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Obama Optimistic Despite 'Shortage of Common Sense' in DC

Posted on Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 3:23 PM

ATLANTA — President Obama said today he remains optimistic about the prospects for his second term agenda despite what he called a “shortage of common sense” in the nation’s capital. “We’ve got good, common-sense solutions that we can implement right now.  The bad news is,...

    


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'Nation' Editor on Potential Anthony Weiner NYC Mayoral Bid: He 'Needs a Few More Years in the Wilderness'

Posted on Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 12:23 PM

During an exclusive to web interview with “This Week,” Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of “The Nation,” addressed the possibility of a New York City mayoral bid by Anthony Weiner, saying the former New York congressman, who resigned in 2011, needed a “few more...

    


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Obama Tells Grads 'I Might Have Been in Prison'

Posted on Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 12:11 PM

ATLANTA — President Obama said today that he is motivated by the knowledge that “but for the grace of God … I might have been in prison,” in a commencement address at historically black Morehouse College, where he spoke frankly about race and young men’s...

    


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George Will: Impeachment Talk Is 'Silly'

Posted on Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 10:43 AM

Below you can find some of the notable comments made Sunday on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.” Appearing on today’s show was Obama senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer, Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., and Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. Plus, our...

    


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'This Week' Transcript: White House Senior Adviser Dan Pfeiffer

Posted on Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 8:47 AM

Dan Pfeiffer is interviewed on 'This Week'

    


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Pfeiffer: IRS Behavior 'Inexcusable' Whether or Not Illegal

Posted on Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 6:39 AM

This morning on “This Week,” White House Senior Adviser Dan Pfeiffer told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on “This Week” that the legality surrounding the targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue service is “irrelevant,” but called the behavior “inexcusable.” “I can’t speak to the law...

    


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Republicans Informed of IRS Investigation Last Year

Posted on Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 5:51 AM

Much has been made of the fact that senior Treasury Department officials were told about the investigation into the treatment of tea party groups in June 2012 — months before last year’s the Presidential election. Republicans who requested the investigation were also told about it...

    


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Michelle Obama Makes Light of President's Failures

Posted on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 5:31 PM

Delivering her only speech at a high school graduation this year, first lady Michelle Obama joked about the failures her husband, President Obama, has encountered in life as she told a graduating class of high school seniors in Nashville, Tenn. today that in order to...

    


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Obama Goes Golfing After Week of Political Scandals

Posted on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 10:35 AM

WASHINGTON — President Obama — despite dealing with a trio of political scandals that flared up this week — squeezed in some time on the golf course today, and included a woman in his foursome for the first time this year. The president played golf...

    


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Obama Pivots to Jobs Tour

Posted on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 5:20 AM

After a week filled with political scandals, President Obama turned to promoting his jobs tour in his weekly address Saturday. “That’s why I like getting out of the Washington echo chamber whenever I can – because too often, our politics aren’t focused on the same...

    


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Watch: Michele Bachmann: The IRS Targeting of Tea Party Groups Tied to Obama's Political Agenda

Posted on Friday, May 17, 2013 at 6:31 PM

Chair of the Tea Party Caucus discusses IRS scandal, health care, and possible presidential aspirations.

    


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General Sorry for 'Hook-up' Comments

Posted on Friday, May 17, 2013 at 4:59 PM

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh apologized Friday for comments he made last week that a “hook-up mentality” among America’s youth might be responsible for some sexual assaults in the military.  The comments were criticized by members of Congress and victims’ advocacy groups....

    


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IRS Planted Question About Tax Exempt Groups

Posted on Friday, May 17, 2013 at 3:49 PM

The Internal Revenue Service planted a question at an American Bar Association conference in order to reveal that it had inappropriately targeted conservative groups prior to the 2012 elections.  But members of Congress are questioning why they weren’t told earlier. The question that prompted Lois...

    


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Treasury Secy Told of IRS Probe in March

Posted on Friday, May 17, 2013 at 2:52 PM

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew was first informed in March that there was an investigation into the IRS’ screening of nonprofit groups, but did not learn the details of that probe until last week, he said today. “In mid March, I had had a conversation, just...

    


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Watch: Miller: 'I Did Not Mislead Congress'

Posted on Friday, May 17, 2013 at 1:15 PM

IRS commissioner testifies on Capitol Hill following alleged targeting of conservative political groups.

    


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