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Ariz. tragedy gives Congress a moment to pause

By doris | Published: January 10, 2011

Full Story at  msnbc.com WASHINGTON — The shooting rampage in Arizona seems to have created a reset moment for confrontational politics, as lawmakers reflect on the repercussions of the overheated rhetoric traded on the airwaves and on the campaign trail. Members of Congress from both parties called Sunday for civility over belligerence as the House [...]

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Pelosi, Democrats prepare to relinquish power in the House

By doris | Published: January 5, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Nancy Pelosi, who made history as the first female Speaker of the House, ends her tenure this week as a new Republican majority prepares to take power Wednesday. Led by incoming speaker John Boehner, the GOP has pledged to roll back many of the reforms implemented by the Obama [...]

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Senate defeats three more amendments to START accord

By doris | Published: December 21, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Senate debate on a new nuclear arms treaty with Russia intensified Monday, with Democratic supporters touting the backing of military leaders for the pact while Republican opponents used to Cold War terminology to portray it as a threat to national security. The Senate met behind closed doors for [...]

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Congress faces imminent deadline to pass a spending plan

By doris | Published: December 20, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — With time running out on the government’s authority to spend money, the Senate is expected to vote this week on a $1.1 trillion bill that would settle the issue for the rest of the fiscal year. However, conservative Republicans oppose the plan and threaten to obstruct its progress [...]

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Clinton: Leaks won’t damage US foreign relations

By doris | Published: December 3, 2010

Full Story at News.Yahoo.com MANAMA, Bahrain – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says WikiLeaks disclosures are illegal but will not damage U.S. foreign relations. In a joint news conference Friday with Bahrain’s foreign minister, Sheik Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Clinton said many statements in the secret cables have been taken out of [...]

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Clinton: Leaks ‘tear at the fabric’ of government

By doris | Published: November 30, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned on Monday the leak of more than 250,000 classified State Department documents, saying the U.S. was taking aggressive steps to hold responsible those who “stole” the information. In her first public comments since the weekend release of the classified State Department cables, Clinton [...]

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N. Korea crisis latest blow to Obama’s nuclear agenda

By doris | Published: November 26, 2010

Full Story atmsnbc.com WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has set the goal of eventually ridding the world of nuclear arms as a central theme of his presidency, but North Korea’s defiance and other recent setbacks have raised fresh doubts about whether he can turn his vision into reality. With Obama’s broader nuclear agenda seemingly imperiled [...]

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North Koreans unveil vast plant for nuclear use

By doris | Published: November 21, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — North Korea showed a visiting American nuclear scientist last week a vast new facility it secretly and rapidly built to enrich uranium, confronting the Obama administration with the prospect that the country is preparing to expand its nuclear arsenal or build a far more powerful type of atomic bomb.

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Clinton addresses presidential aspirations

By doris | Published: November 7, 2010

Full Story at  msnbc.com CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has again slapped down speculation that she harbors ambitions for another presidential run. In New Zealand on Friday, Clinton told a pair of television interviewers that she won’t run for president even in the aftermath of this week’s congressional midterms that [...]

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Divided Congress on tap as Republicans take House, NBC projects

By doris | Published: November 3, 2010

Full Story at  msnbc.com Americans who insisted they were tired of partisan divisions elected a divided Congress on Tuesday, giving Republicans control of the House of Representatives but leaving Democrats with a razor-thin hold on the Senate, NBC News projected. Among the embattled Democrats who kept his job was Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of [...]

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Early clues: What to watch in Tuesday’s elections

By doris | Published: November 2, 2010

Full Story atnews.Yahoo.com WASHINGTON – How early will America know if it’s a Republican romp or if Democrats somehow minimized their damage? There should be plenty of clues Tuesday evening — and long before bedtime. Final results in some states might not be known for days. But trends could be evident from the Midwest and [...]

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Democrats see hope, Republicans temper expectations for Tuesday vote

By doris | Published: November 1, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — In what are either last-minute head games or reflections on a shifting electorate, Democrats are predicting better-than-expected results for their side while Republicans are downplaying the extent of their expected victory in Tuesday’s congressional elections. With less than 48 hours before polling booths open, the comments on Sunday [...]

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