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Reagan OMB chief: Ryan's budget a 'fairy tale'
August 14, 2012 David Stockman, former director of the Office of Management and Budget during Ronald Reagan’s first term, thoroughly broke down Rep. Paul Ryan’s “fairy tale” budget plan in a New York Times op-ed on Tuesday. Stockman cuts through the Ryan plan, attacking the GOP for agreeing to Wall Street bailouts and ...
U.S. destroyer collides with oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz
August 13, 2012 A U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer collided with an oil tanker just outside the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, leaving a gaping 10-foot-square hole in the side of the vessel, the Associated Press reports. No one on either vessel was injured. The Panamanian-flagged and Japanese-owned bulk oil tanker M/V Otowasan ...
Three Americans killed by gunman in Afghan army uniform
August 10, 2012 Three American soldiers were shot and killed on Friday in Afghanistan by a man in an Afghan army uniform, the Associated Press reports. The attacker, a member of the police in Helmand province, joined the insurgency after the attack, the Taliban confirmed to AP. This is the third such attack ...
Rice, McCain among speakers at the Republican convention
August 6, 2012 South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., top the list of featured speakers at the Republican National Convention later this month, the Tampa Bay Times reported. Among the other “brightest stars” of the party, as RNC Chairman Reince Priebus described them, ...
Three planes nearly collide midair at Reagan National Airport
August 2, 2012 Three commuter jets nearly collided in midair on Tuesday at Reagan National Airport, the airport used heavily by members of Congress and other government officials, The Washington Post reported. Air traffic controllers directed two US Airways flights to take off head-on in the direction of an airplane coming in to ...
Video: Romney spokesman tells reporters to 'shove it'
July 31, 2012 WARSAW, Poland -- A traveling press secretary for the Romney campaign had some choice words for the press corps on Tuesday in Warsaw, Poland, at one point telling reporters to “kiss my ass” and “shove it." As Mitt Romney was leaving a stop at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, ...
First lady arrives in London, calls games 'awe-inspiring'
July 27, 2012 First Lady Michelle Obama is in London for the Olympic Games to promote her Let’s Move campaign, and said that watching the Games will be “awe-inspiring” and “humbling.” Obama is to lead the official U.S. delegation to the Games, which includes former athletes Grant Hill and Summer Sanders. She and ...
Senator: White House behind national security leaks
July 24, 2012 The chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Monday the White House was behind recent national security leaks in part, but would not implicate President Obama on the matter, the Associated Press reports. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said that although she is sure the president is not disclosing secret information ...
DNC apologizes to Ann Romney for horse videos
July 19, 2012 The latest Web videos from the Democratic National Committee, which make fun of the Romney’s award-winning horse, may have gone a bit far, spokesman Brad Woodhouse told ABC News on Wednesday. The DNC, in showing how Mitt Romney “dances” around the issues, displayed the Romney’s dancing show horse, Rafalca, in ...
First Democratic lawmaker says Holder should be held in contempt
June 27, 2012 The first Democratic member of Congress has said that he will vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt for withholding documents related to the “Fast and Furious” investigation that has plagued the Justice Department, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, joined House Republicans on Tuesday ...
