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Senate Armed Services panel approves defense bill
The Senate Armed Services Committee passed a $625 billion defense bill Friday that would raise the cost cap on the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford and free up nearly $2 billion to restore cuts from sequestration. Sen. Tim Kaine, a member of the...
Tags: Sexual Assault, Timothy M. Kaine, Tammy Duckworth, Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, U.S. Military
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CELEBRITY PRO-AM: A Tradition Like No Other
There is no day like the celebrity pro-am, even if it is not like it was when Sammy Davis Jr.’s name was attached to the tournament. Pro golfers, amateur golfers and celebrities out for fun before the real golf starts on Thursday will be present....
Tags: Jim Calhoun, Rush Limbaugh, Celebrities, Golf, Richard Nixon
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Snooping, past and present
For us aging Vietnam War protesters, the secret domestic surveillance revealed by Edward Snowden, a young former CIA contractor, is like a bad flashback. In 1968, Lyndon Johnson demanded that something be done to curb the demonstrations that were...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, U.S. Congress, Dwayne Johnson, NBC (tv network), Central Intelligence Agency
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Don't be afraid of data mining
A free nation comes under a grave risk of attack. The people are sorely afraid. They naturally look to their government to protect them; it is perhaps the central reason government exists. The government takes steps, many of them secret, some of them...
Tags: FBI, Weaponry, Justice System, Government, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Michigan Democrat Dingell surpasses record for longest tenure in Congress
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON The day that John Dingell first stepped onto the floor of the House of Representatives, he faced a very different America. A woman named Rosa Parks had just been arrested, the name Emmett Till was in the news and a movie star named James Dean...Tags: Health Insurance, U.S. Congress, Steny Hoyer, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter
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It's 110 degrees, but anti-Xi protesters gather in Rancho Mirage
RANCHO MIRAGE – Protesters gathered Friday afternoon near the Sunnylands estate, hours before President Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are expected to arrive for an informal summit. The Falun Gong spiritual movement, which has been banned...
Tags: Plant Closings, Xi Jinping, Barack Obama, Vietnam, Human Rights
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Rep. John Dingell sets new record for congressional service
WASHINGTON – Rep. John Dingell of Michigan on Friday became the longest-serving member of Congress in history, surpassing the longevity record previously held by the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia. Dingell, a Democrat, has now served in...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Government Health Care, Labor Legislation, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Civil Rights
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Joseph S. Eubanks
Joseph S. Eubanks, a noted bass-baritone and Morgan State University music professor who performed with the first American company of "Porgy and Bess," which toured the world in the 1950s, died May 16 of renal failure at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson....
Tags: Fine Artists, Anglicanism, Artists, Awards and Prizes, U.S. Army
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Proud to be an American: The Maryland Defense Force Band to perform Sunday
marieg@herald-mail.comThe powerful chord struck by most patriotic American songs isn’t necessarily the music. It’s the sentiment. Songs like “The Star-Spangled Banner” or “Battle Hymn of the Republic” can lift spirits during hard times,...Tags: Music, Annapolis, Washington, DC, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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INTERVIEW-Shipbuilder Huntington eyes higher profits despite flat sales
Reuters* Huntington CEO stresses focus on performance * Notes tough competition for future orders * Clock ticking on fate of Louisiana shipyard By Andrea Shalal-Esa NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, June 3 (Reuters) - Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc is on track to...Tags: U.S. Navy, Dwayne Johnson, Energy, Aircraft Carriers, Shipbuilding
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Michele Bachmann's record: hot rhetoric, few accomplishments
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON Michele Bachmann's brief tenure in Congress gave her a forum for national attention and fame but rarely translated into legislative success for her cause or political success for herself. Instead, the Minnesota Republican who announced...Tags: Tea Party Movement, U.S. Congress, Washington, DC, Jimmy Carter, Internal Revenue Service
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5/30/2013-New Jersey Shows The Way
Chris Christie might be my kind of Republican. I don't know yet. I haven't looked closely at his record or stand on the issues, but he seems to be a pragmatic politician who's not afraid to build friendships in the other party, at least, with President...
Tags: Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama, Rosalynn Carter, Elections, Jimmy Carter
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