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Soaries: Unafraid to Make Waves at EAC

Election Assistance Commission Chairman DeForest Soaries has a reputation for shaking things up. But following his recent decision to prod Bush administration officials to plan for the possibility that Election Day might have to be postponed due to a terrorist attack, some on Capitol Hill are wondering whether the Baptist minister-turned-Washington bureaucrat has simply gone too far.

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testify at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing Wednesday.
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