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Fast Forward Chuck Hagel Trashed as ‘Unqualified’ by John McCain
Republican Senator John McCain on Sunday said his former colleague Chuck Hagel was not qualified to be U.S. defense secretary but the Senate would likely vote on his nomination rather than hold it up with procedural hurdles. Before going on a weeklong recess, Republican lawmakers succeeded in delaying a Senate vote on Hagel’s nomination earlier…
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Opinion Barack Obama Returns to Roots as Community Organizer
Back during the primary battles of 2008, my brother and I had an ongoing disagreement. He wondered how this upstart senator, his eloquence notwithstanding, could ride herd on the doyens of the House and Senate. My standard response was to invoke Obama’s experience as a community organizer. “No,” I’d say, “Obama will not go that…
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Fast Forward Jack Lew’s Lack of Memory About $2M in NYU Loans Irks Republicans
A top Republican senator on Wednesday said he was unsatisfied with U.S. Treasury Secretary nominee Jack Lew’s response to questions about a loan he received from a previous employer and was requesting more information before the Senate committee considering the nomination is asked to vote. Lew received a $1.4 million loan in 2002 as part…
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News Orthodox Jew and Black Republican Tim Scott Make Strange Political Bedfellows
On a Saturday night following Shabbat, Nick Muzin arrayed on his dining room table what would turn out to be the winning strategy to elect the first black Republican to Congress from South Carolina in more than a century. The next night at the same table in his Charleston, S.C., home, Muzin hosted his weekly…
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Fast Forward Eric Cantor, Top GOP Jew, Changes Tune on Immigration
A top U.S. Republican lawmaker said on Sunday he would support granting citizenship to children who are in the country illegally in a sign that conservatives who oppose immigration amnesty will be playing defense as Congress takes on immigration reform in the coming months. Representative Eric Cantor, the No. 2 Republican in the House of…
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Fast Forward Eric Cantor, Top Republican Jew, Hopes To Rebrand Unpopular GOP
Eric Cantor, the combative second-ranking Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, launched a major rebranding of his party on Tuesday, saying he hoped Republicans and President Barack Obama could “set differences aside” in the interest of helping ordinary Americans. While not endorsing comprehensive immigration reforms backed by Obama, he did express openness on the…
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Fast Forward Jack Lew Courts Senate GOP for Treasury Nod
Senate Republicans on Wednesday offered encouraging words about President Barack Obama’s Treasury nominee, Jack Lew, but withheld support, saying the former White House budget director’s qualifications and views must still be scrutinized. Lew met with four Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee, which is in charge of vetting his nomination. The lawmakers said they discussed…
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Fast Forward Chuck Hagel Reassures Jewish Leaders in Meeting
In a meeting with Jewish leaders, Chuck Hagel, President Obama’s defense secretary nominee, affirmed his commitment to preventing Iran from acquiring a nulcear weapon and to maintaining Israel’s qualitative military edge. “Sen. Hagel met with the leadership of several major American Jewish organizations at the White House as a part of his ongoing outreach,” said…
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