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Hastert Vows to Overcome Scandal — J. Dennis Hastert, who was installed as House speaker eight years ago through backroom maneuvering in a moment of crisis for his party, has no distinct power base in Congress, not much of a national reputation and, in an age of television politics, little polish in front of the camera.
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House Republicans Move to Back Hastert — Speaker Gains Support as Lawmakers, President Seek Best Defense Against Scandal — Republicans are calculating that the smartest way to survive the Mark Foley sex scandal is to rally around House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) …
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Hastert Begins Damage Control — House Speaker Reportedly Tells Conservative Activist That Majority Leader Boehner Isnt Telling the Truth — House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., took responsibility for the congressional page scandal Thursday, and made an effort at damage control …
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Watchdog Group Disputes FBI's Claims on E-Mails
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Kim's message: War is coming to US soil — Speaking Freely is an Asia Times Online feature that allows guest writers to have their say. Please click here if you are interested in contributing. — The Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea announced on October 3 …
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A special comment about lying — Keith Olbermann on the difference between terrorists and critics — SPECIAL COMMENT — While the leadership in Congress has self-destructed over the revelations of an unmatched, and unrelieved, march through a cesspool ...
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GOP's Hold on Evangelicals Weakening — Party's Showing in Midterm Elections May Be Hurt as Polls Indicate Support Dropping in Base — ANOKA, Minn. — Lynn Sunde, an evangelical Christian, is considering what for her is a radical step. Come November, she may vote for a Democrat for Congress.
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Investigation to Look at Facebook — University Says Social Networking Site 'Not Exempt' — Columbia will review information and images posted on students' Facebook profiles as part of its investigation into Wednesday night's Minutemen brawl, a University spokesman confirmed Thursday evening.
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Pelosi says she would drain GOP 'swamp' — WASHINGTON - Franklin Roosevelt had his first hundred days. — House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi is thinking 100 hours, time enough, she says, to begin to "drain the swamp" after more than a decade of Republican rule.
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Seizures of radioactive materials fuel 'dirty bomb' fears — SEIZURES of smuggled radioactive material capable of making a terrorist "dirty bomb" have doubled in the past four years, according to official figures seen by The Times. — Smugglers have been caught trying …
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Moronic Convergence: Last Gasp of the Socialist Geezers — It's a Michael Moore remake of Todd Browning's Freaks, in the World Can't Wait Day of Mass Resistance. El Marco was there and has a photo gallery at Flickr: Last Gasp NYC Oct. 5, 2006. — "Mass Resistance," in this case, being defined as: about a thousand people.
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Senator Says U.S. Should Rethink Iraq Strategy — The Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee warned Thursday that the situation in Iraq was "drifting sideways" and said that the United States should consider a "change of course" if violence did not diminish soon.
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New Media A Weapon in New World Of Politics — At first glance, three uproars that buffeted American politics in recent weeks have little in common. — Former congressman Mark Foley (R-Fla.) ended his political career over sexually charged e-mails to former House pages.
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Human Rights Campaign Involved in Gay GOP Witchhunt — **UPDATE BELOW** — David Corn, who said he would never publish the names on "The List", seems to be outing by dribbles now. He has already named a name, proving he is a hypocrite. — But in a stab to the heart of every gay …
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Murtha accused of bribe cover-up — Rep. John P. Murtha's Republican challenger has accused him of negotiating a $50,000 bribe and of trying to cover it up for 26 years. — A recently released FBI video recorded in 1980 shows the Pennsylvania Democrat talking with an FBI agent posing …
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Angels and Intelligence Estimates — Lost between the Foley tsunami and the Woodward hurricane is the storm that began the great Republican collapse of 2006. It was only a few weeks ago that the Republicans were clawing their way back to contention for the November elections …
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Race for Senate control tightens — WASHINGTON — Democrats are within striking distance of winning control of the Senate in the Nov. 7 elections, USA TODAY/Gallup Polls in six key states show as the campaigns head into their final month. — The number of Republican-held seats …
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'Shoot Me First,' Amish Girl Said to Ask — Friend of the Victims' Families Says Girl Tried to Divert Killer From Classmates; Killer Allegedly Said, 'Pray for Me' — ABC Law & Justice Unit — The oldest of the five Amish girls shot dead in a Pennsylvania schoolhouse is said to have stepped forward …
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California Court Upholds State's Ban on Same-Sex Marriage — In the latest turn to a long and winding legal fight over same-sex marriage, a California appeals court on Thursday upheld the state's ban against it. — The 2-to-1 decision, which reversed a lower court's finding that the ban violated …