THE RACE: Presidential race is most costly ever

Source: KLTV

The Senate Ethics committee has admonished Republican Sen. Tom Coburn over his involvement with a staffer to former Sen. John Ensign.More >> The Senate Ethics Committee admonished Republican Sen. Tom Coburn ...
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The US, Pakistan and that dysfunctional relationship

Source: Gideon Rachman

The latest signs of ill-feeling came as a Senate committee voted unanimously on Thursday evening to cut $33m from next year’s foreign aid budget for Pakistan, $1m for every year in the jail sentence that Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi was awarded ear ...
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THE RACE: Presidential race is most costly ever

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Drone Strikes Continue in Pakistan as Tension Increases and Senate Panel Cuts Aid

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- As tension between Pakistan and the United States deepened on multiple fronts on Thursday, a Senate panel voted to cut aid to Pakistan further, and C.I.A. drone strikes continued in n ...
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Top Hillsborough grads look for honesty in candidates

Source: Tampa Bay Online

The biggest, most diverse and technologically connected generation in American history cares little for political parties, labels or promises they know won't be kept. These Millennials do care about education, hea ...
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Does military service still matter for the presidency?

Source: The Washington Post

In every presidential election since 1992, the candidate with the less distinguished military résumé has triumphed. Bill Clinton defeated war heroes George H.W. Bush and Bob Dole; National Guard pilot George W. Bush beat Vietnam veterans Al Gore an ...
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Presidential race is most costly ever

Source: Mail.com

The battle between President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney will be the most expensive presidential contest ever — by a long shot. There are two main reasons. It's the first time both major-party candidat ...
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Senate Republicans join House in second-guessing military leaders on biofuels

Source: Grist

Earlier this week, I wrote about the Republican-led House Armed Services Committee voting through a provision that would kill the U.S. military’s ambitious biofuels program. Last night, the Senate Armed Services Committee did the sa ...
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Obama warns backers: This will be a close election

Source: Detroit Free Press

In addition to raising money and firing up supporters, President Obama is warning Democrats not to take his re-election for granted. "This election is going to be even closer than the last one," Obama told Iowa Democrats last night in Iowa. ...
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