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U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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    May 19, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  1. Wenstrup asks for input in IRS scandal

    Portsmouth Daily Times, Ohio
    With the Internal Revenue Service scandal centered around Cincinnati, U.S. Representative Brad Wenstrup (R-OH2) is calling on residents of that district to come forward with any information they may have concerning reports the IRS targeted conservative...

    Tags: U.S. Congress, Judges, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Elections, Taxation

    2. May 17, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  2. ATF agents conducting sting let man leave store with gun

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
    ATF agents let a man armed with a gun and threatening to shoot someone walk out of their storefront sting operation in Milwaukee last summer, failing to arrest him or take the weapon, the Journal Sentinel has learned. The suspect, Bobby Ball -- a...

    Tags: Darrell E Issa, U.S. Congress, Chuck Grassley, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Police Investigations

    3. May 14, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  3. In uproar over U.S. seizure of AP records, focus turns to Holder

    Reuters
    By Tabassum Zakaria and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was likely to face a storm of questions on Tuesday over the Justice Department's controversial decision to seize telephone records of the Associated...

    Tags: Darrell E Issa, Journalism, Central Intelligence Agency, Pulitzer Prize Awards, The Associated Press

    4. May 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. With new revelations, outrage spreads about IRS targeting

    WASHINGTON — Top career officials in the Internal Revenue Service withheld information from Congress for months about the tax agency's targeting of conservative organizations for extra scrutiny, according to documents released Monday as a...

    Tags: U.S. Congress, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Washington, DC, White House, Impeachment

    5. May 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Government secretly obtains phone records from journalists

    WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors secretly obtained telephone records from more than 20 lines belonging to the Associated Press and its journalists in an attempt to learn who leaked information on how the CIA thwarted an apparent terrorist plot hatched in Yemen.
    WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors secretly obtained telephone records from more than 20 lines belonging to the Associated Press and its journalists in an attempt to learn who leaked information on how the CIA thwarted an apparent terrorist plot...

    Tags: Eric Holder, Darrell E Issa, Journalism, Central Intelligence Agency, The Associated Press

    6. May 15, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. Not everyone is out to destroy Hillary all the time

    In recent days, Foreign Policy magazine's tally of the number of Hillary Rodham Clinton references during last Wednesday's Benghazi hearing has become grist for politicians and reporters to extrapolate wider political truths about the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee investigation. In total, we counted 32 discussions of the former secretary of state in almost five hours of testimony. To many, this meant one thing: Republicans used the hearing to tarnish Clinton's leadership credentials — a calculated early strike ahead of her anticipated bid for the presidency in 2016.
    In recent days, Foreign Policy magazine's tally of the number of Hillary Rodham Clinton references during last Wednesday's Benghazi hearing has become grist for politicians and reporters to extrapolate wider political truths about the House Oversight...

    Tags: Hillary Clinton, U.S. Department of State, Yeast Infection, Republican Party, Benghazi

    7. May 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Obama dismisses Benghazi criticism as 'sideshow'

    WASHINGTON — A defiant President Obama dismissed as a "sideshow" the controversy over his administration's handling of last year's armed assault in Benghazi, Libya, accusing critics of trying to make political hay from the deaths of four Americans.
    WASHINGTON — A defiant President Obama dismissed as a "sideshow" the controversy over his administration's handling of last year's armed assault in Benghazi, Libya, accusing critics of trying to make political hay from the deaths of four Americans....

    Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Hillary Clinton, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC, White House

    8. May 12, 2013 |Column| Tribune Media Services

  8. Benghazi hearing give GOP another chance to target Hillary

    Jules Witcover
    WASHINGTON -- If former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hoped she could segue quietly into private life as she pondered a presidential bid in 2016, that fantasy has been abruptly harpooned in the resurrection of the political squabble over the...

    Tags: Jules Witcover, Hillary Clinton, U.S. Department of State, Elections, Joe Biden

    9. May 16, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  9. OPINION: Worldview: Real scandal of Benghazi

    The Philadelphia Inquirer
    Yes, Virginia, there is a Benghazi scandal. The scandal is that Rep. Darrell Issa (R., Calif.) and some Republican colleagues are dishonoring the memory of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans by making a political circus out of their...

    Tags: Darrell E Issa, Hillary Clinton, U.S. Department of Defense, Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Department of State

    10. May 16, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  10. GOP demands more despite Benghazi email release

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House release of some 100 pages of emails and notes about the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year has failed to satisfy congressional Republicans, who are demanding more information....

    Tags: Eric Holder, U.S. Congress, Susan Rice, Email, Central Intelligence Agency

    11. May 16, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  11. Ohio groups long ago sounded alarm on IRS

    The Blade
    Conservative Ohio groups more than a year ago raised the alarm that the Internal Revenue Service was holding up their applications for tax-exempt status, leading Ohio U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R., Urbana) to request the audit that led to the IRS's admission...

    Tags: Darrell E Issa, Marcy Kaptur, U.S. House of Representatives, Bob Latta, U.S. Supreme Court

    12. May 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Obama ousts IRS chief over inquiry

    WASHINGTON — President Obama forced out the head of the IRS on Wednesday, seeking to restore the public's faith in the tax agency while asserting a measure of control over a rapidly growing political problem.
    WASHINGTON — President Obama forced out the head of the IRS on Wednesday, seeking to restore the public's faith in the tax agency while asserting a measure of control over a rapidly growing political problem. Making a hastily scheduled statement...

    Tags: Eric Holder, Darrell E Issa, U.S. Congress, Justice System, Barack Obama

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