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Obama Responds To Questions On IRS, Benghazi, AP Phone Logs

President Obama met reporters briefly on Thursday with Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan, but the American side of the news conference was all about domestic controversies involving the IRS and the Justice Department.
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House Republicans Take Another Stab At Repealing Obamacare

The House held a vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act — again. This time it was to make freshman Republicans happy by giving them a vote to take home.
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Obama Has 'Complete Confidence' In Attorney General Holder

The Justice Department searched phone records of AP reporters and editors in search of the source of a leak. Critics call that overreach. The president says the government must sometimes balance national security against press freedom.
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In Fight For Deals, Developers Make Well-Timed Campaign Contributions

Some developers working together on a project donated to the same candidate on the same day, while others devoted their highest annual donation total the year they received a subsidy.
Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Intelligence Squared: Cutting The Pentagon's Budget Is A Gift To Our Enemies

Political gridlock in Washington triggered across-the-board spending cuts, known as the sequester, in March. As a result, the Pentagon has six months to eliminate $41 billion from the current year’s budget, and unlike past cuts, this time everything is on the table. Could the sequester be a rare opportunity to overhaul the armed forces, or will its impact damage military readiness and endanger national security?

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The Tricky Business Of Retirement: Hidden 401(K) Fees

You could end up with a lot less savings at 65 than you ever anticipated because of fees charged by the financial institutions managing your retirement accounts. Robert Hiltonsmith, who researches retirement security, says those fees were disclosed to 401(k) plan participants until only recently.
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Obama: 'I Certainly Did Not Know' What The IRS Was Doing

The targeting of some conservative groups for extra scrutiny from the IRS has ignited a political firestorm in Washington.
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Taking The Pulse Of The U.S. Economy (Rebroadcast)

The stock market, consumer spending, housing prices and better-than-expected job numbers: taking the pulse of the U.S. economy.

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