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Senate committee approves John Brennan's nomination as CIA director
WASHINGTON -- The Senate Intelligence Committee voted 12 to 3 on Tuesday to approve John Brennan's as the next CIA director, ending weeks of delay and setting the stage for the full Senate to vote on Brennan's nomination later this week. The committee...
Tags: Washington, DC, Lindsey O. Graham, U.S. Department of Justice, Politics, White House
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Must Keep Moving On Gun Control
Despite compelling testimony by Newtown parent Neil Heslin at a key Senate hearing in Washington, it now appears unlikely that the proposed federal assault weapons ban will gain congressional approval. That is unfortunate, but it should not derail the...Tags: Periodicals, Tool (music group), Politics, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Interior Policy
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A grieving father's plea
WASHINGTON -- Most of our top elected officials probably didn't notice -- they were too busy making fools of themselves over an idiotic budget "crisis" of their own manufacture -- but something worth remembering happened in Washington this week: A...
Tags: Politics, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Adam Lanza, Interior Policy, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Nonprofit group names key strategist for Greuel, Feuer in lawsuit
L.A. NOWThe legacy of the infamous Kinde Durkee, the convicted campaign treasurer who mishandled funds for many prominent California Democratic candidates and causes, continues to reverberate in Los Angeles political circles. A group that lost $1.5 million in the... -
Gun control plan unveiled
Tribune Washington BureauWASHINGTON -- Pledging to "put everything I’ve got into this," a somber President Barack Obama challenged Congress on Wednesday to approve an extensive package of gun control proposals that he said would help prevent mass shootings and reduce the...Tags: Washington, DC, Politics, White House, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Elections
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Gabrielle Giffords Meets With Newtown Residents
The Hartford Courantjenwilson@courant.com NEWTOWN -- Former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords, critically wounded in a 2011 shooting rampage in Arizona, met with Sandy Hook Elementary School families Friday afternoon, as a renewed campaign to tighten federal gun laws grew more...Tags: Politics, Interior Policy, Elections, Gabrielle Giffords, U.S. Senate
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Female vs. male senators
As the son of a woman, the husband of a woman and the father of daughters and granddaughters, I celebrate the record number of females who are now United States senators. However, I do see some differences in the way these and other women are treated,...
Tags: Politics, Diane Sawyer , Barbara A. Mikulski, Democratic Party, NAACP
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First oversight of drones likely at CIA confirmation hearing
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration’s targeted killing of militants and suspected terrorists overseas may get its first congressional scrutiny Thursday afternoon when John Brennan, the chief architect of the drone program, undergoes his Senate...
Tags: Yemen, U.S. Department of Justice, Politics, White House, Ron Wyden
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'Zero Dark Thirty' writer: Torture 'clearly part' of finding Bin Laden
In some of his most expansive comments since his movie touched off a Washington firestorm, the screenwriter of "Zero Dark Thirty" defended his film as depicting torture accurately and said that a pending Senate investigation brought him "a chill." "We&...Tags: Osama bin Laden, Politics, Stephen Colbert, Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Jon Stewart
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A second opinion on drone strikes
The idea that the federal courts should play some role in deciding whether the government may kill U.S. citizens abroad allied with Al Qaeda has suddenly gained traction in Washington. During confirmation hearings for John Brennan, President Obama's...
Tags: Yemen, Judges, U.S. Department of Justice, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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Gun ban would protect more than 2,200 firearms
(AP) — Congress' latest crack at a new assault weapons ban would protect more than 2,200 specific firearms, including a semi-automatic rifle that is nearly identical to one of the guns used in the bloodiest shootout in FBI history. One model of...Tags: Judges, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wayne LaPierre, Elections
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Taking aim at the gun industry
We've all heard the saw about California being hostile to industry. Here's an industry that indisputably has grounds for complaint: the gun industry. Finally, the Legislature is getting something right. According to many experts, California's firearms...
Tags: Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wayne LaPierre, Elections, Laws
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Feb 16, 2013
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