Politics Mash http://politics.getmash.net Your source for daily politics mash... Fri, 18 May 2012 10:15:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 US officials agonize over apology to Pakistan for November soldier deaths http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/us-officials-agonize-over-apology-to-pakistan-for-november-soldier-deaths.html http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/us-officials-agonize-over-apology-to-pakistan-for-november-soldier-deaths.html#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 10:15:05 +0000 admin http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/us-officials-agonize-over-apology-to-pakistan-for-november-soldier-deaths.html For nearly six months after U.S.-led forces accidentally killed two dozen Pakistani troops at the Afghanistan border, officials at the highest reaches of the Obama administration have been locked in a heated debate over what might appear to be a small step — apologizing for the loss.


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]]> http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/us-officials-agonize-over-apology-to-pakistan-for-november-soldier-deaths.html/feed 0 Senator questions $18B for job training, as study suggests rampant waste, abuse http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/senator-questions-18b-for-job-training-as-study-suggests-rampant-waste-abuse.html http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/senator-questions-18b-for-job-training-as-study-suggests-rampant-waste-abuse.html#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 10:15:05 +0000 admin http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/senator-questions-18b-for-job-training-as-study-suggests-rampant-waste-abuse.html A Government Accountability Office study commissioned by Sen. Tom Coburn found an overlapping and duplicative maze of 47 federal jobs programs run by nine agencies, some of which were rife with mismanagement, waste, fraud, abuse and corruption.


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]]> http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/senator-questions-18b-for-job-training-as-study-suggests-rampant-waste-abuse.html/feed 0 JP Morgan CEO Dimon to testify before Congress http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/jp-morgan-ceo-dimon-to-testify-before-congress.html http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/jp-morgan-ceo-dimon-to-testify-before-congress.html#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 10:15:05 +0000 admin http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/jp-morgan-ceo-dimon-to-testify-before-congress.html JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is willing to testify at a congressional hearing this spring on the bank’s $2 billion trading loss.


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]]> http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/jp-morgan-ceo-dimon-to-testify-before-congress.html/feed 0 Author shares audio of interview with Wright claiming he was offered money to stay quiet http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/author-shares-audio-of-interview-with-wright-claiming-he-was-offered-money-to-stay-quiet.html http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/author-shares-audio-of-interview-with-wright-claiming-he-was-offered-money-to-stay-quiet.html#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 10:15:05 +0000 admin http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/author-shares-audio-of-interview-with-wright-claiming-he-was-offered-money-to-stay-quiet.html In a taped interview, a man purported to be Rev. Jeremiah Wright claimed that an associate of President Obama, through an intermediary, offered him money to stop preaching during the 2008 presidential campaign. 


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]]> http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/author-shares-audio-of-interview-with-wright-claiming-he-was-offered-money-to-stay-quiet.html/feed 0 Rubio upset over US issuing visa to Castro’s daughter http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/rubio-upset-over-us-issuing-visa-to-castros-daughter.html http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/rubio-upset-over-us-issuing-visa-to-castros-daughter.html#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 10:15:04 +0000 admin http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/rubio-upset-over-us-issuing-visa-to-castros-daughter.html A report that the daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro has been granted a temporary U.S. visa has sparked sharp criticism from Cuban-American GOP Sen. Marco Rubio and other Capitol Hill lawmakers.


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]]> http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/rubio-upset-over-us-issuing-visa-to-castros-daughter.html/feed 0 Edwards’ defense closes by arguing he sinned with his affair, but broke no laws http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/edwards-defense-closes-by-arguing-he-sinned-with-his-affair-but-broke-no-laws.html http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/edwards-defense-closes-by-arguing-he-sinned-with-his-affair-but-broke-no-laws.html#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 10:15:04 +0000 admin http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/edwards-defense-closes-by-arguing-he-sinned-with-his-affair-but-broke-no-laws.html He’s a sinner, but he’s no crook. That was the final message from John Edwards’ defense team Thursday as both sides made closing arguments in the month-long corruption trial that threw open the blinds on his once-secret affair with Rielle Hunter. 


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]]> http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/edwards-defense-closes-by-arguing-he-sinned-with-his-affair-but-broke-no-laws.html/feed 0 Obama declares ‘new chapter’ for US, Burma http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/obama-declares-new-chapter-for-us-burma.html http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/obama-declares-new-chapter-for-us-burma.html#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 10:15:04 +0000 admin http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/obama-declares-new-chapter-for-us-burma.html President Barack Obama is declaring a “new chapter” in U.S. relations with Burma, the former pariah state also known as Myanmar.


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]]> http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/obama-declares-new-chapter-for-us-burma.html/feed 0 Commercial space race at make-or-break moment with looming launch http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/commercial-space-race-at-make-or-break-moment-with-looming-launch.html http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/commercial-space-race-at-make-or-break-moment-with-looming-launch.html#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 10:15:04 +0000 admin http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/commercial-space-race-at-make-or-break-moment-with-looming-launch.html Several false starts and nearly $400 million in taxpayer funds later, a California space company is aiming in a matter of days to be the first private firm to send its own capsule to the International Space Station. 


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]]> http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/commercial-space-race-at-make-or-break-moment-with-looming-launch.html/feed 0 Postal Service to begin closing plants this summer http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/postal-service-to-begin-closing-plants-this-summer.html http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/postal-service-to-begin-closing-plants-this-summer.html#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 10:15:04 +0000 admin http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/postal-service-to-begin-closing-plants-this-summer.html The nearly bankrupt U.S. Postal Service is moving ahead with plans to close dozens of mail processing centers, saying on Thursday it can no longer wait as Congress remains deadlocked over how to help.


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]]> http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/postal-service-to-begin-closing-plants-this-summer.html/feed 0 US giving Israel $70 million more for Iron Dome http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/us-giving-israel-70-million-more-for-iron-dome.html http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/us-giving-israel-70-million-more-for-iron-dome.html#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 10:15:04 +0000 admin http://politics.getmash.net/2012/05/18/us-giving-israel-70-million-more-for-iron-dome.html The Pentagon says the U.S. will give Israel the extra $70 million that Jerusalem asked for this year for short-range missile defense.


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