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  • The Caucus: Testy Debate in Mass. Senate Race Over Term Limits

    19 June 2013, 1:15 am by: By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE

    The Democrat, Edward J. Markey, accuses the Republican, Gabriel Gomez, of shading the truth about his discussions with Senator John McCain and term limits.    
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  • Extending a Hand Abroad, Obama Often Finds a Cold Shoulder

    18 June 2013, 10:12 pm by: By MARK LANDLER and PETER BAKER

    For all of his effort to cultivate personal ties with foreign counterparts over the last four and a half years, President Obama has complicated relationships with some, and has bet on others who came to disappoint him.    
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  • Uncertainty at Fed Over Its Stimulus Plans and Its Leadership

    18 June 2013, 9:38 pm by: By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM

    Ben S. Bernanke faces the growing challenge of shaping investor expectations amid increasing signs that his era as Federal Reserve chairman is ending.    
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  • Fraud Used to Frame Farm Bill Debate

    18 June 2013, 9:36 pm by: By RON NIXON

    While Congress debates cuts to the federal food stamp program, it has been reluctant to make changes to the crop insurance program, despite several recent fraud cases.    
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  • In Partisan Vote, House Approves Ban on Abortions After 22 Weeks

    18 June 2013, 9:04 pm by: By JEREMY W. PETERS

    The House of Representatives approved a bill that would ban abortions after 22 weeks of pregnancy in a largely symbolic vote.    
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  • Immigration Law Changes Seen Cutting Billions From Deficit

    18 June 2013, 9:01 pm by: By ASHLEY PARKER

    A long-awaited analysis by the Congressional Budget Office found that the benefits of an increase in legal residents would outweigh the costs.    
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  • N.S.A. Chief Says Surveillance Has Stopped Dozens of Plots

    18 June 2013, 8:58 pm by: By CHARLIE SAVAGE

    Gen. Keith B. Alexander said on Tuesday that American surveillance had helped prevent “potential terrorist events over 50 times since 9/11.”    
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  • Less ‘Rambo’ Seen in New U.S. Military Culture

    18 June 2013, 8:51 pm by: By THOM SHANKER

    Maj. Gen. Bennet Sacolick said that changes in the armed services had led to opening front-line combat positions to women.    
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  • F.C.C. Nominee Favors Competition Over Regulation

    18 June 2013, 8:29 pm by: By EDWARD WYATT

    Tom Wheeler, President Obama’s choice to lead the agency, said its support of competition was especially important because of Americans’ dependence on communications networks.    
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  • New Effort to Quantify ‘Social Cost’ of Pollution

    18 June 2013, 8:25 pm by: By MATTHEW L. WALD

    The Obama administration is making a second attempt to systematically account for the dollar damage from greenhouse gas pollution, even with no consensus on how to forestall global warming or whether to do so.    
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  • Ex-Senator Feingold Chosen as Special Envoy to African Region

    18 June 2013, 7:53 pm by: By STEVEN LEE MYERS

    In choosing Russ Feingold, Secretary of State John Kerry moves to raise the profile of the Great Lakes region of Africa, which has been torn by conflict but overshadowed by other crises.    
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  • A Pro-Clinton PAC Receives the Support Of a Key Obama Backer

    18 June 2013, 5:54 pm by: By JONATHAN WEISMAN

    Senator Claire McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat who backed Barack Obama in 2008, says she is “Ready for Hillary.”    
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  • Obama and Putin Signal a More Businesslike Path

    18 June 2013, 5:30 pm by: By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN

    At a joint appearance on the sidelines of the Group of 8 meeting, there was tension but also common ground, to the chagrin of human rights advocates.    
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  • The Caucus: Biden Touts White House Progress on Guns

    18 June 2013, 4:59 pm by: By PETER BAKER

    Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. resumed the White House campaign for gun control on Tuesday by reporting on executive action taken unilaterally by the administration and pressing Congress to take up legislation again.    
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  • Obama Raises Possibility of Change at the Fed

    18 June 2013, 11:26 am by: By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM

    The president praised Ben S. Bernanke’s leadership of the Federal Reserve but suggested that he could nominate a new Fed chairman later this year.    
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  • The Caucus: The Early Word: Rematch

    18 June 2013, 6:00 am by: By JADA F. SMITH

    Political news from today’s Times and a look at the latest happenings in Washington.    
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  • Tea for 2? Kentucky Senators in a Marriage of Convenience

    18 June 2013, 12:42 am by: By TRIP GABRIEL

    Senators Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul, both Republicans, have formed an odd-couple, scratch-my-back alliance that stretches from Washington to Louisville.    
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  • Immigration Divide: Director of Enforcement Agency Resigns to Work for Bank

    17 June 2013, 11:31 pm by: By JULIA PRESTON

    John T. Morton, the director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, was expected to resign and it was not forced, Homeland Security officials said.    
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  • Immigration Divide: Top Democrats in Senate Urge Faster Action

    17 June 2013, 11:26 pm by: By CARL HULSE

    Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, warned that the Senate could be held in session over the weekend if there was no progress on the immigration bill.    
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  • Obama Defends Authorization of Surveillance Programs

    17 June 2013, 11:15 pm by: By PETER BAKER

    In an interview with Charlie Rose, President Obama rejected the suggestion that his policies were basically a warmed-over version of those of the last White House.    
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  • Senator Tries to Run Out the Clock on Immigration

    17 June 2013, 10:32 pm by: By JONATHAN WEISMAN

    Advocates of an immigration overhaul face a determined and experienced opponent in Senator Jeff Sessions, who is skilled at picking apart legislation he dislikes.    
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  • Justice Dept. Releases Recommended Fates for Guantánamo Detainees

    17 June 2013, 10:19 pm by: By CHARLIE SAVAGE

    The document shows whether the prison’s 166 remaining inmates have been recommended for transfer, prosecution or continued detention without trial.    
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  • Elite Units in U.S. Military to Admit Women

    17 June 2013, 9:45 pm by: By JENNIFER STEINHAUER

    The branches of service are preparing to integrate women into physically hazardous combat positions like the Navy SEALs and the Army Rangers, senior defense officials said.    
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  • Doug Bailey, G.O.P. Political Consultant, Dies at 79

    17 June 2013, 9:23 pm by: By PAUL VITELLO

    Mr. Bailey founded The Hotline, a digest of political news, distributed by fax, that became an indispensable tool of the political trade in the pre-Web 1980s and ’90s.    
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  • Justices Block Law Requiring Voters to Prove Citizenship

    17 June 2013, 9:05 pm by: By ADAM LIPTAK

    In a 7-to-2 ruling Monday, the Supreme Court said an Arizona law requiring prospective voters to give proof of their citizenship was displaced by legislation at the federal level.    
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