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swamppolitics.com - 4/5/2009
Ted Stevens case dropped: Eric Holder
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by Josh Meyer and Mark Silva The Justice Department is dropping all charges against former Sen. Ted Stevens, the 85-year old Alaska Republican convicted of lying on Senate financial disclosure forms to conceal hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts and home renovations from a ...
Palin, Ruedrich call for Begich resignation
adn.com - 4/3/2009
Palin, Ruedrich call for Begich resignation
— adn.com — WASHINGTON -- The head of the Alaska Republican Party today called on Sen. Mark Begich to step... down from the U.S. Senate, saying that the state's voters would have re-elected former Sen. Ted Stevens had they known the U.S Department of Justice would ... (more) Palin, Ruedrich call for Begich resignation

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newsminer.com - 4/2/2009
newsminer.com • Palin joins call for new Senate election after Stevens' case dropped
— newsminer.com — JUNEAU — Gov. Sarah Palin on Thursday echoed a call from the Alaska Republican Party for U.S.... Sen. Mark Begich to resign after the Justice Department asked a judge to toss out corruption charges against former Sen. Ted Stevens. “I absolutely agree,” ... (more) newsminer.com • Palin joins call for new Senate ...

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Ted Stevens should run against Palin, Alaska Republican says
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 4/3/2009
Ted Stevens should run against Palin, Alaska Republican says
— politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — Will Sarah Palin face a primary challenge from Ted Stevens in 2010? WASHINGTON (CNN) – Now that... the corruption case against former Sen. Ted Stevens has been dropped, Alaska Rep. Don Young wants Stevens to run for governor — a move that ... (more) Ted Stevens should run against Palin, Alaska Republican says

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The Moderate Voice:  Axelrod Responds To Cheney Saying Obama Administration Has Made U.S. More Unsafe

The Latest on Air America:  Bill Richardson Won't Face Charges In Alleged Kickbacks Case

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Axelrod Responds To Cheney Saying Obama Administration Has Made U.S. More Unsafe
The Moderate Voice — ... I cited that one above for a good reason: Cheney’s comments about what will happen to the U.S. would hold more water if he was talking as the sole person who can see all the info that Americans are not allowed to see. In fact, a whole new team is now looking at the large picture in deteail and we have seen on other policies that Obama has kept some key ones in place. Attorney General Eric Holder has shown he can stand back and evaluate with his decision to dismiss the Ted Stevens case. Many non-talk-radio-political-culture Republicans were also highly critical of the Bush ...

Bill Richardson Won't Face Charges In Alleged Kickbacks Case
The Latest on Air America — ... appointees and executive branch officials. The Finance Authority chose CDR to help it reinvest idle bond proceeds less than a week after CDR made its largest donation in two years--$75,000--to Richardson's campaign in 2004. The company made nearly $500,000 off the contract. An unnamed (and apparently somewhat embittered) source close to the investigation told Massey: "It's over. There's nothing. It was killed in Washington." Earlier this year, Attorney General Eric Holder also dropped a successful case against former Senator Ted Stevens , citing prosecutorial misconduct. ...

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