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  •  U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice listens during a news conference at the U.N.

    State Dep’t sought to change Libya talking points May 10, 2013 12:00 AM
    The latest disclosures Friday raised new questions about whether the Obama administration tried to play down any terrorist factor in the attack on a diplomatic compound just weeks before the November presidential election. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed when insurgents struck the U.S. mission in two nighttime attacks.

     
  •  In this June 23, 1982 file photo, Britain’s Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher gestures with her pen as she answers a reporters question during a news conference at the United Nations. Ex-spokesman Tim Bell says that Thatcher has died. She was 87. Bell said the woman known to friends and foes as “the Iron Lady” passed away Monday morning, April 8, 2013.

    Images: Margaret Thatcher through the years Apr 8, 2013 12:00 AM
    Margaret Thatcher, the former U.K. prime minister who helped end the Cold War and was known as the "Iron Lady" for her uncompromising style, died Monday. She was 87.

     
  • Cook County Commissioner William Beavers speaks to reporters, as his attorney Sam Adam Jr. listens, after Beavers' arraignment on federal tax-evasion charges in Chicago. Jury selection is set to begin Monday in Chicago for the 78-year-old Democrat who is accused of diverting tens of thousands of dollars from campaign accounts for personal use without reporting it and then trying to cover it up.

    Beavers' tax evasion trial resumes Mar 11, 2013 12:00 AM
    A tough-talking Chicago Democratic politician remained defiant as his tax-evasion trial resumed Monday after a three-month delay, vowing to testify and challenge prosecutors when testimony begins in coming days. William Beavers has pleaded not guilty to charges he diverted more than $225,000 from campaign coffers to support a gambling habit and for other personal use without reporting it on 2006 through 2008 returns.

     
  •  The Senate confirmed Chuck Hagel as secretary of defense after weeks of partisan acrimony over President Barack Obama’s choice to head the Pentagon in a time of budget-cutting and evolving threats from terrorism to cyber warfare.

    Senate confirms Hagel as defense secretary Feb 26, 2013 12:00 AM
    A deeply divided Senate voted on Tuesday to confirm Republican Chuck Hagel to be the nation’s next defense secretary, handing President Barack Obama’s pick the top Pentagon job just days before billions of dollars in automatic, across-the-board budget cuts hit the military.

     
  •  Then-Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife, then-Chicago Alderman Sandi Jackson, applaud as President Barack Obama is introduced at Ford Motor Co. plant in Chicago in 2010.

    Jackson Jr. and wife will plead guilty Feb 15, 2013 12:00 AM
    In a spectacular fall from political prominence, former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife agreed Friday to plead guilty to federal charges growing out of what prosecutors said was a scheme to use $750,000 in campaign funds for lavish personal expenses, including a $43,000 gold watch and furs.

     
  •  President Barack Obama gestures Friday during an Armed Forces Farewell Ceremony to honor outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.

    After speech, supporters to promote Obama agenda Feb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
    The White House and outside supporters of President Barack Obama are launching simultaneous social media, public outreach and fundraising campaigns tied to Tuesday's State of the Union address. The efforts will concentrate on key issues Obama will raise in his prime-time address to a joint session of Congress: jobs and the budget, gun control, immigration and climate change.

     
  • Former Gov. George Ryan arrives Wednesday at a halfway house in Chicago after serving five-plus years in federal prison on corruption charges. The 78-year-old Ryan now is at home in Kankakee.

    Former Gov. Ryan back home in Kankakee Jan 30, 2013 12:00 AM
    Former Gov. George Ryan was released from prison before dawn Wednesday, stopping only briefly at a halfway house before he was allowed to travel home to serve the rest of his sentence for corruption. By midday, the 78-year-old was sitting in the living room of his spacious home in a leafy neighborhood in Kankakee beaming and surrounded by his children and grandchildren, said Jim Thompson, Ryan's attorney and also a former governor.

     
  • Sen. Mark Kirk, second from left, climbs the Capitol steps accompanied by Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Senate Majority whip Richard Durbin of Illinois, right. Vice President Joe Biden watches, at left. Kirk said he often visualized climbing the 45 steps as a source of inspiration during his months of physical therapy after a major stroke last year.

    Kirk returns to Capitol after stroke: 'Let's go to work'Jan 3, 2013 12:00 AM
    One. Two. Three. U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk could be seen methodically counting to himself as he made his way up the U.S. Capitol steps for the first time since he suffered a massive stroke nearly a year ago. In roughly 10 minutes, he had climbed all 45 steps — an emotional and triumphant return to the upper chamber. “Let's go to work, you guys!” Kirk said.

     
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  •  President Barack Obama, accompanied by members of his Cabinet, speaks at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Headquarters in Washington to discuss Superstorm Sandy.

    Budget constraints will affect Obama legacy Dec 8, 2012 12:00 AM
    Republicans argue the debt limit votes are their only leverage to curb excessive federal spending. They also have issued warnings in recent days that Obama's apparent refusal to budge on taxes threatens to damage any hopes of resetting bipartisan relations in his second term.

     
  •  President Barack Obama and first Lady Michelle Obama look to the stage Thursday during the National Christmas Tree Lighting on the Ellipse, in Washington D.C.

    Inaugural committee to accept unlimited corporate cash Dec 7, 2012 12:00 AM
    Democrats restricted corporate contributions for their September national convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, and the host committee fell about $12.5 million short of its fundraising target.

     
  •  This combo made from file photos shows Gen. David Petraeus’ biographer and paramour Paula Broadwell, left, and Florida socialite Jill Kelley. Broadwell and Kelley, the two women at the center of David Petraeus’ downfall as CIA director, visited the White House separately on various occasions in what appear to be unrelated calls that did not result in meetings with President Barack Obama.

    Women in Petraeus scandal had visited White House Nov 16, 2012 12:00 AM
    David Petraeus resigned as CIA director last week after acknowledging an affair with writer Paula Broadwell. In briefings Friday with lawmakers on Capitol Hill, the retired four-star general was apologetic and regretful and insisted that his resignation was related only to his personal behavior.

     
  • Associated Press/June 7, 2012 U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice listens during a news conference at the UN.

    Dozen House women defend Rice over Libya comments Nov 16, 2012 12:00 AM
    In unusually personal terms, the Democratic women lashed out at Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham who earlier this week called Rice unqualified and untrustworthy and promised to scuttle her nomination if President Barack Obama nominates her to succeed Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

     
  •  President Barack Obama smiles during his speech at his election night party Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Chicago.

    Images: Election Night in America Nov 7, 2012 12:00 AM
    Scenes from election night 2012. Candidate Mitt Romney offered his concession speech from Boston and a victorious Barack Obama addressed a crowd of thousands in Chicago.

     
  •  8th Congressional District winner Tammy Duckworth enters her campaign headquarters at the Holiday Inn in Elk Grove Village to the cheers.

    Images: Election Night in the Suburbs Nov 7, 2012 12:00 AM
    Scenes from election night in the suburbs of Chicago. Candidates in Congressional districts as well as State Senate and State Representative races react to the results of General Election 2012.

     
  •  Kristi Voegele is illuminated by sunlight as she casts a ballot at a polling place in Billings, Mont., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012.

    Images: America Votes Nov 6, 2012 12:00 AM
    Millions of Americans will turn out today to cast their vote for President of the United States and a host of other national and state races.

     
  • Sen. Mark Kirk smiles and accepts his medal as he comes out of the stairwell on the 103rd floor of the Willis Tower Sunday during Skyrise Chicago, a benefit climb for the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. While he was in inpatient therapy Kirk worked with RIC Physical Therapist Michael Klonowski, right.

    Sen. Kirk climbs 37 flights of stairs in Willis Tower Sunday Nov 4, 2012 12:00 AM
    A smiling U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk crossed the threshold of the Willis Tower Skydeck Sunday making an impressive stair climb less than a year after suffering a serious stroke. With a brace on his left leg and little use of his left arm, the Highland Park Republican climbed 37 flights from the 66th floor to the 103rd during the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago's fourth annual urban climb.

     
  • Associated Press/Sept. 4, 2012 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. Troopers say Reid has been taken to the hospital after what appears to be a rear-end crash on an interstate through Las Vegas.

    Senate Majority Leader Reid leaves hospital Oct 26, 2012 12:00 AM
    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was discharged from the hospital less than three hours after an apparent rear-end crash Friday afternoon on a Las Vegas freeway, a hospital spokeswoman said.

     
  •  Former presidential candidate George McGovern serves as a panel member during a discussion titled “The American National Nominating Process-Then and Now” at the Adlai Stevenson Center on Democracy near Mettawa.

    Images: George McGovern Through the Years Oct 21, 2012 12:00 AM
    Images of political figure George McGovern through the years. McGovern, a former US Representative and Senator from South Dakota , was the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in the 1972 election year, losing to Richard Nixon. McGovern died Sunday morning at the age of 90.

     
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