Politics (page 2174)

House Appropriations-Defense subcommittee Chairman Rep. John Murtha , D-Pa., jokes around before a hearing on the Defense Department's budget in Washington on May 20, 2009.

Talking out healthcare, on-air

Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald

Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin addresses attendees at the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke) (Ed Reinke)

(Reuters)

Does Taliban want to talk peace with the U.S.?

Vimeo/<a href="http://vimeo.com/user1750409">Szymon Weglarski</a>

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., left, huddles with the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008, as Neil Barofsky testified before the committee's hearing on Barofsky' nomination to be Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke (Associated Press)

Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., listens to testimony by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on the final day of her confirmation hearings, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 16, 2009. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (Associated Press)

Dem tensions flare up over healthcare in private

The beak of a swan is covered with snow on the embankment of river Main between Hanau and Frankfurt, January 9, 2010. The freezing weather gripping parts of Europe is showing no signs of easing, with warnings the big chill could continue through until next week. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (GERMANY - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT) (Reuters)

(AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

U.S. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd listens to a testimony at the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington in this July 23, 2009 file photo. Dodd will announce on January 6, 2010 he will not seek re-election in November, two senior Democratic party aides said. The news, coupled with another Democrat's retirement announcement, underscored the fragility of the Democrats' Senate majority, which is just enough to push President Barack Obama's agenda past Republican procedural obstacles.
REUTERS/Larry Downing/Files (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) (Reuters)

James O'Keefe speaks with the media while getting into a taxi cab after being released from the St. Bernard Parish jail in Chalmette, La., Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010. O'Keefe, a conservative activist who posed as a pimp to target the community-organizing group ACORN, is one of four people arrested by the FBI and accused of trying to interfere with phones at Sen. Mary Landrieu's office in New Orleans. () (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

In this photo made Sunday, Jan. 23, 2010, job applicants fill out forms at a job fair in Santa Clara, Calif. The number of new claims for unemployment benefits fell less than expected last week, fresh evidence the job market remains a weak spot in the economic recovery.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma) (AP)

Glenn Greenwald

Republican Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown (L) is ceremonially sworn into office by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (R) in the U.S. Capitol in Washington February 4, 2010. Holding the Bible is Brown's wife Gail Huff. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) (Reuters)

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