Articles filed under Political Figures
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GOP lawmakers: Prisoner exchange violated lawMay 31, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Two Republican lawmakers say President Barack Obama violated U.S. laws when he approved the exchange of an American soldier believed held by Islamist insurg...
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Report: Clinton defends response to Benghazi in bookMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton dismisses her critics and defends her handling of the deadly 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, in her n...
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Obama: U.S. must lead globally but show restraintMay 28, 2014 1:01 am - Associated Press WEST POINT, N.Y. - In a broad defense of his foreign policy, President Barack Obama declared Wednesday that the U.S. remains the world's most indispensa...
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Jackson Jr. to refinance home to pay finesMay 16, 2014 1:01 am - Court documents filed by lawyers for ex-U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. say the imprisoned politician is refinancing a home to pay forfeiture judgments related to his federa...
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Sept. 11 museum opens to relatives and survivorsMay 15, 2014 1:00 am - NEW YORK — Tears in her eyes, firefighter widow Maureen Fanning emerged Thursday from the new Sept. 11 museum deep beneath ground zero, unable to bring herself to look a...
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Inmate writes about ex-congressman's life in prisonMay 12, 2014 1:01 am - A letter written by an inmate who shared time with ex-Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. at a North Carolina federal prison says Jackson is doing a "fastidious job" scrubbing...
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Geithner's memoir blasts Kirk's comments on ChinaMay 12, 2014 1:00 am - In his new memoir, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner blasts U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois for “delusional” comments he allegedly made to Chinese official...
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White House goes solar with roof panelsMay 10, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Technicians have finished installing solar panels on the White House roof, capping a project that President Barack Obama hopes will send a signal that renew...
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Obamacare to gridlock, all's fair game for Obama's jokesMay 03, 2014 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - From the bungled rollout of "Obamacare" to New Jersey gridlock to the hue of John Boehner's tan, all was fair game for President Barack Obama and his spirit...
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Hillary Clinton honored in ChicagoMay 03, 2014 1:01 am - CHICAGO - Hillary Rodham Clinton fondly recalled her childhood in Illinois Saturday night when she returned to receive the state's top honor from Gov. Pat Quinn. The fo...