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ALITO MEETS WITH SEN. ROCKEFELLER
Supreme Court Nominee Samuel Alito (C) meets with Senator John Rockefeller (D-WV) (R) in his office in Washington on January 25, 2006. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)

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Oil companies, lawmakers debate incentives
WASHINGTON, May 12 (UPI) -- Sen. John Rockefeller, D-W.Va., said the five major U.S. oil companies seem clueless defending their tax breaks while making huge profits in an economic slump.
Apple's low profile extends to D.C.
CUPERTINO, Calif., June 14 (UPI) -- Technology giant Apple's low-profile approach to Washington is provoking suspicion in the capital, Sen. John Rockefeller, D-W.Va., said.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- A move to delay the planned Feb. 17 switchover from analog to digital television broadcasts will likely be approved soon, a key U.S. senator says.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate rejected a Judiciary Committee proposal lacking protections for telecommunications firms helping in government-sanctioned eavesdropping.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- CIA officials were met with approval when they briefed members of the U.S. Congress in September 2002 on the tactic of waterboarding, it was reported Sunday.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- A classified U.S. court in Washington has reined in what intelligence agencies can capture from telephone and e-mail communications from abroad.
BAQUBA, Iraq, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Despite mounting U.S. and British claims Iran is supplying insurgents in Iraq with weaponry, there's scant evidence of it, The Los Angeles Times reported.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. John Rockefeller IV, D-W.Va., the head of the Intelligence Committee, says Bush administration rhetoric on Iran reminds him of the Iraq war buildup.
WASHINGTON, March 8 (UPI) -- A Republican-dominated U.S. Senate committee has sided with U.S. President George Bush and voted down a probe of his use of warrantless wiretapping.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Newly declassified documents show the U.S. National Security Agency expanded its domestic anti-terror wiretapping before President George Bush ordered it.
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