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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: Executive Branch, John Sarbanes, Labor Legislation, Elijah E. Cummings, U.S. House of Representatives
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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: Executive Branch, Central Intelligence Agency, Justice System, U.S. Department of State, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Harris links IRS scandal to Obamacare in address
Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland used a rare opportunity to speak on behalf of the Republican Party on Saturday to tie the unfolding IRS scandal to President Barack Obama's 2010 overhaul of the nation's health care system. Noting that the Internal...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Parties and Movements, U.S. House of Representatives
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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: Central Intelligence Agency, News Media, Pentagon Papers Release (2011), Eric Holder, The Associated Press
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Amid scandal, Obama focuses on jobs in Baltimore
President Barack Obama told several hundred people gathered at a Baltimore manufacturing plant on Friday that he would keep his administration focused on the economic recovery -- despite a series of political scandals that have rocked the administration...
Tags: Steny Hoyer, Barack Obama, Elections, Interior Policy, Internal Revenue Service
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Scandals put presidential credibility on the line
When the storm of administration scandals first hit President Barack Obama, he offered a good impersonation of Claude Raines in "Casablanca," expressing shock that gambling was going on in Rick's saloon. His verbal outrage at the snooping of the IRS and...
Tags: Political Corruption, Barack Obama, Richard Nixon, Jules Witcover, Internal Revenue Service
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U.S. stagnates under Obama
As President Barack Obama continues to struggle with the economy, his annual budgets and his attempts to unravel the catastrophe of the terrorist attack in Banghazi, Libya where four Americans were killed, I thought examining Mr. Obama's political...
Tags: Barack Obama, Elections, Illinois General Assembly
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Bad faith and Benghazi
"Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night and decided they'd go kill some Americans? What difference -- at this point, what difference does it make?" That was how then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton famously...
Tags: Benghazi, Barack Obama, Libya, U.S. Department of State, Christopher Stevens
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Perez vote delayed as confirmation fight intensifies
WASHINGTON -- A Senate committee vote on Labor Secretary nominee Tom Perez was postponed hours before it was set to take place Wednesday, highlighting what appears to be a growing partisan fight over the confirmation of the former Maryland official. ...
Tags: Martin O'Malley, Labor Legislation, Lamar Alexander, Justice System, Barack Obama
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Pentagon reports sharp rise in sex assaults in military
The Pentagon estimated Tuesday that 26,000 members of the military were sexually assaulted last year, 36 percent more than a year earlier, in a trend so severe that senior officials warned it could threaten recruiting and retention of military personnel....
Tags: Military Justice, Sexual Assault, Barack Obama, Armed Forces, West Point
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Eagle Archive: McDaniel donation comes from graduate of 120 years ago
It only took about 120 years, but an 1891 graduate of then-Western Maryland College, now McDaniel, recently made a donation to the college. It was announced at McDaniel College's recent trustee-faculty dinner that about $6.7 million from the estate of...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Colleges and Universities, Financial Aid
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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: Barack Obama, Budget Control Act of 2011, Elections, Layoffs and Downsizing, Interior Policy
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