TRNS News Notes By Victoria Jones
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At a Brookings Institute event on the fiscal crisis Monday, Sen. Patty Murray (D- Wash.) said that at the beginning of budget talks, Republicans agreed to spending cuts but not to the revenue increases that would make them possible.
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Cook said that Apple Inc. has likely become the “country’s largest corporate income taxpayer.”
“The time to act and turn the tide against Assad is now,” Chairman Robert Menendez said.
The revelation came today courtesy of White House Press Secretary Jay Carney.
The Republican Senator from Oklahoma issued a statement assuring victims in his state “that any and all available aid will be delivered without delay.”
The official announcement could come as soon as Thursday, when the President is scheduled to address National Defense University in Washington, D.C.
The U.S. has an important role in the Arab world, said Albright.
