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Obama to nominate John Kerry to be next secretary of state
WASHINGTON – President Obama will nominate John F. Kerry, the five-term senator from Massachusetts, to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state, White House sources confirmed, choosing a longtime political ally who shares much of his...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Politics, U.S. Senate, International Military Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Lugar joins international German Marshall Fund
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar is joining the German Marshall Fund after he leaves the Senate. Lugar's office announced Wednesday he would serve as a senior fellow at the group and become the namesake of its new Lugar Diplomacy...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Tea Party Movement, World War II (1939-1945)
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Is anybody sad that Jim DeMint is leaving the Senate?
In a profession like politics and in a town like the nation's capital, the phenomenon of a U.S. senator voluntarily surrendering his seat for a think-tank job would have been unthinkable some years ago. The decision of Republican Jim DeMint of South...Tags: Parties and Movements, Tea Party Movement, Politics, Republican Party, Christine O'Donnell
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How Obama can break the gridlock
Six years ago, the Chicago Tribune published my op-ed titled "Why Obama should run for president." "We need a calm, reflective president who does not think the other party is driven by bad motives. … He brings people together to find a consensus...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Republican Party, Politics, Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Senate
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Donnelly joins Senate agriculture, military panels
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Newly elected U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly will serve on the Senate's agriculture and military panels. Donnelly announced Wednesday he will serve on the Agriculture and Armed Service committees in addition to the Senate Aging...
Tags: Joe Donnelly, Elections, Politics, Joe Donnelly, Richard Mourdock
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Donnelly on fiscal cliff: 'If we had a vote tomorrow, we could get this done'
Joe Donnelly was back in the South Bend area Sunday. The 2nd District congressman who won the senate seat currently held by Dick Lugar was visiting the Food Bank of Northern Indiana. We asked him about the pending drama surrounding the so-called "fiscal...
Tags: Fiscal Cliff, Joe Donnelly
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Column: Tea party down but not out
Reports of the death of the tea party are greatly exaggerated. For about two years now, certain observers have been declaring the demise of this insurgent tendency within the Republican Party. However, despite recent headlines, we should expect to hear...Tags: Parties and Movements, Politics, Sheldon Adelson, Periodicals, Social Movements
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Why Mourdock matters
Change of SubjectSource: Steve Benen at MaddowBlog As usual, Whet Moser is on point: A Mourdock loss would be significant. The politician Mourdock is trying to replace is Richard Lugar, who represented one of the most guaranteed Republican pickups in the Senate;...... -
Bob Dole and the GOP's disability
Much ink has been spilled in recent weeks criticizing the Republican Party and its failed presidential candidate for a lack of compassion and obvious antipathy toward "47 percent" of the electorate (if not a bit more), so it was reassuring to see two of...Tags: Parties and Movements, Politics, World War II (1939-1945), U.S. Department of State, Susan Collins
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Richard Mourdock campaign blames media for Republican's loss
Richard Mourdock's campaign is pointing fingers following last month's loss in the race for Richard Lugar’s Senate seat. Mourdock's camp sent an e-mail Tuesday, saying the quote "liberal media" is to blame for his loss to Democrat Joe Donnelly....
Tags: Elections, Politics, Richard Mourdock
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Polls show Donnelly, Mourdock tied
South Bend TribuneWith less than three months until Election Day, the race for one of Indiana’s seats in the U.S. Senate appears to be a dead heat. Two recent polls have shown Democrat Joe Donnelly and Republican Richard Mourdock in a neck-and-neck contest for the...Tags: Elections, Tea Party Movement, Libertarian Party, Politics, Polls
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Cash-strapped Mourdock blames 'liberal media'
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock is accusing the media of sinking his run for the Senate as he looks to pay down campaign debt. Mourdock campaign finance director Ashlee Walls wrote in an email to supporters Tuesday saying...
Tags: Elections, Politics, Joe Donnelly, Democratic Party, Richard Mourdock
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Dec 11, 2012
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Oct 25, 2012
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Dec 11, 2012
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Aug 9, 2012
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Dec 11, 2012
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