Watchdog 6/20/12

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"… t from 2008 to 2010, to a total of 412. The increase was not something the Obama administration was anxious to take credit for. It’s now come to light that six weeks af …"

House votes to hold attorney general in contempt

By The Associated Press

The House has approved a precedent-setting resolution to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in criminal contempt of Congress.

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"… ver — without any preconditions — documents that could explain why the Obama administration initially denied that a risky "gun-walking" investigative tactic was used …"

"… of Operation Fast and Furious — focusing on 10 months in 2011 after the Obama administration initially denied guns were allowed to "walk" from Arizona to Mexico. By ye …"

Company earned millions in defense contracts while making illegal sales to China

By Zach Toombs

United Technologies Corp. has admitted making false statements about its work on China's first attack helicopter.

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"… tment now is to supply jet engines for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets. The Obama administration waged a major battle to make the company the sole provider of those engine …"

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Dust reforms stymied by years of inaction

By Ken Ward Jr.

For more than a quarter-century, government efforts to end black lung have hit brick walls

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"… h issues and advocates for workers and their families.Take the case of the Obama administration's MSHA chief, Joe Main.About a year into his tenure as the nation's top mi …"

GOP budget move stalls black lung plan

By Ken Ward Jr.

Legislative maneuver bars regulators from implementing or enforcing a proposal to reduce miners' exposure to coal dust

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"… without hearing about what mining lobbyists and political leaders call the Obama administration's "war on coal."Radio ads blare the message of lost jobs and stalled permi …"

"… , the measure had made it into the final budget bill, a move that gave the Obama administration little choice but to go along with it.House Appropriations Chairman Hal Ro …"

New optimism about stemming spread of AIDS virus

By The Associated Press

HEALTHBEAT: AIDS turning point? Experts to meet this month amid optimism for HIV prevention

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"… d health disparities are widening, so why the optimism as expressed by the Obama administration's goal of getting to an AIDS-free generation?Consider the potential strate …"

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Aung San Suu Kyi

US eases sanctions, allowing investment in Myanmar

By The Associated Press

US allows investment in Myanmar, including oil and gas, in biggest rollback yet of sanctions

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"… ributed to this report. …"

Mitt Romney

Governors put off health care questions, for now

By The Associated Press

Concerned about costs, governors put off decisions on health care law until after Election Day

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"… under the health care law, except in states that reject the expansion.The Obama administration said last week that people won't be fined for not having insurance in stat …"

"… ement already weighing down their cash-strapped budgets.Others faulted the Obama administration for failing to provide the specifics that states need to make an informed …"

Voters in both parties favor defense spending cuts

By R. Jeffrey Smith

It doesn't matter if the district is blue or red, or has a defense manufacturing plant.

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"… dget should be cut more than politicians in Washington are considering.The Obama administration has only proposed to reduce planned military spending increases, leaving t …"

U.S. arms control official: Test ban treaty faces 'uphill' fight in Senate

By Zach Toombs

U.S. arms control official predicts 'uphill' fight.

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"… ooperation from nuclear states such as Pakistan, India and North Korea. …"

"… nbsp;with nuclear arms or advanced nuclear programs. Gottemoeller said the Obama administration still has no specific timetable for pushing the treaty through the Senate. …"

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