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Kerry meets Israelis, Palestinians in bid to revive talks
ReutersJERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held separate talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials on Thursday and acknowledged there was considerable skepticism that the two sides would resume peace negotiations. There were no signs...Tags: John Kerry, Religion and Belief, Israeli Settlements, Government, European Union
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RPT-Switching from scandals, Obama to address drones and Guantanamo
Reuters(Repeats with no change in content) By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will seek to draw attention away from a series of domestic scandals with a speech on Thursday that defends the U.S. use of drones abroad and lays out...Tags: Elections, Prisons, Military Equipment, U.S. Congress, Civil Rights
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Obama may limit drone use, discuss Guantanamo in major speech
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will vow on Thursday to be more open to the public about the U.S. fight against terrorism and may lay out limits for the use of lethal drones abroad while sketching a vision for closing the military prison...Tags: Elections, Prisons, U.S. Congress, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Terrorism
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Fourth American fatality by U.S. drones disclosed
WASHINGTON — As President Obama prepared to deliver a major speech on national security Thursday, his administration acknowledged for the first time that it had killed four U.S. citizens — one more than previously known — in drone...
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I do not see how Obama can be an effective president until he and others in his administration come clean with Congress and the American people. It will be extremely difficult for him to promote any of his second-term agenda until we receive answers to...Tags: Whitehall, Immigration, Career and Workplace, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Congress
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Iran pushes ahead with nuclear plant that worries West
ReutersVIENNA (Reuters) - Iran is pressing ahead with the construction of a research reactor that Western experts say could eventually produce plutonium for a nuclear weapon if Tehran decides to make one, a U.N. report showed on Wednesday. In another...Tags: Iraq, International Atomic Energy Agency, Manufacturing and Engineering, International Organizations, Tehran (Iran)
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Maine pipeline eyes plan to ship Canada oil sands crude
Reuters* Maine pipeline plan hinges on flows to Montreal * Recent spills inflame Canadian oil debate * Towns oppose oil sands, line passes through tourist zone By Dave Sherwood SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine, May 22 (Reuters) - The little-known operator of a pipeline...Tags: Imperial Oil Limited, Enbridge Incorporated, Suncor Energy Incorporated, Canada, TransCanada Corporation
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Pickering agrees to be questioned over State Department's Benghazi probe
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON The retired U.S. diplomat who co-chaired an internal State Department review of the 2012 terrorist attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, on Wednesday ended his refusal to submit to a closed-door interview with a Republican-led House...Tags: Darrell E Issa, Elections, Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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U.S. probe of Benghazi attack focused on more than five suspects
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - An investigation of the attacks on the American diplomatic mission and nearby annex in Benghazi, Libya, last year is looking at more than five potential suspects, a U.S. national security source said on Wednesday. The...Tags: Police Investigations, Crime, Law and Justice, Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Department of Justice, Libya
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CORRECTED-White House threatens veto of bill to bypass Obama on Keystone
Reuters(Corrects to 67 from 60 the votes needed in Senate to overcome presidential veto) By Ros Krasny WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - The White House has threatened to veto legislation pending in the U.S House of Representatives that could strip from President...Tags: Environmental Politics, Global Warming, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TransCanada Corporation, Washington, DC
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Iran has boosted uranium enrichment capacity, report says
WASHINGTON -- Iran further increased its uranium enrichment capacity in the last three months, yet it also limited its progress in certain sensitive areas of its disputed nuclear program in an apparent attempt to avoid risking retaliation from Israel or...Tags: International Atomic Energy Agency, Israel, Iran, Politics, Nuclear Policy
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U.S. House votes to force approval of Keystone pipeline
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives approved a bill as expected on Wednesday declaring that a presidential permit was not needed to approve the Canada-to-Nebraska leg of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, a move that would take a decision on...Tags: TransCanada Corporation, U.S. House of Representatives, Jeff Denham, Washington, DC, U.S. Senate
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