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Obama to ask for civilian Afghan aid through 2017
TOKYO — The Obama administration will ask Congress to sustain U.S. assistance for Afghanistan near the average amount it has been over the last decade through 2017 as part of the international effort...
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Congressman Barney Frank marries longtime partner
NEWTON, Mass. — U.S. Rep. Barney Frank has tied the knot with his longtime partner in a ceremony officiated by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick. Frank spokesman Harry Gural says the 72-year-old...
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Leaks, lies, auditions are all part of veepstakes
WASHINGTON — Leaks are springing. Trial balloons are floating. Egos are being stroked. Wannabes are auditioning. And, chances are, lies are being told. Somewhere, amid all of the shenanigans,...
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Democrats target Romney's tax returns, bank accounts
Prominent Democrats on Sunday, including the governor of Maryland, a former White House press secretary and the head of the Democratic National Committee, launched a coordinated attack on Republican...
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Tough ID laws could block thousands of 2012 votes
When Edward and Mary Weidenbener went to vote in Indiana's primary in May, they didn't realize that state law required them to bring government photo IDs such as a driver's license or passport. The...
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Violence, political unrest in Iraq fuel fears of civil war
A dramatic uptick in violence and political instability in Iraq has raised fears that Baghdad once again is tilting toward civil war. A half-year after the U.S. military left Iraq, the war-weary...
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CURL: Who's bailing on Obama? Just about everybody
ANALYSIS/OPINION: Today, let's look at the polls — all of them. To start with, health care: Just 6 percent of Americans think health care is the most pressing issue, according to the latest Gallup...
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Goode's third-party run: Bad news for Romney in Virginia?
Former Virginia Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr.'s bid for the White House as the Constitution Party's nominee could help resuscitate a political career cut short by a razor-thin loss in 2008 — but it also...
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Stand-down orders stymied 'Fast & Furious' gun tracking, memo says
Concerned that Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents were "too close and would burn the operation," the lead investigator in a Fast and Furious surveillance operation ordered an...
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Inside the Beltway: Hank Williams Jr. tunes up
Country music kingpin and patriot Hank Williams Jr. continues to sing of his politics, not to mention his vision for America and its citizenry. The man's got a new album out Tuesday titled "Old School,...
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Romney's record on education includes successes, failures
Mitt Romney kept academic standards high, pushed for more charter schools and took other steps during his time as Massachusetts governor to keep the state in the top tier of student performance — but...
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Inside Politics: Obama says Congress has 'more to do'
President Obama says legislation to keep transportation projects going and prevent interest rates from doubling on new loans to college students will help many in this country. But, he says "we've got...
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All bills lead to jobs in latest spin in Congress
With so many Americans looking for a job — or worried about keeping the one they have — lawmakers looking for an edge on Capitol Hill are increasingly labeling their proposals "jobs" bills. Tax bills,...
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ZOGBY: President Obama's weekly report card (July 2-8)
Grade: B "A mixed week for the president. Unemployment stayed at 8.2 percent on the news that job growth was sluggish again. That figure is borderline for his re-election chances. He will need to show...
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Civil war feared in unstable Iraq
A dramatic uptick in violence and political instability in Iraq have raised fears that Baghdad once again is tilting toward civil war. A half-year after the U.S. military left Iraq, the war-weary...
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Romney, RNC post massive June cash haul
Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney and the Republican National Committee raised $35 million more than President Obama and his Democratic allies last month, winning their second month in a...
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Obama to push extension of middle-class tax cuts
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is launching a push to extend tax cuts for the middle class, as he seeks to shift the election-year economic debate from the dismal jobs market to assertions that...
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Obama seeks tax-cut extension for middle class
In an attempt to change the subject from the dismal jobs market and cast GOP rival Mitt Romney as a champion of the rich, President Obama on Monday issued a new call for Congress to extend the Bush tax...
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Compromise in Congress very unlikely
ANALYSIS: WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats in Congress who congratulated themselves for passing relatively routine legislation before July 4 are returning to the Capitol for a summer stocked with...
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Inside Politics: Maine governor calls IRS the 'new Gestapo'
PORTLAND, Maine — Critics are putting pressure on blunt-talking Maine Gov. Paul LePage to apologize for referring to the Internal Revenue Service as "the new Gestapo." The Republican governor made the...
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