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The Trojan Horse is already here and is now revealed
SomersetThree families of the Navy SEAL Team 6, had funeral services for their three sons who were killed in Afghanistan, Aug. 6, 2011, in Washington. The military brass invited a Muslim cleric to have the final prayer. The Muslim cleric read from their...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Religious Conflicts, Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Judaism, White House
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Hey! I made 'Best of the Web today!'
Change of SubjectOn the Bulworth thread, a commenter asks if I'll be responding to James Taranto's blog item at the Wall Street Journal that mentions me. A bit. Here's the relevant passage and a few subsequent passages with my comments. There's been...... -
Penny Pritzker to face key senators for Commerce bid
With Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker set to be grilled by senators Thursday at her Commerce secretary confirmation hearing, Bill Daley feels her pain. Daley, a son and brother of Chicago mayors, faced his own confirmation hearing in 1997 before he...Tags: Bill Clinton, John D. Rockefeller IV, Elections, Mark Kirk, White House
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News Corp. hires Toni Cook Bush to oversee lobbying after split
News Corp. has hired a D.C. heavyweight to handle its lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill after it becomes primarily a newspaper publishing company. Antoniette "Toni" Cook Bush will join News Corp. next month as its executive vice president and global head...
Tags: Television, News Corp., Heads of State, Satellite and Cable Service, Government
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Obama nominates Penny Pritzker, Mike Froman to his economic team
WASHINGTON – President Obama praised Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker for her commitment to American workers on Thursday morning as he nominated her as his next Commerce secretary. In a Rose Garden announcement, Obama listed Pritzker’s...
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First lady's former chief of staff 'blissfully unemployed'
WASHINGTON—Susan Sher, until last week the top aide to Michelle Obama, hits the road Sunday for Chicago.
She heads to a place she's called home for 40 years with mixed reviews of the capital, no plans beyond some R & R in the Caribbean and enough...Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Chicago Elections, Elections, Judges, Human Interest
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Obama's Chicago visits: Mixed feelings on infrequency of trips home
As president-elect, Barack Obama proclaimed his Kennebunkport was Chicago's South Side and said he'd try to get back every six to eight weeks.
Instead he's unwound on ocean-splashed Oahu or Martha's Vineyard and has made it back to Chicago seven times,...Tags: Elections, Homes, CBS Corp., White House, University of Chicago
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Judge says no Obama testimony in Blagojevich trial
Defense lawyers for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich who hoped to drag President Barack Obama into their client's corruption trial this summer were rejected Friday by the judge overseeing the case.
U.S. District Judge James Zagel said the defense motion...Tags: Elections, Local Elections, White House, Rod Blagojevich, Judges
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Barack Obama, our next president
Tribune correspondentsBarack Obama won the presidency Tuesday, the first African-American to claim the highest office in the land, an improbable candidate fulfilling a once-impossible dream. A nation that in living memory struggled violently over racial equality will have...Tags: Television Networks, Elections, Television, African Americans, Times Square
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Barack's rock: Michelle Obama
Tribune staff reportersThe featured speaker at a luncheon, Michelle Obama is about to ask a crowd of influential Chicago women to commit their hearts and wallets to her husband's presidential campaign. But first she's going to make sure they know that U.S. Sen. Barack Obama...Tags: Bill Clinton, Medical Services, Wages and Pensions, Personal Income, Health
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Obamas trying to keep life normal as girls grow up 'before our very eyes'
WASHINGTON — When her father's second term as president is up, Malia Obama will be 18 and entering adulthood. She and her younger sister, Sasha, will have spent their formative years in the White House, a place their parents have attempted to...
Tags: iVillage Inc., 2012 Democratic National Convention, Talk Shows (genre), Malia Obama, Washington, DC
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Obama's lean into GOP territory
Who are these guys? Barack Obama and his agents are looking more and more like Mitt Romney and the Republicans that Team Obama maligned to win the presidential election. I'm not just talking about last week's gone-viral Oval Office photo of senior...Tags: Fiscal Cliff, Human Interest, Satellite and Cable Service, FedEx Corporation, The Washington Post
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