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State Dept. puts visa restrictions on several Nicaraguan officials

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Two former Clinton officials announce bids for Congress

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Two former Clinton officials announce bids for Congress

Donna Shalala filed campaign paperwork Monday in a bid for the U.S. House seat being vacated by retiring Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida.

Congress passes short-term spending bill, avoids shutdown

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Congress passes short-term spending bill, avoids shutdown

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Florida candidate says she was visited by aliens as a child

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Reports: Trump to end DACA in 6 months if Congress doesn't pass legislation

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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, first Cuban American in Congress, to retire

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the first Cuban American elected to Congress, announced she is retiring after 28 years in the House of Representatives.

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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (also known as Ileana Ros; born Ileana Ros y Adato July 15, 1952) is the U.S. Representative for Florida's 18th congressional district, serving since 1989. She is a member of the Republican Party.

She is currently the most senior Republican woman in the U.S. House, and was the first Republican woman elected to the House of Representatives from Florida. She is chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, effective 2011.

Ros-Lehtinen was born in Havana, Cuba, one of two children born to Enrique Ros and his wife, Amanda Adato.

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