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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...

Message to GOP: Don't Kill START Just to Spite Obama

(Nov. 17) -- The lame duck Congress faces two important decisions and should not let partisan politics get in the way of national interest. First, it needs to extend tax cuts for middle-class Americans. Second, it needs to ratify a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) with Russia. The first is a no-brainer at a...

Openings Give Obama Chance to Shape Military

WASHINGTON (Nov. 8) -- Here's one place with plenty of job openings: the "E" Ring of the Pentagon. In the next several months, the secretary of defense and four of the six uniformed members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are expected to retire. This kind of mass exodus of military brass is "virtually unheard of," said John...

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Senator Asks Homeland Security To Bar Facebook Co-Founder From U.S.

A Democratic senator has asked the Obama administration to immediately bar Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin from re-entering the U.S., based on a previously unenforced 1996 law.

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06/01/12 Reed checks out North End progress Source: The Westerly Sun - Westerly RI The state's senior U.S. senator toured the historic North End on Thursday morning, viewing a number of neighborhood revitalization and flood repair projects that have received federal funding.
05/31/12 Westerly still recovering from floods Source: FOX - WPRI 12 - East Providence RI Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed got a first-hand look Thursday at how federal disaster relief funding has helped the town of Westerly recover from the historic floods of 2010.
05/31/12 Facebook IPO debacle weakens support for easing rules Source: The Denver Post - Denver CO There was so much support in Washington two months ago for loosening rules on initial public offerings that Republicans and Democrats effortlessly passed a bill making it easier for smaller companies to raise money on Wall Street.
05/30/12 Sen. Reed wants 'bath salts' outlawed Source: FOX - WPRI 12 - East Providence RI Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed is pushing for a national ban on so-called "bath salts."
05/30/12 Facebook stumble saps support for new IPO rules Source: The Joplin Globe - Joplin MO There was so much support in Washington two months ago for loosening rules on initial public offerings that Republicans and Democrats effortlessly passed a bill making it easier for smaller companies to raise money on Wall Street.