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Fannie-Freddie help costly
From wire reportsA federal rescue of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could cost taxpayers as much as $25 billion, Congress' top budget analyst said yesterday. But Peter R. Orszag, director of the Congressional Budget Office, predicted in a letter to...Tags: Jim Bunning, Kentucky, Freddie Mac, New York, Financial Markets
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McCain campaign criticizes Obama trip
The Swampby Katie Fretland The McCain campaign organized a conference call today to talk about opponent Sen. Barack Obama's trip to the Middle East. Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.), Rep. Heather Wilson (R-N.M) and senior McCain foreign policy advisor Randy Scheunemann...Tags: John McCain, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Elections, Heather Wilson
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Other Republican vice-presidential contenders
7-1 Mike Huckabee The former governor of Arkansas is a witty, articulate candidate who brings moral values to the political arena. He wants the job, and McCain seems to like him. The Baptist minister would help McCain shore up support from conservative...Tags: National Security, John McCain, Pennsylvania, Tom Ridge, Alaska
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Lieberman Defiant As McCain's Wingman
Courant Staff WriterFor one untroubled day last week, Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman acted like his biggest concern was $600,000 due Our Piece of the Pie, a nonprofit youth program in Hartford. He did what politicians do when they are considering one more run, reminding voters of...Tags: Barack Obama, John McCain, Wars and Interventions, Christopher Dodd, Primaries
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Guantanamo going nowhere soon
The SwampIn this image reviewed by the U.S. Military, a Guantanamo detainee, left, walks in a fenced-in exercise area as a guard patrols on the grounds of the maximum security prison at Camp 5, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, in......Tags: Pat Roberts, John McCain, Wars and Interventions, Justice System, Civil Rights
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Gitmo jail unwanted but likely to linger
Washington BureauWASHINGTON — For years now, the U.S.-run prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has for many served as an indelible image of the overreach, even the abuse, of American power. Human-rights groups have excoriated it. Scores of lawyers have fought to...Tags: Pat Roberts, John McCain, Wars and Interventions, Justice System, Civil Rights
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Are Obama Shifts Pragmatism or Flip-Flopping?
Washington PostLast February, in the heat of the Democratic primary campaign, Sen. Barack Obama proclaimed himself "proud to stand" in opposition to President Bush's demand to offer telecommunications companies legal amnesty for assisting in federal warrantless...Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Petroleum Industry, John McCain, Arizona, Trade Policy
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Laptop seizures at customs raise outcry
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBill Hogan was returning home to the U.S. from Germany in February when a customs agent at Dulles International Airport pulled him aside. He could reenter the country, she told him. But his laptop couldn't. U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents...Tags: Laws, Court Administration, Falls Church (Falls Church, Virginia), Justice System, Electronic Devices
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Obama hedges on gun ruling
Washington BureauWASHINGTON — Democrat Barack Obama offered a guarded response Thursday to the Supreme Court ruling striking down the District of Columbia's prohibition on handguns and sidestepped providing a view on the 32-year-old local gun ban. Republican rival...Tags: Constitutional Issues, John McCain, Crimes, Ohio, Justice System
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Agents can randomly seize travelers' laptops or PDAs
Bill Hogan was returning home from Germany in February when a customs agent at Washington Dulles International Airport pulled him aside. He could re-enter the country, she told him. But his laptop could not. U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents...Tags: Court Administration, Justice System, Falls Church (Falls Church, Virginia), Electronic Devices, California
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