Letter From Washington: Distortions That Still Require Decisive Action
Source: The New York Times
Graham :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 09:06:01 -0700 | political-news
Here is the White House view of the current trilogy of so-called scandals: Republicans are trying to destroy President Barack Obama's second term by magnifying bureaucratic miscues and distorting policy realities...On none of these issues the deadly debacle at the...
Senators weighing landmark immigration bill defeat GOP effort to boost ID requirements
Source: Star Tribune
Graham :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 19:16:23 -0700 | political-news
Senators weighing a landmark immigration bill defeated an effort by Republicans Tuesday to require biometric identification such as fingerprinting to track who is entering and leaving the country. The amendment by Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., would have required a biometric...
Gay-rights issue may kill Gang of Eight's immigration reform bill
Source: The Hill
Graham :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-09 15:06:18 -0700 | political-news
The Senate Gang of Eight, which crafted the immigration legislation, pledged to fight off poison pill amendments that would derail the bill. But one controversial proposal has already divided the group. An amendment sponsored by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick...
Gang of Eight makes it easier for Asylum Seekers, like Boston Marathon Suspects, to come to U.S.
Source: Canadian Free Press
Graham :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-04-24 06:57:19 -0700 | political-news
The Gang of Eight's 844-page immigration reform legislation makes it easier for asylum seekers to come to America. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, the Boston Marathon bomber suspect, who was apprehended last Friday, after he was found wounded in a boat in...
People On Terror Watch List Not Blocked From Buying Guns
Source: National Public Radio
Graham :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-04-24 01:02:20 -0700 | political-news
Even al-Qaida gloats about what's possible under U.S. gun laws. In June 2011, a senior al-Qaida operative named Adam Gadahn released a video message rallying people to take advantage of opportunities those laws provide. "America is absolutely awash with easily...
Lawmakers vow bombing investigations
Source: The Hill
Graham :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-04-23 06:06:22 -0700 | political-news
Boehner said the House Judiciary, Intelligence, and Homeland Security committees would all be looking into how closely the FBI investigated Tsarnaev, who was killed Friday after he and his younger brother allegedly carried out a string of bombings and shootings...
WA caucus: Ron Paul wins exit poll for 2nd Legislative District
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Graham :: WA :: USA | updated 2012-07-26 00:53:57 -0700 | political-news
Hundreds of people showed up for the Washington state 2nd Legislative District Pierce County GOP caucus this morning. So much so, that after the 10 a.m. deadline to start the program had passed, 200 people were still waiting outside, with...
Obama and Hillary, the most admired in the U.S.
Posted by: Vicky247
Graham :: WA :: USA | updated 2012-06-02 16:16:38 -0700 | political-news
"The president and Secretary of State are man and woman recognized by the citizens of North American country, according to a survey published by the consultancy Gallup and the newspaper USA Today." With a 17% popular support, Obama headed for...
U.S. grills 'hostile' Three of bin Laden wives, via Pakistan officials
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Graham :: WA :: USA | updated 2012-04-11 03:08:54 -0700 | political-news
USA Washington Three of Osama bin Laden's wives have been interrogated by U.S. intelligence officers under the supervision of Pakistani's intelligence service, according to sources in both governments. The youngest of the three wives, 29-year-old Amal Ahmed Abdulfattah of Yemen,...
AMERICAN White House has been goes silent on bin Laden raid
Posted by: as12ad34
Graham :: WA :: USA | updated 2012-04-11 03:09:14 -0700 | political-news
WHITE HOUSE WASHIGTON It’s important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was ,” Obama said in an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes.” “That’s not who we are. We don’t trot out this stuff as...
Clinton Lauds Palestinian Institutional Reforms
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Graham :: WA :: USA | updated 2012-11-02 03:42:23 -0700 | political-news
Institutional reforms being made by the Palestinian Authority are “building a new reality” and adding to outside confidence in Palestinian self-governing capabilities, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says. Speaking October 20 to members of the nongovernmental organization...
Pentagon plans speeding up 'bunker buster' bomb
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Graham :: WA :: USA | updated 2011-07-28 14:39:14 -0700 | political-news
WASHINGTON: The US military said it wants to speed up production plans for an enormous "bunker buster" bomb, amid international concern over underground nuclear sites in Iran and North Korea. The Pentagon has asked Congress for extra money to ensure...
Sessions takes on Senate immigration gang
Source: CNN
Graham :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 22:18:30 -0700 | political-news
What's wrong with the "Gang of Eight" comprehensive immigration reform bill? Jeff Sessions has a lot of answers to that question, but he starts by pointing to a picture of a modest white house built in the early 1930s in...
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