GSA spending shocks with Vegas conference and Virginia awards
Inspector General findings reveal $268,732 in costs for a two event GSA ceremony in Las Vegas and nearby Virginia, including $20,000 on drum sticks and $30,000 on time temperature picture frames. Public relations firm received $140,464 for coordination and logistics as fallout continues with leadership changes and probes.
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Las Vegas
Federal General Services Administration
Virginia
Inspector General
GSA
Brian Miller
Congress
Miller
Agent X
Agent X Management
Sarah Breen
JOG Communications
Martha Johnson
McCaskill
Senate
Breen
Zimmerman seeks interview with Barbara Walters on The View
George Zimmerman called ABC Newswoman Barbara Walters during The View seeking an interview after failing to secure a sit down. Walters described Zimmerman as desperate for money and asked for a hotel stay.
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Miami
George Zimmerman
ABC
Barbara Walters
Walters
the View
Florida
Zimmerman
Miami Gardens
Trayvon Martin
New York Post
Miami Herald
Neighborhood Watch
Fox News
Sean Hannity
Fox
Hannity
Duval County
Legal Trust Fund
George
Navy biofuel debate upstages Hawaii naval drills
Aboard the USS Nimitz in the Pacific off Hawaii a biofuel blend powers jets and ships as the world’s largest naval exercise proceeds. Lawmakers contest the costs arguing defense budgets should favor traditional fuel while the Navy cites vulnerabilities and aims to reduce oil dependence with alternative energy.
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Hawaii
Navy
U.S
Ray Mabus
Uss
Congressional
Senate Armed Services Committee
John McCain
Arizona
Jim Inhofe
Oklahoma
Congress
McCain
Inhofe
Pentagon
Obama
U.S. Departments of Energy and Agriculture
Not guilty verdict for TSA protester who stripped
John Brennan of Portland Oregon was found not guilty of indecent exposure after stripping to protest TSA screening. The 50 year old said the act was protected speech and a protest of the pat down and privacy concerns. He was arrested for indecent exposure and disorderly conduct after removing clothes in line for an Alaska Airlines flight to San Jose California.
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Calif
Portland
Ore
Silicon Valley
TSA
Portland International
Oregon
John Brennan
Brennan
Alaska Airlines
Oregonian
San Jose Mercury News
U.S
Pacific Grove
The
Mercury News
Oregon Court of Appeals
Transportation Security Administration
Oklahoma City
Political consultant leads anti gay marriage push across states
Frank Schubert, a seasoned political messaging expert, directs campaigns in Maine Maryland Minnesota and Washington to repeal or block same sex marriage. He frames marriage as essential to natural family life and contrasts conservative messaging with gay rights groups bankrolled by donors. The effort aims to influence November ballots amid shifting public opinion while funding totals reach up to twenty million in Minnesota.
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Minneapolis
Frank Schubert
Tobacco
Timber
California
Schubert
Karl Rove
Pat Robertson
Maine
Maryland
Minnesota
Washington
District of Columbia
National Organization For Marriage
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Dan Tangherlini
Claire McCaskill
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Barbra
U.S. Navy
J.g. K. Smith
Chafee
Oskar Garcia
Associated Press
Mark Gomez McClatchy
AE Frank Schubert
St. Paul Cathedral
St. Paul, Minn
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