Lois Lerner

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Lois Lerner, head of the IRS unit that decides whether to grant tax-exempt status to groups, listens at the start of a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny the IRS gave to Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status.

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IRS official declares innocence, then pleads the 5th

By Kevin G. Hall and David Lightman | McClatchy Washington Bureau

The woman at the center of an IRS scandal gripping the nation’s capital invoked her constitutional right Wednesday and refused to answer questions before congressional investigators, but not before issuing a controversial opening statement that left some Republican lawmakers seething. » read more

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The Pentagon in northern Virginia is headquarters of the Department of Defense.

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Did the Pentagon cry wolf over sequestration?

By James Rosen | McClatchy Washington Bureau

A funny thing happened on the way to a predicted disaster: The Pentagon is learning to live with the automatic budget cuts its leaders had warned would threaten national security if they took effect. » read more

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