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Opinion: Could an Egypt-Style Internet Shutdown Happen Here?
By not in system - AOL NewsShortly after thousands of Egyptians flocked to the streets in late January to protest corruption, inflation and the lack of free speech in the country, President Hosni Mubarak responded by shutting down the Internet. In an instant, Egypt's Internet kill switch virtually cut off Egyptians from communicating with the outside world. According to Egypt's largest mobile network provider, Vodafone Egypt, "under Egyptian legislation the authorities have the right to issue such an order and we are obliged to comply with it." Mubarak has since turned the Internet back on, but the question remains: ...
Nidal Hasan a 'Ticking Time Bomb': 4 Key Conclusions from the Senate Inquiry
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsMaj. Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist accused of going on a shooting spree at Fort Hood in 2009, was known as a "ticking time bomb" who could have been stopped by the military or the FBI. That's the conclusion of a Senate inquiry led by Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. In an 89-page report released today, Lieberman and Collins criticized the Army, the FBI and the Department of Defense for failing to act on worrisome information about Hasan. Thirty-two people were wounded and 13 were killed during the Fort Hood massacre. Although previous investigations have ...
Eight Republicans Vote to Repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- In a last-minute surprise, eight Republican senators joined nearly every Democrat to repeal the military's "don't ask, tell policy" on gays. The final 65-31 vote to end the 17-year-old policy that bars gays from serving openly included moderates as well as at least one conservative who had previously spoken out against changing the status quo. The Republicans who voted for repeal: Scott Brown, Massachusetts Susan Collins, Maine Olympia Snowe, Maine Mark Kirk, Illinois Lisa Murkowski, Alaska John Ensign, Nevada Richard Burr, North Carolina George ...
New Showdown: House Plans Vote on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Dec. 14) -- In a new showdown, the House this week will take up a bill that would overturn the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays, Democratic leader Steny Hoyer said Tuesday. The move would put pressure on the Senate to delay its holiday adjournment plans and take up a standalone repeal bill sponsored last week by Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and Connecticut's independent senator, Joseph Lieberman. That bill's fate has been in doubt because of other pressing issues facing the Senate with only days to go before it planned to conclude its lame-duck ...
START Treaty Wins Backing of GOP Senators Snowe, Collins
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyThe Obama White House, eager for the Senate to ratify the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia before Christmas, won the support Friday of two key senators, Maine Republicans Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, with just a few procedural strings attached. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said at a morning briefing, "Both Sen. Snowe and Sen. Collins are now supportive of ratification of START. I think if you look at the number of people -- the number of senators just on the Republican side over the past 10 days that have said this is something that's important, that they ...
DADT Vote Today: Do the Dems Have the Votes for Repeal?
By J. Richard - AOL News(Dec. 8) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid today will bring up a proposed repeal of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy for a final vote for the year. Reid said he will hold a procedural vote later today on repealing the policy, which forbids homosexuals from serving openly in the military. The Democrats need Republican support to garner the 60 votes needed to break a GOP filibuster, and it's still unclear how many Senate Republicans are in favor of the repeal, the New York Daily News reported. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is one such senator, joining at least three other GOP senators ...
Repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Unclear After Brass Asks Senate for Time
By David Wood - Politics DailyProspects for Senate repeal of the ban on gays in the military appear uncertain after three of the four military service chiefs testified Friday that repeal would harm combat effectiveness -- unless they were allowed time to implement the change. But at least one member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, after two days of hearings this week, announced a surprising endorsement of repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell.'' Massachusetts GOP Sen. Scott Brown, who won the seat left open by the death of Sen. Ted Kennedy, said Friday he would support repeal. Last spring he voted against ...
GOP Senators Targeted in Six-Figure DREAM Act Ad Buy
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyA coalition of labor and advocacy groups has launched a "six-figure" ad campaign aimed at Republican senators whose votes are needed to pass the DREAM Act before the current session of Congress runs out. The AFL-CIO said Tuesday that the ads will run in print publications and on radio all this week in Maine, Boston, Miami, Houston and Las Vegas. The GOP lawmakers being targeted are: Florida Sen. George LeMieux; Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe; Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown; Nevada Sen. John Ensign; and Texas Sens. John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison. Most of them voted for the ...
Senate Votes to Keep Earmarks Alive -- With GOP Support
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyThe U.S. Senate voted 56 to 39 Tuesday to continue to allow congressional earmarking, the practice that lets individual lawmakers designate federal funds for specific projects, usually in their home states. Although Senate Republicans recently adopted a nonbinding resolution to prevent GOP senators from requesting or supporting earmarks, the bill proposed Tuesday -- by two Democrats and two Republicans -- would have formally changed Senate rules to make it impossible for the chamber to move any bill with an earmark attached. Despite the GOP caucus' official stand against the practice ...
Lady Gaga's New Video: A Message to Senators on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
By Suzi Parker - Politics DailyLady Gaga is back at political activism. On Monday night, Lady Gaga released a two-minute black-and-white video via YouTube to update her fans on the status of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." "Right now, we're looking at tomorrow being a very important day for you guys all to really be paying attention," she says, sitting on a couch in what appears to be a dressing room. She adds: "Senators you have been put on notice by me and by the people of this country. You said you would debate and address this law when the Pentagon returned with a strategy and tomorrow morning you will have. Will you keep ...
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