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Gov. Joe Manchin has chosen former chief counsel Carte Goodwin, a member of a prominent West Virginia family, to succeed the late U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd.
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July 19 2010
Ex-Manchin aide tapped for Byrd seat
July 19th, 2010 
Tommy July 8 2010
Aide: Blago hid in bathroom from budget director
July 8th, 2010 Tommy Rod Blagojevich hid in the bathroom, ducked into a back room and left the office early to avoid discussing complex issues with his budget director, his former deputy said Thursday at the ousted governor’s corruption trial.
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July 6 2010
Newsweek: Former Gore aide targeted by alleged spies
July 6th, 2010 Tommy A onetime national security aide to former vice president Al Gore was among the U.S. foreign policy specialists targeted by the alleged Russian spies who were rounded up by the FBI last week, according to eyewitness accounts and published reports.
Al Gore – United States – National security – Police – Politics
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May 23 2010
Confidence in BP? Not really, says Obama aide
May 23rd, 2010 Tommy 
In its harshest criticism of BP, the Obama administration said the oil giant had missed “deadline after deadline” in its efforts to seal the blownout oil well in the Gulf of Mexico.
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May 5 2010
Aide: Stevens’ legacy influencing Obama’s pick
May 5th, 2010 Tommy 
President Barack Obama will choose a Supreme Court nominee he thinks can provide the “spark and leadership” of retiring Justice John Paul Stevens, the lion of the court’s liberals and a respected, persuasive force for decades, one of Obama’s chief advisers said Wednesday.
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March 15 2010
Aide: Karzai ‘very angry’ at Taliban boss’ arrest
March 15th, 2010 Tommy 
The Afghan government was holding secret talks with the Taliban’s No. 2 when he was captured in Pakistan, and the arrest infuriated President Hamid Karzai, according to a Karzai advisers.
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March 14 2010
U.S. consul aide, husband killed in Mexico
March 14th, 2010 Tommy 
Two Americans, a U.S. consulate employee and her husband, were killed in a drive-by shooting in Ciudad Juarez, the Mexican border city wracked by drug violence.
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March 13 2010
Ex-Edwards aide avoids jail over sex tape
March 13th, 2010 Tommy A former aide to past presidential candidate John Edwards has avoided jail again in a dispute over a tape that allegedly shows Edwards and his lover in a sexual encounter.
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March 10 2010
Massa: ‘Groping’ of male aide wasn’t sexual
March 10th, 2010 Tommy 
A New York congressman who resigned under an ethics cloud has been under investigation for allegedly groping multiple male aides, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.
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March 9 2010
Massa says ‘groping’ of male aide wasn’t sexual
March 9th, 2010 Tommy 
A New York congressman who resigned under an ethics cloud has been under investigation for allegedly groping multiple male aides, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.
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