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For FEC Nominee, a Cool Reception

A Federal Election Commission confirmation hearing quickly grew heated on Wednesday as Democrats zeroed in on Republican nominee Hans von Spakovsky, a former Justice Department lawyer whose confirmation hangs in the balance and threatens a once-routine agency appointment process.

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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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Defense Sequester Policy Briefing

Defense Sequester Policy Briefing

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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