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Fiscal Cliff Blog (Day 3): Charting Defense-Related Developments as Lawmakers...
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Kent., speaks as (L-R) Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.C., Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas and Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., listen during a news...
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Senate Easily Approves Cliff Deal, Delay to Sequestration In Early-Morning Vote
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., triumphantly strides into Senate chamber around 2 p.m. EST Monday to announce a fiscal cliff and sequestration deal that passed the chamber 12 hours...
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Cantor Blames Sandy Vote Debacle on Boehner, Positions Himself for Speakership
House Speaker John Boehner (R), R-OH, and Rep. Eric Cantor (L), R-VA, walk to a meeting with House Republicans at the US Capitol on January 1, 2013 in Washington, DC. (MOLLY RILEY/AFP/Getty Images)...
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The 113th Congress: By the Numbers
The 113th Congress gets started on Thursday, and a battle over the nation's borrowing limit and federal spending cuts looms large. (U.S. House photo) The sun has set for the final time on the 112th...
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Sen. McCain Joins Foreign Relations Panel. Possible Benghazi Hearing Just Got...
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., calls on a reporter during a December press conference. McCain, a hawk on foreign policy matters, has been named to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, giving him a prime...
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Pro-Defense Sen. Ayotte Named ‘Counsel’ to Sen. McConnell
Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., addresses the media in late November. On Thursday, the rising Senate star and pro-defense lawmaker was named a "counsel" to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky....
View ArticleSenate Republican Leaders Use Good Cop-Bad Cop Tactics on Likely Hagel...
Click here to view the embedded video. The Senate’s top Republicans on Sunday struck a good cop-bad cop tone about the expected nomination of former GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel to become defense secretary. On...
View ArticleWashington’s Latest Issue Industry: The Anti-Chuck Hagel Lobby
Click here to view the embedded video. All it takes in Washington these days to turn an opinion into an industry is a little planning, a few meetings, a coordinated plan and enough dollars. The latest...
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Essay: Sequestration Almost Happened Once, When the Stakes Were Lower
Senate Democratic Majority Whip Dick Durbin talks with reporters during talks to reach a "fiscal cliff" deal outside the Senate Chamber on Dec. 30. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images)...
View ArticleBarney Frank Wants Senate Seat; Vows to Give Hagel Budget-Cutting Cover
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy It’s an open secret the U.S. defense sector would celebrate a return to the Senate by Scott Brown. Just following the...
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Got a Chuck Hagel Problem? There’s a Colin Powell for That.
Colin Powell appears on NBC's "Meet the Press" in 2010. (Photo by William B. Plowman/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) The anti-Chuck Hagel factions had their say, some of them on Sunday morning...
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Biggest Threat to Pentagon Budget: Congressional Republicans?
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during his final news conference of his first term in the White House's East Room on Monday. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) The U.S. Defense Department and...
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Sen. Inhofe Comes Out Swinging as SASC’s Top Republican
Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., speaks during the 39th Conservative Political Action Committee conference in Washington on Feb. 10, 2012. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) If his first week as the top...
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Inauguration scene
Setup was underway Monday morning at the Capitol as final preparations for Inauguration Day took over Washington. (John Bennett / Staff)
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How Much Will Obama’s Ambitious Domestic Goals Squeeze DoD Spending?
U.S. President Obama delivers his second Inaugural address on Jan. 21, a speech that made clear he intends to pursue an ambitious domestic agenda. (JOHN T. BENNETT/DEFENSE NEWS) After a day of ceremony...
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Sens. McCain, Corker: N.Africa Unrest Due to Obama Administration’s “Lack of...
Algerian security personnel on Monday look on as empty coffins are transported to collect victims that were killed during a hostage crisis at a desert gas plant in Algeria's deep south. (FAROUK...
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Live Blog: Clinton Faces Congress About Deadly Benghazi Attack
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will testify before two congressional panels Wednesday about the Sept. 11 attack in Benghazi, Libya. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) More than four months after four...
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Live Blog: Sen. Kerry’s Own Foreign Relations Panel Examines His SecState...
President Barack Obama (L) and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., enter the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Dec. 21. Kerry is on Capitol Hill today for his confirmation hearing. Obama has tapped him to...
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Has HASC Chairman McKeon Thrown in the Towel on Sequestration?
Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon said in an interview published this week that pending Pentagon spending cuts are likely to kick in March 1. (Photo made available by McKeon's office) Has House Armed Services...
View ArticleAnother Top House Republican Says Sequestration Cuts Are a Done Deal
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Sequestration is going to happen. At least that’s what yet another Republican U.S. House leader says. “I think the sequester...
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