Topic: Lynn Westmoreland

Georgia GOP congressman calls Obamas `uppity'

AP News - 1250 days ago
Georgia Rep. Westmoreland calls Obamas `uppity;' says he didn't know term's racial overtonesDemocrats are calling on a Republican congressman from Georgia to apologize for referring to Barack and Michelle Obama as " uppity," but the lawmaker stood by his comments and ...

Carter's new fight, over Ga. dams, a familiar one

AP News - 1295 days ago
Carter turns attention from global strife to Ga. dam proposal, a plan he beat back decades agoPresident Carter has spent his golden years as a global humanitarian: a Nobel laureate pushing for peace in the Middle East, speaking out against the war ...

Airline CEOs blast proposed JFK plan

AP Features - 1551 days ago
CEOs From Delta, JetBlue Blast Government Proposal to Reduce JFK's Hourly Flight LimitDelta Air Lines' CEO on Thursday said a government proposal to reduce the flight limit at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport by 20 percent could halt ...

House votes to reopen civil rights cases

AP News - 1699 days ago
House Passes Bill to Reopen Civil Rights Murders, Hundreds of Cases Could Be ReviewedThe Justice Department would get more than $100 million for new prosecutors, FBI agents and other resources to revisit unsolved murders from the civil rights era under a bill ...