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Administration Apologizes, Offers to Rehire Sherrod
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(July 21) -- An embarrassed Obama administration apologized to a black official who was ousted from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in a racial flap, and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said he ...
Agriculture Secretary to Apologize to Shirley Sherrod
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Enquirer: Police Investigating 2 More Accusations Against Al Gore
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Chelsea Clinton's Wedding: All Your Burning Questions, Answered
(July 21) -- As you may have heard, Chelsea Clinton, 30, a graduate student at Columbia University's School of Public Health (better known as the only child of a certain power couple), is set to marr ...
How Congress Spends Billions on Itself: About This Series
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Congress Is a PC: Expense Review Shows Just $22,000 in Apple Purchases
(July 21 -- Legislating: There's an app for that. Commissioned by Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., it's called GovWatch, and it aggregates the social media feeds of the GOP members of the House Committee ...
Congress' Expense Report: $4.4 Million for House Interns and Pages
(July 21) -- Nice work, if you can get it. But chances are you can't, unless you happen to still be in school. The work in question is a paid House internship or page position (annual stipend: $21,1 ...
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