Andrea Stone

Andrea Stone

Senior Washington Correspondent

Andrea is a former USA Today correspondent who has covered Washington, politics and news across the nation and the world. She has reported from 47 states, 28 countries, Capitol Hill and the Pentagon.

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Pentagon Shooter Saw Vast Gov't Conspiracies

posted:  4 days 11 hours ago

WASHINGTON (March 5) -- The gunman who opened fire at police outside the Pentagon before being shot to death had a history of mental illness and believed the federal government was behind the "Septem ...

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Obama's Health Plan: Reconciling or Ramming?

posted:  5 days 9 hours ago

WASHINGTON (March 4) -- Call them irreconcilable differences. President Barack Obama's signal Wednesday that he is done with bipartisanship if it means health care reform is a goner is shining a spot ...

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Pentagon Moves Ahead on Changing 'Don't Ask'

posted:  7 days 8 hours ago

WASHINGTON (March 2) -- The Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy may be changing faster than some top generals would like, thanks to a plan released today by Defense Secretary Robert Gates. In a ...

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In Letter, Obama Nods to GOP on Health Care

posted:  7 days 12 hours ago

WASHINGTON (March 2) -- For all the talking he did at last week's bipartisan health care summit, President Barack Obama apparently was listening. In a letter to congressional leaders today, Obama ou ...

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Postal Service Wants to Cut Back Mail Delivery

posted:  7 days 17 hours ago

WASHINGTON (March 2) -- The U.S. Postal Service delivered the bad news today about your mail delivery: It's going to keep getting worse. Citing "unprecedented volume declines" in what has derisively ...

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Census Forms Begin Arriving Today

posted:  8 days 16 hours ago

WASHINGTON (March 1) -- March madness begins today for the 2010 census as 56,000 workers begin delivering forms for the once-a-decade count of the U.S. population. Though technically not the true sta ...

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For Women in Military, a Long Slog Toward Acceptance

posted:  11 days 11 hours ago

WASHINGTON (Feb. 26) -- When I heard about the Navy's decision this week to end its ban on women serving on submarines, all I could think about was a meatball sub. That's what I was eating 10 years a ...

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Top Moments of the Health Summit

posted:  12 days 9 hours ago

WASHINGTON (Feb. 25) -- Political theater doesn't get more dramatic than today's bipartisan summit on health care. But who has six hours on a weekday to tune in? AOL News does. Watch this space for a ...

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Generals Say Don't Act Too Fast to End 'Don't Ask'

posted:  14 days 10 hours ago

WASHINGTON (Feb. 23) -- The top officers of the U.S. Army and Air Force told lawmakers Tuesday that they should go slow in repealing the military's ban on openly gay service members, parting ways wit ...

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What's New in Obama Plan? Not So Much

posted:  15 days 6 hours ago

WASHINGTON (Feb. 22) -- After a year of coaching from the corner as House and Senate Democrats duked it out over legislation to overhaul health care, President Barack Obama stepped into the ring toda ...

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