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AP Top Political News At 4:40 p.m. EDT

AG: 4 Americans killed since 2009 in drone strikes
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General Eric Holder says four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009....

IRS official Lerner: 'I did nothing wrong'
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency's targeting of conservative groups told Congress on Wednesday that she had done nothing wrong in the episode, and then invoked her constitutional right to refuse to answer lawmakers' questions....

House panel moves to curb military sexual assaults
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lawmakers have approved legislation to stem the growing epidemic of sexual assaults in the military....

Soldier charged with videotaping women
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An Army soldier has been charged with secretly photographing and videotaping women at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, including in a bathroom....

Judge apologizes for lag in unsealing documents
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal judge is apologizing for an 18-month delay in unsealing documents in a case involving an alleged leak of classified information to a reporter....

Senators warm to transportation nominee
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's nominee for transportation secretary is getting a friendly reception from senators of both parties laced with warnings that the nation needs to make a host of transportation improvements with no clear way to pay for them....

Garcetti elected LA mayor after promising jobs
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- City Councilman Eric Garcetti defeated Controller Wendy Greuel to become the next mayor of Los Angeles after a caustic campaign in which he depicted his fellow Democrat as a pawn of powerful labor bosses....

Who else took the 5th? Baseball star, banker, more
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The baseball star, the Hollywood 10, Oliver North. And Lois Lerner of the IRS....

Obama threatens veto of House student loan plan
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Wednesday threatened to veto legislation by House Republicans that would avert a doubling of student loan interest rates on July 1 but allow them to vary with the markets going forward....

Wis. governor to court Iowans, stoke 2016 talk
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Another year, another campaign....

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AG: 4 Americans killed since 2009 in drone strikes

Judge apologizes for lag in unsealing documents

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Soldier charged with videotaping women

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Who else took the 5th? Baseball star, banker, more

Obama threatens veto of House student loan plan

House panel moves to curb military sexual assaults

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