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Margaret Carlson: Republicans smell blood, but may take it too far
Republicans in Congress are so hungry for scalps, they just can't leave well enough alone. The scandal engulfing the Internal Revenue Service is a story that's playing to their benefit. Monday, after having the weekend to think about it, Sen. Marco Rubio,...Tags: Republican Party, Tea Party Movement, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Susan Rice
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You say you want a revolution?
Change of SubjectFormer Defense Secretary Robert Gates on CBS' "Face the Nation" Sunday: I believe that we have misjudged the Arab Spring and the Arab Revolutions. And I will call it "The Arab Revolutions." And looking at it from a historian's standpoint,...... -
Will Republicans let Obama have his scandal?
Republicans in Congress are so hungry for scalps, they just can't leave well enough alone. The scandal engulfing the Internal Revenue Service is a story that's playing to their benefit. On Monday, after having the weekend to think about it, Sen. Marco...Tags: Republican Party, Tea Party Movement, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Susan Rice
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Republican expects more Benghazi "whistle blowers"
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Republican on Sunday said he expected more witnesses to step forward with information about last year's deadly attack on a U.S. mission in Benghazi and how President Barack Obama's administration responded to the unfolding...Tags: U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Darrell E Issa, Christopher Stevens, White House
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Former Defense Secretary Gates worries about escalation of tensions on Korean Peninsula
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Pentagon chief says he worries that North Korea's young leader and his generals don't realize there's been a "dramatic change" in public opinion in South Korea in how to respond to belligerent actions by the North. Robert...Tags: North Korea, Washington, DC, Kim Jong Un
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Ex-Pentagon chief Gates: Direct US military involvement in Syrian civil war would be a mistake
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he thinks direct U.S. intervention in Syria's civil war — particularly direct military involvement — would be a mistake. Gates, who served both President George W. Bush and...Tags: Barack Obama, Wars and Interventions, George W. Bush, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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U.S. Republican expects more Benghazi 'whistle blowers'
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) - A top Republican on Sunday said he expected more witnesses to step forward with information about last year's deadly attack on a U.S. mission in Benghazi and how President Barack Obama's administration responded to the...Tags: U.S. Congress, Michael G. Mullen, Libya, Barack Obama, Darrell E Issa
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Saturday's TV Highlights and Weekend Talk Shows: 'The Confession'
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 12 - 18, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES Orphan Black Paul (Dylan Bruce)...
Tags: Darrell E Issa, The Washington Post, Kelly Ayotte, Ben Stiller, Maya Angelou
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Benghazi attack tops Sunday morning news menu
Staff writerThe Benghazi attack will be the main topic this weekend on Sunday morning chat programs. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., talk to NBC's "Meet the Press" at 9 a.m. on WESH-Channel 2. They will discuss whether there was...Tags: Meet the Press (tv program), Darrell E Issa, Kelly Ayotte, The Washington Post, This Week (tv program)
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U.S. Navy moves ahead on new presidential helicopter program
ReutersBy Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON, May 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy posted the final rules for a long-delayed, multibillion dollar competition for a new fleet of presidential helicopters, saying it planned to award a contract about a year from now despite...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Military Equipment, Personal Service, United Technologies Corporation, U.S. Navy
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Pentagon struggles with high cost of health care
WASHINGTON (AP) — The loud, insistent calls in Washington to rein in the rising costs of Social Security and Medicare ignore a major and expensive entitlement program — the military's health care system. Despite dire warnings from three...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Medicare, Budgets and Budgeting, Barack Obama, Retirement
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Simeon All Access | Dean of the Wolverines
If Robert Smith has his way, he one day soon will leave Simeon and the program that changed his life and the Chicago basketball scene. For what he hopes is seven more games, the program is still his. The 41-year-old coach of five state championship...
Tags: Basketball, Teaching and Learning, Students, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Derrick Rose
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