Hagel defends Bergdahl swap as last best chance
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel testified before Congress defending the exchange of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five Taliban prisoners. He called the deal an extraordinary situation and said it did not violate long standing U.S. policy. Bergdahl remains in Germany for counseling while an investigation proceeds.
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Chuck Hagel
Army
Bone Bergdahl
U.S
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Congress
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Afghanistan
House Armed Services Committee
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Germany
FBI probes Phoenix VA office amid health care scandal
The FBI orders a Phoenix VA office investigation into alleged criminal activity as part of the VA health care debacle that led to Secretary Shinseki's resignation. An internal VA audit shows tens of thousands of veterans faced 90 day wait times, with 76 percent of facilities reporting data misrepresentation.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Phoenix
Department of Veterans Affairs
FBI
Justice Department
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Eric Shinseki
Vietnam
White House
Obama
U.S
Sloan Gibson
Shinseki
U.S. Senate
Insurgents advance toward Baghdad from the north
Insurgents linked to ISIS moved from Mosul and Tikrit toward Samarra and Baghdad, facing limited resistance from Iraqi security forces. Analysts warn of Baghdad's vulnerability while Prime Minister al Maliki insists forces can reverse gains and retake Mosul.
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Iraq
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Baghdad
Samarra
Tikrit
Saddam Hussein
Syria
ISIS
Raoul Alcala
U.S
National Security Council
Institute For the Study of War
Nouri al-Maliki
Senate declines to take up student loan refinance bill
Senate leaders block a Democrat backed plan to allow refinancing existing loans at the lower rate set for new borrowers. Democrats would fund the 55.6 billion cost with a tax on those earning over one million dollars. Republicans call it a stunt and warn of a class warfare tax with minimal savings per borrower.
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Congress
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D-Mass
Lamar Alexander
R-Tenn
Senate Committee On Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Congressional Research Service
Las Vegas cop killers end in Walmart shootout video
Police released a security video showing Jerad and Amanda Miller during the Walmart rampage after they killed two officers and a bystander. Amanda fatally shot herself. Jerad was killed by a police rifle. Investigators seek motive and possible links to domestic terrorism.
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Amanda
Clarke County
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Joseph Wilcox
Good
Reuters
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Wal-Mart
Jerad Miller
Las Vegas Metro
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