Tuesday, May 21st
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House Democrats demanded documents Thursday about a multibillion-dollar overseas contracting loophole to track down how _ and why _ the Bush administration slipped it into plans to protect taxpayer money.
The controversial loophole has irked Democrats and Republicans alike. But it has the support of a trade association that lobbies on behalf of giant global government contractors, including Blackwater USA, KBR Inc., Boeing Co., CACI International Inc. and Lockheed Martin.
 Organized labor will break its silence and oppose President Obama's nominee for Commerce Secretary, Chicago's Penny... |
 Republican attempts to turn the row over the IRS into a scandal engulfing the White House... | ||
 Since September, Republicans have claimed the Obama administration covered up the truth about the attack on... |
 In the month before attackers stormed U.S. facilities in Benghazi and killed four Americans, U.S. Ambassador... |
