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Obama urges 'bold' nuclear cuts in Berlin speech
Summoning the harsh history of this once-divided city, President Barack Obama on Wednesday cautioned the U.S. and Europe against "complacency" brought on by peace, pledging to cut America's deployed nuclear weapons by one-third if Cold War foe Russia does the same. The president also declared that his far-reaching surveillance programs ...
Pruitt: DOJ broke rules in phone records seizure
The Justice Department violated its own rules when it secretly seized records for thousands of phone calls to and from journalists for The Associated Press as part of a leak investigation, the head of the company said Wednesday. AP President and CEO Gary Pruitt told a luncheon gathering of journalists ...
Obama relying on untested oversight board on NSA
The obscure Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board that President Barack Obama said will meet with him to discuss the National Security Agency's secret surveillance program was itself meeting Wednesday behind closed doors. The public and media were not allowed to attend because the board was expected to hear classified ...
Analysis: Recent California newspaper editorials
June 18 U-T San Diego: "Obamacare and California — little hope" The Legislature last weekend endorsed a major part of the state's role in implementing President Obama's health care reform law, opting to expand Medicaid to 1.4 million poor Californians. The only hope now — slimmer than slim — is ...
GOP targets high-speed rail, transportation grants
House Republicans are pushing to eliminate money for high-speed rail and a popular grant program for transportation projects. The belt-tightening comes as the GOP-led House works on $44 billion measure covering transportation and housing programs. The legislation reflects the austere budget mandated by automatic cuts — fallout from Washington's failure ...
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