tv network), Elections, Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton
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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: Al-Qaeda, Elections, John O. Brennan, Washington, DC, David Petraeus
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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: 2012 Democratic National Convention, Al-Qaeda, Elections, Judges, Taxation
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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: Internal Revenue Service, Politics, Taxation
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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: Internal Revenue Service, Politics, Taxation, Darrell E Issa
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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: Washington, DC, Politics, U.S. Department of State, Christopher Stevens, Hillary Clinton
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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: Entertainment Events, Kathleen Sebelius, News Agency, Central Intelligence Agency, Parties and Movements
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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: Entertainment Events, News Agency, Central Intelligence Agency, Parties and Movements, Journalism
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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: Elections, The Washington Post, Politics, Andrew Cuomo, U.S. Department of State
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