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Congress Invaded

So far as anyone can determine, the executive branch has never before in U.S. history ordered a police raid on the premises of the legislative branch, as happened last weekend when the FBI spent 18 hours searching the Rayburn House Office Building office of Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.).

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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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Nobody seems to like the automatic Pentagon spending cuts set for January, but there is little Congressional agreement on an alternative.

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