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WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell says he sees improvements in the U.S. relationship with China and is pronouncing the recent state visit by China’s president a success for both countries. But Powell says it is n…

WASHINGTON – Former Secretary of State Colin Powell says he sees improvements in the U.S. relationship with China and is pronouncing the recent state visit by China's president a success for both countries. But Powell says it is naive to e…

WASHINGTON — Monday may dawn with temperatures in the minus teens across most of upstate New York, but the region's newly elected members of Congress are mum so far about a proposal to end a Federal Program to protect homes against har…

Obama could learn a lesson from the last Democrat to hold the Oval Office -- Bill Clinton.  In the Elections of 1994 the Democrats held a majority in the House of Representatives.  That November the political world was shocked to see the…

POTOMAC, Md., Jan. 22 (UPI) -- R. Sargent Shriver Jr., the Kennedy brother-in-law who was the first director of the Peace Corps, was honored Saturday at a Funeral mass in Maryland. The invited guests included Vice President Joe Biden, former Presi…

To my friends, associates and supporters in Huntsville and with the cooperation of Hank Richards, Callista and I ask that you please take a few moments to read our co-constructed message below. This January, as part of our ongo…

America’s education system is hundreds of millions of dollars in Debt. Government officials wring their hands and fantasize crazy schemes to stop the bleeding. They cut out music, sports, busing, small classrooms and supplies but they REFUSE…

Republicans may be enjoying their ascendancy and critics may be suggesting the President Obama is tilting to the right along with them, but former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean says the "the State of The Progressive Movement is strong." In a long let…