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Obama in Afghanistan to sign security pact
KABUL, Afghanistan - Under intense security and the cover of night, President Barack Obama slipped into Afghanistan on Tuesday. He's there to sign an agreement aimed at cementing a lasting U.S. commitment to the nation after the long and unpopular war comes to an end. For about seven hours, Obama is to be on the ground in Afghanistan, where the United States has been engaged in war in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks more than decade ago. The trip carries major symbolic significance for the president as U.S. commander in chief. And it allows him to showcase what the White House considers the fruit of Obama's refocused war effort the killing a year ago of 9/11 mastermind Osama bin…
Alexander comments on college tuition rates, VP vetting process
Sen. Lamar Alexander offered his insight on what could be done to stave off increasing tuition rates at the nation's public schools Tuesday.…
Fleischmann looks to GOP leadership, PACs for campaign fuel
Leveraging their positions in the U.S. House of Representatives as drivers for campaign cash, Reps. Chuck Fleischmann and Scott DesJarlais will welcome House Majority Leader Eric Cantor to Southeast Tennessee Friday for a pair of fundraisers.…
GSA scandal prompts bill from Fleischmann
Expressing disdain for the General Administration Services scandal, Rep. Chuck Fleischmann said the time for wasteful government spending on conferences is over.…
Tennessee Senators vote to kill Buffett Rule
Labeling President Obama's proposal to raise the effective tax rate on Americans earning more than $1 million a year as an election year gimmick, Tennessee Sens. Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker cast their votes against the Paying Fair Share Act of 2012, otherwise known as the Buffett Rule, Monday.…
Tennessee senators to vote "no" on Buffett Rule
With a vote scheduled for Monday on a bill that would require Americans earning 1 million or more to increase their federal income tax rates to a minimum of 30 percent, Tennessee senators are already saying they won't be supporting the measure.…
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