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Revisiting The Fed's Bailout Of AIG And The Benefits For Goldman Sachs...Group. A RAY of sunlight broke through the Washington fog last week when Neil M. Barofsky, special inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, published his office's report on the government bai... On Friday night's... In this article: American International Group, Goldman Sachs, Timothy Geithner, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Societe Generale, Ben Bernanke, Peter DeFazio, and Chris Matthews |
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Kansas City Star | 4 days ago
Cheney's daughter, partner have 2nd child
Cheney's daughter, partner have 2nd child WASHINGTON Former Vice President Dick Cheney's daughter Mary Cheney has delivered a baby girl. </p><p>It's the second child for Cheney and her partner of more than 17 years, Heather Poe. </p><p>Sarah...
In this article: Mary Cheney, Lynne Cheney, Washington, and Dick Cheney
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NBC | 5 days ago
Cheney To Endorse Hutchison
...but it's not a game-changer," Jillson said. Perry, who is stoking populist fires with antiestablishment rhetoric, has dismissed the Cheney endorsement as the usual dealings of Washington insiders. He is also reminding supporters that former...
In this article: Kay Bailey Hutchison, Dick Cheney, Rick Perry, Washington, Texas, Parole, All rights reserved, and KPRC
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Cheney told FBI he had no idea who leaked Plame ID
...no idea who leaked Plame ID WASHINGTON Vice President Dick Cheney told the FBI that he had no idea who leaked to the news media that Valerie Plame, wife of a Bush administration critic, worked for the CIA. </p><p>The FBI summary of...
In this article: Dick Cheney, FBI, Valerie Plame, Joseph Wilson, Karl Rove, CIA, George W. Bush, Patrick Fitzgerald, and Washington
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The Times of India - World | 2 days ago
Mullah Omar moved by ISI: US
...more than 800 madrasses. The latest US charges recalled one of the biggest scandals of the Bush administration's War on Terror, when Washington allowed a secret airlift by Pakistan of hundreds of its military and intelligence personnel...
In this article: United States, Taliban, Pakistan, Karachi, Bruce Riedel, Ahmed Rashid, Pervez Musharraf, and Washington
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Charlotte Observer | October 21, 2009
Cheney: Stop the 'dithering' as troops face danger
...Oct. 21, 2009. WASHINGTON Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday night accused the White House of dithering over the strategy for the war in Afghanistan and urged President Barack Obama to "do what it takes to win." "Make no...
In this article: Dick Cheney, Washington, Rahm Emanuel, White House, Stanley McChrystal, Taliban insurgency, and Mark Twain
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Who Runs Gov | 6 days ago
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...Against CIA Interrogators," Politics Daily, Oct. 22, 2009. Cheney, who criticized Washington insiders for writing tell-all books, is at work on a memoir of his own, due out in 2011. Gellman, Barton, "Cheney Uncloaks His Frustration With...
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Washington, D.C. (pronounced: /ˈwɒʃɪŋtən ˌdiːˈsiː/), formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790. The City of Washington was originally a separate municipality within the Territory of Columbia until an act of Congress in 1871 effectively merged the City and the Territory into a single entity called the District of Columbia. It is for this reason that the city, while legally named the District of Columbia, is known as Washington, D.C. The city is located on the north bank of the Potomac River and is bordered by the states of Virginia to the southwest and Maryland to the other sides. The District has a resident population of 591,833; however, because of commuters from the surrounding suburbs, its population rises to over one million during the workweek. The Washington Metropolitan Area, of which the District is a part, has a population of 5.3 million, the eighth-largest metropolitan area in the country.
The United States Congress has supreme authority over Washington, D.C.; residents of the city therefore have less self-governance than residents of the states. The District has a non-voting at-large Congressional delegate, but no senators. D.C. residents could not vote in presidential elections until the ratification of the Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1961.
- Name:
- District of Columbia
- Motto:
- Justitia Omnibus(Justice for All)
- Founding Date:
- July 16, 1790
- Total Area (sq. mi):
- 68.3
- Total Area (km):
- 177.0
- Land Area (sq mi):
- 61.4
- Land Area (km):
- 159.0
- Water Area (sq mi):
- 6.9
- Water Area (km):
- 18.0
- Elevation (ft):
- 0–409
- Elevation (m):
- 0–125
- Time Zone:
- EST
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