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Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich arrested on federal charges
Tribune staff reportsThe predawn rousting of Gov. Rod Blagojevich from his Ravenswood Manor home Tuesday marked a stunning climax to a tale of alleged public corruption unmatched in Illinois' storied history of elected scoundrels and thrust the state into an unprecedented...Tags: Crimes, George Ryan, Abraham Lincoln, Regional Authority, Ravenswood
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Obama and his Cabinet are not qualified to run the government
Any manager working in private business has, most likely more than once, made cost reductions. When doing so, they try to achieve the savings with the smallest impact on the central business of the company. Listening to members of President Obama's...Tags: Barack Obama
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The challenges at the Interior Dept.
U.S. secretaries of the Interior have seldom been renowned for being … well, renowned. Typically affable former members of Congress who reliably see things according to the president's point of view, they are nearly always Western conservationists,...
Tags: Energy Resources, Sally Jewell, Recreational Equipment Inc., Environmental Issues, Petroleum Industry
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Senator vows to delay Obama's nominees over Libya
WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading Republican senator said Sunday he would hold up Senate confirmation of President Barack Obama's nominees to head the Pentagon and the CIA until the White House provided more answers about the Sept. 11 attack against a U....
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Leon Panetta, Libya, National Security, Bob Graham
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Chan Lowe: Obama's cabinet picks
Presidential staffing is where symbolism and pragmatism collide. It’s also where the dual nature of the presidency—as head of state and head of government—becomes most problematic for the occupant. On the one hand, as chief...
Tags: Heads of State, Politics, Barack Obama, Government
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In picking Lew, Obama turns a page at Treasury
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jack Lew, President Barack Obama's nominee for treasury secretary, is a premier federal budget expert who would take the helm of the government's main agency for economic and fiscal policy just as the administration girds itself...Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Department of Defense, Economy, Business and Finance, John Kerry, Fiscal Cliff
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Obama Cabinet shuffle taking shape
WASHINGTON (AP) — The composition of President Barack Obama's second term Cabinet became clearer Wednesday, with Labor Secretary Hilda Solis resigning and three other members of the president's team deciding to stay on amid concerns about...
Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Department of Defense, Health and Safety at Work, John Kerry, Eric Holder
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White House task force to tackle gun violence
WASHINGTON -- Announcing his first steps in response to the Newtown, Conn., school massacre, President Obama on Wednesday charged a task force with drawing up a list of proposals to reduce gun violence across the nation and urged Congress to hold votes on...Tags: Interior Policy, Joe Biden, Laws, Democratic Party, Shootings
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Feds arrest Gov. Blagojevich to stop ... A political 'crime spree'
Tribune staff reportersThe predawn rousting of Gov. Rod Blagojevich from his Ravenswood Manor home Tuesday marked a stunning climax to a tale of alleged public corruption unmatched in Illinois' storied history of elected scoundrels and thrust the state into an unprecedented...Tags: Crimes, George Ryan, Sauganash, Abraham Lincoln, Regional Authority
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Jury hears he's a crook or victim
Chicago Tribune reportersThe first jury to hear evidence that then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich allegedly tried to sell a U.S. Senate seat and generally abused his office with shakedowns for political and personal profit said it was confused by a sprawling case and unsure when the...Tags: Prosecution, Barack Obama, Government, FBI, Regional Authority
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NYC's Mayor Michael Bloomberg Hit With "Third Term-itis": Poll
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is suffering so-called "third term-itis," with only 40 percent of voters approving of his job as good or excellent, a poll found on Thursday, down nearly 30 percent from 2008.
The NY1-Marist Poll also showed that...Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Quinnipiac University, Snow Storms, New York City, Politics
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Address by President Nelson Mandela before a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress
[Congressional Record: October 6, 1994] From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] ADDRESS BY NELSON MANDELA, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, BEFORE A JOINT MEETING OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS Mr. MANDELA....Tags: Nelson Mandela, Marketing, Crimes, Homes, Sex Crimes
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