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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-led U.S. Senate, having smashed through a Republican wall of opposition, confirmed on Thursday U.S. President Barack Obama's first and longest-stalled judicial nominee.
AP: Urban members of Congress slow to nominate military recruits Kwameka Jones, an Air Force Junior ROTC cadet at the Polytechnic Institute in Baltimore, is one of a very low number of minorities studying at military academies....
WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Nominees for key U.S. Treasury international posts said on Friday they must work to persuade China to change its currency practices or there cannot be critical adjustments to global trade and...
Former CNN chairman, top press aide to Bush among Obama nominees to broadcast board WASHINGTON November 20, 2009 (AP) The Associated Press Post a Comment President Barack Obama has nominated a former press secretary to...
Fed chief has been criticized for failing to foresee the financial crisis The Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing Dec. 3 on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's nomination to a second term. WASHINGTON - Federal...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Roland Burris, saying he had been less than candid about his gubernatorial appointment to the Senate seat previously held by President Barack Obama.
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PARIS: Belgian Prime Minister, the modest and self-effacing Herman Von Rompuy (pronounced Rumpoy) has been elected to be Europe's first President, while Britain's Catherine Ashton has been named the 27-member body's High...
The furious wife of a two-timing Tory MP caught up in an expenses scandal said last night: 'It's his problem'. Enlarge Conservative MP David Curry at his home in Arkesden, Essex, he has resigned pending an inquiry into his...
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com Rudy Giuliani for Senate? He'd make a big race bigger. Christian Science Monitor Rudy Giuliani, former New York mayor and a Republican, is said to be weighing a Senate bid. Will his mayoral credentials...
