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The day after Hillary Clinton testified in front of the House Select Committee on Benghazi last October, John Podesta, the Democrat’s campaign chairman, met for dinner with a small group of well-connected friends, including Peter Kadzik, a top official at the Justice Department. The dinner arrangement, revealed in hacked Podesta emails released by WikiLeaks, is just the latest example of an apparent conflict of interest between the Clinton campaign and the federal agency charged with investigating the former secretary of state’s email practices. Podesta and Kadzik, the assistant attorney general for legislative affairs, were in frequent contact, other emails show....

Obama is having a grand old time with his socialist buddy President Francois Hollande of France on his visit, and for the first time ever, Americans will get a view of just how much a State dinner costs them. It took thirteen months for the State Department to respond to the request for the costs of such dinners, but here they are! CBS News has obtained the Office of Protocol’s expense calculations for the first five state dinners of the Obama presidency. Nov. 24, 2009 – State dinner for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India. $572,187.36 May 19, 2010 –...

President Obama has spent far more lavishly on White House state dinners than previous chief executives, including nearly $1 million on a 2010 dinner for Mexico's president, according to documents obtained by The Washington Examiner. Presidents have long used formal dinners to court foreign heads of state and to dish out fine food and wine to reward political, financial and show business celebrities and supporters. But current and former government officials said the documents obtained by The Examiner point to an unprecedented upsurge in White House spending on such events. The Obama extravaganza two years ago for Mexican President Felipe...

The scoop from Washington President Obama official schedule and guidance, Aug. 6, 7, 2011. Camp David By Lynn Sweet on August 6, 2011 THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 5, 2011 Schedule for Week of August 8, 2011 On Monday, the President will attend meetings at the White House. In the evening, the President will attend two DNC events in Washington, DC. On Tuesday, the President will visit Interstate Moving Services in Springfield, Virginia, to announce first of their kind fuel efficiency standards for work trucks, buses, and other heavy duty vehicles. The new...

SACRAMENTO — Eager to accommodate Sacramento's political leaders, interest groups picked up the tab for elected officials' meals, overseas trips, concerts and sporting events last year, perpetuating what critics decry as the influence game at the Capitol. Statements of economic interests filed last week by elected officials with the state's watchdog agency, the Fair Political Practices Commission, provide a glimpse into the gift-giving culture woven into the age-old system of political favors traded among politicians and their well-financed courtiers. Assemblyman Alberto Torrico, D-Fremont, for instance, accepted tickets to a Neil Diamond concert from AT&T; four tickets — valued at $155,...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2007 – For injured servicemembers, the transition between hospital and hometown can be a rough one. Kathy Pearce is working to make that transition a little smoother in Arizona’s Sun Valley with monthly “Hometown Heroes Dinners.” The dinners give still-recovering servicemembers a chance to get together with others in the area who have shared similar experiences. “What I was finding is that once they get back home … there is such a loss of that camaraderie once they’re not with their unit or they’re not in a rehab center,” said Kathy Pearce, a Military Severely Injured...

June 6th Alliance Bible Church, 295 West Military Drive North Little Rock Arkansas. My Church will be having its Anniversary. There will be Food and Games for everyone. Other Events ____________________________________________________ _ Pulaski County Republican Committee meeting Monday, June 14, 2004 Start Time: 6:30pm Pulaski County Republican Committee meeting at the University Mall in the Community Room (on the lower level by JC Penney.) ___________________________________________________ June 5,7,8,10,12th 4W Test Drive: an 11-day nationwide effort to identify and mobilize key activists like you in election-like conditions. Arkansas Bush-Cheney Headquarters 513 Center Street Little Rock, Arkansas, 1-866-630-2874, jsouth@georgewbush.com WHERE: Arkansas Bush-Cheney Headquarters...