Women In Politics

The strange case of Peter Erlinder
The Twin Cities lawyer, a champion of unsavory people and unpopular causes, sits in a Rwandan jail, accused of conspiring to deny that nation’s 1994 genocide.

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Senators Fed Up With Secret Blocks On Nominees
President Obama is still struggling to get scores of his key executive and judicial branch appointees confirmed by the Senate, where lawmakers are stalling them anonymously. Now Democrats and even some Republicans say they want to curtail the use of “secret holds” or do away with the practice altogether.

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Demands mount for Rwanda to release St. Paul lawyer
Daughter says Peter Erlinder of St. Paul, who was arrested Friday in Rwanda, is “physically OK.”

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Rwandan police arrest St. Paul law professor
A Minnesota law professor arrested Friday in Rwanda had warned that he felt targeted by that country’s political leaders for “discrediting or assassination.”

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Rwandan police arrest US lawyer
An American lawyer helping defend a Rwandan presidential hopeful against charges that include promoting a genocidal ideology was arrested Friday and charged with genocide denial, police said.

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Menendez Asks His Peers to Pony Up
Chairman Robert Menendez this week prodded nervous members of the Senate majority to step up their giving to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee as he girds for midterm elections that increasingly find the party on the defensive.

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HUFFPOST HILL – MAY 25, 2010
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Rwanda Arrests U.S. Lawyer on Genocide Charge
Minn. Lawyer Was Helping Defend Presidential Hopeful; Lawyers Guild President Says Arrest Intended to Hurt Candidate

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Peter Erlinder, American Lawyer, Arrested By Rwandan Police
What’s Your Reaction? KIGALI, Rwanda — An American lawyer helping defend a Rwandan presidential hopeful against charges that include promoting a genocidal ideology was arrested Friday and charged with genocide denial, police said.

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Aging-at-home concept should provide mobility assistance, says AAHomecare president
At a town hall meeting a year ago, President Obama said that home-based care could play a major role in controlling Medicare costs by keeping older people out of more expensive institutional care.

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