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Lawton Constitution - Mitch Meador

ELGIN — The audience waited expectantly as the tracks of Serial No. 003 M109A7 howitzer turned slowly at first, then faster as it rolled out onto an open stretch of concrete.

The Oklahoman - Chris Casteel

Rep. Tom Cole returned from the Middle East on Friday and said the Obama administration’s framework for a nuclear deal with Iran could set off an arms race in an already fragile region.

The Oklahoman - Editorial Board

NO, U.S. Rep. Tom Cole isn’t bored and simply looking for a challenge. Instead Cole, R-Moore, says his decision to try to come up with a way to keep Social Security afloat is based on a firm belief that it can be done.

“The problem is it’s easily fixed,” Cole said in an interview last week. “It’s the politics that’s hard.”

The Oklahoman - Chris Casteel

In an extraordinary display of bipartisanship, the House voted Thursday to remake a troublesome system for paying the doctors who treat Medicare patients.

The Hill - Tim Devaney

The National Labor Relations Board is still grappling with the fallout from last year’s defeat at the Supreme Court, the board chairman told lawmakers Tuesday.

Norman Transcript - Sarah Kirby

Twenty-seven business and city leaders had one goal during their annual fly-in to Washington, D.C.: Remind federal legislators what matters to the city of Norman and hear what’s happening in the nation’s Capitol.

USA Today - Susan Davis

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flattered Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, paid respect to President Obama and received nearly two dozen standing ovations from lawmakers gathered in the House chamber.

The Oklahoman - Chris Casteel

President Barack Obama on Wednesday asked Congress for official permission to use military force against the Islamic State, but some Democrats called the president’s proposal too broad and Republicans complained of its limitations.