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Tuesday, February 28, 2012
White House, NSA weigh cybersecurity, personal privacy
The National Security Agency has pushed repeatedly over the past year to expand its role in protecting private-sector computer networks from cyberattacks but has been rebuffed by the White House, largely because of privacy concerns, according to administration officials and internal documents.
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Rick Santorum seeks Democratic support in Michigan robocalls
Rick Santorum’s presidential campaign is actively seeking the support of Democrats in Tuesday’s Michigan primary, running a robocall that sounds oddly like one that would be run by an organized labor group.
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A Treasure Trove of Reagan's Past
John Meroney, Los Angeles Times
Recollections of Ronald Reagan’s time in Hollywood are full of myth and misinformation. From the right’s perspective, his role as a union man who campaigned for Truman is conveniently forgotten; the left, on the other hand, has held tight to its view of him as an archconservative Red baiter.What is indisputable is that the 40th president of the United States came to office with a deep-seated hatred of Communism. But less known than his commitment to its end was that he already had a plan for seeing to it. In fact, it was during the bizarre McCarthy-era Red Scare that the...
Recollections of Ronald Reagan’s time in Hollywood are full of myth and misinformation. From the right’s perspective, his role as a union man who campaigned for Truman is conveniently forgotten; the left, on the other hand, has held tight to its view of him as an archconservative Red baiter.What is indisputable is that the 40th president of the United States came to office with a deep-seated hatred of Communism. But less known than his commitment to its end was that he already had a plan for seeing to it. In fact, it was during the bizarre McCarthy-era Red Scare that the...
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Mitt Romney’s new Michigan ad: ‘This is personal’
In a new ad airing in Michigan, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney continues his recent focus on his own family history in Michigan.
The ad is more evidence that Michigan is the most important of the three contests on Feb. 28, when Arizona and Washington also vote. A pro-Romney super PAC has put $600,000 into Michigan ads.
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Targeting only federal workers is unfair, Steny Hoyer says
The Republican majority in the House views the federal workforce as “almost a sole payer for things they want to do,” according to Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.).
Hoyer is the second-ranking Democrat in the House, and his Maryland district is home to thousands of federal workers. He made his comments in an interview after a deal by congressional negotiators that would require new federal employees to pay more for retirement benefits than do current workers.
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