Politics

Congress seeks data on Lejeune water contamination (McClatchy Newspapers)

March 9, 2010

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Congressional investigators late Tuesday requested detailed documents from Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and a private contractor that was involved in the testing and cleanup of contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, N.C.
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Chief Justice Roberts calls State of Union scene 'troubling' (AP)

AP - U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said Tuesday the scene at President Obama's State of the Union address was "very troubling" and the annual speech has "degenerated to a political pep rally."
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Analysis: For Obama, Iraq elections are good news (AP)

AP - Consumed by domestic battles over health care and the ravaged economy, President Barack Obama had nearly fallen silent on foreign policy — until Sunday, when several things began breaking his way. First among them: the Iraq election.
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Pa. Dems pick Critz as nominee to fill Murtha seat (AP)

AP - Pennsylvania Democrats have chosen former congressional aide Mark Critz as the nominee for a special election to fill the U.S. House seat once held by late Rep. John Murtha.
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UNAMID: 2 missing Darfur peacekeepers found (AP)

AP - The U.N.-African Union mission in Darfur says two of its peacekeepers who went missing after an ambush on their patrol earlier this week have safely returned to base.
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APNewsBreak: US said to eye DC for Gitmo trial (AP)

AP - The Obama administration is considering a criminal trial in Washington for the Guantanamo Bay detainee suspected of masterminding the bombing of a Bali nightclub that killed 202 people, a plan that would bring one of the world's most notorious terror
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Obama orders Afghan strategy into force (AFP)

AFP - President Barack Obama has given fateful orders likely to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan in a political gamble meant to forge an eventual US exit from a costly and gruelling war.
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Africans boycott meetings at UN climate talks (AP)

AP - African countries ended a boycott of meetings at U.N. climate negotiations on Tuesday, after winning promises for more in-depth talks on how much rich nations need to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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Financial overhaul added to Obama's to-do list (AP)

AP - Barack Obama isn't president yet, but his must-do list just got longer.
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