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Tea party fears U.N. intervention in 2012 election

The tea party has added another item to its list of reasons to fear the United Nations: Some in the movement say the U.N. is planning to intervene in the United States’ upcoming elections.

Sec. of State gives policy speech on international AIDS pandemic

By | 11.08.11 | 3:07 pm | More from The Michigan Messenger

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered a speech Tuesday morning at the National Institutes of Health and announcing new U.S. initiatives to address the global pandemic.

Top lobbying group submits thousands of comments in support of Keystone XL pipeline

By | 10.07.11 | 9:40 am | More from The Florida Independent

Associated Industries of Florida, one of the state’s most influential lobbying groups, submitted 16,024 public comments from Florida residents to the U.S. Department of State yesterday, all of which are in support of the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline expansion, a hotly contested network of pipes that would route crude

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Organizer of Waterloo, Iowa event: Bachmann’s behavior left people ‘kinda pissed’

By | 08.26.11 | 1:31 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

Complaints surrounding the way U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann‘s campaign has conducted itself are no big secret in the Hawkeye State, but it appears even Fox News is learning that some Iowans are none too happy with the degradation of the state’s historic retail politics.

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NOM, FRC oppose Obama’s international efforts on equality issues

By | 07.12.11 | 1:47 pm

A handful of religious right groups are criticizing the Obama administration’s role in urging countries doing business with the United States to ease up on their laws criminalizing gays and lesbians. The National Organization for Marriage took issue with a LGBT rights meeting at the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan, and More…

State Dept. sued by enviro groups over Keystone XL pipeline communications

By | 05.19.11 | 9:16 am | More from The Michigan Messenger

A coalition of environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. State Department on Wednesday for the agency’s refusal to turn over communications between Sec. of State Hillary Clinton and a former campaign manager who is now chief lobbyist for TransCanada.

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Fred Karger tries to woo Iowa college Republicans for 2012 caucus

By | 04.26.11 | 6:07 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

AMES — Longtime political consultant and activist Fred Karger, the first official Republican 2012 presidential candidate, admits he’s a long shot. But as Gov. Haley Barbour (R-Miss) bows out of the race because he “doesn’t have the fire in his belly,” Karger insists he does.

Al Franken contributes to ‘It Gets Better’ book

By | 03.23.11 | 4:40 pm | More from The Minnesota Independent

Sen. Al Franken is a contributor to a book urging LGBT youth not to commit suicide because of bullying. “It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living,” by columnist Dan Savage contains an essay by Franken as well as fellow politicians President Obama, Hillary Clinton, More…

Sec. Clinton avoids stating position on Keystone XL pipeline

By | 03.03.11 | 11:20 am | More from The Michigan Messenger

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified before the U.S. Senate on Wednesday and was asked about her position on the Keystone XL pipeline, but deferred comment because her agency is tasked with making a decision on whether to approve the project.

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Anti-war protester seized, claims he was bloodied by guards, at Clinton address about free speech

By | 02.17.11 | 2:25 pm

Image by: Matt MahurinOn Tuesday, a speech by Hillary Clinton at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., took a turn for the ironic when, just as the Secretary of State began talking about the abuses of power that occur when governments like that of Hosni Mubarak’s Egypt silence their citizens, protester Ray McGovern More…