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Hagel defends record, spars with critics in Senate hearing
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.WASHINGTON -- Making his first public comments after his nomination to lead the Pentagon, former Sen. Chuck Hagel said Thursday he stood by his record but also urged senators to look beyond controversial votes and statements he has made, which critics...Tags: Iraq, Carl Levin, Leon Panetta, Chuck Hagel, John Warner
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Washington casts wary eye at Muslim Brotherhood
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama begins his second term straining to maintain a good relationship with Egypt, an important U.S. ally whose president is a conservative Islamist walking a fine line between acting as a moderate peace broker and...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Interreligious Dialogue, Unrest, Conflicts and War, White House
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Column: Some questions for Hagel
Senate hearings on the nomination of Chuck Hagel to be defense secretary will be a distinctive Washington entertainment, a donnybrook without drama. He should be confirmed: Presidents are due substantial deference in selecting Cabinet members because they...Tags: Iraq, George Will, U.S. Congress, Leon Panetta, Chuck Hagel
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A controversial speaker's right to speak
Maybe it was too nice out to protest. Or maybe no one cared what a few hundred conservatives were talking about in this one-party state. But only about 10 people convened Saturday with signs outside the DoubleTree Hotel in Annapolis to oppose Pamela...Tags: Religion and Belief, Annapolis, Council on American-Islamic Relations, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Religious Conflicts
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Hagel and defense
Biography isn't policy. President Barack Obama's choice for secretary of defense, Chuck Hagel, former Nebraska Republican senator, has a resume most politicians can envy: a clean senatorial record, no ethical lapses and two Purple Hearts from a war many...Tags: Religion and Belief, Leon Panetta, Chuck Hagel, Lobbying, Barack Obama
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Obama says Palestinian state still a viable option
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- President Obama met with Palestinian leaders in the West Bank on Thursday in search of hopeful signs for the stalled peace process and declared that a sovereign state of Palestine beside Israel is still viable. Following a long...Tags: Religion and Belief, Palestinian National Authority, Barack Obama, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Judaism
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Low expectations for Obama's Israel visit
President Obama will arrive in Israel on Wednesday for his first visit since being elected in 2008. We wish him the best, but frankly, we have very low expectations. Indeed, it's hard to figure out why he's making the trip at all. The peace process...Tags: Religion and Belief, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Barack Obama, Judaism, Trips and Vacations
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Why is Obama going to Israel?
President Obama is visiting Israel this week, the first foreign trip of his second term. Some commentators have criticized the tour as a diversion from the president's intention to pivot toward the Asia-Pacific region. Why go to Israel now, they ask,...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Palestinian National Authority, Religion and Belief, Bashar Assad, Barack Obama
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Palestinian hunger striker released by Israel
RAMALLAH, West Bank – A Palestinian from the West Bank who has been on a hunger strike in Israeli jails since July 1 was released Sunday under an agreement to resettle in the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian officials. Ayman Sharawna, 36, a...
Tags: Gaza Strip, Military Justice, West Bank, Career and Workplace, Strikes
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O'Malley headed to Israel next month
The Baltimore SunGov. Martin O'Malley will travel to Israel in April for an economic development mission that was canceled during last fall's violence in the Gaza Strip. The itinerary has not been finalized, an aide said, but the trip is meant to replace the eight-day...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Travel, Trips and Vacations, Israel
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Transcript: Rand Paul's filibuster of John Brennan's CIA nomination
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) delivered a nearly 13-hour filibuster Wednesday of John Brennan’s nomination to lead the CIA. Paul used his time on the floor to question the legality of the White House's policies on drone use, beginning at 11:47 a.m. EST and...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Kevin Williamson, Murder, Students, U.S. Congress
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Better Business Bureau L.A. chapter changes name after expulsion
The just-expelled Better Business Bureau of the Southland has no plans to end its mission of fighting for southern California consumers. The former Los Angeles affiliate of Council of Better Business Bureaus has renamed itself the Business Consumer...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, Restaurants, Lifestyle and Leisure, ABC (tv network), Wolfgang Puck
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