D.C. is Getting a Duggar

TLC

Josh Duggar, the oldest of the 19 Duggar children, is leaving the family's home state of Arkansas and moving to D.C. for a job with the Family Research Council

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Liberals Balk at Obama's SCOTUS Front-Runner

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By Max Fisher

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By Heather Horn

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