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Rumsfeld to Testify in Tillman Inquiry

ABC News' Kirit Radia Reports: The Congressional inquiry into the misinformation surrounding U.S. Army Corporal Pat Tillman's death could turn into quite a spectacle when former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld testifies Wednesday. The House Oversight Committee announced late Tuesday that...

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Cheney Admits 'Wrong' on Iraq

ABC News' Jennifer Duck Reports: Vice President Cheney rarely admits he's wrong. But when asked by Larry King if he was wrong in May of 2005 when he said the insurgency was in its "last throes," Cheney responded, "I think...

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Ann Romney Criticized for Cancer Comment

ABC News' Sunlen Miller reports: A high-profile cancer patient is angry over comments Ann Romney made about the disease in an interview to People magazine. Referencing her battle with multiple sclerosis, the wife of Republican presidential candidate Gov. Mitt Romney...

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Senators Mum on Corruption Probe

ABC News' Jake Tapper Reports: On the same day Democrats were heralding a new lobbying and ethics reform package, both the Democratic and Republican leaders of the Senate refused to comment Tuesday on the FBI raid on the home of...

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F. Thompson Raises $3.4 Million in June

ABC News' Christine Byun reports: Yet-to-be announced Republican '08 candidate Fred Thompson raised $3.4 million dollars during the first month of his testing-the-waters phase in June. Thompson, a former Republican senator and Law & Order star, gathered financial support from...

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Obama Ad Touts Lobby Reform

ABC News' Rick Klein Reports: Sen. Barack Obama has launched a new television ad touting his record in reforming lobbying and ethics laws, opening a fresh -- and subtle -- front in his ongoing battle with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton....

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Bush Calls Roberts Following Seizure

ABC News' Jennifer Duck reports: White House Press Secretary Tony Snow told reporters during an off-camera briefing that President Bush called Chief Justice John Roberts Tuesday morning between 7:30am and 8:00am. When Bush asked Roberts about his health, "the Chief...

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Cheney Disregards Judiciary Chairman's Views of Gonzales

ABC News' Jennifer Duck Reports: Vice President Dick Cheney said President Bush has the final say when it comes to the credibility of embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. In an interview with Mark Knoller of CBS radio, Cheney disregarded Senate...

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British Invasion

ABC News' Jordan Hultine Reports: Gordon Brown, Great Britain's new Prime Minister, met with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., for a brief photo-op on Monday. None of the three men made remarks...

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Giuliani Gets Healthy

ABC News' Jake Tapper Reports: As a preview to Tuesday's health care address by Rudy Giuliani in Rochester, NH, the former Mayor's health care advisers held a conference call with reporters in which they discussed the broad outlines of the...

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