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McCain opposes Syria strike resolution — Sept. 2, 2013: Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, accompanied by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks with reporters outside the White House in Washington.AP — Sen. John McCain, President Obama's biggest cheerleader on Capitol Hill for a strike in Syria …
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Split Senate Panel Approves Giving Obama Limited Authority on Syria — WASHINGTON — A sharply divided Senate committee voted Wednesday to give President Obama limited authority to use force against Syria, the first step in what remains a treacherous path for Mr. Obama to win Congressional approval for a military attack.
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GOP Congressman Accuses Obama Of Using Syria To Distract From Benghazi, IRS — Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) used Wednesday's hearing on whether or not the United States will take military action in Syria to ask whether the whole debate was a ruse to cover-up the many “scandals” the Obama administration is facing.
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GOP Congressman Asks If Syria Strike Is About Distracting From Benghazi, IRS, NSA
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Senate Panel Votes To Make Regime Change The Goal Of Syria Mission
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Senate panel approves Syria measure
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Senate committee approves Syria war resolution
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Senate committee approves resolution authorizing U.S. strike on Syria

Ted Cruz: U.S. not 'Al Qaeda's air force'
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Anthony Weiner Gets Into Explosive Confrontation With Jewish Voter (VIDEO) — New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner got into an explosive confrontation with a man who brought up his sexting scandal on Wednesday while in the Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Boro Park, Brooklyn.
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Anthony Weiner Blows Up in Absurd Shouting Match with Jewish Voter — Failed mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner yelled at a Jewish voter in Brooklyn's Borough Park after the voter suggested that Weiner should drop out of the mayoral race. Watch the thoughtful discussion of morality and divine judgement that ensued.
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Anthony Weiner Explodes at ‘Jackass’ Voter in Brooklyn
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Epic fall(s) — Grab a chair: Congress is about to get as fascinating and powerful as it gets. — In the next two months, the most unpopular institution in America will decide the fates of a president's power, a military strike, defense contracts, the budget, health-care implementation …
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Obama's political capital spreads thin — President Barack Obama faced a heavy lift in Congress this fall when his agenda included only budget issues and immigration reform. — Now with Syria in the mix, the president appears ready to spend a lot of the political capital that he would have kept …


Former Boehner Aides, GOP Sources: House Speaker Will Step Down After 2014 Elections
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FIRST ON CNN: Boehner turns down request to meet with Russian delegation
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The GOP wants to have it both ways on Syria
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McCaul ‘stunned’ at Kerry's estimate of jihadists among Syrian rebels — A top ranking Republican House member says Secretary of State John Kerry is being “disingenuous” in his estimate of the number of jihadists in the Syrian rebels forces. — House Homeland Security Committee chairman Mike McCaul …
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Putin presses US Congress over Syria, says Kerry lied
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U.N. chief says only Security Council can order airstrikes on Syria
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The Buck Stops Here — Obama goes Galt. — “First of all, I didn't set a red line,” Barack Obama said today at a press conference in Stockholm. “The world set a red line. The world set a red line when governments representing 98% of the world's population said the use of chemical weapons are …
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UPDATED: Siskiyou County supervisors vote to pursue seceding from state — YREKA — The Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 this afternoon to pursue seceding from California. — More than 100 people packed the supervisors' chambers late this morning for a discussion on whether …
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Siskiyou supervisors support withdrawal from California
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Questions of Policy and Leadership Dog Obama Before Meeting in Russia — ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Not even a month ago, President Obama canceled a planned summit meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin, citing Russia's decision to grant asylum to Edward J. Snowden as evidence of a broader deterioration of relations.
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Obama Says ‘World Set a Red Line’ on Chemical Arms
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Titusville slaying suspect claims he stood his ground — Defense team asks for dismissal based on threats from victims — Surveillance footage of Labor Day shooting in Titu...: Surveillance footage from the home of William Woodward on the night he allegedly shot three of his neighbors, killing two, and severely wounding another.
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Old ‘cheap’ Republicans ‘raped’ America: Video captures award-winning professor's anti-Republican rant — A professor at Michigan State University (MSU) opened the first day of his creative writing class on Thursday by bashing Mitt and Ann Romney and ranting against “old Republicans” …
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Gender abortions: criminal charges not in ‘public interest’ says CPS — Doctors who agreed to arrange illegal abortions based on the sex of an unborn baby have been told they will not face criminal charges, despite prosecutors admitting that there is enough evidence to take them to court, it emerged on Wednesday night.
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‘Obama’ commode sparks controversy in NM town — Outhouse sign says “Obama's Presidential Library” — Just a stone's-throw away from historic Route 66 in Tucumcari sits a sign that everyone's talking about. — The sign sits atop an outhouse and says “Obama's Presidential Library.”
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U.S. Unconventional Oil and Gas Revolution to Increase Disposable Income by More than $2,700 per Household and Boost U.S. Trade Position by More than $164 billion in 2020, New IHS Study Says — More than 3.3 million jobs will be supported in 2020 as the unconventional oil …
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