They call it "bacha bazi," translated as "boy play" -- Afghan militia men throwing boys into sexual slavery. What's worse yet, the U.S. military has turned a blind eye to this obscene practice. The front page of The New York Times carried the headline "US Soldiers Told to Ignore Sexual Abuse of Boys by Afghan Allies."
With U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., the GOP whip in Congress, now running to be House majority leader in the shakeup after U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, announced he was going to give up his seat at the end of October, U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla., currently the senior deputy majority whip, announced on Friday he will run for majority whip.
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U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Fla., challenged U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, in a leadership fight at the start of the year but noted on Friday he has not made up his mind about another bid for the gavel.
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U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., weighed in on Friday after U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, announced he was leaving Congress at the end of next month.
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Craig Weiner, the president of the Holocaust Learning and Education Fund and one of the leaders of South Florida’s Jewish community, slammed U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., for her support of President Barack Obama’s deal with Iran over its nuclear program.
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Evidence of widespread Republican angst cast a shadow from the nation's capital to the Sunshine State this week.
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner on Friday rocked the political world with his announcement that he is resigning from his seat late next month.
Succumbing to pressure from conservatives, Boehner's decision to call it a day came at the height of an intraparty GOP Game of Thrones over a possible government shutdown.
Part of the GOP congressional leadership as senior deputy majority whip, U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla., called for “strong, conservative leadership” now that U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, is on the way out.
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On Friday, U.S. House John Boehner’s, R-Ohio, resignation took center stage in one of the most competitive congressional elections in Florida.
