Puerto Rico seeks relief from Congress amid debt crisis
Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla asked Congress in a Senate hearing for a legal framework to restructure Puerto Rico's 72 billion dollar public debt and to authorize using funds to pay a forthcoming 8.35 billion bond. He warned the island may run out of cash and urged action to avoid a humanitarian crisis.
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Puerto Rico
Congress
Alejandro Garcia Padilla
Senate Judiciary Committee
U.S
Garcia
Obama
Judiciary Committee
Charles Grassley
Lowa
Grassley
Pedro Pierluisi
Pierluisi
Alejandro Javier Garcia Padilla
Capitol Hill
Senate
U.S. Commonwealth
Soldier with quadruple amputation writes inspiring memoir
Augusta Maine reporter details Army staff sergeant Travis Mills 28 who lost all four limbs in Afghanistan. He wrote Tough As They Come to motivate other amputees, runs a foundation, signs books, and travels to visit wounded warriors and bomb victims while urging perseverance.
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Augusta
Maine
Afghanistan
Travis Mills
Mills
82Nd Airborne Division
Iraq
Able
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Boston
Boston Marathon
Marcus Brotherton
Private Ryan
Earsley Barnett Jr. obituary services pending
Earsley Barnett Jr., 64, died Monday November 30, 2015, at his home. Ballard Funeral Home and Crematory will announce funeral arrangements once finalized.
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Earsley Barnett Jr
Ballard Funeral Home
Security experts back settling Syrian refugees
A bipartisan group of former top national security officials urged Congress to continue admitting Syrian and Iraqi refugees. They argued refugees are victims, not terrorists, and opposed delaying resettlement despite pressure from some Republicans and the Paris attacks aftermath.
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Congress
United States
ISIS
Europe
Islamic State Group
Henry Kissinger
George Shultz
Madeleine Albright
David Petraeus
Homeland
Michael Chertoff
Defense
Leon Panetta
Chuck Hagel
William Cohen
House
Paris
FBI
U.S
Iraq
Syria
Islamic State
Obama
Barack Obama
House Passes Intelligence Bill With 7 Percent Spending Rise
The House approved a bill authorizing a seven percent funding increase for intelligence agencies and urged President Obama to present a strategy to defeat the Islamic State. The measure, passed 364 to 58, awaits Senate action and includes reports on foreign fighters and cyberattack impact, plus limits on covert CIA operations.
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House
Barack Obama
Senate
President's Privacy and Civil Liberties Board
CIA
Congress
Syria
Devin Nunes
California
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