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10 hrs ago | ABC News

Coming Up on 'This Week': Sen. Rand Paul; Ret. Gen. John Allen; Two Powerhouse Roundtables

Sen. Rand Paul , R-Ky., goes one-on-one with ABC News Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz about President Obama's national security speech, the IRS investigation and more, Sunday on "This Week." In the first major foreign policy speech of his second term, President Obama defended his administration's efforts to pursue terrorists ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Rand Paul, Immigration Reform, Guantanamo Bay, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, US House of Representatives, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democrat

14 hrs ago | Roll Call

Tom Cole: Obama, Boehner Have Assured Support for Okla.

Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., sent a "Dear Colleague" letter on Friday thanking his fellow representatives for their support in the days since a tornado hit his hometown of Moore and declaring that leaders have "assured" him the Sooner State will have the resources it needs to rebuild.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Tom Cole, Tom Coburn, US Senate, FEMA, Oklahoma Government, Oklahoma

18 hrs ago | The Miami Herald

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

ABC's "This Week" - Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.; Reps. Peter King, R-N.Y., and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla.; retired Gen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Senator Rand Paul, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democrat, Representative Mary Fallin, Tom Coburn, Lindsey Graham

23 hrs ago | ABC News

The Note: Alright Already, Wea ll All Drone On

'OUR FIGHT ENTERS A NEW PHASE': In a wide-ranging speech at the National Defense University, in Washington D.C., on Thursday, President Obama launched a spirited defense of his administration's efforts to pursue terrorists overseas, even while he outlined a more limited path forward in the fight against terror, ABC's ABBY PHILLIP reports.

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Related Topix: National Defense University, Life, Self Defense, Terrorism, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Rand Paul, US House of Representatives, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democrat

Thu May 23, 2013

Daily Kos

Discuss

Sen. Tom Coburn's premature insistence that any disaster relief funding for his home state after this week's devastating tornadoes be offset has kicked off a big fight in the GOP.

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Related Topix: Tom Coburn, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Roy Blunt, Senator Roy Blunt, John McCain

PR-inside.com

American Insurance Association Issues Statement on Terrorism Risk...

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 23, 2013- Leigh Ann Pusey, president and CEO of the American Insurance Association , issued the following statement in response to today's introduction of the "Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2013" sponsored by Reps.

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Related Topix: Terrorism, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Timothy Bishop, Carolyn McCarthy, Carolyn Maloney, Gregory Meeks, Democrat

FiveThirtyEight

City Room: Fact-Check: Three Claims in Weiner's Mayoral Announcement Video

To hear him tell it as a newly declared candidate for mayor, former Representative Anthony D. Weiner was a force to be reckoned with on three of the most important issues to New Yorkers: public safety, affordable health insurance and treatment for rescue workers sickened at the site of the World Trade Center attack.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Anthony Weiner, Democrat, York, NY, Republican, Carolyn Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, Healthcare Law, Law

Wed May 22, 2013

PerrSpectives

Fox and Furious Friends Wanted DOJ to Prosecute the New York Times

Throughout the tenure of George W. Bush, many of us to the left of center warned that unchecked presidential power was putting Americans' civil liberties in jeopardy.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Media, New Times, George Bush, US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, John Cornyn, Journalism

Roll Call

Gun Violence Takes a Toll on Law Enforcement | Commentary

Last week, law enforcement officers arrived in the nation's capital by the thousands for National Police Week to honor the sacrifice of the 120 officers killed in the line of duty in 2012.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, US Politics, Republican

Roll Call

Peter King: Give Oklahoma Tornado Relief Without Offsets

Moderate House Republicans such as Rep. Peter T. King are ready for another intraparty fight over whether emergency disaster aid should be offset, after a tornado ravaged parts of Oklahoma on Monday.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Tom Cole, Tom Coburn, US Senate, Representative Jim Bridenstine, Oklahoma

KTSM-AM El Paso

NY Rep to Okla. Senator: I'll Overlook Your Hypocrisy

You knew this was coming: Peter King, who fought hard for Superstorm Sandy aid for his home state of New York, thinks there's "a lot of hypocrisy" when it comes to lawmakers who opposed Sandy aid but are in favor of tornado aid.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Republican, Oklahoma Government, Oklahoma

Cortez Journal News

Republican divisions may hinder party's momentum

Tensions between libertarian-leaning and more mainstream Republicans were on vivid display Tuesday as Sens.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Tom Cole, Kenny Marchant, US Senate, Senator Rand Paul

Tue May 21, 2013

Washington Times

McConnell calls for end of import sanctions on Myanmar

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday urged Congress not to extend import sanctions on Myanmar , warning that sticking with the sanctions would be "a slap in the face" to reformers in the Southeast Asian nation.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Republican, US Senate, Mitch McConnell, Thein Sein

Democratic Underground Latest Breakin...

Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn will seek to offset federal aid to victims of a massive tornado

Source: TPM Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn will seek to offset federal aid to victims of a massive tornado that blasted through Oklahoma City suburbs on Monday with cuts elsewhere in the budget.

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Related Topix: Tom Coburn, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Jim Inhofe, US House of Representatives, Representative Michael Grimm, Chris Christie, US Governors, Liberal Political News

The Heritage Foundation

Administration Burma Policy: Lift Sanctions, Ask Questions Later

President Obama's meeting with Burma's President Thein Sein at the White House today is a stark reminder of how far the Administration has come on Burma policy.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Joseph Crowley, Democrat, Republican, Trent Franks

Mon May 20, 2013

Broadcasting & Cable

Seth Meyers to Receive NYSBA Broadcaster of the Year Award

Seth Meyers will receive the N.Y. State Broadcasters Association Broadcaster of the Year award at the group's annual awards gala June 24 and 25.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives

Asian Correspondent

Burma leader making landmark White House visit

Former general Thein Sein on Monday becomes the first Burma president to be welcomed to the White House in almost 47 years, crowning a dramatic diplomatic rehabilitation for his nation after years of international isolation.

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Related Topix: Thein Sein, US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, Republican, US House of Representatives, World News, Aung San Suu Kyi

Asian Correspondent

Burma Reforms still need the US's weight

The White House welcomed ex-general Thein Sein on Monday as the first president of Burma/Myanmar in roughly 47 years after the late Gen.

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Related Topix: Burma, Southeast Asia, World News, Thein Sein, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Republican, US House of Representatives

Sat May 18, 2013

Observer

Reed's company is problematic

Like most Upstate New Yorkers, I respect the Second Amendment as settled law. Anyone who has troubled to actually read the SAFE Gun Act knows the law does nothing to infringe on the right of law abiding and mentally sound New Yorkers to access and own firearms.

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Related Topix: Representative Tom Reed, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Horseheads, NY

Thu May 16, 2013

The Olympian

IRS scandal offers conservatives a lesson in profiling

They were shocked, and rightfully so, that some employees of the Internal Revenue Service's Exempt Organizations Determinations office in Cincinnati decided that the groups most likely to abuse rules governing 501 4 organizations would be conservative.

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Related Topix: Tax, Non-Profit, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Up in the Air, Barack Obama