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• Do Hagel and Obama differ on Iran?

  President Barack Obama’s nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., as defense secretary is expected to create a hotly contested fight about his comments on Israel and Iran.
  
  Pro-Israel hawks have cast a portrait of Hagel as too soft on Iran and not chummy enough with Israel. Sen. Lindsey [...]
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• Gov. Rick Scott accused of using 'false' Medicaid expansion numbers

  In a Sunday Tampa Bay Times editorial and again when speaking to the media in Washington on Monday, Gov. Rick Scott said it will cost Florida $26 billion over the first 10 years to expand Medicaid under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

  "As you know Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration [...]

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• Levine, Huizenga Jr., others seek coveted BOG slots

  Gov. Rick Scott has an important decision to make. Six of them, to be exact.

  Six of the governor's 14 appointments to the State University System Board of Governors are up for review this month. The BOG sets policy for universities, and they are among the most prestigious appointments in state government. The cluster [...]

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• Carlos Lopez-Cantera sworn in as Miami-Dade property appraiser

  New Miami-Dade Property Appraiser Carlos Lopez-Cantera was sworn into office Tuesday in a County Hall ceremony packed with a who's who of local politicians.

  Amid the schmoozing mayors, commissioners, lawmakers, lobbyists and political operatives were Miami Republican Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart and Sen. Marco Rubio, whom Lopez-Cantera -- a former GOP majority [...]

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• FL Health News: Rick Scott (intentionally?) touting false Medicaid-Obamacare numbers

  Florida Health News:

  Gov. Rick Scott keeps repeating Medicaid-expansion cost estimates that he knows are wrong, according to a series of e-mails among state officials obtained by Health News Florida.

  Gov. Rick Scott says he opposes expanding Florida Medicaid because it would cost too much: $63 billion over 10 years, he says, [...]

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