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The five-year effort by U.S. Sens. Jim Webb and Claire McCaskill to increase accountability and crack down on waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars in contracting during overseas contingency operations has gained new bipartisan support
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Augusta Free Press LLC is in charge of sponsorship sales for the 2012 Chili, Blues n’ Brews Festival, scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 22, in Downtown Waynesboro. The sixth annual festival features a performance by Grammy-nominated blues artist John Lee Hooker Jr. and a chili cook-off
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Sixth District Congressman Bob Goodlatte and former Virginia governor and United States senator George Allen are the heavy favorites heading into Republican Party primaries in Virginia on Tuesday, but the final hours will be uneasy ones for the veteran lawmakers
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A week ago, I met 2,000 people who would like nothing more than to give President Obama a lump of coal on Election Day. But what they really want to do is keep giving the entire nation coal-the coal we need for our coal-fired power plants, for our domestic steel production, and to reduce our reliance on foreign energy sources
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Sen. Jim Webb introduced a concurrent resolution this week in support of a memorial to honor the members of the Armed Forces who have served as divers
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Togar Tarpeh had hardly started school when, in 1989, the civil war in Liberia reached the capital, Monrovia. His family fled the city before he’d finished second grade, and they didn’t know when they’d return
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James Madison alumnus and former JMU archery team member Jacob Wukie (’08) has qualified for the 2012 London Olympics
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Ray McGovern will speak on the topic “The United States, Israel, and Iran” on Thursday, June 6, at 6 p.m. at Random Row Books, 315 W. Main St., Charlottesville
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Sen. Jim Webb has cosponsored legislation to ensure the motorsports industry is able to continue to modernize its facilities
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My home state of South Carolina has imposed a tough new law to address “illegal” immigration
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