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Carly Fiorina Announces Presidential Campaign With a Jab at Hillary Clinton: “She clearly is not trustworthy, … Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina announced her run for president on “Good Morning America” today, calling herself the “best person for the job” while also taking a shot at Hillary Clinton …
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The Definitive H&H Carly Fiorina Scouting Report — What she's got: High-level executive and management experience from her tenure as head honcho of Hewlett-Packard; private-sector bona fides bolstering her economic message; compelling secretary-to-CEO professional biography …
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Ben Carson announces his run for President — UNDATED (WKRC) — The Republican field of candidates continues to widen. Retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson is expected to make a major announcement at an event tomorrow in his hometown of Detroit. But in an exclusive interview tonight …
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Carly Fiorina: ‘Yes, I am running for president’ — Carly Fiorina announced Monday that she will seek the Republican nomination for 2016, becoming the latest entrant in an increasingly crowded field of candidates. — “Yes, I am running for president,” she said on ABC's “Good Morning America …
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The Note: And Then There Were Five … NOTABLES —FIORINA, CARSON JOIN INCREASINGLY-CROWDED GOP FIELD: In an exclusive interview with ABC's GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS on “Good Morning America” today, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina said she is running for president in 2016 …
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Fiorina and Huckabee Joining G.O.P. Race on Heels of Carson
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A look back at Carly Fiorina: 2016 Republican presidential candidate
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American Way: Why a diverse range of candidates could help Republicans against Hillary
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Republican Carly Fiorina Says She Is Running for President
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For Hillary Clinton, a trust deficit to surmount
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Outside Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas, 2 gunmen are killed and guard is shot — Two gunmen were killed and a security guard wounded in an attack Sunday outside a controversial Dallas-area event where organizers were holding a contest for cartoons featuring the Muslim prophet Muhammad, police said.
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Garland shooting: 2 killed after they open fire at Mohammed cartoon event — Story highlights — (CNN)Two men opened fire outside an event holding a cartoon contest of the Prophet Mohammed before they were shot dead by police in suburban Dallas Sunday night.
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Gunmen open fire outside ‘Muhammad Art Exhibit’ at Garland ISD facility, police say — Bruce Joiner, a Garland ISD security officer, was treated at a local hospital and released. — Two gunmen opened fire Sunday evening outside a contest for cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad …


2 Killed in Texas After Firing on Anti-Islam Group's Event
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Bill Clinton Defends His Foundation's Foreign Money — Bill Clinton says he has no regrets about taking millions in foreign cash for his foundation — even though the donations have caused a political headache for Hillary Clinton as she tries to follow him into the Oval Office.
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The Clintons, a luxury jet and their $100 million donor from Canada — Bill Clinton was planning a charity trip to Latin America and needed a big plane. — For Frank Giustra, who had never met the former president, this was an opportunity. The Canadian mining magnate …
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Official: One of Texas Shooting Suspects ID's … One of the suspects in the shooting in Garland, Texas, late Sunday has been identified as Elton Simpson, an Arizona man who was previously the subject of a terror investigation, according to a senior FBI official.
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Two shot near Garland events center — Two men were shot in a parking lot outside the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland Sunday afternoon, SWAT officials told News 8. — Those men possibly had explosives on them, SWAT officials said. Everyone at the center, which was hosting a Muhammad Art exhibit …
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Race, Class and Neglect — Every time you're tempted to say that America is moving forward on race — that prejudice is no longer as important as it used to be — along comes an atrocity to puncture your complacency. Almost everyone realizes, I hope, that the Freddie Gray affair …


Extreme secrecy eroding support for Obama's trade pact — Classified briefings and bill-readings in basement rooms are making members queasy. — Getty — If you want to hear the details of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal the Obama administration is hoping to pass …
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