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Stevens to retire from Supreme Court during Obama’s term
NEW YORK  The leader of the liberal wing of the US Supreme Court, John Paul Stevens, again has said he may soon bow out, which would open a door to President Barack Obama's second pick to the high court.…
Official: Obama mulls ‘dramatic reductions’ in nuclear arsenal
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama plans “dramatic reductions” in the country’s nuclear weapons’ stockpile as part of a sweeping policy review, a senior administration official told AFP on Monday. The review of US nuclear policy “will point to dramatic reductions in the stockpile, while maintaining a strong and…
Geithner: ‘I had no role’ in an AIG cover up
Update at bottom: Dem Congressman tears into Geithner: ‘It makes me doubt your commitment to the American people’; NY Times notes “liberals and conservatives alike, took turns hectoring” WASHINGTON — US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told lawmakers Wednesday he acted properly in the 2008 bailout of AIG and the subsequent…
Murdoch son-in-law ‘ashamed and sickened’ by Fox News CEO
The son-in-law of News Corporation Chairman Rupert Murdoch told the New York Times in little-noticed comments Sunday that he’s “ashamed and sickened” by Fox News Channel’s Chief Executive Roger Ailes. “I am by no means alone within the family or the company in being ashamed and sickened by Roger Ailes’s…
Times: US lawyers knew there were problems with Blackwater case
The New York Times has found that a federal judge’s decision to dismiss a case against Blackwater on grounds of inadmissible evidence resulted from a problem that was apparent to government lawyers within days of the September 2007 Baghdad shootings. As explained by the Times, the Blackwater guards were required…
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