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Melanie Sloan discusses Illinios Senate Appointment on Lou Dobbs Tonight
2 January 2009 // Source: Kitty Pilgrim and Louise Schiavone // CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight
Bush Data Threatens to Overload Archives
SOURCE: Robert Pear and Scott Shane // New York Times
27 Dec 2008 // The National Archives has put into effect an emergency plan to handle electronic records from the Bush White House amid growing doubts about whether its new $144 million computer system can cope with the vast quantities of digital data it will receive when President Bush leaves office on Jan. 20.
Melanie Sloan Comments on the Richardson Investigation
23 December 2008 // Source: Lisa Myers // NBC News
President Bush yanks pardon of housing scammer Isaac Toussie
SOURCE: James Gordon Meek // New York Daily News
24 Dec 2008 // President Bush yanked back his pardon of convicted Brooklyn housing scammer Isaac Toussie on Wednesday after red-faced White House officials said it was approved too fast.
President Bush Pardons Brooklyn Home Scammer
SOURCE: John Marzulli and James Gordon Meek // New York Daily News
23 Dec 2008 // President Bush pardoned a Brooklyn real estate developer accused of scamming hundreds of poor, minority homebuyers - and whose father donated $28,500 to the Republican Party this year.
Bush pardoned Isaac Toussie, 36, two days before Christmas in a gesture of mercy that outraged ex-customers who said they were duped into buying overpriced, defective homes.
THE WAR BACK HOME: COMBAT'S 'INVISIBLE WOUNDS'
Veterans are returning to Nevada in need of help for mental problems
SOURCE: Alan Maimon // Las Vegas Review-Journal
21 Dec 2008 // More than 30 surgeries have helped fix what a roadside bomb in Iraq did to Senior Airman Brandon Byers' body, but nothing can erase the anger, paranoia and flashbacks that sometimes haunt his mind.
His physical recovery from the near-death experience in October 2006 has been difficult.
So has his fight to heal his mental wounds from the battlefield.
Bush E-Mails May Be Secret a Bit Longer
Legal Battles, Technical Difficulties Delay Required Transfer to Archives
SOURCE: R. Jeffrey Smith // Washington Post
21 Dec 2008 // The required transfer in four weeks of all of the Bush White House's electronic mail messages and documents to the National Archives has been imperiled by a combination of technical glitches, lawsuits and lagging computer forensic work, according to government officials, historians and lawyers.
Should Coleman use campaign funds to pay legal bills?
SOURCE: Cynthia Dizikes // MinnPost
19 Dec 2008 // WASHINGTON, D.C. — Donors to Sen. Norm Coleman's re-election campaign can rest assured that their money will be spent — just not in the way they might have expected.
Prosecutors Attack Political Corruption Throughout US History
SOURCE: Meredith Buel // Voice of America
19 Dec 2008 // U.S. prosecutors have charged Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich with corruption, including allegations that he tried to sell to the highest bidder the Senate seat left vacant by President-elect Barack Obama. The governor is the latest U.S. politician to be charged with corruption and some analysts say because the American political system is awash in money, he is not likely to be the last.
Clinton’s Diplomacy May Be Complicated by Husband’s Money Ties
SOURCE: Timothy J. Burger and Kristin Jensen // Bloomberg
19 Dec 2008 // Dec. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Bill Clinton’s disclosure that his foundation collected at least $41 million from foreign nations such as Saudi Arabia may complicate Hillary Clinton’s ability to serve as the U.S.’s top diplomat.
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