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Obama lifts ban on Guantanamo transfers to Yemen
President Barack Obama is lifting his self-imposed ban on transferring Guantanamo Bay detainees to Yemen, where a leadership upheaval has improved the country's security but not eliminated a terrorist organization trying to recruit jihadists. Lifting the ban is a step toward Obama's goal of closing the Navy-run prison in Cuba ...
3 Big Things You Need Today: IRS, ICE and GABEO
Lois Lerner takes the 5th. Did she lie before the committee before that fateful Friday. Immigration bills moves through the Senate. Tyrone Brooks pleads Not Guilty. and a fun Ferris wheel in Atlanta.
3 Big Things You Need Today: IRS, ICE and GALEO
Lois Lerner takes the 5th. Did she lie before the committee before that fateful Friday. Immigration bills moves through the Senate. Tyrone Brooks pleads Not Guilty. and a fun Ferris wheel in Atlanta.
Will Senate bid lure Rogers from his House seat?
Republican Rep. Mike Rogers has pulled off a rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress — a working, productive relationship with Democrats in overseeing the nation's 16 spy agencies. The question now is whether the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee sticks around the House or fulfills GOP hopes and ...
3 Big Things You Need Today: VA Hosp Update, GOP Debate, Internet Sales--and Saxby Gets a Hole in One
Scott MacFarlane continues his great reporting on the Atlanta VA Hospital scandal. How far does it go? The final GAGOP Chairman's debate is tonight in Cobb County sans Seth Harp. The internet sales tax bill passes in the U. S. Senate. What does it do in the House? And Saxby gets a hole in one with the President, did Tiger teach you that, Mr. President?
Hole-in-one as Obama golfs with 3 senators
So much for overshadowing your rivals, Mr. President. Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss didn't seem fazed by a rare congressional invitation to golf with President Barack Obama Monday, sinking a hole-in-one on the par-three 11th hole. The ace shot helped lead Chambliss and GOP teammate Sen. Bob Corker or Tennessee to ...
3 Big Things You Need Today: Candidates, Stone Mtn and Confederate History, Jobs/Real Estate
At the very moment Jack Kingston announced, Karen Handel sends an email. Confederate history under assault at Stone Mountain. Jobs are soft but Real Estate is finally doing better.
Lawmakers: Syria chemical weapons could menace US
Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons could be a greater threat after that nation's president leaves power and could end up targeting Americans at home, lawmakers warned Sunday as they considered a U.S. response that stops short of sending military forces there. U.S. officials last week declared that the Syrian government ...
GOP faces Senate recruitment woes in key states
Republicans are struggling to recruit strong U.S. Senate candidates in states where the party has the best chances to reclaim the majority in Washington. It's a potentially troubling sign that the GOP's post-2012 soul-searching could spill over into next year's congressional elections. The vote is more than 18 months away, ...
3 Big Things You Need To Know Today on Zoller and Bryant: VA issues, UGA Elite, Saxby Questions
With more and more military personnel coming home, the VA needs to "buck up." UGA has acheived Elite Status and has a big tuition increase coming. Sen. Saxby Chambliss gets a briefing. Ed Gillespie tells us about the GWB library
Collision course on FAA sequester cuts
Republicans and Democrats traded charges on Monday over sequester cuts to air traffic controllers at the FAA, as after weeks of political skirmishes over automatic budget cuts, this fight over air travel threatened to quickly develop into a full blown political storm. "Why is President Obama unnecessarily delaying your flight?" ...
3 Big Things You Need on Zoller and Bryant Today: GOP Conventions, Saxby/Boston, Braves
Lots of news at the GOP District Conventions. Candidates, Electeds and Straw Polls. Then we'll update you on the weekend's events around Boston and what Sen. Chambliss has to say. Finally, Braves have a tough weekend as well as Reese Witherspoon.
Questions after the Boston Marathon bombings
The political aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings is just beginning, as both parties wait to see how it may impact a number of different issues, ranging from the conduct of anti-terrorism work by the U.S. Government to immigration, gun laws and more. In the wake of terrorist attacks, it ...
Looking for clues on Boston bombings
Official Washington, D.C. had no immediate answers on Tuesday for who or what group might have been behind the bombings at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, as lawmakers refused to speculate on those responsible, while President Obama again vowed to track down the culprits. "This was a heinous ...
Hice enters congressional race
Evangelist and radio talk show host Jody Hice joins the race to replace Athens Congressman Paul Broun, the 10th District Republican who was first in the race to replace retiring U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss. It’s the second congressional campaign for Hice, who ran unsuccessfully for the seat now held by ...
Zoller and Bryant: 3 Big Things You Need to Know Today: Masters, Gun Compromise, Wilcox Co Prom
Of course, the big Georgia story today is the Masters and will the unknown Aussie win it all. Is it Tiger's year or an unknown? Then, Isakson and Chambiss vote to continue the debate on the Toomey/Manchin compromise on background checks. What does that mean? Our old friend, Melvin Everson, has chimed in on the Wilcox County Prom, what does that mean? And, John Clark of GNN checks in from the Masters.
Sheldon enters race for Congress
A day after Athens state Senator Bill Cowsert said he would not be campaigning for Congress, a Gwinnett County state Representative said she would run for the 10th District seat being vacated by Athens Republican Paul Broun: Donna Sheldon is chair of the state House Majority Caucus. She says she ...
Cowsert not running for Congress
Athens state Senator Bill Cowsert says he will not be a candidate for Congress: Republican Cowsert says he will instead seek reelection to the state Senate. Cowsert had been considering a run for the 10th District seat being vacated by Athens Republican Paul Broun. Broun is leaving his seat in ...
Broun to address Athens GOP
Athens Congressman Paul Broun is the featured speaker at tonight’s meeting of the Athens-Clarke County Republican Party, at which the local GOP will kick off its membership drive. It’s a 6:30 session at the Country Inn and Suites on Old Epps Bridge Road. Broun is a recently announced candidate for ...
Zoller and Bryant: 3 Big Things You Need Today: Senate Musical Chairs, Wilcox County Prom. Final Four
There are some moving pieces in the Georgia U. S. Senate race. And we'll update you. Another disappointing story about a Georgia Prom. Wilcox County had it's first integrated prom, really? It's 2013. The Final 4 comes to Atlanta. It's been a week of high and low sports stories and Auburn from 2010 is on the stage. Will we find out it's "Scam Newton." And for fun, it's been a good week for late night TV.
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