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Seattle Times, 24.04.13 06:39 UTC

Obama administration had advance warning on Fisker

Newly released documents show that the Obama administration was warned as early as 2010 that electric car maker Fisker Automotive Inc. was not meeting milestones set up for a half-billion dollar government loan, nearly a year before U.S. officials froze the loan after questions were raised about the company's statements.

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Reuters - Business News, 24.04.13 04:24 UTC

Government loan to Fisker to be scrutinized in congressional hearing

By Deepa Seetharaman and Paul Lienert DETROIT | Wed Apr 24, 2013 12:15am EDT DETROIT (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) 2009 decision to grant Fisker Automotive a $529 million loan ...

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Reuters - Top News, 23.04.13 22:26 UTC

White House says open to legislation to halt FAA furloughs

WASHINGTON | Tue Apr 23, 2013 6:12pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday it would be open to legislation to put air traffic controllers back to work full-time as key U.S. ...

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Seattle Times, 23.04.13 21:48 UTC

Help for 'uninsurables' mired in political battle

Republicans are offering to bail out a financially strapped program in the federal health overhaul, one that's a lifeline for uninsured people with medical problems. Truce in the health care wars? Not!

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Seattle Times, 23.04.13 21:11 UTC

GOP report faults State Dept. on Libya security

An interim report by House Republicans faults the State Department and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for security deficiencies at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, prior to last September's deadly terrorist attack that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.

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Seattle Times, 23.04.13 20:33 UTC

Senior Democrat presses administration on drones

The Senate's second-ranking Democrat is pressing the Obama administration to explicitly spell out its justification for using drones for targeted killings.

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Reuters - Top News, 23.04.13 18:44 UTC

Immigration bill could fix some Boston security issues: official

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON | Tue Apr 23, 2013 2:35pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Obama administration official said on Tuesday that an immigration bill starting to move through Congress would ...

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Seattle Times, 23.04.13 16:44 UTC

Senior Sudanese delegation invited to Washington

The Obama administration is preparing to welcome a senior Sudanese delegation to the United States for some rare highest-level diplomacy between the countries.

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CNN Top Stories, 23.04.13 12:30 UTC

History's jury is still out on Bush

Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and "Governing America." (CNN) -- On Thursday, President Obama ...

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Seattle Times, 23.04.13 12:09 UTC

Bail hearing set for 2 men in Canada terror plot

Two men face a bail hearing Tuesday after their arrest on charges of plotting a terrorist attack against a Canadian passenger train with support from al-Qaida elements in Iran, authorities said. The case has raised questions about Shiite-led Iran's murky relationship with the predominantly Sunni Arab terrorist network.

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