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Thursday Jun 13 | BroadwayWorld.com

CBS's Face the Nation is #1 Sunday Morning Public Affairs Show

CBS News' FACE THE NATION WITH BOB SCHIEFFER is the #1 Sunday morning public affairs show.

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Related Topix: Face the Nation, Entertainment, Television, US Politics, US News, Senator Kelly Ayotte, US Senate, Republican, Democrat, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, US House of Representatives, Elijah Cummings, Representative Jackie Speier

Wed Jun 12, 2013

Pocono Record

ESU students attend counterterror seminar

Two East Stroudsburg University students recently traveled to Washington, D.C., to learn about issues relating to U.S. national security.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Republican, Texas

Dallas Morning News

Editorial: The hope of progress on immigration reform

Renata Teodoro, 25 right, holds hands with her mother, Gorete Borges Teodoro, who was deported six years ago from the U.S., through the bars of a border fence in Nogales, Ariz., June 11, 2013.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, US Politics, Patrick Leahy, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Ted Cruz, Republican, US House of Representatives, John Cornyn, Opinion

Tue Jun 11, 2013

Examiner.com

Sen. Wyden demands 'straight answers' from DNI James Clapper

As the highly controversial issue of spying continues to be a problem, Sen. Ron Wyden , D-Ore., from the Senate Intelligence Committee warned the Director of National Intelligence James Clapper on Tuesday that the American people demand "straight answers" on spying in regard to their right to privacy.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US Senate, Ron Wyden, Democrat, James R. Clapper, Republican, US House of Representatives

Burnt Orange Report

Senator John Cornyn Solicited Obamacare Grant Money While Voting to Defund It

While John Cornyn cosponsored Ted Cruz's amendment to defund the Affordable Care Act in the Senate, and voted thirty times to repeal the law that institutes a wide range of common sense health insurance reforms, he was writing the government in support of a grant application that would be funded by Obamacare.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, John Cornyn, Senator Ted Cruz, Health Insurance, Health, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, US House of Representatives

OpenSecrets

Cybersecurity, Privacy Issues Spurred Lobbying Even Before NSA Programs Revealed

With last week's revelations that the National Security Agency was collecting data on millions of phone calls made through Verizon and also running an Internet surveillance program that targets foreign nationals via major online corporations, it appears inevitable that the issue of electronic privacy -- already a hot topic in 2012 -- will vault to ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Mike Rogers, Barack Obama, US Senate, Democrat, Texas

Mon Jun 10, 2013

CBS News

Ayotte says she supports immigration plan on "Face the Nation"

On "Face the Nation" Sunday, Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., made headlines by announcing her support of the immigration reform bill which the Senate should begin debating this week.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Senator Kelly Ayotte, US Senate, Republican, Immigration Reform, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Representative Jackie Speier

Scared Monkeys

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman of the House Homeland Security...

Rep. Michael McCaul , Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee Tells CBS's Face the Nation "Can You Trust This Administration with Your Phone Records?" What ever happened to transparency? This is what happens when "We the People" lose trust in our government and there has been no greater loss of confidence in our federal government than ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Barack Obama, US Senate, Democrat, Peter King, Devin Nunes

Sun Jun 09, 2013

News Max

McCaul: Balance Needed on NSA Procedures

House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul said Sunday he had concerns about the National Security Agency keeping Americans' telephone records, but at the same time, noted it was an "approved and reviewed" program that has had benefits.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Elijah Cummings, Democrat

CBS News

Video: Open: This is Face the Nation, June 9

Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., on sexual assault in the military, the NSA phone records revelation and new allegations of abuse within the IRS with Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., and Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, a roundtable with David Sanger, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Joseph Nye and CBS ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Senator Kelly Ayotte, US Senate, Republican, Democrat, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Face the Nation, Entertainment, Television, US House of Representatives, Representative Jackie Speier, Elijah Cummings

Boston.com

JOAN VENNOCHIStill so many questions for the FBI

FBI has a lot of explaining to do about what happened in an Orlando apartment five weeks after the Marathon bombing.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Opinion

Sat Jun 08, 2013

Daily Kos

Continue Reading

Face the Nation : Sen. Kelly Ayotte ; Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand ; Rep. Jackie Speier ; Rep. Michael McCaul ; Rep. Elijah Cummings ; Rep. John Dingell ; This Week : Sen. Dianne Feinstein ; Rep. Mike Rogers ; Sen. Mark Udall ; Glenn Greenwald ; : George Will , GOP Strategist Matthew Dowd , Rep. Keith Ellison , Paul Krugman and Greta Van Susteren .

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Senator Kelly Ayotte, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Jackie Speier, Elijah Cummings, Dianne Feinstein

Fri Jun 07, 2013

CBS News

"Face the Nation," June 9, 2013

After a Senate hearing Tuesday on sexual assault in the military forced the country's top brass to admit the issue's severity, the country waits to see if 25 years of the status quo will finally come to an end.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, Senator Kelly Ayotte, US Senate, Republican, Democrat, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, US House of Representatives, Representative Jackie Speier

Crooks and Liars

Hypocritical Republicans Have An Obamacare Problem

Senator John Cornyn would have you believe he would repeal Obamacare in an instant to keep the size of government 'small'.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, John Cornyn, US House of Representatives, Senator Mark Kirk, Representative Aaron Schock, Johnny Isakson

Thu Jun 06, 2013

The Hill

GOP critics sought ObamaCare grants

Letters from GOP lawmakers to the Obama administration reveal that many of healthcare reform's staunchest critics have actively lobbied for the law's funds.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Lee Terry, US Senate, Representative Jeff Denham, Republican, US House of Representatives, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Representative Kristi Noem

The Nation

Obamacare's GOP Fans

It's the height of hypocrisy: They call for repeal of the law but plead for its dollars on behalf of constituents.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, US Politics, Senator Rob Portman, Senator Mark Kirk, US Senate, Representative Aaron Schock, Republican, US House of Representatives

National Review Online

Strong: Marco Rubio, Media Master

Rubio had a new take to offer the press on the Gang of Eight's bill to reform national immigration policy: Before, he had expressed concern only about securing Republican votes.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Senator Marco Rubio, US News, US Senate, Republican, Jeff Sessions, Immigration Reform, Representative Trey Gowdy, US House of Representatives, Louie Gohmert

Wed Jun 05, 2013

Texas Tribune

Cornyn Wants Border Security Added to Immigration Bill

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn wants to amend the Senate's comprehensive immigration reform bill to fix border security flaws in the measure that currently make it impossible to support, he said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, John Cornyn, Illegal Immigration, US House of Representatives

Tue Jun 04, 2013

SFGate

Conn. governor to address security industry summit

The Democrat is scheduled to appear Tuesday at the Security Industry Association 's Government Summit , which is expected to attract various facets of the industry, including executives, and sales and marketing professionals.

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Related Topix: Republican, US House of Representatives, US Politics, US News, Pennsylvania

Mon Jun 03, 2013

Federal Computer Week

TSA ends 'digital strip search'

Airport security scanners equipped with ATR software render generic figures indicating the location of any suspicious objects, rather than the realistic images that had earlier raised privacy concerns.

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Related Topix: US News, Transporation Security Administration (TSA), Scanners, Privacy, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Bennie Thompson, Democrat