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only minutes after being sworn in as president in January 1981. "In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem," he told the country. "Government is the problem."
• Even if there's little new about the tactic, it requires some finesse, or selective forgetfulness, by Republican incumbents seeking re-election to a House that their party controls. "Part II" of the House Republican Conference's August planning kit focuses on the GOP's accomplishments, aides said.
• Republican officials say it's not hypocritical to attack Washington while also promoting achievements in the capital.
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Egypt officials: Top US diplomat meets jailed Brotherhood leader
• CAIRO (AP) -- A top U.S. diplomat met early on Monday a jailed senior leader in the Muslim Brotherhood, part of mediation efforts to end the standoff between Egypt's military-backed government and protesters supporting the ousted president, government officials said.
• They said U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns met in prison with Khairat el-Shater, the powerful deputy head of the Brotherhood, the Islamist group from which deposed President Mohammed Morsi hails. Burns was accompanied by the foreign ministers of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates as well as an EU envoy.
• El-Shater is charged with complicity in the killing of anti-Morsi protesters.
• Burns and the three other diplomats are in Egypt as part of international efforts to end a standoff between Mohammed Morsi's supporters and the government installed by the military after it toppled the Islamist president in a July 3 coup.
• The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. The U.S. Embassy could not immediately be reached for comment.
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Will fast-food street protests in big cities help spur hike in minimum wage?
• Terrance Wise has two jobs in Kansas City -- one at a burger joint, a second at a pizza restaurant -- but he says his paychecks aren't enough to buy shoes for his three daughters and insure his 15-year-old car. So he decided to draw attention to his plight: He walked off work in protest.
• Wise was among a few thousand fast-food workers in seven cities, including (Continued on page 29)
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