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Vintage Political Theater on Capitol Hill
Republicans still haven't chosen a new Speaker -- the top job in Congress, but they were united today in attacking Hillary Clinton for the deaths of four diplomats in Benghazi, Libya while she was Secretary of State.
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenRepublicans still haven't chosen a new Speaker -- the top job in Congress, but they were united today in attacking Hillary Clinton for the deaths of four diplomats in Benghazi, Libya while she was Secretary of State.
Later on the program, Walmart and Amazon are engaged in competition of another kind: the battle for dominance of online grocery shopping.
Photo: Hillary Clinton reacts to reporters' questions as she exits the hearing room from the House Select Committee on Benghazi on Capitol Hill in Washington October 22, 2015. (Gary Cameron/Reuters)
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3 storiesAmerican Soldier Killed in Iraq Commando Raid
In Iraq -- for the first time since the US withdrawal of 2011 -- an American soldier has been killed during a combat operation. He was one of several US commandos who raided an Islamic State outpost in the northern part of the country. Michael Gordon is in Iraq for the New York Times .
Read the story7 minVintage Political Theater on Capitol Hill
A committee of Congress today grilled Hillary Clinton about the deaths of four American officials in Benghazi, Libya in 2012 while she was Secretary of State. Republicans used stacks of emails and charts to bolster their claim that she was lax about security.
Read the story34 minOnline Grocery Shopping Poised to Be the Next Big Thing
Pushing a cart through the grocery store may become a thing of the past for many Americans. Today Walmart announced the expansion of online shopping into eight new markets. Its brick-and-mortar locations have led to a different approach from Amazon and other companies that will deliver groceries to the doors of online shoppers.
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