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

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.

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.

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.

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)

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.

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)

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.

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)

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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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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.