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Ben Cardin: Quick action can fend off sequestration
On March 1, automatic, across-the-board spending cuts will begin to take effect, cutting $1.2 trillion from defense and non-defense programs over the next 10 years. These automatic cuts are known as sequestration and they will have a devastating effect...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Medical Research, U.S. Congress, Budgets and Budgeting, Head Start
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Government sequestration could affect Hagerstown Regional Airport
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comWith less than a week remaining before federal budget cuts could go into effect, federal agencies and parks, the military, hospitals, doctors, and Hagerstown Regional Airport, prepare for the ramifications if Congress fails to pass legislation to avoid it...Tags: Franklin County (Pennsylvania), U.S. Congress, Ray LaHood, Air Transportation Industry, National Parks
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Sequestration would mean massive loss of jobs at depot
waynesboro@herald-mail.comLetterkenny Army Depot stands to be one of the biggest losers if the federal sequestration cuts take place as scheduled in one week. According to the U.S. Department of Defense, the depot would absorb spending reductions of more than $449 million....Tags: U.S. Congress, Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Budgets and Budgeting, Richard L. Alloway, II, Politics
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Obama urges new officers to 'carry forth' academy's values
President Barack Obama told Naval Academy graduates Friday that declining faith in government and other institutions makes it more important than ever that they retain their moral center as they embark on military careers. As a cold rain fell on the 1,...Tags: Sex Crimes, U.S. Military, U.S. Congress, Martin O'Malley, Annapolis
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AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT
Judge finds Ariz. sheriff's office racially profiles Latinos in immigration patrols PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark...Tags: Ottawa Senators, Tomas Vokoun, Miami Heat, Milan Michalek, Kris Letang
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Transcript of Obama's remarks to U.S. Naval Academy graduates
Hello, Midshipmen! (Applause.) Well, thank you, Governor O'Malley, for your kind introduction and the great support that Maryland gives this Academy. To Secretary Mabus, Admiral Greenert, General Paxton -- thank you all for your incredible leadership of...Tags: Human Interest, U.S. Congress, Wars and Interventions, Politics, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Obama to address Naval Academy commencement
President Barack Obama will travel to Annapolis to speak at the Naval Academy commencement today, addressing the class at a time when the military faces complicated internal challenges the graduating midshipmen will soon inherit. It is the second time...Tags: Defense, U.S. Military, Central Intelligence Agency, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Annapolis
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Shrink resistant
Think back -- back before we knew that the IRS was unacceptably targeting right-wing groups for scrutiny or that the Department of Justice was unbelievably searching the phone records of journalists. Think all the way back to February, when all anyone...Tags: Congressional Budget Office, U.S. Congress, Politics, Public Finance, Fiscal Cliff
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Fed's Dudley says decision on stimulus pullback still months away
WASHINGTON — A top Federal Reserve official said Wednesday that a decision on reducing the central bank's unprecedented economic stimulus efforts still is three to four months away as policymakers first must determine if the recovery is strong...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Jamie Dimon, Central Bank
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Hagel: It was furlough 680K or deepen readiness crisis
By Tom Philpott Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered the furlough of 680,000 civilian employees for one day a week, from early July through September, to avoid taking deeper cuts in training and maintenance, which could have degraded readiness to the...Tags: Congressional Budget Office, Unemployment, U.S. Congress, Budgets and Budgeting, Politics
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Budget cuts hit Central Florida convention business
WASHINGTON — As conferences go, this one was supposed to be pretty standard: a 7,000-person affair at the Orange County Convention Center that — although not among Orlando's biggest shows — still would have brought a $13 million economic...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Budgets and Budgeting, Politics, Trips and Vacations, Alan Grayson
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HUD to shut down offices as a result of sequester
Across-the-board cuts in the federal budget will force the Department of Housing and Urban Development to close its offices on May 24 and possibly six other days. HUD, which provides assistance programs for low-income and homeless people, said Friday...Tags: Unemployment, U.S. Congress, Rentals, Shaun Donovan, Budgets and Budgeting
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