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Agriculture Secretary Johanns resigns
Law & Politics 09/20/2007[##_1L|1301734992.jpg|width="140" height="135" alt=""|_##]Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns resigned after nearly three years in office on Thursday, clearing the way to run for the U.S. Senate in Nebraska, where he was a popular two-term governor. P...
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Bush picks retired judge as new attorney general
Law & Politics 09/17/2007[##_1L|1095342557.gif|width="135" height="114" alt=""|_##]US President George W. Bush on Monday nominated as his new attorney general retired judge Michael Mukasey, who would inherit a US Justice Department beset by a series of scandals and low moral...
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Disappointed Democrats Map Withdrawal Strategy
Law & Politics 09/14/2007[##_1L|1004421545.jpg|width="137" height="110" alt=""|_##]Senate Democratic leaders on Wednesday called the administration's plan to keep 130,000 or more troops in Iraq through mid-2008 unacceptable and promised to challenge the approach through legi...
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Bush to Address Nation on Iraq Thursday
Law & Politics 09/12/2007[##_1L|1244036295.jpg|width="110" height="128" alt=""|_##]President Bush is expected to announce plans to withdraw 30,000 U.S troops from Iraq by the middle of 2008 when he makes a nationally televised speech on Thursday. Mr. Bush's plans likely will...
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Thompson gets into race, zeroes in on primary states
Law & Politics 09/06/2007[##_1L|1328332104.jpg|width="130" height="93" alt=""|_##]He'd regularly joke that after working in Washington politics, "I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood." But Fred Thompson couldn't keep away for long. Almost five years after ...
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Sen. Craig reconsiders quitting over sex sting
Law & Politics 09/05/2007One of Sen. Larry Craig's lawyers said today the Senate has no business looking into the conduct of one of its own following Craig's guilty plea in connection with an airport men's room sex sting. An unbroken line of precedents dating back 220 years ...
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Troop Reduction Is Possible, Bush Says
Law & Politics 09/04/2007[##_1L|1218192183.gif|width="135" height="114" alt=""|_##]President Bush arrived in Australia today from Iraq, where he had made a surprise visit to emphasize security gains, sectarian reconciliation and the possibility of a troop withdrawal. Mr. Bus...
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White House spokesman Snow stepping down
Law & Politics 08/31/2007White House press secretary Tony Snow, who is undergoing treatment for cancer, will step down from his post September 14 and be replaced by deputy press secretary Dana Perino, the White House announced Friday.Although no reason was given, Snow recent...
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GOP acts swiftly to make Craig scandal 'go away'
Law & Politics 08/30/2007Sen. Larry Craig's "I'm not gay" declaration met with disdain Wednesday from gay activists, many of whom knew for nearly a year -- long before his recent arrest -- of allegations that the conservative Idaho Republican solicited sex from men in public...
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Granholm appoints 2 judges to Michigan appeals court
Law & Politics 08/20/2007[##_1L|1308158334.jpg|width="140" height="135" alt=""|_##]Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Monday appointed two new judges to the 28-member Michigan Court of Appeals. Elizabeth L. Gleicher, of Pleasant Ridge, will replace Judge Jessica Cooper, who stepped d...
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Hastert says he's not seeking re-election
Law & Politics 08/17/2007[##_1L|1278108613.jpg|width="180" height="135" alt=""|_##]Rep. Dennis Hastert, who was speaker of the House longer than any Republican, announced Friday morning he will not seek another term in Congress. "It was a great personal privilege and honor f...
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Ohio Republican leaving the House
Law & Politics 08/16/2007Eight-term Rep. Deborah Pryce of Ohio will not seek re-election, GOP officials said Wednesday, making her the third prominent House Republican from the Midwest to announce retirement plans in recent days. Pryce, 56, was her party's fourth-ranking lea...