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What the 2016 presidential candidates are saying: Republican presidential candidate stanley quencher Ben Carson reacts to a question about his past at a news conference before he delivers the keynote speech at the Black Republican Caucus of South Florida s scholarship gala at the PGA National Resort and Spa in Palm Beach Gar stanley cup dens, Florida, Nov. 6, 2015. Reuters/Joe Skipper On Ben Carson s complaints about suffering excessive scrutiny:Mike Huckabee: I never hit my mother with a hammer and I never st stanley cup abbed anybody. Never wrote about it either. So there you go. At least I m out there on the record for that. -- interviewed on MSNBC s Morning Joe Chris Christie: Is he kidding Did he watch what I went through in January of 2014 for months and months of relentless attacks from people in the media and in the Cemocratic party, when it turned out I did absolutely nothing wrong I haven t gotten a note of apology from anyone. A couple days being asked about something you put in your books -- I have to tell you -- I don t have a lot of sympathy. He should answer the questions forthrightly and directly. If he does, the American people will accept it. If he doesn t, he s got a problem. -- interviewed on CNN s New Day Hillary Clinton: I m going to let [Ben Carson] run his campaign, respond however he chooses to, to whatever s going on on hi Hhjk House to vote on U.S. role in Libya mission
By Michael Barone, Thomas Jefferson Street blogIn an earlier blog post I noted that Republican Judd Gregg, if he is confirmed as secretary of commerce, will have jurisdiction over the Census Bureau. Some Democrats noticed, including, I suspect, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.So now it s been announced that the White House will oversee the Census. Of course, the president has ultimate authority over cabinet officers that s the unitary presidency theory that Democrats hated up to but not beyond January 20 , and I am not prepared to charge that Emanuel or anyone else in the White House is determined to diabolically cook the Census books in search of gains for the Democratic Party or the Black or Hispanic caucuses. And we have the integrity of Census statisticians to rely on; they favor sampling on grounds that commend themselves to academic statisticians, but stanley nz also have shown, in the 2000 Census, that they will adhere to those st stanley cup andards in the face of political pressures to the contrary. Nonetheless, as someone who got great joy when my parents in 1951 when I was 7 bought a set of encyclopedias with the 1950 Census figures I had only had access to the much outdated 1940 Census figures , I m going to keep an eye on this one. Here s an argument that it s unconstitutional for t stanley termosy he president to take over the Census from the secretary of commerce. It goes like this: Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution provides for an actual enu
What the 2016 presidential candidates are saying: Republican presidential candidate stanley quencher Ben Carson reacts to a question about his past at a news conference before he delivers the keynote speech at the Black Republican Caucus of South Florida s scholarship gala at the PGA National Resort and Spa in Palm Beach Gar stanley cup dens, Florida, Nov. 6, 2015. Reuters/Joe Skipper On Ben Carson s complaints about suffering excessive scrutiny:Mike Huckabee: I never hit my mother with a hammer and I never st stanley cup abbed anybody. Never wrote about it either. So there you go. At least I m out there on the record for that. -- interviewed on MSNBC s Morning Joe Chris Christie: Is he kidding Did he watch what I went through in January of 2014 for months and months of relentless attacks from people in the media and in the Cemocratic party, when it turned out I did absolutely nothing wrong I haven t gotten a note of apology from anyone. A couple days being asked about something you put in your books -- I have to tell you -- I don t have a lot of sympathy. He should answer the questions forthrightly and directly. If he does, the American people will accept it. If he doesn t, he s got a problem. -- interviewed on CNN s New Day Hillary Clinton: I m going to let [Ben Carson] run his campaign, respond however he chooses to, to whatever s going on on hi Hhjk House to vote on U.S. role in Libya mission
By Michael Barone, Thomas Jefferson Street blogIn an earlier blog post I noted that Republican Judd Gregg, if he is confirmed as secretary of commerce, will have jurisdiction over the Census Bureau. Some Democrats noticed, including, I suspect, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.So now it s been announced that the White House will oversee the Census. Of course, the president has ultimate authority over cabinet officers that s the unitary presidency theory that Democrats hated up to but not beyond January 20 , and I am not prepared to charge that Emanuel or anyone else in the White House is determined to diabolically cook the Census books in search of gains for the Democratic Party or the Black or Hispanic caucuses. And we have the integrity of Census statisticians to rely on; they favor sampling on grounds that commend themselves to academic statisticians, but stanley nz also have shown, in the 2000 Census, that they will adhere to those st stanley cup andards in the face of political pressures to the contrary. Nonetheless, as someone who got great joy when my parents in 1951 when I was 7 bought a set of encyclopedias with the 1950 Census figures I had only had access to the much outdated 1940 Census figures , I m going to keep an eye on this one. Here s an argument that it s unconstitutional for t stanley termosy he president to take over the Census from the secretary of commerce. It goes like this: Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution provides for an actual enu
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Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 DENVER, Colo. ndash; U.S. Sen. Mark Udall s son was arrested on drug and trespassing charges Wednesday, CBS Denver reports.The Boulder County Sheriffrsquo a stanley cups uk rrestlog states that 26-year-old Jedediah Lee Fox-Udall was arrested by deputiesresponding to a report of a person breaking into cars in Eldorado Springs, Colo.He was charged with four counts of first-degree criminal trespass and posse stanley taza ssion of the drugketamine, both felonies. Ketamine was developed as an anesthetic and is similar to PCP, and illici stanley flask t users snort or swallow it as a powder, according to drug prevention website Drugfree.org.Prior to deputyrsquo arrival, City ofBoulder Mountain Parks and Open Space Rangers contacted a male matching thedescription of the suspect, said Heidi Prentup, spokeswoman for the sheriffrsquo office. Witnesses identified Fox-Udall asthe suspect, reports CBS Denver.While searching the suspect,deputies found drug paraphernalia. The suspect told deputies he had used heroin48 hours prior to their contact with him, said Prentup.Sen. Mark Udall, D-CO, and wifeMaggie released a statement following the arrest: Maggie and I are deeplydistressed to learn of our son s arrest. We love our son and stand with him inhis commitment to getting the treatment he n Fokm Elizabeth Warren calls for ending the Senate filibuster
This story was written by Kenneth P. Vogel.The retired general who asked about gays and lesbians serving in the military at stanley mugg the CNN/YouTube Republican debate on Wednesday is a co-chair of Hillary Clinton s National Military Veterans group.Retired Brig. Gen. Keith H. Kerr was named a co-chair of the group this month, according to a campaign press release.He was also active in John F. Kerry s 2004 campaign for president. Kerr asked candidates why you think that American men and women in uniform are not professional enough to serve with gays and lesbians. After the debate former Education Secretary Bill Bennett, said on a CNN panel that he was being told Kerr was involved with the Democratic presidential campaign of Clinton, a New York senator. CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, who moderated the debate and the panel, said that if that was the case, CNN should have identified Kerr as such.David Bohrman, a CNN senior vice president and executive stanley thermos mug producer of the debate, later said: We regret this, and apologize to the Republican candidates. We never would have used the general s question had we known that he was connected to any presidential candidate. Kerr told CNN that he had not done work for th stanley kaffeebecher e Clinton campaign, and CNN verified before the debate that he had not contributed money to any candidate, the broadcaster said in a blog post after the debate.Kerry told CNN he is a member of the Log Cabin Republicans and was representing no one
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 DENVER, Colo. ndash; U.S. Sen. Mark Udall s son was arrested on drug and trespassing charges Wednesday, CBS Denver reports.The Boulder County Sheriffrsquo a stanley cups uk rrestlog states that 26-year-old Jedediah Lee Fox-Udall was arrested by deputiesresponding to a report of a person breaking into cars in Eldorado Springs, Colo.He was charged with four counts of first-degree criminal trespass and posse stanley taza ssion of the drugketamine, both felonies. Ketamine was developed as an anesthetic and is similar to PCP, and illici stanley flask t users snort or swallow it as a powder, according to drug prevention website Drugfree.org.Prior to deputyrsquo arrival, City ofBoulder Mountain Parks and Open Space Rangers contacted a male matching thedescription of the suspect, said Heidi Prentup, spokeswoman for the sheriffrsquo office. Witnesses identified Fox-Udall asthe suspect, reports CBS Denver.While searching the suspect,deputies found drug paraphernalia. The suspect told deputies he had used heroin48 hours prior to their contact with him, said Prentup.Sen. Mark Udall, D-CO, and wifeMaggie released a statement following the arrest: Maggie and I are deeplydistressed to learn of our son s arrest. We love our son and stand with him inhis commitment to getting the treatment he n Fokm Elizabeth Warren calls for ending the Senate filibuster
This story was written by Kenneth P. Vogel.The retired general who asked about gays and lesbians serving in the military at stanley mugg the CNN/YouTube Republican debate on Wednesday is a co-chair of Hillary Clinton s National Military Veterans group.Retired Brig. Gen. Keith H. Kerr was named a co-chair of the group this month, according to a campaign press release.He was also active in John F. Kerry s 2004 campaign for president. Kerr asked candidates why you think that American men and women in uniform are not professional enough to serve with gays and lesbians. After the debate former Education Secretary Bill Bennett, said on a CNN panel that he was being told Kerr was involved with the Democratic presidential campaign of Clinton, a New York senator. CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, who moderated the debate and the panel, said that if that was the case, CNN should have identified Kerr as such.David Bohrman, a CNN senior vice president and executive stanley thermos mug producer of the debate, later said: We regret this, and apologize to the Republican candidates. We never would have used the general s question had we known that he was connected to any presidential candidate. Kerr told CNN that he had not done work for th stanley kaffeebecher e Clinton campaign, and CNN verified before the debate that he had not contributed money to any candidate, the broadcaster said in a blog post after the debate.Kerry told CNN he is a member of the Log Cabin Republicans and was representing no one
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Yvya Clinton s Favorite Political Pundit Is...Karl Rove
Legalizing marijuana at the national level is generally popular with Americans mdash; 57% of people say marijuana should be legal for both medical and recreational purposes, while 32% say it should be legal for medical use only, according to a JanuaryPew survey. Only 11% of Americans said it shouldn t be legal at all. The issue is one presidents have largely ignored, but Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have talked about the issue during the 2024 campaign.Here are the views they ve expressed so far on marijuana legalization.Trump on marijuana legalizationTrump hasn t said he d support legalizing recreational weed nationally. During his 2016 campaign, Trump suggested he was in favor of leaving the issue with the states. In October 2015, Trump said marijuana legalization should be a state issue, state by state. As president, Trump s administration continued to uphold the federal prohibition of marijuana use. As a part of his 2021 budget, Trump proposed ending a federal policy protecting state medical marijuana programs from any Justice Department stanley becher intervention.Trump has said he d vote to legalize recreational weed in FloridaTrump said in September that he would vote for a Florida b vaso stanley allot measure to legalize recreational marijuana use. Other Republicans, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, oppose the measure. The amendment would legalize the recreatio stanley quencher nal use of marijuana for people 21 years and older, allowin Feps Boehner: Debt committee could recommend tax hikes
Republican Sen. Sam Brownback abandoned his 2008 presidential bid Friday afternoon, his White House aspirations dashed by a lack of support and money.Said the Kansas senator: My yellow brick road came just short of the White House this time. The conservative managed to gain the support of only 1 percent of Republicans in this month s Associated Press-Ipsos poll after peaking at 3 percent in June. Fundraising reports this week showed that his campaign was struggling financially, with $94,000 available to spend. Brownback is expected to run for Kansas governor in 2010 when his second term expires. He has said he won t run for the Senate again.He announced his withdrawal at the Kansas Statehouse, standing with his wi stanley cups uk fe, Mary, and three of his stanley cup five children. One stanley spain young campaign volunteers held a sign saying, We heart Sam . We re out of money, said Brownback.He had previously said he would stay in the presidential race through Iowa s first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses in January and would drop out of the field if he finished worse than fourth there. Throughout the summer, Brownback spent considerable time and money in Iowa leading up to an August straw poll.He finished third in that event, to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, in a blow to his candidacy. Huckabee could stand to gain by Brownback s departure, especially among religious conservatives who share the two cand
Legalizing marijuana at the national level is generally popular with Americans mdash; 57% of people say marijuana should be legal for both medical and recreational purposes, while 32% say it should be legal for medical use only, according to a JanuaryPew survey. Only 11% of Americans said it shouldn t be legal at all. The issue is one presidents have largely ignored, but Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have talked about the issue during the 2024 campaign.Here are the views they ve expressed so far on marijuana legalization.Trump on marijuana legalizationTrump hasn t said he d support legalizing recreational weed nationally. During his 2016 campaign, Trump suggested he was in favor of leaving the issue with the states. In October 2015, Trump said marijuana legalization should be a state issue, state by state. As president, Trump s administration continued to uphold the federal prohibition of marijuana use. As a part of his 2021 budget, Trump proposed ending a federal policy protecting state medical marijuana programs from any Justice Department stanley becher intervention.Trump has said he d vote to legalize recreational weed in FloridaTrump said in September that he would vote for a Florida b vaso stanley allot measure to legalize recreational marijuana use. Other Republicans, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, oppose the measure. The amendment would legalize the recreatio stanley quencher nal use of marijuana for people 21 years and older, allowin Feps Boehner: Debt committee could recommend tax hikes
Republican Sen. Sam Brownback abandoned his 2008 presidential bid Friday afternoon, his White House aspirations dashed by a lack of support and money.Said the Kansas senator: My yellow brick road came just short of the White House this time. The conservative managed to gain the support of only 1 percent of Republicans in this month s Associated Press-Ipsos poll after peaking at 3 percent in June. Fundraising reports this week showed that his campaign was struggling financially, with $94,000 available to spend. Brownback is expected to run for Kansas governor in 2010 when his second term expires. He has said he won t run for the Senate again.He announced his withdrawal at the Kansas Statehouse, standing with his wi stanley cups uk fe, Mary, and three of his stanley cup five children. One stanley spain young campaign volunteers held a sign saying, We heart Sam . We re out of money, said Brownback.He had previously said he would stay in the presidential race through Iowa s first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses in January and would drop out of the field if he finished worse than fourth there. Throughout the summer, Brownback spent considerable time and money in Iowa leading up to an August straw poll.He finished third in that event, to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, in a blow to his candidacy. Huckabee could stand to gain by Brownback s departure, especially among religious conservatives who share the two cand
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Washington mdash; Treasury Secretary Steven Mnu stanley mug chin met with Speaker Nancy Pelosi Wednesday afternoon to present the Trump administration s coronavirus relief proposal, according to a Democratic aide, after House Democrats unveiled their own revamped $2.2 trillion package earlier this week.Mnuchin and Pelosi met for around an hour and a half, and then Mnuchin went to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell s office. Today, Secretary Mnuchin and I had an extensive conversation and we found areas where we are seeking further clarification. Our conversations will continue, Pelosi said in a statement after the meeting. We will be proceeding with our vote tonight on the updated HEROES Act in order to formalize our proffer to Republicans in the negotiations to address the health and economic catastrophe in our country. The House passed a $3.4 trillion proposal called the H stanley becher EROES Act in May, but Republicans have refused to consider the bill in the Senate. Democrats in the Senate blocked a Republican proposal that cost $500 billion, arguing that it was inadequate.On Monday, House Democrats unveiled a revised version of the HEROES Act that would cost around $2.2 trillion. The updated HEROES Act would alsoinclude a round of direct paymentsto American families, and a $600 weekly benefit in addition to unem stanley thermos ployment insurance. The bill has provisions to provide $225 billion for education and $436 billion in federal aid to state and local governmen Nrsg Dems Tell Treasury To Back Off Tax Loophole
THE POLITICS OF HEALTHCARE.... John McCain s acceptance speech last night was strikingly thin on substance, but there was a portion, about halfway through, in which the Republican nominee ran through a handful of policy issues. At one point, he told the audience: My health care plan will make it easier for more Americans to find and keep good health care insurance. [Barack Obama s] plan will force small businesses to cut jobs, reduce wages, and force families into a government-run health care system where a stanley cups uk bureaucrat... AUDIENCE BOOS ... where a bureaucrat stands between you and your doctor. There are only two sentences in this paragraph, and they re both completely wrong. Ezra tackled the second sentence...I should say, of course, that not only isn t this true, but it s nonsensical. Where exactly is the bureaucrat supposed to stand In the waiting room Outside your car Obama s health care plan is basically a way to subsidize private insurance. There s a regulator involved, but he has nothing to do with you or your doctor. Instead, he stands behind your insurer, tapping his foot, and warning against denying you coverage on grounds of ill health or bad luck.That said, here s the question I d love t stanley nz o see John McCain asked: Senator McCain, can you describe how Sen stanley termosy ator Obama s health care plan works And if he gets it wrong, I d like to see the moderator correct him and ask what he thinks of the actual plan.... I d bet good money, and a fair amount of it, that there s no wa
Washington mdash; Treasury Secretary Steven Mnu stanley mug chin met with Speaker Nancy Pelosi Wednesday afternoon to present the Trump administration s coronavirus relief proposal, according to a Democratic aide, after House Democrats unveiled their own revamped $2.2 trillion package earlier this week.Mnuchin and Pelosi met for around an hour and a half, and then Mnuchin went to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell s office. Today, Secretary Mnuchin and I had an extensive conversation and we found areas where we are seeking further clarification. Our conversations will continue, Pelosi said in a statement after the meeting. We will be proceeding with our vote tonight on the updated HEROES Act in order to formalize our proffer to Republicans in the negotiations to address the health and economic catastrophe in our country. The House passed a $3.4 trillion proposal called the H stanley becher EROES Act in May, but Republicans have refused to consider the bill in the Senate. Democrats in the Senate blocked a Republican proposal that cost $500 billion, arguing that it was inadequate.On Monday, House Democrats unveiled a revised version of the HEROES Act that would cost around $2.2 trillion. The updated HEROES Act would alsoinclude a round of direct paymentsto American families, and a $600 weekly benefit in addition to unem stanley thermos ployment insurance. The bill has provisions to provide $225 billion for education and $436 billion in federal aid to state and local governmen Nrsg Dems Tell Treasury To Back Off Tax Loophole
THE POLITICS OF HEALTHCARE.... John McCain s acceptance speech last night was strikingly thin on substance, but there was a portion, about halfway through, in which the Republican nominee ran through a handful of policy issues. At one point, he told the audience: My health care plan will make it easier for more Americans to find and keep good health care insurance. [Barack Obama s] plan will force small businesses to cut jobs, reduce wages, and force families into a government-run health care system where a stanley cups uk bureaucrat... AUDIENCE BOOS ... where a bureaucrat stands between you and your doctor. There are only two sentences in this paragraph, and they re both completely wrong. Ezra tackled the second sentence...I should say, of course, that not only isn t this true, but it s nonsensical. Where exactly is the bureaucrat supposed to stand In the waiting room Outside your car Obama s health care plan is basically a way to subsidize private insurance. There s a regulator involved, but he has nothing to do with you or your doctor. Instead, he stands behind your insurer, tapping his foot, and warning against denying you coverage on grounds of ill health or bad luck.That said, here s the question I d love t stanley nz o see John McCain asked: Senator McCain, can you describe how Sen stanley termosy ator Obama s health care plan works And if he gets it wrong, I d like to see the moderator correct him and ask what he thinks of the actual plan.... I d bet good money, and a fair amount of it, that there s no wa
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Ehnc Ramstad Being Pressured To Reconsider
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan responded to a report Tuesday that an initiative focused on targeted violence and terrorism prevention has about a quarter of the staff and an eighth of the budget of a similar program in the Obama administration. We need to invest more mdash; no questi stanley cups on, McAleenan said Tuesday on CBS This Morning. I ve asked Congress for an out-of-cycle budget request to help bolster it and increase our reach and capability. But it doesn t cover the level stanley us and scope of effort across the Department of Homeland Security enterprise, McAleenan said, adding the Secret Service reaches out to communities about what threat indicators to look out for and the department provides active shooter training to cities around the country.There have been more than 250 mass shootings so far this year in the U.S.,more than the number of days in the year thus far. At least 31 people were killed and scores were hurt in two mass shootings l stanley tumbler ast weekend in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. The DHS chief said ideally he d like to triple the staff available to better address the rise in attacks and coordinate the intelligence side of it at the headquarters level as well as investing in those grants and efforts that are going to help communities prepare for these kind of incidents. McAleenan said his agency is acting aggressively to address mass shootings after President Trump gave his agency clear marching orders to locat Pxij Using Nanotech, U. Michigan Scientists Create Obama Portraits
An Iraqi police office stanley flask r stands at a checkpoint in central Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010. AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed President Barack Obama and his speech writers are fine-tuning tonight s major Iraq policy speech. In his second Oval Office address since taking office, Mr. Obama will mark the formal end of combat operations in a more-than-seven-year war that has left more than 4,400 Americans dead and thousands more wounded. In a radio interview with CBS News, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said President Obama will emphasize that We are putting the Iraqis in control of their history and their future. They ll have responsibility for security and responsibility for providing for the citizens of that country. That is a milestone worth barking. Just hours before the president speaks from the Oval Office, Gibbs said the speech would emphasize the milestone of the end of our combat mission, stanley borraccia and said Mr. Obama will say, The story of the Iraqis will be written by the Iraqis. The president hopes to draw a line between Operation Iraqi Freedom and the start of Operation Iraqi Dawn tomorrow. Gibbs also said thanks are due to the hundreds of thousands of men and women in uniform who made that possible. The president is in awe of that sacrifice, Gibbs said, who promised, We will honor those sacrifices. starbucks stanley cup With a
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan responded to a report Tuesday that an initiative focused on targeted violence and terrorism prevention has about a quarter of the staff and an eighth of the budget of a similar program in the Obama administration. We need to invest more mdash; no questi stanley cups on, McAleenan said Tuesday on CBS This Morning. I ve asked Congress for an out-of-cycle budget request to help bolster it and increase our reach and capability. But it doesn t cover the level stanley us and scope of effort across the Department of Homeland Security enterprise, McAleenan said, adding the Secret Service reaches out to communities about what threat indicators to look out for and the department provides active shooter training to cities around the country.There have been more than 250 mass shootings so far this year in the U.S.,more than the number of days in the year thus far. At least 31 people were killed and scores were hurt in two mass shootings l stanley tumbler ast weekend in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. The DHS chief said ideally he d like to triple the staff available to better address the rise in attacks and coordinate the intelligence side of it at the headquarters level as well as investing in those grants and efforts that are going to help communities prepare for these kind of incidents. McAleenan said his agency is acting aggressively to address mass shootings after President Trump gave his agency clear marching orders to locat Pxij Using Nanotech, U. Michigan Scientists Create Obama Portraits
An Iraqi police office stanley flask r stands at a checkpoint in central Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010. AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed President Barack Obama and his speech writers are fine-tuning tonight s major Iraq policy speech. In his second Oval Office address since taking office, Mr. Obama will mark the formal end of combat operations in a more-than-seven-year war that has left more than 4,400 Americans dead and thousands more wounded. In a radio interview with CBS News, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said President Obama will emphasize that We are putting the Iraqis in control of their history and their future. They ll have responsibility for security and responsibility for providing for the citizens of that country. That is a milestone worth barking. Just hours before the president speaks from the Oval Office, Gibbs said the speech would emphasize the milestone of the end of our combat mission, stanley borraccia and said Mr. Obama will say, The story of the Iraqis will be written by the Iraqis. The president hopes to draw a line between Operation Iraqi Freedom and the start of Operation Iraqi Dawn tomorrow. Gibbs also said thanks are due to the hundreds of thousands of men and women in uniform who made that possible. The president is in awe of that sacrifice, Gibbs said, who promised, We will honor those sacrifices. starbucks stanley cup With a
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Imnj U.S. to expand military presence in Philippines in move to counter China
The State Department on Thursday said the U.S. is reviewing materials presented by the Turkish government, amid a report that the U.S. is exploring the possibility of removing an enemy of Turkish President Recep Erdogan from the U.S.NBC News reported Thursday that the Trump admini stanley cup stration is looking for ways to remove Turkish religious scholar Fethullah Gulen as a way to placate Turkey over the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, citing two senior U.S. officials and two others briefed on the requests. NBC reported the consideration includes directions to the Justice Department and FBI to reopen an extradition case.The Turkish government blames Gulenfor a bloody July 2016 coup in Turkey. The NSC has not been involved in nor aware of any discussions relating the extradition of Fethullah Gulen to the death of Jamal Khashoggi, a spokesperson for the National Security Council told stanley thermos CBS News. State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert told reporters that Gulen and the question of the Saudis are unrelated, and claimed reports have tried to conflate the two. Nauert said the U.S. has received multiple requests from the Turkish government related to Gulen, and the U.S. continues to evaluate materials that the Turkish government presente stanley cup d.The case, Nauert said, is being handled out of the Justice Department. However, the Justice Department said it was unaware of any discussions about extraditing Gulen to Turkey. The J Iemq Biden administration proposes new rule that could upend gig work
Denver residents have jettisoned a plan to officially track space aliens.The proposal defeated soundly Tuesday night would have established a commission to track extraterrestrials. It also would have allowed residents to post their observations on Denver s cit stanley cups uk y Web page and report sightings.The Denver man who proposed the measure, Jeff Peckman, says the government is tracking alien sightings but refuses to make the reports public. Peckman is a meditation instructor and promoter of new technology, including something he says reduces the chaos of electromagnetic field stanley kaffeebecher s. Peckman contends opponents greatly inflated the commission s projected cost.He previously proposed an unsuccessful ordinance requiring the city to offer stress-reduction measures. Colorado Election 2010 ResultsFull Senate ResultsFull House ResultsFull Governor ResultsElection 2010: Winners and Losers ponent--type-re stanley cup circulation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-a33ef8b8-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item--id-a33ef8b8-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-a33ef8b8-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .item:nth-child 5 display: block;
The State Department on Thursday said the U.S. is reviewing materials presented by the Turkish government, amid a report that the U.S. is exploring the possibility of removing an enemy of Turkish President Recep Erdogan from the U.S.NBC News reported Thursday that the Trump admini stanley cup stration is looking for ways to remove Turkish religious scholar Fethullah Gulen as a way to placate Turkey over the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, citing two senior U.S. officials and two others briefed on the requests. NBC reported the consideration includes directions to the Justice Department and FBI to reopen an extradition case.The Turkish government blames Gulenfor a bloody July 2016 coup in Turkey. The NSC has not been involved in nor aware of any discussions relating the extradition of Fethullah Gulen to the death of Jamal Khashoggi, a spokesperson for the National Security Council told stanley thermos CBS News. State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert told reporters that Gulen and the question of the Saudis are unrelated, and claimed reports have tried to conflate the two. Nauert said the U.S. has received multiple requests from the Turkish government related to Gulen, and the U.S. continues to evaluate materials that the Turkish government presente stanley cup d.The case, Nauert said, is being handled out of the Justice Department. However, the Justice Department said it was unaware of any discussions about extraditing Gulen to Turkey. The J Iemq Biden administration proposes new rule that could upend gig work
Denver residents have jettisoned a plan to officially track space aliens.The proposal defeated soundly Tuesday night would have established a commission to track extraterrestrials. It also would have allowed residents to post their observations on Denver s cit stanley cups uk y Web page and report sightings.The Denver man who proposed the measure, Jeff Peckman, says the government is tracking alien sightings but refuses to make the reports public. Peckman is a meditation instructor and promoter of new technology, including something he says reduces the chaos of electromagnetic field stanley kaffeebecher s. Peckman contends opponents greatly inflated the commission s projected cost.He previously proposed an unsuccessful ordinance requiring the city to offer stress-reduction measures. Colorado Election 2010 ResultsFull Senate ResultsFull House ResultsFull Governor ResultsElection 2010: Winners and Losers ponent--type-re stanley cup circulation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-a33ef8b8-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item--id-a33ef8b8-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-a33ef8b8-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .item:nth-child 5 display: block;
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Richard Painter, a former White House ethics lawyer under fo stanley deutschland rmer President George W. Bush and outspoken critic of President Trump, announced Wednesday he is forming an exploratory committee as he considers a stanley mug U.S. Senate bid in Minnesota -- but he hasn t yet decided what party he would attach his name to if he runs. Speaking with CBSN Thursday night on Red Blue, Painter said the Republican stanley mugs Party has changed in the three decades he has been a part of it, and shifted toward almost unrecognizable positions on social issues. The Democratic Party, he said, has also shifted to the left. I have seen the Republican Party turn sharply to the right on social issues ranging from abortion to guns to gay rights, he told CBSN. A lot of traditionally Republican voters have been alienated by that. Retiring GOP lawmakers share their frustrations, concerns over future of CongressPainter is debating whether to run as a Republican or an Independent for the seat this fall. The seat was vacated by former Sen. Al Franken and is filled until November by former Minnesota Lt. Gov. Tina Smith. Minnesota has a filing deadline in May, so Painter has the rest of March and April to decide. I think the Republican Party has moved substantially to the right, particularly on social issues, Painter said in a separate interview with CBS News. ... And the Democratic Party has moved to the left over the past decades. So we ve got a lot more room in the middle. If Ewbk FDA and Juul agree to temporarily suspend court battle while government conducts additional review
The chief of the Environmental Protection Agency s civil enforcement office has resigned, complaining the White House is undermining anti-pollution efforts at power plants that violate clean air laws.Eric Schaeffer, a lawyer at the EPA for a dozen years dating from the first Bush administration, said in a letter to EPA Administrator Christie Whitman that the White House seems determined to weaken the rules we are trying to enforce. An EPA spokesman disagreed with many of the assertions made by Schaeffer, a career civil servant, and said the Bush administration remains committed to enforcement ... in a major way against polluters. The EPA spokesman, Joe Mardiak, said Thursday that Whitman had seen Schaeffer s letter but would have no direct comment.Schaeffer said in the letter, submitted late Wednesday, that he had been frustrated especially by the administration s review of the EPA s push to require power plants to augment pollution controls when they make significant improvements or expansions that result in more pollution. Reached at his home Thursday, Schaeffer said the problems he outlined in his resignation letter reflect the views of just abo stanley cup price ut stanley flask all the civil servants working in enforcement at the EPA. This is the kind of thing you can t say when you re in stanley cups uk government, and it is something I really feel needs to be said, he added.In his letter, Schaeffer lamented the impact that the White House review of the so-called ne
Richard Painter, a former White House ethics lawyer under fo stanley deutschland rmer President George W. Bush and outspoken critic of President Trump, announced Wednesday he is forming an exploratory committee as he considers a stanley mug U.S. Senate bid in Minnesota -- but he hasn t yet decided what party he would attach his name to if he runs. Speaking with CBSN Thursday night on Red Blue, Painter said the Republican stanley mugs Party has changed in the three decades he has been a part of it, and shifted toward almost unrecognizable positions on social issues. The Democratic Party, he said, has also shifted to the left. I have seen the Republican Party turn sharply to the right on social issues ranging from abortion to guns to gay rights, he told CBSN. A lot of traditionally Republican voters have been alienated by that. Retiring GOP lawmakers share their frustrations, concerns over future of CongressPainter is debating whether to run as a Republican or an Independent for the seat this fall. The seat was vacated by former Sen. Al Franken and is filled until November by former Minnesota Lt. Gov. Tina Smith. Minnesota has a filing deadline in May, so Painter has the rest of March and April to decide. I think the Republican Party has moved substantially to the right, particularly on social issues, Painter said in a separate interview with CBS News. ... And the Democratic Party has moved to the left over the past decades. So we ve got a lot more room in the middle. If Ewbk FDA and Juul agree to temporarily suspend court battle while government conducts additional review
The chief of the Environmental Protection Agency s civil enforcement office has resigned, complaining the White House is undermining anti-pollution efforts at power plants that violate clean air laws.Eric Schaeffer, a lawyer at the EPA for a dozen years dating from the first Bush administration, said in a letter to EPA Administrator Christie Whitman that the White House seems determined to weaken the rules we are trying to enforce. An EPA spokesman disagreed with many of the assertions made by Schaeffer, a career civil servant, and said the Bush administration remains committed to enforcement ... in a major way against polluters. The EPA spokesman, Joe Mardiak, said Thursday that Whitman had seen Schaeffer s letter but would have no direct comment.Schaeffer said in the letter, submitted late Wednesday, that he had been frustrated especially by the administration s review of the EPA s push to require power plants to augment pollution controls when they make significant improvements or expansions that result in more pollution. Reached at his home Thursday, Schaeffer said the problems he outlined in his resignation letter reflect the views of just abo stanley cup price ut stanley flask all the civil servants working in enforcement at the EPA. This is the kind of thing you can t say when you re in stanley cups uk government, and it is something I really feel needs to be said, he added.In his letter, Schaeffer lamented the impact that the White House review of the so-called ne
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Washington mdash; The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston predicted Sunday that the country s unemployment rate could r stanley cup emain in double digits through the end of 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage the economy. Unfortunately, I think it s likely to be double digit unemployment through the end of this year, and full employment, getting back down to the low levels of unemployment we saw at the end of February, probably takes either a vaccine or other medical innovations that make it much less risky to go out, Eric Rosengren, head of the Boston Fed, said on Face th stanley cup e Nation. Transcript: Boston Federal Reserve President Eric Rosengren on Face the Nation Rosengren said the reason the unemployment rate will remain high is because the industries that have been battered most by the coronavirus mdash; retail, hotels, transp stanley quencher ort mdash; rely on the comfort of consumers. Many stores shut their doors as the coronavirus spread through the U.S. and hotels saw occupancy rates plunge. It s not just that you have to open up the businesses, he said. Consumers have to be comfortable going back and shopping and going out on planes and into hotels. While most governors ordered nonessential businesses to close and residents to scale back on their outings outside of the home several weeks ago, all 50 states have now begun to loosen restrictions and roll out plans for a phased reopening. American workers, however, are st Ntkl Trump attends wedding of White House aides Stephen Miller and Katie Waldman
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul is shown during an interview at his campaign headquarters after winning his party s primary stanley tazas election in Bowling Green, Ky., Wednesday, May 19, 2010. AP After a flurry of national press attention prompted by his upset victory in the Kentucky Republican Senate primary followed by his suggestion that he does not entirely support the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Tea Party favorite Rand Paul has been lying low, largely avoiding the national spotlight as he tries to put together a winning general election campaign. But he has not dropped completely off the map: Over the weekend, an op-ed from Paul appeared in his hometown newspaper, the Bowling Green Daily News. In it, he lays out his beliefs about the limits of government - and addresses criticism of his comments on the Civil Rights Act, which prompted questions about whether he was too controversial for the mainstream GOP. Paul writes that beginning almost immediately after his primary victory, his reputation was sullied by lies and innuendo in the form of false claims on cable news that he had called for the repeal of the Civil Rights Act. He writes that by t starbucks stanley cup rying to take a nuanced position on the measure he did what typi stanley quencher cal candidates don t - I discussed some philosophical issues with government mandating rules on private businesses. When Paul was press
Washington mdash; The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston predicted Sunday that the country s unemployment rate could r stanley cup emain in double digits through the end of 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage the economy. Unfortunately, I think it s likely to be double digit unemployment through the end of this year, and full employment, getting back down to the low levels of unemployment we saw at the end of February, probably takes either a vaccine or other medical innovations that make it much less risky to go out, Eric Rosengren, head of the Boston Fed, said on Face th stanley cup e Nation. Transcript: Boston Federal Reserve President Eric Rosengren on Face the Nation Rosengren said the reason the unemployment rate will remain high is because the industries that have been battered most by the coronavirus mdash; retail, hotels, transp stanley quencher ort mdash; rely on the comfort of consumers. Many stores shut their doors as the coronavirus spread through the U.S. and hotels saw occupancy rates plunge. It s not just that you have to open up the businesses, he said. Consumers have to be comfortable going back and shopping and going out on planes and into hotels. While most governors ordered nonessential businesses to close and residents to scale back on their outings outside of the home several weeks ago, all 50 states have now begun to loosen restrictions and roll out plans for a phased reopening. American workers, however, are st Ntkl Trump attends wedding of White House aides Stephen Miller and Katie Waldman
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul is shown during an interview at his campaign headquarters after winning his party s primary stanley tazas election in Bowling Green, Ky., Wednesday, May 19, 2010. AP After a flurry of national press attention prompted by his upset victory in the Kentucky Republican Senate primary followed by his suggestion that he does not entirely support the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Tea Party favorite Rand Paul has been lying low, largely avoiding the national spotlight as he tries to put together a winning general election campaign. But he has not dropped completely off the map: Over the weekend, an op-ed from Paul appeared in his hometown newspaper, the Bowling Green Daily News. In it, he lays out his beliefs about the limits of government - and addresses criticism of his comments on the Civil Rights Act, which prompted questions about whether he was too controversial for the mainstream GOP. Paul writes that beginning almost immediately after his primary victory, his reputation was sullied by lies and innuendo in the form of false claims on cable news that he had called for the repeal of the Civil Rights Act. He writes that by t starbucks stanley cup rying to take a nuanced position on the measure he did what typi stanley quencher cal candidates don t - I discussed some philosophical issues with government mandating rules on private businesses. When Paul was press
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On Monday, President Trump retweeted a photo showing him shaking hands with President Reagan dec stanley water bottle ades ago, in 1985, with what was presented as a quote attributed to Reagan stamped across it: For the life of me, and I ll never know how to explain it, when I met that young man, I felt like I was the one shaking hands with a president. Cute! Mr. Trump wrote, retweeting the photo.But that retweet soon disappeared. The quote was fake and the account that shared it has been suspended from Twitter.It s true that Mr. Trump met President Reagan in the 1980s, but Reagan never weighed in on the young Trump s presidential qualities. Several Twitter users replied to Mr. Trump to inform him that the quote was false. The president s retweet drew attention to the Twitter page that had shared it, which appeared to be an imposter of the popular Twitter account Reagan Battalion. 2/11/1985 President Reagan shaki stanley mugs ng hands with Donald Trump and Ivana Trump during the state visit of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia at the state dinner in the Blue Room The real Reagan Battalion Twitter has nearly 100,000 followers and offers news, information, and commentary, from a conservative perspective, according to its bio. However, the Twitter account the president retweeted was stealthily misspelled Reagan BattaIion. Twitter bans impersonat stanley cupe ion and removes Twitter accounts that pose as another person, brand, or organization in a con Yoye 08 Primary Season May Flame Out Fast
President Barack Obama shakes hands with Speaker of the House John Boehner R after delivering his State of the Union speech, January 25, 2011 in Washington, DC. Getty President Obama is set to give his 2012 State of the Union address on Tuesday, January 24, a few days after the first three states in the Republican nominating process have made their choice known.As per tradition, House Speaker John Boehner R-OH sent a letter to Mr. Obama Wednesday formally inviting him to give the address on that date to a joint session of Congress in t stanley cup he House chamber of the Capitol. As we work together to end this legislative year by advancing initiatives to help Americans struggling in a difficult economy, we must also look ahead for new opportunities to put solutions before politics, Boehner wrote, adding that we welcome an opportunity to hear your new ideas for working with the Congress. The Associated Press reports that the White stanley termosy House has accepted the offer, the result of closed-door negotiations involving the White House and congressional leaders. Boehner s call for putting solutions before politics comes as the White House and congressional Democrats engage in a contentious fight with Republicans over how to extend the payroll tax holi stanley cup price day before the end of the year, among other issues. A Republican bill to extend the tax cut passed the Hou
On Monday, President Trump retweeted a photo showing him shaking hands with President Reagan dec stanley water bottle ades ago, in 1985, with what was presented as a quote attributed to Reagan stamped across it: For the life of me, and I ll never know how to explain it, when I met that young man, I felt like I was the one shaking hands with a president. Cute! Mr. Trump wrote, retweeting the photo.But that retweet soon disappeared. The quote was fake and the account that shared it has been suspended from Twitter.It s true that Mr. Trump met President Reagan in the 1980s, but Reagan never weighed in on the young Trump s presidential qualities. Several Twitter users replied to Mr. Trump to inform him that the quote was false. The president s retweet drew attention to the Twitter page that had shared it, which appeared to be an imposter of the popular Twitter account Reagan Battalion. 2/11/1985 President Reagan shaki stanley mugs ng hands with Donald Trump and Ivana Trump during the state visit of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia at the state dinner in the Blue Room The real Reagan Battalion Twitter has nearly 100,000 followers and offers news, information, and commentary, from a conservative perspective, according to its bio. However, the Twitter account the president retweeted was stealthily misspelled Reagan BattaIion. Twitter bans impersonat stanley cupe ion and removes Twitter accounts that pose as another person, brand, or organization in a con Yoye 08 Primary Season May Flame Out Fast
President Barack Obama shakes hands with Speaker of the House John Boehner R after delivering his State of the Union speech, January 25, 2011 in Washington, DC. Getty President Obama is set to give his 2012 State of the Union address on Tuesday, January 24, a few days after the first three states in the Republican nominating process have made their choice known.As per tradition, House Speaker John Boehner R-OH sent a letter to Mr. Obama Wednesday formally inviting him to give the address on that date to a joint session of Congress in t stanley cup he House chamber of the Capitol. As we work together to end this legislative year by advancing initiatives to help Americans struggling in a difficult economy, we must also look ahead for new opportunities to put solutions before politics, Boehner wrote, adding that we welcome an opportunity to hear your new ideas for working with the Congress. The Associated Press reports that the White stanley termosy House has accepted the offer, the result of closed-door negotiations involving the White House and congressional leaders. Boehner s call for putting solutions before politics comes as the White House and congressional Democrats engage in a contentious fight with Republicans over how to extend the payroll tax holi stanley cup price day before the end of the year, among other issues. A Republican bill to extend the tax cut passed the Hou
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Bernie Sanders said Wednesday that his presidential campaign has the resources to go beyond the California primary on Tuesday. We have absolutely the financial resources that we need to run a very, very strong campaign here in California and in the other states and in D.C. and Puerto Rico, in Virgin Islands and throughout the rest of the campaign, Sanders said in Spreckels, California. Hillary Clinton campaigns for California primary 01:43 The Vermont senator said he s spending most of his resources on grassroots efforts and that he has the resources to win in California. Sanders said he s still committed to going all stanley uk the way to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia this July. If we win California, and if we win S stanley cups uk outh Dakota, and North Dakota and Montana and New Mexico and New Jersey, and the following week do well in Washington, D.C., he said. I t stanley tumbler hink we will be marching into the Democratic convention with an enormous amount of momentum. California is among six states that hold primary contests on Tuesday, with the final primary in Washington, D.C. on June 14. California is a key state with 475 delegates up for grabs.According to CBS News latest count, Hillary Clinton has 2,312 delegates and Sanders has 1,539. He or she needs 2,383 d Zmcm Transcript: Adam Smith talks with Michael Morell on Intelligence Matters
White House hopeful Herman Cain on Wednesday challenged Sarah Palin s assertion that he is the flavor of the week and said his campaign is growing steadily because his supporters do not defect. The former CEO of Godfather s Piz stanley botella za won a Florida Straw Poll on Saturday with 37 percent of the vote, prompting the Fox News analyst and former governor of Alaska to call him the flavor of the week. Texas Gov. Rick Perry garnered 15 percent, while former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney took 14 percent. Rather than being the flavor of the week, people are saying, ah, there is more to that flavor than meets the eye, Cain said in an interview on CBS The Early Show. I have a message that is resonating with the American people, the voters, he said.Th stanley tumbler e long-shot candidate touted his catchy 9-9-9 plan for jumpstarting the economy as one reason he is gaining traction in the polls. While the name is simple, the plan would be a total overhaul of the U.S. tax code. There would be a 9 percent flat income tax, a 9 percent corporate tax and a 9 percent national sales tax. As you look at my campaign, it continues to build and build and build. It doesn t go down. Cain supporters do not defect, Cain said.Asked about the possible entry of N.J. Gov. Chris Christie into an already crowded field, Cain said he would welcome another candidate. Come on down as they say, Cain said, the real voters out there are watching the Herman Cain campaig stanley quencher n and we a
Bernie Sanders said Wednesday that his presidential campaign has the resources to go beyond the California primary on Tuesday. We have absolutely the financial resources that we need to run a very, very strong campaign here in California and in the other states and in D.C. and Puerto Rico, in Virgin Islands and throughout the rest of the campaign, Sanders said in Spreckels, California. Hillary Clinton campaigns for California primary 01:43 The Vermont senator said he s spending most of his resources on grassroots efforts and that he has the resources to win in California. Sanders said he s still committed to going all stanley uk the way to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia this July. If we win California, and if we win S stanley cups uk outh Dakota, and North Dakota and Montana and New Mexico and New Jersey, and the following week do well in Washington, D.C., he said. I t stanley tumbler hink we will be marching into the Democratic convention with an enormous amount of momentum. California is among six states that hold primary contests on Tuesday, with the final primary in Washington, D.C. on June 14. California is a key state with 475 delegates up for grabs.According to CBS News latest count, Hillary Clinton has 2,312 delegates and Sanders has 1,539. He or she needs 2,383 d Zmcm Transcript: Adam Smith talks with Michael Morell on Intelligence Matters
White House hopeful Herman Cain on Wednesday challenged Sarah Palin s assertion that he is the flavor of the week and said his campaign is growing steadily because his supporters do not defect. The former CEO of Godfather s Piz stanley botella za won a Florida Straw Poll on Saturday with 37 percent of the vote, prompting the Fox News analyst and former governor of Alaska to call him the flavor of the week. Texas Gov. Rick Perry garnered 15 percent, while former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney took 14 percent. Rather than being the flavor of the week, people are saying, ah, there is more to that flavor than meets the eye, Cain said in an interview on CBS The Early Show. I have a message that is resonating with the American people, the voters, he said.Th stanley tumbler e long-shot candidate touted his catchy 9-9-9 plan for jumpstarting the economy as one reason he is gaining traction in the polls. While the name is simple, the plan would be a total overhaul of the U.S. tax code. There would be a 9 percent flat income tax, a 9 percent corporate tax and a 9 percent national sales tax. As you look at my campaign, it continues to build and build and build. It doesn t go down. Cain supporters do not defect, Cain said.Asked about the possible entry of N.J. Gov. Chris Christie into an already crowded field, Cain said he would welcome another candidate. Come on down as they say, Cain said, the real voters out there are watching the Herman Cain campaig stanley quencher n and we a