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Human-Rights Groups Criticize Obama's Meeting With Myanmar Leader

Written by  |  Monday, 20 May 2013 15:01  |  Published in U.S. Politics
After months of praising Myanmar for its political reforms, President Obama welcomed the country's president to the White House for the first time in nearly 50 years. But human-rights groups are not happy about the invitation....
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Video: Senior WH aides knew about IRS probe, Carney says

Written by  |  Monday, 20 May 2013 14:54  |  Published in U.S. Politics

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Obama cites Myanmar reforms during leader's visit

Written by  |  Monday, 20 May 2013 14:51  |  Published in U.S. Politics

Obama cites Myanmar reforms during leader's visitWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says despite tensions between the U.S. and Myanmar, President Thein Sein (tayn sayn) of Myanmar has shown leadership to move his country toward political and economic reforms....

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Carney: Senior White House staff knew of IRS probe

Written by  |  Monday, 20 May 2013 13:51  |  Published in U.S. Politics
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler was first informed about an audit of the IRS' inappropriate targeting of conservative groups on April 24 and that she notified senior staff, including Denis McDonough, the chief of staff to President Barack Obama. White House press secretary Jay Carney says Ruemmler "appropriately" decided not to tell Obama at the time because the audit was ongoing....
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The Koch Brothers' Foray into Media Has Already Been a Success

Written by  |  Monday, 20 May 2013 13:44  |  Published in U.S. Politics

The Koch Brothers' Foray into Media Has Already Been a SuccessBillionaire brothers Charles and David Koch are quite entrepreneurial in their attempts to influence public policy in their favor. They don't just donate to a few like-minded politicians: They have long funded libertarian think tanks like the Cato Institute. They helped fund the Tea Party movement. In the 2012 election, they funded groups like Americans for Prosperity to air campaign ads attacking Barack Obama during the last presidential campaign. ......

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Fox News: Govt spying on reporter ‘downright chilling’

Written by  |  Monday, 20 May 2013 13:29  |  Published in U.S. Politics
Fox News on Monday angrily denounced the Justice Department’s “downright chilling” decision to target of one of its reporters, James Rosen, in a national security leak investigation. Executive Vice President Michael Clemente portrayed the government’s actions as an assault on “what up until now has always been a free press.” “We are outraged to learn [...]...
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Fox News: Government spying on reporter ‘downright chilling’

Written by  |  Monday, 20 May 2013 13:29  |  Published in U.S. Politics
Fox News on Monday angrily denounced the Justice Department’s “downright chilling” decision to target of one of its reporters, James Rosen, in a national security leak investigation. Executive Vice President Michael Clemente portrayed the government’s actions as an assault on “what up until now has always been a free press.” “We are outraged to learn [...]...
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Christie Stars in NJ Tourism Ads, Dems Cry Foul

Written by  |  Monday, 20 May 2013 13:20  |  Published in U.S. Politics
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and his family are starring in television commercials that are part of a publicly funded $25 million tourism campaign to encourage people to visit the Jersey Shore after Superstorm Sandy, but Democrats say they are simply taxpayer-funded campaign ads. The......
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GOP Lieutenant Governor Candidate in Va. Compares Planned Parenthood to KKK

Written by  |  Monday, 20 May 2013 13:12  |  Published in U.S. Politics

GOP Lieutenant Governor Candidate in Va. Compares Planned Parenthood to KKKThis weekend, Virginia Republicans found their candidate for lieutenant governor in E.W. Jackson, a Chesapeake, Va. pastor who has compared Planned Parenthood to the Ku Klux Klan and also suggested that black Americans are being enslaved by the Democratic Party. “It is time to end......

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Immigration bill would require fingerprinting at 30 airports

Written by  |  Monday, 20 May 2013 13:02  |  Published in U.S. Politics
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WASHINGTON - Foreigners leaving the country through any of the nation's 30 busiest airports would undergo mandatory fingerprinting under an amendment senators added Monday to a sweeping immigration bill.

Lawmakers called it a step toward a more expansive biometric system that would use identifiers such as fingerprints to keep track of immigrants and visitors exiting the U.S. Currently no such system is in place, something viewed as a security weakness, particularly because some 40 percent

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