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• Thomas memoirs try to clear 'untruths' about him

  - 2007-10-01

  WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas ascends the bench with his colleagues today for the start of a new term, just as his memoirs reopening the wounds of his 1991 Senate confirmation battle go on sale. In a telephone interview Sunday with USA TODAY, Thomas...

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• Pentagon slow to spend on safety for US troops in Iraq

  - 2007-09-04

  WASHINGTON AFP — The Pentagon often has dragged its feet or refused to spend on safer equipment for US troops in Iraq, forcing the Congress to step in, a study published on Tuesday found. The report published in USA Today came as a crucial report on the military situation...

  Tags: FINANCE, Investment, Iraq, Manufacturing, Pentagon, USA Today, Washington

• Returning rookies reflect on lessons learned

  - 2006-11-27

  WASHINGTON -- On the day nearly two years ago when they were sworn into office, liberal Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida and conservative Republican Patrick McHenry from North Carolina found themselves symbols of Congress' diversity and its potential for discord. "We were portrayed as the yin and the yang...

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• Get out of the way

  - 2006-05-31

  Cal Thomas is a conservative columnist. Bob Beckel is a liberal Democratic strategist. But as longtime friends, they can often find common ground on issues that lawmakers in Washington cannot. Today: Obstructionists who believe Common Ground is simply a column in USA TODAY. Bob: Happy anniversary, Cal. A...

  Tags: apathy, Cable, FINANCE, leader, Leadership, Taxes, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, U.S. Congress, USA Today, Washington

• Controversy shadows Hayden confirmation

  - 2006-05-12

  WASHINGTON -- The controversial nomination of Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden to be CIA director could be further complicated by the disclosure that the spy agency under Hayden's control collected phone records on millions of Americans, lawmakers said Thursday. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said disclosure of the program by...

  Tags: director, Government, MARKETING, nomination, Sen., U.S. Senate, USA Today, Washington

• Baseball OK with private funding for D.C. park, but deadline stands

  - 2004-12-20

  Major League Baseball does not oppose involvement of private financing for Washington, D.C.'s proposed $440 million stadium for the Nationals but is standing firm on the Dec. 31 deadline to have the ballpark package in place. "I told them we'd try to help them find private financing," Bob DuPuy,...

  Tags: FINANCE, financing, Investment, MLB, stadium, USA Today, Washington, Williams

• USA TODAY ESPN Top 25 coaches' poll

  - 2004-10-25

  1. Southern California (7-0) Points: 1,513 (49 first-place votes). Previous ranking: 1. This week: Saturday at Washington State (ABC, 7 p.m. ET). Trojans face Washington schools back-to-back for sixth time and aim for fourth sweep. Last week: Beat Washington 38-0. 2. Oklahoma (7-0) Points: 1,469 (11). Previous...

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• Expos near move to Washington as deadline approaches

  - 2004-09-28

  WASHINGTON AFP — Major League Baseball is expected to confirm that the Montreal Expos will move to Washington for the 2005 season. The Washington Post and USA Today, citing unnamed sources, have reported that a deal is nearly set to shift the National League club, which has been financed...

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• MLB stays neutral about Expos' move

  - 2004-09-24

  Major League Baseball's relocation committee made no recommendation Thursday to the executive council as to where the Montreal Expos should be moved in 2005, but Washington, D.C., appears to be the choice and a decision could come next week. Two baseball executives who attended Thursday's 31/2-hour meeting in Milwaukee...

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• Decision due soon on Expos

  - 2004-09-23

  Thirty floors above downtown Milwaukee in a conference room overlooking Lake Michigan, the fate of the Montreal Expos might be decided today. Then again, it might not. Baseball's executive council will hear reports from the relocation committee as to where the Expos could be permanently located. Washington, D.C.,...

  Tags: council, MLB, USA Today, Washington