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Government Official Fibbed to Politico About Cost of GSA Conference Under Bush - U.S. News & World Report (blog)
But an anonymous source provided numbers to the news outlet Politico last week, floating the idea that the opulence of the GSA Western Region Conference had its roots in the Bush administration. The source turned over documents to Politico showing that ...
April 13, 2012


Singapore Willing to Host More US Warships - U.S. News & World Report (blog)
The Singaporean official spoke on the condition of anonymity. The decision to base the littoral ships in Singapore is part of the Obama administration's shift of US foreign and security policy from the Middle East to Asia after a decade of war in Iraq ...
April 6, 2012


Reluctant US Prepares Military Options for Syria - U.S. News & World Report (blog)
Senior defense officials revealed Wednesday they are mulling military strike plans for Syria, just a week after Obama administration officials said military force had been ruled out. Still, Pentagon leaders say Washington is reluctant to get involved ...
March 7, 2012


The Left Sees the Koch Brothers Everywhere - U.S. News & World Report (blog)
In her zeal to connect the dots and get the Kochs into the story Mayer, seems to have overlooked the fact that the statement was not "preemptive"; it was issued only after the original story appeared in Politico, a person close to the issue told me. ...
January 9, 2012


Newt Gingrich Support Goes From Moderate to 'Meh' - U.S. News & World Report (blog)
Pretty much," said one woman from Forest City who declined to be named. "... I'm undecided," said Jayme Lentz of Algona at a campaign stop in that town on Wednesday. "I'm not so sure," said the woman from Forest City, after thinking for a few seconds. ...
December 29, 2011


Brett Favre May Be Sleazy, Deadspin Definitely Is - U.S. News & World Report (blog)
They ran with the story despite the fact that the woman who said she received the sexual messages asked not to be identified, and despite the fact that they ...
October 18, 2010


Racism Isn't Behind the Rangel and Waters Ethics Investigations - U.S. News & World Report (blog)
... one for most members and one for African-Americans," said one member of the Congressional Black Caucus, speaking on the condition of anonymity. ...
August 10, 2010


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