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      <excerpt>...D.C.&#160;&#8212; Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn., extended her sympathies Friday to the family of U.S. Army Private First Class Kham Xiong, a resident of St. Paul who was killed during the Thursday shooting at the Fort Hood Army Base in Texas, which left at least</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...strong enough. The changes would result from two studies, one of which would be subject to congressional disapproval. Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn., also formally came out in support of the legislation this week. Like what you just read? Support high-qua</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Peterson, and Jim Oberstar and Minnesota Republican Rep. Erik Paulsen joined Ellison in voting for the measure. Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn., was &#8220;unavoidably detained when the final vote was taken&#8221; but submitted a statement for the record expressin</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...says pilots have to refocus on professionalism. President Obama is trying to get schools to change with state dollars. DFL Rep. Betty McCollum didn't like Israeli ambassador's decision to skip the J Street conference last week, so she wrote him a letter</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) didn't like the Israeli ambassador's decision to skip the J&#160;Street conference last week, so she wrote him a letter -- a fairly harsh one -- telling him he was wrong. McCollum wrote that the embassy's statement that certain J St</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...the region. Listen GOP Rep. Erik Paulsen said he wants to see President Obama's plan and hear from McChrystal. Listen DFL Rep. Betty McCollum said she could support a troop increase if certain conditions are met. They include a stronger police force and</excerpt>
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      <title>Where the delegation stands on a troop increase in Afghanistan.</title>
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      <excerpt>...the region. Listen GOP Rep. Erik Paulsen said he wants to see President Obama's plan and hear from McChrystal. Listen DFL Rep. Betty McCollum said she could support a troop increase if certain conditions are met. They include a stronger police force and</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>He termed efforts such as H.Res.867 &#8220;the triumph of Orwellian thinking.&#8221; Rep. Betty McCollum called attention to the fact that Israel used U.S. weapons to commit the war crimes documented in the Goldstone Report. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>buberzionist Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) lectures Israeli Amb. Oren on his unwillingness to speak at J Street http://ow.ly/zhDu It&amp;#39;s none of her business.. wallacereid Obama Turns Foreign Policy Away From Bush - WPTZ.com ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7] Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D, NY-22] Rep. Eddie Johnson [D, TX-30] Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick [D, MI-13] Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D, OH-10] Rep. Barbara Lee [D, CA-9] Rep. Stephen Lynch [D, MA-9] Rep. Betty McCollum [D ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Minnesota: MN-4: Betty McCollum (D), MN-5: Keith Ellison (D) Missouri: MO-1: William Clay (D) New York: NY-11: Yvette Clarke (D), NY-22: Maurice Hinchey (D) North Carolina: NC-4: David Price (D), NC-12 Melvin Watt (D) ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>But I join Phil Weiss is praising these Congressmembers. They deserve our gratitude. Among them are: Earl Blumenauer Jim McDermott (my House member) Brian Baird (another Seattle-area member) Lois Capps Betty McCollum. Keith Ellison ... &#8220;I  have been to G</excerpt>
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