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Sen. John Warner meets with Virginia legislators to discuss plans for independent control over Dulles and National Airports
Sen. John Warner, R-Va (L) and other Virginia legislators met in Washington to discuss proposed plans involving Dulles and National Airports on June 20, 1985. The plans call for local control of the airports under a single independent operating authority. L-R are: Warner; Rep. Frank Wolf, R-VA; Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole; former Virginia Governor Linwood Holton, and Sen. Paul Trible, Jr., R-Va. (UPI Photo/Ron Bennett/Files)

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Our nation must make a ... bold commitment to invest to in the future of our country by tripling the innovation budget -- federal basic research and development -- over the next decade
Rep. Wolf asks triple basic research money
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The remarks are made in the nation's capital in the safe environment of a Senate caucus room
Rep. Wolf: Stand with Vietnam dissidents
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When people in the Carter administration and Reagan administration went to the Soviet Union, they met with the dissidents. They went into the synagogues; they went into the churches; they went into the apartments of the people. They stood with them and publicly identified with them. And that really emboldened the dissidents and also sent a message to the Soviet Union that we know who these people are and we're standing with them. (Andrei) Sakharov, (Natan) Sharansky. Where are the names of all the political prisoners? Is the ambassador speaking out
Rep. Wolf: Stand with Vietnam dissidents
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In our quest to create a better, faster, more agile FBI, we have to be careful not to trample on the rights granted to every American under the Constitution
Mueller promises FBI will respect rights
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It is a sad commentary that your bottom line today is more important to your company than the lives of young people tempted to drink or recovering alcoholics trying to beat their disease
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Iranians celebrate the qualification of their soccer team for 2014 World Cup
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Iranian women flash the victory sign during a street celebration in Tehran, Iran on June 18, 2013. The Iranian national soccer team defeated South Korea in their 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying soccer match in Ulsan, South Korea. UPI/Maryam Rahmanian .