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      <excerpt> Sen. Jack Reed (DR.I.), a senior member of the Armed Services committee, praised Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...the repeal of the military's &quot;Don't ask, don't tell&quot; policy against openly gay service members could last into next year.  Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), a senior member of the Armed Services committee, praised Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Chairman of t</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Just 38 percent of respondents favored Washington &#8220;health-care reform,&#8221; down from 45 percent from December. Sen. Jack Reed earned favorable ratings from 54 percent of respondents, while 44 percent of Second Congressional District voters approved of </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, chaired by Christopher Dodd, is attempting to draft a bipartisan bill led by senators Jack Reed ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...on public works and renewable energy technology will be particularly conducive to hiring in Rhode Island. According to Sen. Jack Reed, Mr. Obama&#8217;s 2011 budget &#8220;made the difficult decisions to help create jobs and tax cuts for middle income Americans</excerpt>
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 - The Obama administration's stepped up demand for tougher restrictions and new taxes on big banks is complicating Senate efforts to write a bipartisan financial regulation overhaul, even drawing a sharp rebuke from a top presidential ally</excerpt>
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