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Mark Kirk Mixed Military Service With Politics, Says Pentagon

AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 05.25.2011

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Republican Senate candidate Mark Kirk's newest adversary in the latest controversy over his military service is the Defense ...

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Senate Votes To Rein In Mortgage Lenders In Financial Reform Bill

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Taking aim at deceptive lending, the Senate on Wednesday voted to ban mortgage brokers and loan officers from getting greater pay f...

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Donations To Haiti Are Tax Deductible: Obama Signs Bill For Haiti Earthquake Contributions

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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US Military Suicides Rise, Despite Prevention Efforts

McClatchy | Halimah Abdullah | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Eight years of war in Afghanistan and Iraq have etched indelible scars on the psyches of many of the nation's servicemen and women, and ...

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Eric Shneiderman, State Senator In Charge Of Monserrate Panel

The New York Observer | Jimmy Vielkind | Posted 05.25.2011

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This week, Schneiderman was announced as leader of a panel charged deciding the fate of Senator Hiram Monserrate, a Queens Democrat who had just been ...

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Robin Givhan: How Michelle Broke Her Silence In Moscow

Washington Post | Robin Givhan | Posted 05.25.2011

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First lady Michelle Obama began her only day of solo appearances in the Russian capital promising little more than a pantomime of handshakes and waves...

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Takanori Okubo Indicted In Political Donations Scandal

AP | MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 05.25.2011

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TOKYO — Prosecutors charged a top aide to Japan's opposition leader Tuesday in connection with a political donations scandal, but the lawmaker s...

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Democrats Criticize Obama's Proposed Tax Cuts

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama's proposed tax cuts ran into opposition Thursday from senators in his own party who said they wouldn't...

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Bush-Obama Crisis Briefings On N. Korea Nukes, Cyberattack, Terror Strike

New York Times | PETER BAKER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The White House has prepared more than a dozen contingency plans to help guide President-elect Barack Obama if an international crisis e...

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You Don't Have To Be President To Have Power

Carrie Tuhy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Carrie Tuhy

An early champion of civil rights and a lifelong defender of the less fortunate, she has made a difference in the lives of millions of ordinary Americans. She knew what it took as she sat across from the man she found too young and too brash to lead.

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