The Americans for Limited Government, which declares itself to be “perpetually ahead of the issue curve,” announced today that Gina McCarthy’s nomination as head of the Environmental Protection Agency will die in the Senate. The reason: EPA’s finding that the...
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Gina McCarthy smiles during her nomination by President Barack Obama to run the Environmental Protection Agency on March 4, 2013 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC.
McCarthy’s EPA Confirmation Targeted
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Outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton poses for a photo after making her farewell address on Feb. 1, 2013 in Washington.
Clinton’s Gonna Miss The Place — May Just Call ‘Ops’ to Talk
Hillary Clinton, former first lady, former senator from New York and now former secretary of state, bade farewell at Foggy Bottom today with a sentimental talk in the lobby. She’s gonna miss the place — and just may be calling...
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Men look at the wreckage of a vehicle near Ain Amenas, Algeria. Algerian bomb squads scouring a gas plant where Islamist militants took dozens of foreign workers hostage found "numerous" new bodies on Jan. 20, 2013 as they searched for explosive traps left behind by the attackers, a security official said, a day after a bloody raid ended the four-day siege of the remote desert refinery.
Terrorists Tagged Twice by State — In Case They Didn’t Get the Memo
The Abdallah Azzam Brigades, a militant organization based in Lebanon and the Arabian Peninsula, is a bad, bad group of terrorists. So bad, in fact, that the U.S. has officially declared them a terrorist organization – for the second time...
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Algerian men look at national newspapers headlining the terrorist attack and kidnapping in Amenas at a news stand in Algiers, on Jan. 17, 2013.
Obama Administration Rations Words — Algerian Terrorism Post-Benghazi
In the aftermath of a bruising partisan battle over what the Obama administration knew about an extremist attack in Benghazi, Libya, and when it knew it, officials are rationing their words for a new crisis in Algeria. White House Press...
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Secretary Clinton's gift.
Clinton’s Crash Helmet: State Gift
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had a gift awaiting her at work today. At a meeting of the chief diplomat’s assistant secretaries, her first day back following a blood clot in her head suffered after a fall and a concussion...
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Secretary Clinton chairs her weekly meeting.
Clinton Back at Work — Facing It
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is back at work. Clinton, who suffered a blood clot in her head after suffering a reported concussion after a fall after suffering from a flu that cancelled her latest globe-trotting mission and postponed any...
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton poses for a photograph prior to the tenth anniversary ceremonies of the September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center.
Hillary Clinton Smiles: That Button!
Most people who meet Hillary Clinton on the street want a picture. Snapping it is the hard part. “Whenever I walk around New York, as I did yesterday at the conclusion of a week in New York for the UN...
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Gallup’s Margin of Error: $10 Million, According to Whistle-blower’s Suit
A lawsuit filed by a former Gallup Inc. employee and joined by the Justice Department says the venerable polling organization, billing itself as “the most trusted name in polling,” has been dishonest with the U.S. government. The suit in U.S....
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JPMorgan Chase and Company CEO Jamie Dimon before a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on June 13, 2012.
Dimon Walked Capitol Hill `Balance’
Here’s one review of JPMorgan Chase & Co. CEO Jamie Dimon’s appearance on Capitol Hill. From a former fellow banker in the Obama administration: Dimon“did very well” in his appearance on Capitol Hill this week, says an administration official who...
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