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New York Rep. Gary Ackerman cut to the chase on Democratic fears over Afghanistan, saying Wednesday he worried the surge was the same war only with a "more elegant exit strategy." "It seems a bunch of years ago I participated in a clunkers for cash program.

US President Barack Obama's most senior diplomatic and military aides worked Wednesday to shelter his new Afghan "surge" strategy from skeptical lawmakers' bruising questions and criticisms.

Democrat generally thought to hold a safe Democratic seat emails supporters: This past Election Day brought a number of troubling omens for 2010 right here in Queens and Nassau: Republicans came away with both Queens City Council seats in my District Democrats lost control of the Nassau County Legislature The seemingly invincible Democratic Nassau ...

Monday, November 30, 2009 Rep. Weiner and 27 Members of Congress Call on Agriculture Secretary to End Fingerprinting for Food Stamps Applicants... Practice is Unnecessary, Discourages Program Participation and Wastes Money Following reports that more New Yorkers went hungry in 2008 than the year before, Representative Anthony Weiner , a member of ...

One minute, Councilman Lewis A. Fidler, a Brooklyn Democrat, drops by. The next, two other Democrats from Brooklyn, Simcha Felder and Domenic M. Recchia Jr., show up.

From NBC's Mark Murray The White House -- finally! -- has released its guest list for tonight's state dinner.

The list of expected guests for President Barack Obama's first White House state dinner in honor of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, as provided by the White House.

Washington DC: November 23, 2009. A hearing was recently held on Religious Freedom in the Middle East which exposed the failure of the State Department and President Obama to address Human Rights abuses in Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

It wasA two days before the election, and Queens Democrats had gathered around their 19th District City Council candidate Kevin Kim for a rally at the Bay Terrace Shopping Center.

Maine's Clear Choice . November 2nd, 2009 U.S. Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen , Tammy Baldwin Gary Ackerman and Howard Berman wrote to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about the proposed Anti-Homosexuality Act which has been introduced in the Uganda Parliament.

Daniel J. Halloran III, left, and Peter A. Koo defeated Democratic opponents in City Council races in Queens.

The House is preparing to vote on a resolution condemning the U.N.'s Goldstone Report, but not before making changes to the text to respond to the complaints of Goldstone himself.

Democrat Kevin Kim, left, and Republican/Independent Dan Holloran, right, are competing for Tony Avella's vacated council seat Unlike most districts in this city, district 19 has no clear party allegiance.

21 to press Congress for comprehensive immigration reform . Two buses made the one-day trek from the 11th congressional district in Brooklyn and were hosted by Rep.

Dan Halloran, running for city council spoke at a Republican Party Rally in Flushing, Queens.

A senior State Department official has told Congress that the United States is not lessening its support for reformers in Iran and U.S.-based organizations supporting them.

For all the $billions flushed down the rat hole of "green" technology, in the end we're going to end up with advances like this : In New York, Congressman Gary Ackerman has enlisted about two dozen goats in Kings Point Park on Long Island's Gold Coast.

Over two hours of speeches by 20 speakers - about half of them local politicians - beset the opening of the Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center at Queensborough Community College on Sunday.

Crapster- After feeling very angry at the September 17th Queens Tribune article and subsequent insults aimed at Republican City Council candidate Dan Halloran, I decided that I could not sit idly by and allow this insult to journalism and democracy continue without making a statement.