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      <excerpt>...fostering respect for justice and freedom in Cuba,&quot; the letter says. &quot;I think we need to see some signs from the Cubans,&quot; said Rep. Gary Ackerman, D-N.Y., who signed the letter. &quot;They've got to indicate they're willing to go in the right direction.&quot;...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...an Auburndale attorney, beat Kim, a lawyer who was formerly the deputy director of community affairs for U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-Bayside), by 53 percent to 47 percent in the race to replace Councilman Tony Avella (D-Bayside), who was first elected in</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...even if we lost, we still made a difference,&quot; Kim said yesterday.  Kim had some high-profile backers including his boss, Rep. Gary Ackerman. But several local Dems sat out the race. Avella declined to endorse either candidate while the two runners-up in</excerpt>
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      <title>GOP scores big in Queens: Take 2 open seats from Dems to lead city delegation</title>
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      <excerpt>...South African Judge Richard Goldstone, wrote last week to Berman and his co-sponsors, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) and Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.), to alert them to factual errors in the resolution. Berman and Ackerman (no relation, in case you wer</excerpt>
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      <title>Berman Puts New Language Into Anti-Goldstone Resolution</title>
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      <excerpt>...targeted civilians.  The Ros-Lehtinen/Berman resolution, which is also co-sponsored by Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN) and Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY) and more than 130 other House Members, denounces the report as &quot;irredeemably biased,&quot; applauds the administration</excerpt>
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      <title>AIPAC urges passage of the Goldstone resolution</title>
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      <excerpt>...$700 contribution to a women's forum, $295 to the Financial Women's Association and $500 to the Park Avenue Fund this year. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-Queens) steered $300 to the Hollis Hills Jewish Center, $250 to Temple Beth Shalom in Roslyn and another $2</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...out several favored white Democrats to grab the nomination. He&#8217;s a lawyer who works on constituent services for U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman. Halloran, a lawyer, has been talking about his strong and long-time ties to the area. And he has seized the commun</excerpt>
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      <title>From: Brawl For The Hall</title>
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      <excerpt>...Bayside neighborhoods could become prey for developers.  Kim, a Korean-American who grew up in Bay Terrace and works for Rep. Gary Ackerman, dismissed Halloran's charges as lies and promised to protect neighborhoods.  Kim racked up additional endorsemen</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...The chairman, Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) and the chairman and ranking member of its Middle East subcommittee, Reps. Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.) and Dan Burton (R-Ind.) respectively. We briefed this, but I haven't had time until now to post the whole thing</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...its twists and turns ever since Bayside Democrat Kevin Kim, the former deputy director of community affairs for U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-Bayside), defeated his five opponents in the Sept. 15 Democratic primary and moved ahead to face Republican Dan Ha</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Co-sponsored by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman (D-CA) and Ranking Member Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY) and Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN) along with committee members, the resolution also states ...</excerpt>
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