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In Benghazi and eyond, fallen workers remembered
Let's take a break from the raging discord that has dominated Washington lately by remembering federal employees who died abroad in service to their country. With so much attention focused on what the government has done wrong, we'll end the week with...Tags: Libya, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Sean Smith, Anne Smedinghoff, Charles Johnson (football, defensive end)
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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: White House, Annapolis, United States Naval Academy, Barack Obama, Defense
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Top item on Obama's agenda: damage control
As it must come to all American presidents, it seems, Barack Obama's policy agenda is being crowded out of the headlines by the imperative of damage control against administration scandal. The allegations of incompetence or worse in the IRS' targeting...
Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, Immigration, U.S. Congress
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Obama's 'Katrina moment'
It has been a rough week or so for the Obama administration. From Benghazi to the tapping of reporters' phones to the IRS admitting that it targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny, the press is in a frenzy, and many are questioning President...
Tags: Dick Cheney, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Woodrow Wilson, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Government
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Under Armour founder Kevin Plank sees himself as the underdog
Kevin Plank may have sold the first Under Armour shirts from the back of his car, but as his reach has grown, so too have his wheels: These days, he jets around the world, recently to five Asian cities in six days, but managed to get back home to...
Tags: Randy Edsall, Under Armour Inc., Annapolis, Farms, Michael Phelps
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Sanford and Hicks go to Congress, The CIA goes to Hollywood and CNN stays put
Former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford has been elected to the House (or at least that's where we hear he's going). Welcome to your trends report for Monday, May 8, 2013. Sanford will head to Capitol Hill after facing off against Elizabeth...
Tags: Mother's Day, Google Inc., The Washington Post, National Basketball Association, Social Media
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What's novel is not the story, but how it's told
When it comes to books, I guess you could call me a voracious listener. I have been commuting about an hour to and from work for more than 30 years, and during that time I bet I've listened to a couple of thousand books. First on tape, now on compact...
Tags: Netherlands, Labor Day, Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Fiction, Literature
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Maybe Majid Khan rates a stateside prison cell
As a teenager in the mid-1990s, he moved with his parents to the United States from Pakistan. The family sought and received political asylum. They settled in Baltimore County and operated a gas station. The boy attended Owings Mills High School. His...
Tags: Prisons, Litigation, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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The cost of Guantanamo
The hunger strike by inmates protesting conditions at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba is forcing the Obama administration to revisit its policy of indefinite detention without trial for terrorist suspects. It's about time. As Mr. Obama noted...
Tags: Prisons, Punishment, Al-Qaeda, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, U.S. Congress
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Obama administration assaults press freedom
In Washington, as in any seat of power, most acts of folly begin with hubris. Government leaders, elected or appointed, usually don't intend to do the wrong thing, to overstep or cause harm, but they become so convinced, so certain of their purpose,...
Tags: Pentagon Papers Release (2011), Tea Party Movement, The New York Times, Freedom of the Press, The Washington Post
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The truth about torture
If there were any remaining doubts that what the CIA did to captured terrorist suspects in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks was torture, a report last week by an independent investigative panel should put them to rest. According to the report by the...
Tags: Prisons, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Lawyers, U.S. Military, Justice System
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Boston bombing suspect belongs in civilian court
A 19-year-old naturalized American citizen is accused of committing a crime of violence in the United States, and a gaggle of elected officials are urging for him to be treated as an enemy combatant and placed in the hands of the military. Not just the...
Tags: Public Officials, Lindsey O. Graham, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Bob Graham
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