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Senator Questions Goldman Execs' Testimony

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WASHINGTON -- The head of a Senate panel investigating the financial crisis is questioning the accuracy of testimony Goldman Sachs executives gave to Congress last year about whether the firm steered investors toward mortgage securities it knew would likely fail. Goldman Sachs and Co. agreed in July to pay $550 million to...

Rolling Stone: General Deployed Psy-Ops Against US Senators

The U.S. Army ordered a "psychological operations" team to manipulate visiting U.S. senators into pushing for more funding and troops for the war in Afghanistan, according to a report in Rolling Stone magazine. Three-star U.S. general Lt. Gen. William Caldwell is accused of deploying propaganda techniques, which the...

WikiLeaks Nears Release of Secret US War Documents

LONDON (Oct. 22) -- The WikiLeaks website is poised to release what the Pentagon fears is the largest cache of secret U.S. documents in history - hundreds of thousands of classified intelligence reports since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. U.S. officials said Friday they were racing to contain the damage from the imminent...

Senate Report: Contractors Funded Afghan Warlords

(Oct. 7) -- The sordid tale of thugs, violent crime and greed could have been lifted from a Quentin Tarantino film. In fact, that's likely what the Western security firms operating in Afghanistan had in mind when they dubbed local warlords on their payroll "Mr. White" and "Mr. Pink" -- names ripped straight from the film...

Life Before Goldman Profanity Ban: Top 5 Instances of Wall Street's Foul Mouth

(July 29) -- Goldman Sachs has become a bit more delicate in the wake of the "sh---y deal" debacle. The company has announced that it will be implementing a ban on profane language in all e-mails and text messages sent from company devices, though, as Vanity Fair points out, "sh---y deals" themselves have not been...

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Indefinite Detention: Senator Sees No Need To Change Law That Was Ruled Unconstitutional

The top Democrat responsible for America's indefinite detention law sees no reason to change the measure after it was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge last week.

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Facebook To Save $16 Billion In Taxes On IPO

Facebook Inc.'s IPO will create billions in new wealth for its founders, employees and investors.

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06/02/12 Why Is The Pentagon Installing Counterfeit Chinese... Source: International Business Times (Australia) If these parts fail â and their failure rate is much higher than that of new equipment -- the result could be systemic loss of a key capability, in navigation, targeting, signaling or displays, in critical military equipment.
05/31/12 8 Michigan groups win AmeriCorps funding Source: The Detroit News - Detroit MI Eight groups in Michigan have received grants through the AmeriCorps program, totaling more than $3 million.
05/31/12 Jackson Fire Department awarded $1.8 million federal... Source: Advance Newspapers - Ann Arbor MI The Jackson Fire Department will likely hire nine additional firefighters with money provided by a federal grant.
05/30/12 Claim a Crisis and Generate More Regulation Source: The Pilot - Southern Pines NC The whole concept of "too big to fail" is a creature of politicians and the opinion writers for both conservative and liberal journals.
05/29/12 Federal lawmakers chime in on challenges and... Source: Advance Newspapers - Ann Arbor MI "Regardless of all the tax incentives you provide a business, no business wants to locate in an area where they getting broken into," he said.

Background on carl levin

Carl Milton Levin (born June 28, 1934) is the senior United States Senator from Michigan, serving since 1979. He is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services.

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