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Inside Washington Oct. 16, 2011
This week on Inside Washington: The plot to kill the Saudi Ambassador on American soil. How to retaliate against Iran?
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Lawmakers, White House regroup on jobs plan
Congress and the White House face the choice of continued fighting or a shift toward bipartisan bargaining after the Senate voted to kill President Barack Obama's $447 billion jobs plan.
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Live: Republicans debate economy at Dartmouth
The economy is the sole focus of tonight's debate between the Republican presidential contenders. What solutions will Perry, Romney, Cain and Co. offer?
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Christie says Romney is man America needs
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says Mitt Romney has the perfect mix of private sector and executive experience in government.
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Senate to vote on Obama's jobs bill
President Barack Obama's jobs bill, facing a critical test in the Senate, appears likely to fail because Republicans oppose its spending components and its tax surcharge on millionaires.
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Obama visits wounded troops in Bethesda
President Obama is spending time with wounded service members at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda.
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Conservative editor instigated museum pepper spraying
Patrick Howley, Assistant Editor of The American Spectator, a conservative journal, admits that he “infiltrated” the protesters at the Air and Space Museum Saturday and instigated the confrontation in order to discredit the protest group.
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Sunday profile: Ike Leggett
A profile of Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett.
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Cain rallies social conservatives at Va. gala
Herman Cain is the latest Republican presidential hopeful to audition in battleground state Virginia, rallying a crowd of about 1,000 social conservatives at a Saturday night soiree.
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Lawmakers to supercommittee: Don't cut our programs
Lawmakers send recommendations to the supercommittee today, urging the group to cut aggressively - somewhere else.
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Romney comes out strong in economy debate
Romney positioned himself closer to the center in line with his claim that he can draw crucial independent voters in next year's general election.
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Senate shuts down Obama's jobs bill
Senate Republicans voted Tuesday night to kill the jobs package the president had spent weeks campaigning for.
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Protesters heading to Capitol Hill for flash mob
Protesters from the "Stop the Machine" movement are planning to protest inside and outside the Hart Senate Office Building on Tuesday morning as the latest move in their ongoing effort.
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Dartmouth GOP debate to focus on jobs, economy
They're coming to what is essentially his home turf - and they are ready to challenge Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney on the economy, the central issue to the former Massachusetts governor's campaign.
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Protesters, police differ in stories of museum pepper spraying (Videos)
Police say they were forced to use pepper spray Saturday on protesters at the National Air and Space Museum. But protesters say they were peaceful and have posted videos to back their story.
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Debt supercommittee struggling to agree on cuts
After weeks of secret meetings, the 12-member deficit-cutting panel established under last summer's budget and debt deal appears no closer to a breakthrough than when talks began.
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Palin in Va.: It's time to 'reload for America'
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has told a conservative audience in Virginia that it's time to "reload for America."
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Museum closed after guards mace anti-war protesters
The National Air and Space Museum was closed Saturday after anti-war demonstrators tried to enter the building to protest a drone exhibit, and at least one person was pepper-sprayed.
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