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Senate blocks Guantanamo-saving bid
The Swampby Richard Simon The Democratic-controlled Senate today thwarted an effort to block spending for upgrading facilities in the United States for housing prisoners transferred from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a move that Illinois officials feared could have...Tags: Terrorism, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Robert Gates, Prisons
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Deal Near on Fla -- Panel May Punt Michigan
Spin CycleThe Clinton campaign is resigned to a Florida deal, backed by the state party and Barack Obama's surrogates, that would seat half its disputed delegation, giving Clinton a 19-delegate net gain, according to DNC sources and people from both......Tags: Florida, Barack Obama, Political Candidates, Elections, Michigan
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Goldman Sachs: One 's----y' deal
The Swampby Mark Silva Sen. Carl Levin, pressing a Goldman Sachs trader about the sale of $600 million in questionable securities before the collapse of the nation's financial markets, asked how long he was engaged in pitching a product that a......Tags: Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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RBC Saturday: Michigan
Spin CycleMichigan is particularly tricky because, unlike Florida, only Hillary's name was on the ballot -- the only option was her, or "uncommitted." As with Florida, while 600,000 voted, many other Democrats either didn't bother to vote or voted in......Tags: Politics, Referenda, Voting, Florida, Elections
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Tim Russert's peers, pols reflect
The Swampby Katie Fretland Many expressed their deep sadness today for the death of newsman Tim Russert at age 58. Colleagues remembered him as a giant of the profession who was satisfied with no less than the highest standard of journalistic......Tags: Michael Hayden, Politics, Dick Cheney, James E Clyburn, National Government
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'If detainee dies, you're doing it wrong'
The Swampby Frank James One of the most memorable and chilling lines from today's Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the treatment of detainees came when Sen. Carl Levin, the Democrat who chairs the committee, referred to the back-and-forth between......Tags: Espionage and Intelligence, Wars and Interventions, Politics, Central Intelligence Agency, Prisoners and Detainees
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Senators support limited Iran diplomacy
The Swampby Katie Fretland Seven senators, including Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), sent a letter to President Bush today endorsing a limited diplomatic presence in Iran. Durbin joins Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Carl Levin (D-Mich.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Russ Feingold...Tags: George W. Bush, Patty Murray, Politics, National Government, United Nations
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Senators to Iraq: Pick up more of tab
The Swampby Frank James For months, members of Congress, especially but not only Democrats, have questioned why the Iraqi government doesn't spend more of its own billions in oil dollars (it has the world's third largest known oil reserves) on its......Tags: The New York Times, Politics, National Government, Social Issues, State Budgets
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Most U.S. firms avoided taxes: report
The Swampby Frank James Here's some information that could easily become fodder for the presidential and congressional campaigns. The General Accountability Office, Congress's investigative agency, has a report out today that says most corporations didn't pay...Tags: Byron Dorgan, Personal Income, Politics, National Government, Cato Corporation
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McCain unsurprised by Powell Obama nod
The Swamp(AP Photo/FOX News Sunday, Gary Gardiner) by Frank James Sen. John McCain, appearing on Fox News Channel this morning, responded to Gen. Colin Powell's nationally televised endorsement this morning Sen. Barack Obama for president. Powell's was a coveted...Tags: Politics, Economic Organization, Abraham Lincoln, News Media, Drug Trafficking
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DADT deal hinges on Congress
The SwampSen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.), pictured earlier this month, is an architect of a deal that would repeal the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) by Christi Parsons and Lisa Mascaro President Obama reached a deal with....Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Robert Gates, Politics, Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy Repeal (2010), Republican Party
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Obama to send troops to fortify border
The SwampA Border Patrol truck travels along the newly constructed fence in March that stands between California and Mexico. (Getty/David McNew) by Ken Dilanian President Obama will send up to 1,200 additional National Guard troops -- and request $500 million........Tags: James L. Jones, Politics, San Diego (San Diego, California), Republican Party, University of California
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