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Not So Fast on Fast Track

Both Sides Gear Up, Dig In for Extended Fight on Trade Policy

By Kate Ackley
Roll Call Staff
Feb. 26, 2007, Midnight

President Bush’s fast-track trade negotiating authority expires June 30, but a new business coalition pushing for its renewal has crafted a long-term plan, indicating that pro-trade lobbyists expect a much longer slog than they would like to admit.

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May 23, 2012

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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