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Former House Speaker Hastert in Hot Water
Former House Speaker Hastert in Hot Water
Former House Speaker Hastert in Hot Water
CHICAGO (AP) — Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert agreed to pay $3.5 million in hush money to keep an unidentified person silent about "prior misconduct" by the Illinois Republican who was once third in line to the U.S. presidency, according to a federal grand jury indictment handed down on Thursday in Chicago.
Obama Seeks Military Action Against IS Group
Obama Seeks Military Action Against IS Group
Obama Seeks Military Action Against IS Group
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vowing that Islamic State forces are "going to lose," President Barack Obama urged Congress on Wednesday to authorize military action against terrorists who are cutting a swath across the Middle East. Yet he ruled out large-scale U.S. ground combat operations reminiscent of Iraq and Afghanistan.

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