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Joseph Sestak, former congressman and retired U.S. Navy three-star admiral, has been named as the 2013-14 recipient of the General Omar N. Bradley Chair in Strategic Leadership.

Former Delaware Co. congressman Joe Sestak tells The Associated Press that he won't run for Pennsylvania governor next year but instead is strongly considering making a second bid for the U.S. Senate in 2016 against Republican Sen.

A look back at the influential and inspiring Jews who have died over the past year, and the legacies they left behind.

Political commentator Jennifer Stefano gestures while speaking Thursday night at the Lebanon County Republican Committee s spring dinner in South Lebanon.

At first, it seemed like the day had actually come. Sen. Arlen Specter's bill made its way through the Senate with Republican John McCain and Democrat Ted Kennedy on board but with little opportunity to thoroughly discuss what needed to be done.

Republican Sen. Pat Toomey gestures while talking with the Lebanon Daily News editorial board on Friday.

Political commentator Jennifer Stefano gestures while speaking Thursday night at the Lebanon County Republican Committee s spring dinner in South Lebanon.

May, I recently found out, is Jewish American Heritage Month . I don't know how the existence of JAHM eluded me until now; it was first proclaimed by President George W. Bush back in 2006.

U.S. Senator Patrick Toomey speaks to reporters outside the Senate Chamber in Washington April 11, 2013.

But as The National Review's Betsy Woodruff reports , "the people that don't like him really, really, really don't like him.

My cab driver pretty much nailed it on the head. Relations between the Democrats and the Republicans in Congress have taken on all of the characteristics of that famous family feud.

Bad news for Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett - the Republican trails three potential Democratic 2014 challengers by at least 9 percentage points, according to a new poll on Monday.

Many conservatives view Sen. Pat Toomey's recent effort to broker a gun compromise as a stunning act of perfidy.

It was almost exactly four years ago that MSNBC's blustery Chris Matthews declared that "the Republican Party continues to be unable to hang on to its moderates, especially in the Northeast, where it has begun to resemble the 19th century, pre-Civil War Whig Party." It was 2009, and the late Sen.

Saying witness intimidation is a national issue, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey urged Friday that threatening or harming witnesses be made a federal crime.

BURKE, Va. – Robert W. Edgar, who represented Pennsylvania for six terms in the House of Representatives after the Watergate scandal and went on to lead the public interest group Common Cause, left a mark in Dixon.

It was almost exactly four years ago that MSNBC's blustery Chris Matthews declared that "the Republican Party continues to be unable to hang on to its moderates, especially in the Northeast, where it has begun to resemble the 19th century, pre-Civil War Whig Party." It was 2009, and the late Sen.

No one yet has called him "Benedict Toomey," but make no mistake: Many conservatives view his recent effort to broker a gun compromise as a stunning act of perfidy.

Sen. Pat Toomey blamed President Barack Obama Tuesday for the defeat in the Senate of legislation to expand background checks.

Robert Edgar, who represented Pennsylvania for six terms in the House of Representatives and went on to lead the public interest group Common Cause, has died.