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In this Jan. 14, 2011, file photo human rights activists, hooded and wearing orange prison garb to represent prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, demonstrate in front of the White House in Washington because the prison has not been closed down by President Obama.

Republican lawmakers have turned the investigations of the Benghazi attack into a "political witch hunt," the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee said today.

The allegations against the latest military official accused of sexual assault include claims that he may have arranged for a woman to engage in prostitution, sources say.

Just past the 100-day mark of its second term, the Obama administration is feeling the rushing wind of scandal.

It's clear that Rep. Adam Smith had an aggressive strategy for his appearance on "Fox News Sunday" for a segment on the emerging scandal and cover-up surrounding the alteration of talking points for Amb.

Amid a rising tide of outrage following revelations that the IRS targeted conservative tea party groups for excessive review of their tax-exempt status during the 2012 elections, the besieged tax agency found few defenders on Sunday, with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle condemning the practice and demanding further investigation.

There are 436 representatives and 100 senators in Congress today. The Washington press corps is comprised of several dozens of reporters.

The senior Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee says Republican obsession over the White House 's handling of the inquiry into last year's deadly attack on a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya , is hurting the investigation.

FOX NEWS SUNDAY : Reps. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., and Adam Smith, D-Wash.; Rep.-elect Mark Sanford, R-S.C. MEET THE PRESS : Reps.

LEGALIZE POT: Demonstrators demand the legalization of cannabis as they walk in downtown Washington, D.C., on July 4, 2009.

One question left mainly unaddressed by yesterday's hearing on Benghazi - and by others, as well - is the lack of preparation by the Obama administration and the US military for the potential for attack in Benghazi.

It was economic government by anybody's economic philosophy, though it was supposed to be controlled by immutable laws of political economy that must in the end produce harmony.

An elongated figure lies prone against the Atlantic Coast , rising from its middle a freakish twisted, wandering sort of stupendously giant penis ... are its twisted contortions and monstrous proportions pointing at the Appalachian Trail? A gerrymandered prick.

A strong middle class is the key to a strong economy. That was the overall theme at Congressman Adam Smith's Town Hall meeting May 2 at Highline Community College in Des Moines.

The Senate on Monday gave easy, bipartisan approval to a bill that would push internet retailers to collect and remit sales taxes for 45 states, but the bill's future remained unclear in the House.

Despite the ebuillent mood at the King County Library Services Center earlier this week, U.S. 8th District Rep.

Dow Jones Reprints: This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com WASHINGTON-President Barack Obama's renewed call to close the Guantanamo Bay prison faces its ... (more)

When I attempted a Google search on the term "public interest," I was told by my internet provider, Comcast, that it was, in big bold letters, a: Evidently, Comcast does not like the United States Constitution either, because it gave me the same message when I requested internet access to the preamble to the U.S. Constitution.

OBAMA FORWARD, BACKWARD ON SYRIA, by POLITICO's Stephanie Gaskell and Philip Ewing: "The White House sought Tuesday to spin a new narrative that it's mulling an aggressive new position on the Syrian civil war even as President Barack Obama and his top advisers repeated that Washington must proceed with caution.

Despite the ebuillent mood at the King County Library Services Center on Tuesday, U.S. Eighth District Representative Dave Reichert said "good things don't come easy" on announcing a new bill to designate the Mountains to Sound Greenway a National Heritage Area.