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      <excerpt>...money. We have to be aware of any conflicts of interest or a perception of conflicts of interest.&quot; His comments came as Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said she will investigate the military's use of retired generals and admirals who also work for defense</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...in this case came from the Baragona family and not from our military after a member of the military was killed,&quot; said the panel's chairman, Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri. &quot;I'm confused there is not more remorse about how this was handled.</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...family and not from our military after a member of the military was killed,&quot; said the panel's chairman, Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri. &quot;I'm confused there is not more remorse about how this was handled.&quot; She's authored a bill, co-sponsore</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) backed off from her amendment that would have mandated that DISH and DirecTV deliver local-into-local signals to all 210 markets within three years. Instead, the bill contains a mandate to the FCC to conduct a study of w</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...the Baragona family and not from our military after a member of the military was killed,&#8221; said the panel chairman, Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat. She has authored a bill to fill the legal crevice into which the case has fallen. The tracto</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Judiciary version does not have a local-into-local incentive, though a House version does. &#160;As reported by B&amp;C, Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) backed off from her amendment that would have mandated that DISH and DirecTV deliver local-into-local signa</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) backed off from her amendment that would have mandated that DISH and DirecTV deliver local-into-local signals to all 210 markets within three years. Instead, the bill contains a mandate to the FCC to conduct a study of w</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Claire McCaskill&#8217;s mother was the victim of an Internet marketing scam, and according to Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), the Missouri Democrat is &#8220;absolutely in a rage about it.&#8221;  Rockefeller&#8217;s comments were made during a lively hearing of the C</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...to digest the bills, amendments and counter-amendments being discussed, dissected and criticized as this is written. U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Democrat, has agreed to try to provide answers, or at least her reaction, as often as she can. We've recei</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...changes in the way Americans live. &quot;It's really big, really, really hard, and is going to make a lot of people mad,&quot; said Sen. Claire McCaskill (D., Mo.). Democrats looking ahead to the 2010 midterm elections are concerned about a backlash from voters i</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...think anybody&#8217;s excited about doing another really, really big thing that&#8217;s really, really hard that makes everybody mad,&#8221; Sen. Claire McCaskill said. &#8220;Climate fits that category.&#8221; No discussion of the moral imperative of doing something, whet</excerpt>
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