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since 2007, Carl Levin leads Senate oversight of the Pentagon and is at the forefront of the raging debate over the defense budget. Levin and Sen. John McCain, the committee's ranking member, agree that the $600 billion in military cuts set to take effect next year unless a new budget passes would be, in

passes would be, in Levin's words, "a train wreck." (Defense Secretary Panetta has preferred the more apocalyptic "doomsday mechanism.") But while McCain has proposed protecting the defense budget by reducing federal spending elsewhere, Levin has argued, "We should do something intelligent, which mea

Suisse, Thomas Nides was one of Hillary Clinton's top bundlers, raising more than $100,000 for her presidential campaign. In early 2011 he replaced Jack Lew as deputy secretary of state for management and resources. Perhaps Nides's most important function at State is shepherding the president's internat

heir electoral appeal among Hispanic voters. Hopefully this is true, as it is about time. This is immigration reform's time. It was poignant to hear McCain state plainly and eloquently what he has always felt. "We have been too content for too long," he said, "to allow individuals to mow our lawn, serve

ot affording them any of the benefits that make our country so great " Thanks to an election, those words are no longer politically incorrect inside John McCain's party. Rather than emphasize border security first, the President's plan would let undocumented immigrants get on a path to citizenship if they fir

//billmoyers.corn/segment/matt-taibbi-on-big-banks-lack-of-accountability/ Taibbi also expresses his concern over recent Obama appointees — including Jack Lew and Mary Jo White — who go from working on behalf of major banks in the private sector to policing them in the public sector. "The rule of law isn't

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