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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management completed its live auction to lease an area off the coast of Virginia as the site of the nation’s second offshore wind energy lease sale. The winner of the lease sale is Dominion Virginia Power, which bid $1.6 million for the lease.
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With another alleged use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government against the rebels that has killed civilians, the White House seems poised to take military action in Syria. At the same time, foreign policy organizations, like Peace Action, have intensified their pressure on the Obama administration to seek political solutions.
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U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine today released a statement calling for the U.S. government to immediately cease assistance to the Egyptian government as the Obama Administration and Congress conduct a thorough policy review.
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After skyrocketing last month, gas prices continue to fall across the country. Gas dropped for the first 14 days in August, easing nearly ten cents per gallon, but the trend could be short-lived. The national average price for regular unleaded gasoline dropped to $3.54 per gallon Friday, a four-cent drop in the past week.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell today announced that the Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) has launched its ‘Going Global’ initiative to mitigate the impact of defense spending cuts on Virginia’s economy, the nation’s leading state recipient of federal spending.
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The mandate for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) recently came up at the U.N. Security Council a few weeks ago. This is an opportune time to reflect on the past performances of its representative in Iraq, Martin Kobler.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell has traveled to the Middle East as part of an official Department of Defense delegation visit to U.S. service members stationed in Kuwait and Afghanistan, including members of the Virginia National Guard
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Gov. Bob McDonnell issued the following statement this morning following news that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has selected an area off the coast of Virginia as the site of the nation’s second offshore wind energy lease sale.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced this week that the Department of Veterans Services’ Virginia Values Veterans Program (V3) certified 103 Virginia employers in its pilot year who have committed to providing over 4,000 jobs for Virginia’s Veterans, and that 2,487 Virginia veterans have already been hired.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell today announced the procedures for automatically restoring, on an individualized basis, civil rights to non-violent felons. The process was established with the help of multiple recommendations by stakeholder groups and affected agencies.
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