Rush Holt

Congressional Investigations of CIA Move Ahead, Republicans Flipflop to Score Political Points

Frank Naif | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pete Hoekstra, House Intelligence Committee, Central Intelligence Agency, Cia, Rush Holt, Silvestre Reyes, Nancy Pelosi, Bob Graham, Mary Mccarthy, Politics News
Frank Naif

Is the House Intelligence Committee's investigation the beginning of a new round of far-reaching Congressional inquiries into intelligence activities?

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Restoring Science To Its Rightful Place

Rep. Rush Holt | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

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Rep. Rush Holt

There is a false impression in Washington that you need a PhD or science background to use scientific facts and research to make public policy decisions. This should not be the case.

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Did NSA Illegally Wiretap A Scholar? Congressional Panel Wants To Know

New York Times | ERIC LICHTBLAU and JAMES RISEN | Posted 01.07.2009 | Home

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WASHINGTON -- A Congressional oversight panel plans to ask the National Security Agency to start an investigation into new evidence that the agency il...

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Congress Should Travel More Not Less: Applauding the Aspen Institute

Steve Clemons | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

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Steve Clemons

Let me play the contrarian here. We need as many members out seeing the world as possible -- and if they are at a forum debating political Islam...well, fantastic!

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Will Thomas

Congressman Calls For Special Counsel Over CIA Tapes

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Thomas | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Someone call Patrick Fitzgerald. Today Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) sent a letter to Attorney General Mukasey requesting the immediate appointment of a speci...

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