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GOP chairman Steele backs off Limbaugh criticism

Mar. 3, 2009
Over the weekend, Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele called Rush Limbaugh's rhetoric "incendiary" and "ugly" and insisted that he is in charge of the GOP.
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RNC head takes back Limbaugh slam

RNC head takes back Limbaugh slam

WASHINGTON, March 2 (UPI) -- The chairman of the Republican National Committee Monday said he didn't mean it when he said Rush Limbaugh's U.S. radio talk show is "incendiary" and "ugly."

Rush Limbaugh's GOP role in question

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh has a place in the Republican Party, but may not as a self-proclaimed party leader, party officials say.

African-American elected GOP chairman

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- The first African-American elected chairman of the Republican National Committee vowed to pursue conservative principles and help increase party membership.
Saltsman drops out of RNC race

Saltsman drops out of RNC race

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Former Tennessee GOP Chairman Chip Saltsman, in a letter to Republican National Committee members, said he has dropped out of the race for RNC chairman.

Race becomes issue in RNC chairman bid

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Race and ethnicity have become a central issue as the campaign for U.S. Republican National Committee chairman enters the final stretch, GOP operatives say.

Limbaugh defends his Powell race comments

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Conservative talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh Monday defended his remark that Colin Powell endorsed Democrat Barack Obama simply because of race.

Schwarzenegger disses Limbaugh

SACREMENTO, Calif., March 21 (UPI) -- Republican California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says he's no toady for conservative talking heads such as Rush Limbaugh.

Fox brushes off Limbaugh Parkinson's furor

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Actor Michael J. Fox says he isn't going to take on radio host Rush Limbaugh over stem cell research it the home stretch of the U.S. midterm elections.

Limbaugh wins fourth Marconi Award

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh has been named Network Syndicated Personality of the Year by the National Association of Broadcasters.

Rush Limbaugh is relesed from detox

NEW YORK, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Rush Limbaugh, the nation's most listened to radio talk show host, will reportedly return to his three-hour show Monday.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch