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April 11, 2007
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Sallie Mae to Pay $2 Million to Settle Lending Probe (Update2)
April 11, 2007
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"She went to advance US interests in the Middle East, believing that we can perhaps get more out of Syria by engaging it than by shunning it."
April 11, 2007
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EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon Considers Extended Tours for All Soldiers
Jonathan Karl, ABC News - April 10, 2007
The Gavel welcomes
April 10, 2007
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House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton today wrote a letter to the Secretary of Defense, expressing concerns about Army readiness and questioned the Pentagon about its preparations to fully train and equip the National Guard br
April 10, 2007
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The Oversight and Government Reform Committee announced that it has scheduled a hearing entitled "Misleading Information from the Battlefield" on April 24th:
April 10, 2007
Press Release
"'The American people want the President and the Congress to work together to bring a responsible end to the war in Iraq. Congressional Democrats are willing to meet with the President at any time, but we believe that any discussion of an issue as critical as Iraq must be accomplished by conducting serious negotiations without any preconditions. Our goal should be to produce an Iraq supplemental bill that both fully funds our troops and gives them a strategy for success."
April 10, 2007
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Speaker Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid today issued the following statement, renewing their call for the President to work with Congress to ensure our troops receive the support they
April 9, 2007
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After receiving an insufficient response from the State Department's Legislative Affairs office, Chairman Waxman reiterated his request today for Secretary Rice to testify later thi
April 9, 2007
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Last week, The Gavel reported that the Chairman of the Education and Labor Committee, George Miller, requested information from the Department of Education regarding the Student Loan Express stock held by at least