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MOUNT PLEASANT, S. C. — Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford defeated Democratic businesswoman Elizabeth Colbert Busch in a special House election for South Carolina’s first congressional district, despite an expansive effort among Democrats to turn the district blue for the first time in more than 30 years. The seat, which was left open when Gov. [. . . ]

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President Barack Obama defiantly defended his handling of Syria?s civil war on Tuesday, warning that Iraq showed the danger of acting on ?perceived? evidence of weapons of mass destruction. And for those who doubt his determination to see Syrian leader Bashar Assad ousted from power, Obama bluntly pointed to the fate of Osama bin Laden [. . . ]

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s choice as the next U. S. ambassador to Libya promised on Tuesday to ensure the security of staff in the country, eight months after an attack in Benghazi killed four Americans, including the last ambassador. “The ambassador is the principal security officer at a post, and it is the ambassador who has to decide whether to allow people to travel here or there, whether to ask for additional assets, whether to insist on additional assets,” Deborah Kay Jones told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at her confirmation hearing. . . .

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By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – Voters in coastal South Carolina on Tuesday will choose between former Republican Governor Mark Sanford and Democratic businesswoman Elizabeth Colbert Busch in a personality-driven House race that has drawn national attention. A poll released on Sunday showed a tight race between the political veteran and first-time candidate, with Sanford leading 47 percent to 46 percent over Colbert Busch, whose brother is television political satirist Stephen Colbert. The margin of error for the survey of 1,239 likely voters was plus or minus 2. . . .

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WASHINGTON (AP) ? Four members of Army special forces ready to head to Benghazi, Libya, after the deadly assault on the American diplomatic mission had ended were told not to go, according to a former top diplomat.

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By Caren Bohan and Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Congress this week opens its first debate in six years on a comprehensive immigration reform bill, testing whether business and labor groups can hold together on a delicately crafted deal that already is under attack. For 11 million illegal residents, the legislation in the Senate is their best hope of removing the threat of deportation and charting a path to eventual U. S. citizenship after a major push in Congress to reform a 1986 law died in 2007. . . .

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By Aaron Pressman BOSTON (Reuters) – Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords received the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award on Sunday, asking the U. S. Congress to act more courageously on the issue of gun control. “We all have courage inside,” Giffords, who herself survived being shot in 2011, said at the Kennedy Library in Boston. “I wish there was more courage in Congress. Sometimes it’s hard to express it. ” The remarks come just a few weeks after the U. S. Senate voted down a measure to expand background checks for gun buyers, a step favored by U. S. . . .

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WASHINGTON (AP) ? Absent a magic potion or explosive economic growth, it was all but inevitable President Barack Obama would have to break some of his campaign promises to keep others. If there’s one thing that distinguished them besides their ambition, it was their incompatibility.

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By Roberta Rampton COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Sunday urged college graduates to participate in politics and said that without broad public involvement special interest groups can defeat legislation supported by the majority. Obama, who said he is "obsessed with this issue" of inspiring citizens to engage with the political system, in a commencement address to Ohio State University was indirectly referring to the recent defeat of a proposal to expand background checks for gun purchases. The measure enjoyed broad support among Americans but was defeated in the U. S. . . .

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By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will travel on Thursday to Austin, Texas, the first stop in a new series of day trips designed to draw attention to policies and programs that help spur the economy, and build support for his economic policies, the White House said on Sunday. In Austin, Obama will visit a high school and a technology company, and will talk with entrepreneurs and workers about proposals he made earlier this year to boost jobs and training. . . .

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