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WH Benghazi emails have different quotes than earlier reported — (CBS News) WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama called Thursday for tighter security for U.S. diplomatic facilities to prevent an attack like the one in Benghazi, Libya, last year that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.
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Americans' Attention to IRS, Benghazi Stories Below Average — Most Americans, however, say both deserve continuing investigation — PRINCETON, NJ — Slim majorities of Americans are very or somewhat closely following the situations involving the Internal Revenue Service (54%) …
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Wow, This is Pretty Epic — Generally, once partisan, tendentious sources leak information that turns out to be wrong, nothing's ever done about it. That's for many reasons, some good or somewhat understandable, mostly bad. But on CBS Evening News tonight, Major Garrett did something …
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It's Official: Those Bogus Email Leaks Came From Republicans — It's not as if we didn't know this already, but today Major Garrett made it official: last week's leaks that misquoted the Benghazi emails came directly from Republicans. Here's the report on the CBS Evening News:
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Woodward: IRS scandal ‘a big mess’ but ‘not yet’ Watergate — Bob Woodward on Friday said the IRS's targeting of conservative groups had “not yet” risen to the level of Watergate. — “It's a big mess, obviously,” Woodward said on MSNBC's Morning Joe. “I know there have been these comparisons to Watergate.
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Weiner's Wife Didn't Disclose Consulting Work She Did While Serving in State Dept.
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Huma Abedin allowed to represent clients while at State
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Republicans Altered Benghazi Emails, CBS News Report Claims
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Poll: Scandal interest below average
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House panel opens hearing on IRS targeting of conservative groups — A House committee grilled the outgoing acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service on Friday about the targeting of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, eliciting an admission that the agency …
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Congressional Hearings on I.R.S. Scandal Begin
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Scandal Machine — When politicians want to turn scandals …
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G.O.P., Energized, Weighs How Far to Take Inquiries
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White House counsel should resign if she knew about IRS abuses — I've been told today by several reporters that President Obama's White House counsel, Kathryn Ruemmler, knew for several days — perhaps weeks —that some Internal Revenue Service officials were engaging in political targeting …
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford in ‘crack cocaine’ video scandal — A video that appears to show Toronto's mayor smoking crack is being shopped around by a group of Somali men involved in the drug trade. … This photo shows Toronto Mayor Rob Ford with a man who, according to a source, is fatal gunshot victim Anthony Smith.
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For Sale: A Video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Smoking Crack Cocaine — Rob Ford, Toronto's conservative mayor, is a wild lunatic given to making bizarre racist pronouncements and randomly slapping refrigerator magnets on cars. One reason for this is that he smokes crack cocaine.
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IRS Official in Charge During Tea Party Targeting Now Runs Health Care Office — The Internal Revenue Service official in charge of the tax-exempt organizations at the time when the unit targeted tea party groups now runs the IRS office responsible for the health care legislation.
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Stevens: Rationale for Bush v. Gore was “unacceptable” — The former Supreme Court justice speaks out on John Roberts and the case that decided the 2000 election — Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens said Thursday night that he's come to the realization that the rationale behind …
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Karen Handel Enters Georgia Senate Race — Former Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel announced her campaign for Senate on Friday morning, as the state's Republican convention was set to kick off in Athens. — “States, especially those with Republican governors, are doing a good job …
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Three life rules from Donald Rumsfeld — To view this content, Javascript must be enabled and Adobe Flash Player must be installed. — Subscribe to podcast - Download audio - Embed player - Audio player assistance - Pop-Up — Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld published his memoir, “Known and Unknown” in 2011.
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Russia Sends More Advanced Missiles to Aid Assad in Syria — WASHINGTON — Russia has shipped an advanced antiship cruise missile to Syria, a move that illustrates the depth of its support for the Syrian government led by President Bashar al-Assad, American officials said on Thursday.
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Officials on Benghazi: “We made mistakes, but without malice” — Obama administration officials who were in key positions on Sept. 11, 2012 acknowledge that a range of mistakes were made the night of the attacks on the U.S. missions in Benghazi, and in messaging to Congress and the public in the aftermath.
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Hofstra student shot dead during home invasion: police — UNIONDALE — A Hofstra University student and an armed suspect were fatally shot during a break-in at a Long Island home early this morning. — A man armed with a handgun and wearing a ski mask busted into a home on California Ave …
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Reporter Turned White House Spokesman Enjoys the Hot Seat — WASHINGTON — For the better part of a decade, Jay Carney sat slumped in his tiny chair in the White House briefing room, parsing, challenging and at times pillorying the words of an array of press secretaries.
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