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Obama urges new officers to 'carry forth' academy's values
President Barack Obama told Naval Academy graduates Friday that declining faith in government and other institutions makes it more important than ever that they retain their moral center as they embark on military careers. As a cold rain fell on the 1,...Tags: Barack Obama, Sex Crimes, Annapolis, Sexual Assault, U.S. Department of Defense
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Transcript of Obama's remarks to U.S. Naval Academy graduates
Hello, Midshipmen! (Applause.) Well, thank you, Governor O'Malley, for your kind introduction and the great support that Maryland gives this Academy. To Secretary Mabus, Admiral Greenert, General Paxton -- thank you all for your incredible leadership of...
Tags: International Military Interventions, Annapolis, Armed Forces, Al-Qaeda, U.S. Congress
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Obama to address Naval Academy commencement
President Barack Obama will travel to Annapolis to speak at the Naval Academy commencement today, addressing the class at a time when the military faces complicated internal challenges the graduating midshipmen will soon inherit. It is the second time...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Barack Obama, U.S. Military, Chuck Hagel
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President's remarks at Ellicott Dredges
Remarks by President Barack Obama this afternoon at Ellicott Dredges in Baltimore, from the White House. THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Baltimore! (Applause.) Well, it is wonderful to see all of you. Give Duncan a big round of applause for the great...
Tags: State of the Union Address, Steny Hoyer, Government, Health Care Reform (2009), Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Veterans, advocates brace for cutbacks
The Maryland Center for Veterans Education and Training's Baltimore complex is full of neatly made beds and shining-clean floors, a military-like environment for homeless former service members working to get their lives back on track. Its executive...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Jones Falls Expressway, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Consumer Confidence, U.S. Department of Defense
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The sequester gives Obama one more chance to blow it
In President Barack Obama's running argument with the Republicans in Congress over who's responsible for the legislative stalemate on Capitol Hill, he suffers self-inflicted wounds by continuing to run up the same white flag that undermined his own...
Tags: Gun Control, Layoffs and Downsizing, Barack Obama, Government, World War I (1914-1918)
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An Annapolis tradition, grounded
My town, Annapolis, is a special kind of college town. The students at the Naval Academy are distinctive not for their backpacks, ear buds and school T-shirts, but for their crisp summer whites and their somber dress blues. The midshipmen take off...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Graduation, Culture, Annapolis
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Congress flies blind
What does it require to get members of Congress to take action quickly and decisively on an issue of federal spending? Now we know. The possibility that they will be delayed in an airport terminal somewhere waiting for a flight out of town is apparently...
Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Barack Obama, Steny Hoyer, Air Transportation Delays, Chemotherapy
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About 400 U.S. flights delayed as sequestration takes hold
Sequestration is starting to frustrate air travelers. About 400 flights were delayed Sunday because of air traffic controller furloughs, the Federal Aviation Administration said, and a few more interruptions were reported Monday, though the nation's air...
Tags: Bill Shuster, Weather Warnings, Layoffs and Downsizing, Budgets and Budgeting, Air Transportation
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Md. airport towers appear safe from federal cuts
Five air traffic control towers in Maryland that had been scheduled to shut down in June as a result of federal budget cuts are now expected to remain open, lawmakers said Wednesday — easing fears that the closures could back up flights at BWI...
Tags: Government Debt, Salisbury (Wicomico, Maryland), Benjamin L. Cardin, Air Transportation Delays, John Thune
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Cardin tells Howard officials sequestration is hurting small business
Sen. Ben Cardin joined local business leaders and elected officials Friday in Howard County for an informal town hall meeting to discuss the impact of sequestration and federal budget battles on the county's business community. "It is affecting our...
Tags: Benjamin L. Cardin, Ken Ulman, U.S. Congress, Howard Community College, Howard County
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Cardin pledges to press for sequestration alternative in town hall meetings
Sen. Ben Cardin lamented snowballing damage from federal budget cuts in town hall meetings with federal workers and small-business leaders Friday, pledging to work toward an alternative budget solution by October. But he acknowledged that achieving a...
Tags: Government Debt, Benjamin L. Cardin, Ken Ulman, Barack Obama, Budgets and Budgeting
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