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<title><![CDATA[Andrew Desiderio - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/30935.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Andrew Desiderio]]></description><category domain="30935">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Senate GOP Overrules McConnell on Ukraine, CR]]></title>
							<link>https://punchbowl.news/article/senate-republicans-overrule-mcconnell/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' walked into the GOP conference lunch today prepared to make the case that the Senate needs to proceed with its bipartisan stopgap funding bill, which included $6 billion for Ukraine.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Warnock &amp; Ossoff Turned Georgia Blue]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/07/warnock-ossoff-flipped-senate-georgia-456310</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ossoff's campaign focused on Black voters. In the special election, Warnock parried GOP attack ads.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Warnock Win Puts Dems on Brink of Senate Control]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/05/georgia-senate-race-455148</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With more than 90 percent of the vote counted, both races are still uncalled.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Democrats Can Make Life Hard for Amy Barrett]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/27/democrats-supreme-court-confirmation-421849</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Senate Democrats can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t stop Mitch McConnell from confirming a new Supreme Court justice, but they are already planning to make it as painful as possible.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Have Republicans Lost Orange County for Good?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/09/29/republicans-orange-county-california-228110</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Demographic changes and an unpopular president have remade Orange County's electoral map. Is the transformation permanent?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Meet the Democrats' New Voice on Foreign Policy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/04/21/democrats-foreign-policy-tom-malinowski-226703</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tom Malinowski is an unlikely member of Congress. But he's fast becoming a force on Capitol Hill.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump, Schumer, Pelosi Get Into Shouting Match Over Border]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-schumer-pelosi-devolve-into-shouting-match-during-oval-office-meeting?ref=home</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[During the tense exchanges, Vice President Mike Pence sat stoically next to Trump and remained silent.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kavanaugh's Chances Improve After FBI Probe]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/kavanaughs-chances-improve-as-key-republicans-seem-content-with-latest-fbi-probe</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Key fence-sitting Republican senators say they believe the probe was thorough and unearthed nothing to corroborate accusations of sexual assault.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Want to Fight Trump Pick, But They're Powerless]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/democrats-want-to-fight-trumps-supreme-court-pick-they-just-have-no-power-to-do-it</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The party lacks the votes and mechanisms to stop an Anthony Kennedy replacement from being confirmed. And they know it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Fold This Time, But They Better Not in 3 Weeks]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/dems-fold-on-this-shutdown-but-the-next-one-could-be-worse/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Two truths emerged from a deal that the Senate cut on Monday to re-open the federal government after a weekend-long'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' shutdown. The first is that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Democrats'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' caved. The second is that they find themselves somewhat better positioned for what is likely to be another, far more bitter,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republican Immigration Push Is Doomed to Failure]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-big-ambitious-new-immigration-push-is-doomed-for-failure</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For someone who likes to brag about his ability to seal the deal and pick winners, President'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' has been on an impressive streak of picking losing battles.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Benghazi Panel: Playing Politics or Seeking Truth?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/07/27/benghazi_panel_playing_politics_or_seeking_truth_127529.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The House Select Committee on Benghazi has met for more than 14 months, cost taxpayers $4 million, and has a straightforward-sounding mission statement: to investigate a terrorist attack and issue a final report with recommendations to prevent similar tragedies in the future.
This was no...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton Polls Behind Bush, Rubio, Walker in Key States]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/07/22/clinton_polls_behind_bush_rubio_walker_in_key_states_127490.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have key vulnerabilities in swing states, according to new polls.
A Quinnipiac University survey released Wednesday finds that Clinton has negative favorability ratings in Colorado, Iowa, and Virginia, while Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s are the lowest for any major...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[O'Malley Campaign Defends Linking Climate Change, ISIS]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/07/21/omalley_campaign_defends_linking_climate_change_isis_127472.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Martin O'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'Malley'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s campaign defended the former Maryland governor on Monday for comments he made linking unrest in Syria and the rise of ISIS to climate change.
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'One of the things that preceded the failure of the nation-state of Syria, the rise of ISIS, was the effect of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Testy Trump Broadcasts Graham's Phone Number]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/07/21/testy_trump_broadcasts_grahams_phone_number.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump is not holding back.
The celebrity businessman and Republican presidential candidate read Sen. Lindsey Graham'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s personal cell phone number aloud to an audience at a campaign event Tuesday in South Carolina, suggesting they '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'try it.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'
After calling Graham and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton Online: Blacks Suffer Racism Daily]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/07/20/clintons_online_chat_blacks_suffer_racism_daily.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton weighed in on the controversy surrounding appearances by Martin O'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'Malley and Bernie Sanders at a progressive conference in Phoenix over the weekend where the two presidential candidates were heckled by Black Lives Matter activists.
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Black lives matter. Everyone...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[McCain: Trump Should Apologize to Veterans]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/07/20/mccain_trump_should_apologize_to_veterans.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[John McCain said Monday morning that Donald Trump owes an apology not to him, but to the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s veterans and their families, for calling into question the Arizona senator'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s war record.
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'I think he may owe an apology to the families of those who have sacrificed in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[House Dems Want Voting Rights Act Beefed Up]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/07/16/house_dems_want_voting_rights_act_beefed_up.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[House Democrats on Thursday renewed their push for the restoration of a key provision of the Voting Rights Act that was struck down by the Supreme Court two years ago, arguing that Americans'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' anger over polarizing symbols such as the Confederate flag should motivate Republicans to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama on Cosby: &quot;No Tolerance for Rape&quot;]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/07/15/obama_on_cosby_no_tolerance_for_rape.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It came near the end of an hour-long White House news conference devoted almost solely to the issue of Iran: President Obama was asked a carefully tailored three-part question about race, the criminal justice system, and Bill Cosby.
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Would you,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' veteran White House...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Snapshot of 2016 Candidates' 2Q Fundraising]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/07/15/preview_of_2016_candidates_2q_fundraising.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[All 2016 presidential candidates are required to file their initial second-quarter fundraising reports to the Federal Election Commission by Wednesday night. The disclosures will provide a glimpse into each campaign'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s financial activity between April 1 and June 30. The 2016 election...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Accuse Benghazi Panel of Sabotaging Clinton]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/07/15/dems_accuse_benghazi_panel_of_sabotaging_clinton.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats on the House panel investigating the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack accused Republican members Wednesday of deviating from the original schedule of hearings involving former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, arguing the action amounts to a political hit job on the frontrunner...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[2016 Candidates on Iran Nuclear Deal]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/07/14/2016_candidates_on_iran_nuclear_deal.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After President Obama announced the agreement on a long-awaited a nuclear deal with Iran, the men and women seeking to become his replacement were quick to respond to the news.
Republicans harshly criticized the agreement, arguing that Iran'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s terror-exporting leaders will never...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jeb Bush to Keynote Hispanic Convention]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/07/13/jeb_bush_to_keynote_hispanic_convention.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Jeb Bush will deliver a keynote address at the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s annual convention later this year, the group said Monday.
The announcement came as Democratic candidates spoke at the annual gathering of the National Council of La Raza in Kansas City and as the GOP...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Designates New National Monuments]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/07/10/obama_designates_new_national_monuments_127335.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama on Friday designated three new national monuments in California, Texas, and Nevada as part of his agenda on land conservation. But the action did not come without strong objections from Republicans.
Environmental activists applauded the president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s move, which was...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sanders Defends Bush's &quot;Work Hours&quot; Comment]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/07/10/sanders_defends_bushs_work_hours_comment_127330.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Jeb Bush has an unlikely defender: Bernie Sanders.
While many of his fellow Democrats seized on an opportunity to portray Bush as out of touch with middle America, Sanders, the self-avowed democratic socialist, defended the conservative former governor for his comments on wage...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jeb Bush's Fundraising Haul: $114 Million]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/07/09/jeb_bushs_fundraising_haul_114_million_127314.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Jeb Bush'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s presidential campaign and the super PAC supporting his candidacy have raised a combined $114.4 million, according to disclosures from the two groups.
Bush'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s nascent campaign raised $11.4 million since the former Florida governor officially jumped into the race more...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Benghazi Committee Releases Clinton Email Subpoena]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/07/08/benghazi_committee_releases_clinton_email_subpoena_127305.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The House Select Committee on Benghazi on Wednesday released a subpoena it issued to Hillary Clinton four months ago, in response to the former secretary of state'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s claim that she was never subpoenaed regarding her emails.
Speaking to CNN on Tuesday in her first nationally televised...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton Blasts &quot;Barrage of Attacks&quot; From Right, Defends Email Handling]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/07/07/clinton_blasts_barrage_of_attacks_from_right_defends_email_handling.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In her first nationally televised interview since jumping into the presidential race three months ago, Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton on Tuesday defended her integrity, roundly dismissing Republican suggestions she does not respect the press and is withholding email...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton Campaign Defends Press Restrictions]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/07/06/clinton_campaign_defends_press_restrictions_127260.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[VIA TWITTER
On the heels of a controversial press restriction in which reporters found themselves roped in as they followed Hillary Clinton over the July 4th weekend, one senior-level staffer has a simple message for those who lament the testy relationship: Voters need access to her,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bernie Sanders' Fundraising Haul: $15 million]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Bernie Sanders'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' presidential campaign has raised roughly $15 million since the Vermont senator entered the race two months ago, the campaign announced Thursday.
The campaign says 250,000 people made nearly 400,000 contributions, 99 percent of which were $250 or less. Almost all were...]]></description>
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