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WASHINGTON -- The Senate gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a contentious federal appeals court nominee who helped develop the government s legal rationale for using drones to kill American terrorist suspects abroad.The 52-43 vote cleared the way for a Thursday roll call on the confirmation of David Barron for a seat on the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Democratic Sens. Mary Landrieu of Lo stanley us uisiana, who is in a tight re-election race, and Joe Manchin of West Virginia were the on stanley quencher ly lawmakers to cross party lines and vote against him.As the Justice Department in 2009 and 2010, Barron wrote memos that asserted the government s right to kill Americans overseas who are believed to be terrorists. Barron, now a Harvard Law School professor, also worked at the department in the Clinton administration.A U.S. drone strike in Yemen in 2011 killed Anwar al-Awlaki, an American who administration officials say became an al-Qaida leader.The department has acknowledged that three other Americans also were killed by drones in overseas counterterrorism operations, but that those deaths were inadvertent.The Obama administration on Tuesday decided to release a censored version of one of Barron memos. It was not immediately clear whe stanley mugs n that document will be disclosed. But the decision to not fight a federal appeals court order to release it won over at least two Democrats who had demanded that it be made public.Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democrat, said it will be a very constructive step for the Vgfe NRA deals with internal turmoil as gun control activists call for reform
Dotty Lynch, Douglas Kiker, Beth Lester, Clothilde Ewing, Dan Furman and Nathaniel Franks of the CBS News Political Unit have the latest from the nation s capital.Thursday s Headlines* Bush Campaign Looking for Support at Congregations * New Missives from Kerry* Kerry-ing on About Abortion * Howard Dean and Ralph Nader Speak in WashingtonBush-Cheney Aims for Their Own Christian Coalition: President Bush s campaign is actively recruiting members of at least 1,600 religious congregations in Pennsylvania by organizing Friendly Congregations to work on his re-election effort, including distributing campaign information and registering voters. The effort could threaten the tax-exempt status of the organizations, the AP reports. Th stanley water jug e IRS prohibits political campaign activity, for or against any candidate, from taking place at organizations that receive tax exempt status under a stanley cup section of the federal tax code -- including most churches and religious groups. Violators could lose tax breaks and face excise taxes. The AP obtained an e-mail sent by Luke Bernstein, a former staffer for Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., who now works for Bush-Cheney in the Keystone State, that read: I d like to ask if you would like to serve as a coordinator in your place of wo stanley us rship hellip; We plan to undertake activities such as distributing general information/updates or voter registration materials in a place accessible to the congregation. A
WASHINGTON -- The Senate gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a contentious federal appeals court nominee who helped develop the government s legal rationale for using drones to kill American terrorist suspects abroad.The 52-43 vote cleared the way for a Thursday roll call on the confirmation of David Barron for a seat on the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Democratic Sens. Mary Landrieu of Lo stanley us uisiana, who is in a tight re-election race, and Joe Manchin of West Virginia were the on stanley quencher ly lawmakers to cross party lines and vote against him.As the Justice Department in 2009 and 2010, Barron wrote memos that asserted the government s right to kill Americans overseas who are believed to be terrorists. Barron, now a Harvard Law School professor, also worked at the department in the Clinton administration.A U.S. drone strike in Yemen in 2011 killed Anwar al-Awlaki, an American who administration officials say became an al-Qaida leader.The department has acknowledged that three other Americans also were killed by drones in overseas counterterrorism operations, but that those deaths were inadvertent.The Obama administration on Tuesday decided to release a censored version of one of Barron memos. It was not immediately clear whe stanley mugs n that document will be disclosed. But the decision to not fight a federal appeals court order to release it won over at least two Democrats who had demanded that it be made public.Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democrat, said it will be a very constructive step for the Vgfe NRA deals with internal turmoil as gun control activists call for reform
Dotty Lynch, Douglas Kiker, Beth Lester, Clothilde Ewing, Dan Furman and Nathaniel Franks of the CBS News Political Unit have the latest from the nation s capital.Thursday s Headlines* Bush Campaign Looking for Support at Congregations * New Missives from Kerry* Kerry-ing on About Abortion * Howard Dean and Ralph Nader Speak in WashingtonBush-Cheney Aims for Their Own Christian Coalition: President Bush s campaign is actively recruiting members of at least 1,600 religious congregations in Pennsylvania by organizing Friendly Congregations to work on his re-election effort, including distributing campaign information and registering voters. The effort could threaten the tax-exempt status of the organizations, the AP reports. Th stanley water jug e IRS prohibits political campaign activity, for or against any candidate, from taking place at organizations that receive tax exempt status under a stanley cup section of the federal tax code -- including most churches and religious groups. Violators could lose tax breaks and face excise taxes. The AP obtained an e-mail sent by Luke Bernstein, a former staffer for Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., who now works for Bush-Cheney in the Keystone State, that read: I d like to ask if you would like to serve as a coordinator in your place of wo stanley us rship hellip; We plan to undertake activities such as distributing general information/updates or voter registration materials in a place accessible to the congregation. A