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Charge Hits Ex-Ethics Aide

Accusations against a former top aide to Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) throw a new wrinkle into any investigation flowing from the dramatic testimony of a former U.S. attorney that implicates two sitting lawmakers — and could force Hastings, the top Republican on the ethics committee, to recuse himself from such a probe.

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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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