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Pentagon Defends Lifting Ban on Gays in Military

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WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon said Friday the military should be trained in working with openly gay members by summer's end, prompting House Republicans to complain that repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" ...

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GOP Appears Poised to Take On Entitlements

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CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. -- If there's any place where tea partiers in Congress might hesitate to call for cuts in Social Security and Medicare to shrink the federal debt, Florida's retirement havens ...

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GOP African American, Rep.-Elect Tim Scott, Won't Join Black Caucus

By Tom Diemer

Rep.-elect Tim Scott, one of two black Republicans elected to the House in November, has decided not to join the all-Democratic Congressional Black Caucus, a reliably liberal voting bloc. Scott, the ...

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Conservative Radio Host Loses Hill Job After Remarks

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Nov. 12 -- Joyce Kaufman's controversial statements have afforded her a radio career, but now they appear to have cost her a job on Capitol Hill. Just days after being hired as chief of staff for ...

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Controversial Radio Host Won't Be Congressional Staffer After All

By Christopher Weber

Joyce Kaufman's controversial statements have afforded her a radio career, but now they appear to have cost her a job on Capitol Hill. Just days after being hired as chief of staff for incoming ...

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Jun 18, 2013

Former U.S. Rep Allen West Blasts Bill Cosby Over Comments Praising Black Muslims

Source: Daytona Times - Daytona Beach FL

Comedian-activist Bill Cosby is often the outspoken "uncle" whose sometimes-provocative comments, usually on Black parenting, are hotly debated, but eventually forgiven.

Jun 18, 2013

Allen West Unleashes Sexist Rant, Wants To Keep Women Out Of Combat

Source: The Huffington Post

Former Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) believes women have no place in elite military units, he said Tuesday in a Facebook post accusing President Barack Obama and the Defense Department of enacting a policy change that does not take combat roles seriously enough.

Jun 16, 2013

Bill Cosby attacked by Republican Allen West: Why these two men are so different

Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Pittsburgh PA

Former Congressman Allen West is always fighting for attention.

Jun 15, 2013

'Cliff' From 'Cheers' Wants Allen West to Spread His 'Gene Pool' Across America

Source: Crooks and Liars

Conservative actor John Ratzenberger, who is best known as the character "Cliff" from the television sitcom Cheers , on Friday called for former Rep. Allen West (R-FL) to take "something from his gene pool" and "put it everywhere across this great country."

Jun 14, 2013

Allen West tells conservatives to visit black neighborhoods in D.C.

Source: Salon.com

If you see an elderly white conservative couple clutching their bags as they wander around non-Northwest Washington, D.C. today, it might be because Allen West sent them.