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Gen. John Allen retiring from United States military
2/19/13 1:12 PM
President Obama says he has accepted Gen. John Allen 's request to retire from military.
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Sequestration nears as Congress goes on vacation
2/19/13 6:59 AM
As March nears, lawmakers are not hard at work – they are on vacation. The time off is not sitting well with many federal workers whose financial welfare could in jeopardy.
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Chuck Hagel confirmation vote likely coming soon
2/18/13 10:52 AM
Republican opponents are sending signals that Chuck Hagel's bid to become defense secretary will probably come to an up-or-down vote soon in the Senate.
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Sequestration 2013: Tens of thousands of workers face lay-offs
2/14/13 6:22 PM
A Senate hearing Thursday was essentially a presentation of worst-case scenarios from cabinet members. Sequestration will likely lead to tens of thousands of workers to lose their jobs. Unemployment will be higher. There will be fewer teachers and larger class sizes.
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Obama re-nominates three officials previously blocked by GOP
2/14/13 11:17 AM
President Obama has re-nominated two members of the NLRB and the director of the CFPB. All three had been recess appointments last year after Republicans prevented the Senate from taking up-or-down confirmation votes.
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State of the Union 2013: Economy, gun control on Obama's radar
2/13/13 7:10 AM
In his first State of the Union address since winning re-election, Obama conceded economic revival is an "unfinished task," but he claimed clear progress and said he was seeking to build on it as he embarks on four more years in office.
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Sequestration: Federal workers, contractors brace for spending cuts
2/12/13 10:04 AM
With no deal in sight before the March 1 deadline, federal workers and government contractors are bracing for $984 billion in spending cuts over nine years to federal and domestic programs.
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Obama's Commandments: How the president is wielding executive power in 2nd term
2/11/13 10:05 AM
This is what "Forward" looks like. Fast forward, even. President Barack Obama's campaign slogan is springing to life in a surge of executive directives and agency rule-making that touch many of the affairs of government.
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Reading emails, taking work calls after work should be compensated: Lawsuit
2/7/13 2:26 PM
A federal lawsuit in Chicago claims scanning emails and answering calls from bosses on your smartphone after hours constitute work that should be compensated.
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China cyber attacks on U.S. targets
2/19/13 8:22 AM
There are detailed accusations today pointing to a Chinese military unit in Shanghai as the source of massive computer hacking of U.S. targets.
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Sequestration: Gov. McDonnell pushes Obama to avert sequestration
2/18/13 1:12 PM
Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell says the threat of cuts from the 2011 Budget Control Act is already harming Virginia.
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Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to study depression
2/15/13 2:02 PM
The California-based company CNS Response Inc. said Friday that Walter Reed National Military Medical Center will use its PEER Interactive technology in a study of 2,000 patients suffering from depression.
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American Airlines merger: US Airways, American to merge in $11 billion deal
2/14/13 1:35 PM
American Airlines and US Airways say they have agreed to merge in an $11 billion deal to create the world's biggest airline.
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Heinz acquired by Warren Buffett group for $23.3 billion
2/14/13 11:15 AM
Billionaire Warren Buffett is buying the ketchup company Heinz. The company says it's agreed to be acquired by an investment consortium that includes Buffett, in a deal valued at $28 billion.
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D.C. sequestration rally on U.S. Capitol
2/12/13 5:59 PM
Some workers are afraid sequestration will cut into their livelihood. If it kicks in in March, there will be $110 billion slashed annually from federal government spending.
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Cyberattacks against US getting worse, lawmaker says
2/11/13 10:06 AM
Rep. Mike Rogers says 95 percent of private sector networks are vulnerable and most have already been hit.
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John Brennan faces Senate confirmation hearing
2/7/13 10:15 PM
Nominated to head the CIA, John Brennan told a protest-disrupted Senate confirmation hearing Thursday the United States remains at war with al-Qaida and other terrorists and is under "daily cyberattack" by foreign countries and others.
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U.S. Postal Service to stop Saturday mail deliveries
2/6/13 5:29 PM
In a move officials say could save $2 billion a year, the financially struggling U.S. Postal Service says it plans to stop delivering mail on Saturdays, but continue delivering packages six days a week.
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