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U.S. News // 1 decade ago

High-profile primary races in four states

High-profile party contests in U.S. congressional races headlined several statewide primaries Tuesday.

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Politics 2012: Of ads and adages

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Lieberman frustrates congressional Dems

Some Democrats are frustrated retiring Sen. Joe Lieberman, Ind-Conn., has been meeting with Republican presidential hopefuls and candidates for his seat.

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Ex-House aide escapes fine, heads to jail

A former House aide will not be fined for stealing campaign funds but must repay $252,000, the Federal Election Commission has decided.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Dogs of War: A small step for contractors

For a long time now, much of the discussion of the use of private contractors on the battlefield and war zones has been sensationalistic and not particularly helpful. Either contractors are just patriots helping out their former comrades, as most of them are former military themselves, or they are just war profiteering money-grubbers who trample on human rights. Neither view is correct.

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Hospitals can't handle national emergency

Emergency trauma centers in hospitals in seven major U.S. cities lack the ability to cope with even minor national emergencies, lawmakers said.

Energy News // 1 decade ago

Congress wants Iraq to repay U.S. expenses

Iraqis would be forced to pay for U.S. efforts in their country directly or via loans from the United States if any of at least five similar pieces of legislation introduced on Capitol Hill this month is approved.

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'Stop loss' not yet stopped

The U.S. Army maintains its policy of mandatory tour extensions despite pledges from the Defense Department last year to stop the practice, records show.

Energy News // 1 decade ago

Shays, Reichert demand Iraq revenue

Two U.S. congressmen introduced a resolution that Iraq pay for all future reconstruction and security forces training or via loans from the United States.

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Bush seeks funding for Frontier Corps

The Bush administration is urging Congress to approve funding for a tribal parliamentary group in a region of Pakistan where violence is prevalent.

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It is unacceptable that Iraqis are accumulating billions of dollars in accounts from oil revenues and the United States spends billions of dollars on Iraq's defense and economic development
Shays, Reichert demand Iraq revenue Apr 16, 2008

You can't rely just on Petraeus and Crocker. They are good people, but they're still in the thick of battle and you need the view from the outside
White House cool on Iraq Study Group Jul 12, 2007

I think it is unfortunate it took him 14 trips and three years to recognize that Iraq has been in a constant state of turmoil since the day that Baghdad fell
Republican lawmaker wants Iraq withdrawal Aug 25, 2006

My view is that it may be that the only way we are able to encourage some political will on the part of Iraqis is to have a timeline for troop withdrawal
Republican lawmaker wants Iraq withdrawal Aug 25, 2006

Do I think Tom DeLay will be the majority leader by the end of this term? No
House Republican slams DeLay Apr 10, 2005

Christopher H. Shays (born October 18, 1945) is an American politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives and represented the 4th District of Connecticut.

Shays was the only Republican congressman from New England elected to the 110th United States Congress in the 2006 midterm elections. His loss to Jim Himes in the 2008 election made New England's House delegation entirely Democratic in the 111th Congress. He was the most senior member of House of Representatives to be defeated in the 2008 election.

In 2009, Shays was appointed to co-chair the Commission on Wartime Contracting. The commission is an independent, bipartisan legislative commission established to study wartime contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Created in Section 841 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, this eight-member commission is mandated by Congress to study federal agency contracting for the reconstruction, logistical support of coalition forces, and the performance of security functions, in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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