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      <excerpt>...the general election is Nov. 2. Stein, 25, is a Michigan native who was a college intern in the Michigan office of U.S. Rep. Carl Levin, D-Mich. She earned a degree in social work from Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Mich. She moved to Great Bend s</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> More than 70 political appointees to federal posts are being held up in the US Senate by one man&#8212;Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL)&#8212;who wants approximately $40 ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...the federal terrorist watchlist have been allowed to enter the United States.  According to CNSNews.com, a question from Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. elicited this answer from Michael Leiter: &#8220;[W]hen people come to the country, if they are on the watch li</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...the time being because of the expense, lack of training camps and problems training and equipping such a large force.  Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, complained in January that NATO had sent only 37 percent of the</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...States, which has so much riding on global stability, corruption is a direct threat to our national interests,&quot; said Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., the panel chairman. &quot;If we want to credibly lead efforts to stop illegal money abroad, we've got to stop it he</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...that credit card companies got away too long with sneaky rate hikes, oddball billing practices and outrageous fees.  U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., heard plenty from angry consumers and pushed the credit card reform legislation that was signed into law </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...the time being because of the expense, lack of training camps and problems training and equipping such a large force. Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, complained last month that NATO had sent only 37 per cent of the</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...the time being because of the expense, lack of training camps and problems training and equipping such a large force. Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, complained last month that NATO had sent only 37 percent of the </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> At a recent hearing presenting the report, the chairman of the US Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Senator Carl Levin, underlined the ... </excerpt>
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