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Unfortunately I believe that we are limited in what we can focus on. I think that if we proceed with the partisan sideshow of prosecuting Bush admin. officials, healthcare will get lost in the brouhaha.
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U.S. Declines U.N. Requests for Guantanamo Visits; Murtha, 12 Colleagues Back a Murky $160 Million Request; S.E.C. Seeks to Curb 'Pay to Play' for Pension Money
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U.S. Declines U.N. Requests for Guantanamo Visits Washington Post
The Obama administration has declined requests from U.N. human rights investigators for information on secret prisons and for private interviews with inmates at the U.S. military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, U.N. officials said, dampening their hopes of greater U.S. cooperation on human rights issues.
Murtha, 12 Colleagues Back a Murky $160 Million Request Washington Post
Tucked into the voluminous congressional plan for U.S. military spending next year is $160 million earmark to help Mexico's police buy U.S.-made radios. Thelanguage in the bill discloses neither the specific purpose of the radio project nor the dozen lawmakers who asked Chairman John P. Murtha (D-Pa.) to include it.
S.E.C. Seeks to Curb 'Pay to Play' for Pension Money New York Times
The S.E.C. action addresses a practice often seen in local government that regulators say can result in investment firms winning lucrative contracts to manage millions of dollars in public employee pension plans or other government business based on their political clout, not merit.
White House Discloses Health-Care Execs' Visits Politico
Minutes before a press conference where President Barack Obama could have been asked about the issue, the White House released a list of visits by health care executives.
U.S. Judge Challenges Evidence on a Detainee NYT
Their Own Private Guantanamo ProPublica
Dozens Arrested in New Jersey Corruption Probe WSJ($)
Missing Records of Va. Tech Shooter Are Discovered WaPo
Juveniles Suing Corrupt Pa. Judge Can Keep Records WaPo
Courts: Cops Who Allege Corruption Can Be Fired San Francisco Chronicle
House Intelligence Panel Could Call Cheney in Probe Fox
Judge to Rule on Opening Blagojevich Files ChiTrib
Chair: Financial Crisis Panel Will Probe AIG Bailouts TPM
Biden Says Guantanamo Will Close by January AFP
Safety Violations Ground Mexican Airlines USAT
Analysis Finds Toxic Substances in Electronic Cigarettes NYT
Acorn Challenges Pennsylvania Law in Vote Fraud Case NYT
Judge Finds Racial Bias in Fire Dept. Recruiting NYT
Senate Panel Backs DNI in Turf Battle With CIA WaPo
By Sarah Fitzpatrick |
July 23, 2009; 10:09 AM ET
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