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Sen. Mark Udall, Bashing CIA, Reveals Classified Findings on Interrogation Program — “The CIA is lying,” the Colorado Democrat said on the Senate floor Wednesday. — In a career-defining speech, Sen. Mark Udall took to the Senate floor Wednesday to disclose classified information regarding …
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Sen. Bob Kerrey: Partisan torture report fails America — Intelligence agencies need guidance to do better, Senate Democrats failed to provide it. — I regret having to write a piece that is critical of the Democratic members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
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Senate Dem: ‘The CIA is lying’ — Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) on Wednesday called on President Obama to “purge” his administration of the CIA officials who were involved in the “enhanced interrogation” program detailed in a new Senate report. — “It's bad enough to not prosecute these officials …


McConnell: Torture Report Was One Last ‘Thumb In The Eye’ Of Bush Admin
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Obama Avoids Taking Sides on Effectiveness of C.I.A. Techniques
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Fox News Host: Get Over CIA Torture Report Because “America Is Awesome”
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Elizabeth Warren to Dems: Kill the bill — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) called on Democrats in the House to use their leverage and reject a bipartisan spending bill to keep the government open until a measure tucked inside rolling back a piece of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law is removed.
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Support frays on left for spending bill — John Boehner is pushing his members to support a bipartisan $1.1 trillion funding bill to keep the government open, vowing that it will provoke a fight with President Barack Obama in 2015 when the party is in a stronger position to take him on.


Landrieu run again? ‘Oh Lord, no’ — Sen. Mary Landrieu pretty much dismissed any notion that she would run again for governor, the Senate or any other public office. — “Oh Lord, no,” the Louisiana Democrat said Wednesday. — Story Continued Below — “Well, let me say …
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College president sorry for saying ‘All lives matter’ — Smith College President Kathleen McCartney never meant to say “all lives matter,” she explained to angry students. — The president of prestigious Smith College is red-faced and apologetic Tuesday for telling students on the Northampton, Mass., campus that “all lives matter.”
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Growing Public Support for Gun Rights — More Say Guns Do More to Protect Than Put People at Risk — For the first time in more than two decades of Pew Research Center surveys, there is more support for gun rights than gun control. Currently, 52% say it is more important to protect …
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Pew poll: Support for gun rights exceeds gun control
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Dems push to revive failed gun control legislation
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Harry Reid's new mission: Blocking ‘crazy stuff’ — An interview with the Senate's incoming minority leader. — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has had one of the hardest jobs in Washington for the past six years as he battled Republicans, struggled to keep his party in power and worked to advance President Barack Obama's agenda.
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What will Cruz do? — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) faces …
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Lena Dunham: Why I Chose To Speak Out — The ways I've been attacked for sharing my story show how far we have to go when discussing sexual assault. — Mike Marsland / WireImage / BuzzFeed — It has been almost a decade since I was sexually assaulted.
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Voters Repeal Fayetteville Civil Rights Ordinance … FAYETTEVILLE (KFSM)- Fayetteville voters have repealed the city's Civil Rights Ordinance following a special election Tuesday (Dec. 9). — Those in favor of repeal got 52% of the vote with 7,523 ballots cast.
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I'm Ready for Hillary — Hillary Clinton is by far the most qualified person in the United States to serve as President. If she runs, I will support her. I have known Hillary for almost twenty-five years. We first met when I was the governor of Vermont and she was the First Lady …
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Exposing deceit as he ‘humbly’ begs our pardon — Modesty does not become Jonathan Gruber, the man who both helped conceive (in 2009) and unmask (in 2014) ObamaCare. — Gruber tried to eat humble pie Tuesday as he appeared before a House committee to explain video footage that emerged …
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Millionaires' choice for president: Hillary — Top presidential pick among millionaires is ... CNBC's Robert Frank reveals the result of a recent survey which shows Hillary Clinton as the top presidential choice for the 2016 election. Also Ken Langone explains why he is backs New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
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Rep. Peter King: Senate Report Not Torture, Just People Having “To Stand In Awkward Positions” — “We're not talking about anyone being burned or stabbed or cut or anything like that. We're talking about people being made to stand in awkward in positions, have water put into their nose and into their mouth.
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Parents angry after school tells 13-year-olds they can have sex, choose gender — Students at Acalanes High School in Northern California were given this gender identity chart in a sex ed class conducted by the local Planned Parenthood chapter. — Students at one northern California high school …
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Delays plague Hillary Clinton's State Dept. files — 1 photo — WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has failed to turn over government documents covering Hillary Rodham Clinton's tenure as secretary of state that The Associated Press and others requested under the U.S. Freedom …
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Judge sets deadline for James Risen subpoena — A federal judge is giving Attorney General Eric Holder one week to decide whether to press forward with the Justice Department's years-long effort to force New York Times reporter James Risen to testify against one of his alleged sources …
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Rick Santorum is running for president again — and says this time will be different — Rick Santorum won primaries and caucuses in 11 states in 2012, coming in a respectable second in the GOP presidential primary season. And Republicans have a history of bestowing their nomination on the next guy in line …
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Congressman Defends His DC Anti-Pot Measure: 'DC's Not A State' — The U.S. congressman who inserted language in the omnibus spending bill to block Washington, D.C.'s marijuana legalization ballot initiative says it doesn't violate the principle of state's rights.
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