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In the middle of directing the difficult task of transferring the historically important records of the Obama administration into the National Archives, the archivist in charge, David Ferriero, ran into a serious problem: A lot of key records are missing... ...And yet the accumulation of recent congressional testimony has made it clear that the Obama administration itself engaged in the wholesale destruction and “loss” of tens of thousands of government records covered under the act as well as the intentional evasion of the government records recording system by engaging in private email exchanges. So far, former President Obama, former Secretary...

Lest we forget - The Flag of June 19th, 1865. Thirty-five stars. Missing were: Nevada Nebraska Colorado North Dakota South Dakota Montana Washington Idaho Wyoming Utah Oklahoma New Mexico Arizona Alaska Hawaii

ARTICLE 1SCOPE OF ASSISTANCE 1. The Contracting States shall provide mutual assistance, in accordance with the provisions of this Treaty, in connection with the investigation, prosecution, and prevention of offenses, and in proceedings related to criminal matters. 2... 3... 4. This Treaty is intended solely for legal mutual assistance between the Contracting States. The provisions of this Treaty shall not give rise to the right on the part of any private person to obtain, suppress, or exclude any evidence, or to impede the execution of a request.

The Treaty covers mutual legal assistance in criminal matters. In recent years, similar bilateral treaties have entered into force with a number of other countries. The Treaty with Ukraine contains all essential provisions sought by the United States. It will enhance our ability to investigate and prosecute a range of offenses. The Treaty is designed to be self-executing and will not require new legislation. Article 1 sets forth a non-exclusive list of the major types of assistance to be provided under the Treaty, including taking the testimony or statements of persons; providing documents, records and other items of evidence; locating...

It is a Whitehouse.gov petition. We need signatures. Enough signatures and the president will have to respond one way or the other. Petition is here: Petition president to not pardon HillaryThe petition reads as follows: Presidential pledge assuring Americans Hillary R. Clinton will not receive Presidential Clemency We, the undersigned, call upon the President of the United States to pledge he will not grant Presidential Clemency to Hillary Clinton for any crimes or misdemeanors she committed or may have committed during his time in office. This includes pardons for her actions while Secretary of State as well as her actions...

Petition to the White House for Universal Recognition of States' Concealed Weapon Permits and an Interim Federal Concealed Weapon PermitWe respectfully request a call to Congress for legislation that would require every state to recognize and honor licenses for concealed firearms carry issued by every other state. A Concealed Weapons Permit issued by one state needs to be recognized universally within all states in the same way that all states recognize every other states' driver’s licenses. We also ask the President to create a federal Concealed Weapons Permit (CWP) by Executive Order. The CWP would be issued to citizens until,...

Ted Cruz was caught with his lover of 5 years ... and it's Donald Trump! ... Heidi, his wife, Cruz said, is okay with his relationship with Trump. He described Heidi's initial reaction as shocked and angry but said she changed her attitude when he suggested they might all be able to get together and that Melania might even join in. But Cruz admitted he and Trump have been too busy on the campaign trail to make that happen. "We're going to have to wait and put our minds to that after the primary" he said, "regardless of who wins...

Injunctions sought in AZ and TN.Extract of TN suit: 8. Democratic Party intends to send documents to the Tennessee Secretary of State announcing that Mr. Obama is its Presidential nominee...and representing that he is qualified to hold the office of President. B. Falseness of Facts Not “Natural-Born” Regardless of Place of Birth Due to Father’s British Citizenship.....10. The Constitution of the United States mandates “No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President.” Art. II sec. 1.11. The...

ELECTION LAW COMPLAINT FORM State of New Hampshire Use this form to report a violation of Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, or any New Hampshire Election laws COMPLAINANT INFORMATION Name: Van R. Irion Home Phone Work Phone (423) 208-9953__ Address: 9040 Executive Park Drive, Suite 200 County: Knox Cell Phone: ______________ City: Knoxville State: TN Zip Code: 37923 Email Address: van@libertylegalfoundation.com PERSON, CANDIDATE, POLITICAL COMMITTEE, ELECTION OFFICIAL, TOWN, CITY, OR VILLAGE DISTRICT AGAINST WHOM COMPLAINT IS BROUGHT Name: Barack Hussein Obama, II Home Phone: Work Phone: Address: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue County: Washington Cell Phone: City:...

I had a message on my answering machine asking that I call the Census Bureau and referencing a case number. When I called a machine answered and stated something to the effect that calls may be recorded for quality assurance purposes. Then an agent came on the line, asked for the reference number, and told me that they had some questions they wanted to ask me. I told the lady on the line that, "I am happy to provide information but I do not consent to being recorded". She explained that recording was only for their internal quality assurance use....

The author, Fareed Zakaria, fortells was interviewed (emphasis added). "As Mr. Zakaria sees it, the “economic dysfunctions in America today” are the product not of “deep inefficiencies within the American economy,” but of specific government policies — which could be reformed “quickly and relatively easily” to put the country on a more stable footing. “A set of sensible reforms could be enacted tomorrow,” he says, “to trim wasteful spending and subsidies, increase savings, expand training in science and technology, secure pensions, create a workable immigration process and achieve significant efficiencies in the use of energy” — if only the current...

"Without immigrants pouring into the nation's big metro areas, places such as New York, Los Angeles and Boston would be losing population.".....""Immigrants are filling the void as domestic migrants are seeking opportunities in other places," said Mark Mather, a demographer at the Population Reference Bureau, a private research organization."

"The report released Monday calculated that a repeat of that 7.9-magnitude temblor would cause 1,800 to 3,400 deaths, damage more than 90,000 buildings, displace as many as 250,000 households and result in $150 billion in damage."

Police first sought to question Marquez and Valdez on Dec. 26. Investigators suspect that's when the couple flushed wads of counterfeit $50 and $100 bills down the toilet.

"That's the conclusion I reach after reviewing a new list of the year's top local news stories. Only this list is not the usual tedious recounting by news editors or pundits who profess to speak for you readers. This is the people's-choice list."

In his State of the State address Thursday, the governor will ask the Legislature to boost the current $6.75-an-hour wage in two phases: 50 cents in September and 50 cents in July 2007. At $7.75 an hour, California would have one of the highest minimum wages in the country if other states' remained unchanged.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The most dangerous strategic nuclear arms race in the world today is the one between Israel and Iran -- far more complex than almost anyone realizes and vastly more dangerous.

<p>VIENNA, Austria (Reuters) -- Spoof posters depicting Britain's Queen Elizabeth having sex with the U.S. and French presidents that are displayed across Vienna are causing embarrassment just days ahead of Austria's taking over the EU presidency.</p> <p>The images show two naked female models wearing masks of President George W. Bush and the queen, and a male model with a President Jacques Chirac mask, positioned as if they are having sex.</p>

The Mexican government, Hispanic groups and U.S. civil libertarian organizations were among the fiercest critics of an immigration reform bill passed last week by the U.S. House of Representatives. Mexican cabinet members, lawmakers and church officials reacted angrily to the bill, some going as far as to call it 'racist' and 'xenophobic.' Many newspapers, on the other hand ran measured editorials, saying the Mexican government's indignant reaction masks the real truth Ñ the Fox administration's inability to create the economic conditions and living standards necessary to stop the exodus north. President Vicente Fox called the plan to build a fence...