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Suspicious Letter Sent To Another Senator

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 04.17.2013 | Detroit
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The Saginaw, Mich. office of U.S. Sen. Carl Levin (D) was evacuated Wednesday due to a suspicious letter, the Detroit News reports. "Earlier today...

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Why UN Arms Negotiations Must Include Talk of Ending Corporate Secrecy

Stefanie Ostfeld | Posted 06.01.2013 | World
Read More: Senator Charles Grassley, Senator Carl Levin, Arms Dealers, Global Arms Trade Treaty, Global Witness, Viktor Bout, Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act, Money Laundering, Shell Companies, Phantom Firms, World News
Stefanie Ostfeld

As United Nations representatives meet to hammer out a Global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) in New York this week, they must take into account the role of corporate secrecy in facilitating illegal arms trafficking and other crimes around the world.

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Mark Gongloff

JPMorgan Execs HAMMERED In Hearing

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Gongloff | Posted 03.15.2013 | Business
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Like some kind of tireless, question-asking robot, Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) grilled JPMorgan Chase executives relentlessly for close to four hours on...

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Ryan Grim

An Accidental Rainmaker For Lobbyists

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.11.2013 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- Carl Levin will be remembered as the powerful chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, a Michigan man who fiercely championed th...

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State GOP Gets Rare Shot At Senate

AP | DAVID EGGERT | Posted 05.08.2013 | Politics
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LANSING, Mich. — U.S. Sen. Carl Levin's decision not to seek another term gives Michigan Republicans the chance to prove they can win a Senate e...

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Longtime Dem Senator Announces Plans To Retire

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.07.2013 | Politics
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WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Carl Levin announced Thursday he will not seek re-election in 2014, saying he wants to serve as Senate Armed Servic...

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Michigan Senator Defends Fiscal Cliff Deal

ABC News Radio | Anselm Gibbs | Posted 03.05.2013 | Detroit
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(WASHINGTON) -- Following a vote in the House of Representatives to approve a bipartisan Senate deal to avert the "fiscal cliff" and preserve Bush-era...

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Goldman Backlash Good News For Volcker Rule

Reuters | Posted 05.15.2012 | Business
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* Departing exec's editorial calls out treatment of clients * Reform advocates say shows need for tough Volcker rule * S...

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Dem Chairman Faults White House, Fellow Dems For Detainee Policy

AP | By DONNA CASSATA | Posted 11.18.2011 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Friday faulted the White House and fellow Democrats for mischaracterizing provisi...

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Two Students Who Put Pie In The Face Of Carl Levin Sentenced

AP | COREY WILLIAMS | Posted 10.30.2011 | Politics
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DETROIT — A federal judge in Grand Rapids sentenced two recent college graduates to 30 days in jail for protesting U.S. Sen. Carl Levin's stance...

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Taibbi: No Uproar Over Potential Tax Holiday Deal In Debt Ceiling Deal?

Rolling Stone | MATT TAIBBI | Posted 09.20.2011 | Business
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I’ve been in and out of DC a few times in recent weeks and one thing I keep hearing is that there is a growing, and real, possibility that a second ...

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Amanda Terkel

Key Senator To Obama: Withdraw At Least 15,000 Troops From Afghanistan

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 08.21.2011 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) has put forward a baseline number of troops that the president must announ...

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Matt Taibbi: Goldman Could Achieve 'Corrupt-Enterprise Nirvana'

Rolling Stone | MATT TAIBBI | Posted 07.11.2011 | Business
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They weren't murderers or anything; they had merely stolen more money than most people can rationally conceive of, from their own customers, in a few ...

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Inside Job's Charles Ferguson Wins Oscar, Airs Frustration with Obama

Joshua Kors | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Best Documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story, Senator Carl Levin, Columbia Univeristy, Wall Street, Columbia School of Business, Inside Job, Academy Award Nominees, Charles Ferguson, Glenn Hubbard, Frederic Mishkin, Michael Moore, Iraq, Matt Damon, Oscars, No End in Sight, Entertainment News
Joshua Kors

Ferguson spoke with me about his new film, Obama's disappointingly silent reaction to it and why he feels this president has an even stricter "with us or against us" policy than his predecessor.

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Amanda Terkel

WATCH: John McCain Responds To Psy-Ops Claims

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) responded on Sunday to a report that he was the target of "psychological operations" by the U.S. military to...

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White House, Democratic Senators Push for DADT Repeal This Year

Karen Ocamb | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Karen Ocamb

Sen. Joe Lieberman and several Democratic senators are holding a press conference Thursday morning "to bring this vote up."

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The Prince and the Punishment

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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Christopher Brauchli

It's hard to understand why Erik Prince is mad. His company, Xe, is once again able to bid on and get contracts with the government and won't be subject to criminal charges.

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Carl Levin, Michigan Senator, Gets Hit In Face With Pie During Q&A Session

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Senator Carl Levin (D-Michigan) joined a well-documented list of famous people who have taken pies in the face Monday, when a Michigan State student h...

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The Death of Goldman Sachs

Steven G. Brant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs, Arthur Andersen, Senator Carl Levin, Wall Street, Economic Crisis, Enron, Senator Joseph McCarthy, Business News
Steven G. Brant

Criminal behavior. No trust. Reputation destroyed. No customers. I expect Goldman Sachs to be out of business by the end of this year and maybe before the November election. That's just my opinion, of course.

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Peter Baker and David Herszenhorn: Wall Street Reform Reporting Lacking

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Senator Carl Levin, Peter Baker, John Paulson, Financial Reform, Senate Republicans, President Barack Obama, Enron, New York Times, David Herszenhorn, Fitch, Moody?S, Standard & Poor?S, Media News
Joseph A. Palermo

After all the suffering caused by the massive layoffs and home foreclosures that have devastated communities, the best our elite journalists can do is tell us that they have no way to discern who is lying and who is telling the truth?

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Blackstone Speaks Out Against Tax Hike On Executives

BusinessWeek | Ryan J. Donmoyer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Taxes, Financial Reform Bill, Senator Carl Levin, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Venture Capital, House Ways and Means Committee, Blackstone, Charles Schumer, Family Farms, Business News

Blackstone Group LP and other firms protesting a plan by Congress to increase taxes on executives of investment partnerships are focusing on what they...

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Gates, Mullen Signal Chain of Command: Stop Wasting Time Discharging Gays

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Aubrey Sarvis

As much as we welcome these helpful changes coming from Secretary Gates and his DOD General Counsel, interim steps are not a substitute for repeal.

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Progressive Senators Fight for Real Bank Reform

Mary Bottari | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Senator Chris Dodd, Senator Carl Levin, Sherrod Brown, Financial Crisis, Banks, Banking Crisis, Senator Jeff Merkley, Chris Dodd, Bernie Sanders, Banking Reform, Business News
Mary Bottari

Dodd has said that he will unveil his new bill on Monday. Take your time Senator. Get it right this time. It is not an exaggeration to say that the future of the world may depend on it.

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Prop 8 Trial + DADT Debate = Death Rattle of the Right Wing

Rick Jacobs | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Family Research Council, Senator Carl Levin, Larry King, Prop 8, Rachel Maddow, Dan Choi, Gen. Wesley Clark, Courage Campaign, Tony Perkins, Politics News
Rick Jacobs

The Family Research Council's Tony Perkins threatened that America "might have to return to the draft" if it allows gays and lesbians to serve openly, because so many soldiers would quit or never enlist.

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Hip, Hip, Hooray for Mullen and Gates!

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Senator Carl Levin, President Obama, Senator Mark Udall, Senate Armed Services Committee, Rep. Patrick Murphy, C-Span, Admiral Mullen Joint Chiefs, Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

Our gay service members need assurances that Congress will end the only Federal law that legitimizes discrimination against a particular class of people this year, rather than phasing it out over several years.

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