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Obama's Approval Rating Survives Scandal Week

Written by  |  Sunday, 19 May 2013 19:23  |  Published in U.S. Politics
Here's one place where the president didn't have a dramatic week: in his approval ratings. According to two polls — the Gallup daily tracking poll, and a CNN/ORC International poll released Sunday — Obama's approval rating has more or less remained steady as potential scandal upon potential scandal blew up the news cycle. ...

Benghazi-disciplined diplomat a prolific poet

Written by  |  Sunday, 19 May 2013 17:40  |  Published in U.S. Politics

Raymond Maxwell -- one of the four State Department officials disciplined over security lapses that led to the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last year -- is also a prolific poet. And he's been publishing provocative verses since he was put on administrative leave December 18.

Raymond Maxwell

Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Maghreb Region Raymond Maxwell during a visit to Algiers, in a photo taken sometime between November 2-5, 2011.

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Video: Obama raps shortage of common sense in Washington

Written by  |  Sunday, 19 May 2013 16:42  |  Published in U.S. Politics

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Bipartisanship on Water Projects in Senate Spurred by Freedom to Fish Act

Written by  |  Sunday, 19 May 2013 16:41  |  Published in U.S. Politics
The senior energy aide to Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican leader from the coal state of Kentucky, was praised last week by one of the Senate’s top environmentalists, Environment and Public Works Chairwoman Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. The compliment seems unusual amid the hyper-partisanship that’s now the norm in Washington, but when put into context it makes sense....

Obama mourns shortage of common sense in Washington

Written by  |  Sunday, 19 May 2013 16:28  |  Published in U.S. Politics

President Obama lamented a "shortage of common sense in Washington" during a speech at a Democratic fundraiser on Sunday afternoon, telling the group of donors in attendance that the "sky is the limit" for America - if only Washington could get its act in order.

Mr. Obama arrived at the fundraiser after delivering a commencement speech at Morehouse College in Atlanta, where he addressed hundreds of "remarkable" graduates, some of whom "have overcome the biggest

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Republicans continue beating Benghazi drum

Written by  |  Sunday, 19 May 2013 15:25  |  Published in U.S. Politics

After the White House released some 100 pages of emails documenting the development of talking points used to brief the public on the attack in Benghazi, Democrats brandished the disclosure as evidence that there was no attempt by the White House to airbrush or spin the administration's response for political advantage.

The emails revealed only a bureaucratic tug-of-war between the State Department and the CIA, Democrats said, and Republican cries of a White House "cover-up"

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McConnell: ‘There is a culture of intimidation throughout the administration’

Written by  |  Sunday, 19 May 2013 14:18  |  Published in U.S. Politics
Republican Senators Rand Paul, Mitch McConnell and Rob Portman continued Sunday to press the Obama administration on the Internal Revenue Service scandal that's engulfed the White House. On CNN's "State of the Union," Paul told Candy Crowley he heard about a "written policy" that encouraged IRS officials to target "those who are critical of the [...]...

Dan Pfeiffer Explains the IRS Scandal

Written by  |  Sunday, 19 May 2013 14:09  |  Published in U.S. Politics

Dan Pfeiffer Explains the IRS ScandalWhite House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer did a tour of the sunday shows to try and calm everyone down about this whole IRS targeting Tea Party groups scandal. He was the one tasked with assuring the masses that the White House knew nothing, that things will change in the future, and that heads will roll. On Fox News Sunday, Pfeiffer promised the administration would make sure "everyone who did anything wrong here is held accountable"...

Video: Obama: Racism is no excuse for not excelling

Written by  |  Sunday, 19 May 2013 13:28  |  Published in U.S. Politics

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What We've Learned About the Cincinnati Team at the Heart of the IRS Scandal

Written by  |  Sunday, 19 May 2013 13:15  |  Published in U.S. Politics

What We've Learned About the Cincinnati Team at the Heart of the IRS ScandalThe IRS' office of Exempt Organizations sounds like a terrible place to work. Piling on to the critical report from a Treasury Inspector General, at least four sweeping media assessments this weekend show a department that is overwhelmed, underfunded, and poorly managed....



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