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Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:56:43 GMT

Old habits die hard. And that's one of the things that's made it very tough for newsrooms to adapt to the online age.
Source: Recovering Journalist

Sunday Talking Heads: November 22, 2009

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:10:08 GMT

Good morning! Here’s Jane on the NBC Nightly News with a word to say about Blanche Lincoln. Tasty. Matthew Hoh will be on Washington Journal and bmaz has a preview of Chris Matthews for those of us who get it on Sundays.
Source: Firedoglake

Fort Hood shooting an act of terrorism, Levin says

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:41:01 GMT

WASHINGTON - The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical Muslim cleric, and Michigan's Sen. Carl Levin says there could be more communications that might have tipped off law enforcement or military...
Source: Lansing State Journal

Levin: Military Gay Ban Hearings Postponed

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:09:41 GMT

Promised fall hearings on repeal of the military's ban on open gay service in Congress are likely tabled for now, TheHill.com reported Saturday. Both chambers of Congress have likely delayed hearings on the issue.
Source: On Top Magazine

Reid pulls together Senate Dems to take huge step on health reform

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:08:03 GMT

Although the Senate’s action Saturday evening was technically a mere procedural vote, it represented the end of weeks of anxiety for Reid while foreshadowing difficult legislative and political battles ahead.
Source: The Hill

Quoted in 'Upper-Bracket Tax May Be Needed for Afghan War Cost, Levin Says'

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:14:54 GMT

Carl Levin said in Michael Moore - This Just In:

I think the failure to move forward on those reforms in the Senate is the Republican resistance to some of those proposed reforms from the administration, not Democratic resistance

Upper-Bracket Tax May Be Needed for Afghan War Cost, Levin Says

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:14:54 GMT

Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Higher-income Americans should be taxed to pay for more troops sent to Afghanistan and NATO should provide half of the new soldiers, said Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Source: Michael Moore - This Just In

Carl Levin Has A Surefire Way To End The War: Tax The Rich To Pay For It

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:22:48 GMT

Actually, it isn't just Carl Levin who is standing up and saying that if Obama wants to escalate the war in Afghanistan he's going to have to figure out how to pay for it without charging our great, great grandchildren, Bush and Cheney having already...
Source: Down With Tyranny!

Levin urges senators to vote for health care debate

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:55:36 GMT

Washington -- Sen. Carl Levin urged his colleagues Saturday to vote in favor of allowing a proposal to overhaul the nation's health care system to move forward, rather than "close the doors of this chamber to debate of one of the most urgent problems...
Source: Detroit News Online

Quoted in 'President Signs Legislation Committing U.S. to Iraq Withdrawal'

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:16:14 GMT

said in Street Insider:

We congratulate Senate Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin and House Armed Services Chairman Ike Skelton for including this important milestone in the 2010 military authorization bill

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Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:44:19 GMT

BROWNSTOWN TOWNSHIP, MI - AUGUST 13: U.S. Senator Carl Levin (left, D-MI), U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (center, D-MI), and U.S. Congressman John Dingell (right, D-MI), wait to speak at an event where Fritz Henderson, CEO and President of General Motors...

Carl Levin Retreats From Pledge of Allegiance

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:38:08 GMT

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Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

WASHINGTON - MAY 27: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets with Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) May 27, 2009 in Washington, DC.