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GOP Tries To Shift Details Of Cuts To Obama
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US Right Wing Rips Chuck Hagel Again: Will He Send U.S. Troops To The West Bank?
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Defense Spending Cuts 2013: More Republicans Support Preserving Social Programs Than Current Defense Spending
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Marco Rubio, In Israel, Is Meeting Netanyahu And Becoming Rather Popular
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Whole Foods is under fire after using a photo of President Barack Obama to promote whole chickens being on sale, which many believed to be racist.
Ex-Peanut Company Head Stewart Parnell, 3 Others Indicted On Fraud Charges In 2009 Salmonella Outbreak
Peanut Corp. of America went bankrupt shortly after the salmonella outbreak.
North Korea Defends Nuclear Test Citing ‘Tragedy’ Of Countries That Abandoned Weapons Programs
North Korea defended its most recent nuclear test Thursday, saying countries which gave in to U.S. pressure suffered “tragic consequences.”
Hagel Smear Began As Joke, Reporter Says
The false claim that Chuck Hagel had been endorsed for defense secretary by a nonexistent group called “Friends of Hamas” began as a ridiculous hypothetical, says the reporter who first floated it.
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Ohio Woman Patricia Kunkle Claims She Was Fired For Voting For Obama
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Defense Spending Cuts 2013: How Will The Sequester Affect You?
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North Korea Sets Obama And U.S. Troops Ablaze In Most Recent Propaganda Video
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