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      <title>Newsmakers with Representative Buck McKeon</title>
      <description>House Armed Services Committee Chair Buck McKeon (R-CA) talked about Defense Department cuts as part of the effort to address the U.S. debt. He had been trying to keep the cuts from going deeper than the $350 billion that the Obama administration and Congress agreed to during the preceding summer. He discussed other military issues as well.</description>
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      <title>Newsmakers with Representative Eliot Engel</title>
      <description>Representative Eliot Engel (D-NY), incoming Foreign Affairs Committee ranking member, talked about how the House and Senate are weighing the issues arising from the September attack on the U.S. consulate at Benghazi and and at the accountability review board's report about the State Department's handling of the matter</description>
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      <title>Newsmakers with Senator Rand Paul</title>
      <description>Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) talked by video from Bowling Green, Kentucky, about investigating the terrorist attack that killed the U.S. ambassador in Libya, the 2012 elections, including his support for Mitt Romney, his push for a pared down government, and cuts in foreign aid to Egypt, Pakistan and Libya. After the interview the reporters in the studio discussed his responses.</description>
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      <title>Newsmakers with Representative Adam Smith</title>
      <description>House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA) talked about sequestration, defense spending, U.S. policy toward Syria, national security leaks, and other military issues. Following the interview journalists commented on his remarks.</description>
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      <title>Newsmakers with Senator Joe Lieberman</title>
      <description>Homeland Security Committee Chair Joe Lieberman (I-CT) talked about the attack on U.S. diplomats in Benghazi, Libya. He assessed the level of terrorist threats against the U.S. and the future of cyber security legislation, and Iran and Syria, and also discussed the nature of his effort to be an independent member of Congress. After his remarks journalists commented on the interview.</description>
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      <title>Newsmakers with Representative Luis Gutierrez</title>
      <description>Representative Luiz Gutierrez talked about immigration issues and legislation. Following the interview, the reporters discussed his responses with the host.</description>
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      <title>Newsmakers with Representative Ike Skelton</title>
      <description>Missouri Representative Ike Skelton talked about U.S. military policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan and how to meet any additional military needs, strategy for combatting terrorism, and the expected report on the Fort Hood attack. After he left, the reporters talked about his answers with the host.</description>
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      <title>Newsmakers with Senator James Inhofe</title>
      <description>Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), the new ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, talked from Tulsa, Oklahoma, about key defense issues, including the confirmation hearing of former Senator Chuck Hagel to be defense secretary, women in combat roles, sequestration and its impact on the Pentagon, the defense budget, troop numbers in Afghanistan, the strength of al Qaeda, and the future of the U.S. military. After the interview, the reporters in the studio discussed his responses with the host.</description>
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      <title>Newsmakers with Holly Petraeus</title>
      <description>Holly Petraeus talked about the financial issues facing U.S. military service members as they return from Iraq, and new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau efforts to help them.</description>
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      <title>Newsmakers with Representative Bob Goodlatte</title>
      <description>Representative Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), House Judiciary Committee Chair, talked about immigration and gun control, two issues his committee was likely to address in 2013.</description>
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      <description>House Armed Services Committee Chair Buck McKeon (R-CA) talked about the military budget, cost growth in programs like the Joint Strike Fighter, as well as the U.S. role in Libya, Iraq, and Afghanistan. He also discussed impending changes in Defense Department leadership and the national security team.</description>
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      <title>Interrogations of Terrorist Suspects</title>
      <description>House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Peter Hoekstra talked about tactics used in interrogations of terrorists suspects and the debate over whether the tactics were justified, and   the possibilities of congressional investigations of these tactics and whether officials who authorized their use should be prosecuted. After he left, the reporters discussed his responses with the host.
 
 Rep. Hoekstra wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal Thursday 4/22 titled "Congress knew about the interrogations."</description>
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      <title>Newsmakers with Representative Darrell Issa</title>
      <description>Representative Darrell Issa talked from San Diego about immigration issues in the U.S., Attorney General Eric Holder's  lawsuit challenging Arizona's new immigration law, and other issues. Representative Issa has criticized the lawsuit, calling it "disgraceful." The Arizona law is scheduled to go into effect July 29, 2010. Other topics included remarks made by Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele. Following the interview, the journalists discussed his answers with the host.</description>
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      <title>Global Nuclear Security</title>
      <description>Foreign policy and nuclear proliferation specialists talked about the nuclear threats the U.S. faces around the world. Topics included the recent nuclear summit in Seoul, South Korea and Obama administration efforts. Robert Gallucci said the U.S. is on "borrowed time" in describing the various ways terrorists can get access to enough fissile material to make a nuclear device.</description>
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      <title>Newsmakers with Representative Luis Gutierrez</title>
      <description>Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) talked about immigration legislation he drafted with a group of seven other House members. He also discussed the role he thinks President Obama should play on immigration. 
The House group included Republicans Mario Diaz-Balart (FL), Raul Labrador (ID), John Carter (TX), and Sam Johnson (TX); and Democrats Xavier Becerra (CA), Zoe Lofgren (CA.), and John Yarmuth (KY).</description>
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      <title>Newsmakers With Janet Napolitano</title>
      <description>Secretary Janet Napolitano talked about homeland security issues and Obab administration policy on birder issues. After the interview the reporters discussed her responses with the host.</description>
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      <title>Newsmakers with Robert Papp</title>
      <description>Coast Guard Commandant Robert Papp talked about the U.S. Coast Guard's diverse missions, including its role coordinating the federal response to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and its role during hurricane season. Admiral Papp became the commandant on May 25, 2010, succeeding Thad Allen. The Coast Guard became a division of the Homeland Security Department following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Topics included the Coast Guard's place within the Department of Homeland Security and its work in the U.S. and abroad, including safeguarding Iraqi oil platforms in the Arabian Gulf. After the interview, the reporters discussed his responses with the host.</description>
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      <title>Newsmakers with Senator Dick Lugar</title>
      <description>Senator Dick Lugar (R-IN), the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, talked about foreign policy issues and the initiatives that President Obama would be taking in the next week. Topics included the August 31, 2010, deadline for the withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from Iraq and the speech the president would be making on that day, and the Middle East peace talks scheduled to begin during the next week after a 20-month halt. After the interview, the reporters discussed his responses with the host.</description>
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      <title>Newsmakers with Senator Patrick Leahy</title>
      <description>Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Patrick Leahy (D-VT) talked about upcoming hearings on gun control and other issues on the committee's agenda. Topics included immigration reform, potential confirmation hearings for the Supreme Court if a vacancy arises, cybersecurity, drone use for spying, prison sentencing, the Violence Against Women Act.</description>
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      <title>Newsmakers with Representative Adam Smith</title>
      <description>House Armed Service Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith talked about the Obama administration's plan for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, the House vote Friday on Libya, and the defense spending bill, which will be the first order of business after the July 4, 2011, break.</description>
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      <title>Newsmakers with Representative Buck McKeon</title>
      <description>House Armed Services Committee Member Buck McKeon (D-CA) talked about defense cuts planned by the Obama administration. Topics included shrinking the size of the Army and Marines, the administration's efforts to shift the role of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, as well as other military issues.</description>
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      <title>Newsmakers with Senator Chuck Grassley</title>
      <description>Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, talked by video link from the Russell Rotunda about topics before the committee, including gun legislation and immigration. He also talked about the Iowa Senate race for 2014, since Senator Tom Harkin had said he would not seek reelection. After the interview, the guest reporters in the studio discussed his responses with the host.</description>
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      <description>Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Carl Levin (D-MI) talked about U.S. policy toward Iran,and heading off any Iranian further nuclear enrichment programs. He also discussed U.S. policy regarding Syria and Afghanistan, and the defense budget.</description>
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      <description>Senate Foreign Relations ranking member Richard Lugar (R-IN) joined Newsmakers to discuss U.S. tactics in Afghanistan. He urges President Obama to make a decision about additional troops in the region and said he would like to see General McChrystal testify before his committee. He also states that nation building is "too ambitious" but regional "stability" is what's needed.</description>
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      <title>Newsmakers with Pamela Hess and Tim Starks</title>
      <description>Reporters Pamela Hess and Tim Starks talked about the U.S.'s abililty to counter terrorism and the administration's decision to close the U.S. Embassy in Yemen due to threats from Al-Qaeda. Yesterday, President Obama linked the bombing attempt against Northwest Airlines Flight 253 with Al-Qaeda operatives in Yemen.</description>
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      <title>Newsmakers with Representative Chris Smith</title>
      <description>Representative Christopher Smith (R-NJ) talked about how the U.S. is addressing the famine in Somalia and the Islamist Shabab group, tensions between Sudan and South Sudan, and U.S. foreign aid to Africa and elsewhere in an era of tightening budgets.</description>
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      <title>Newsmakers with Senator Carl Levin</title>
      <description>Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Carl Levin talked about the defense authorization bill, the Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy on gays and lesbians in the military, the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), and other military issues. After the interview the reporters discussed his responses with the host.</description>
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      <title>Situation in Iraq</title>
      <description>Brett McGurk was interviewed about the administration's policies in Iraq. Mr. McGurk said that the Bush administration regards events in Iraq as progressing and there will not be a scheduled withdrawal. After he left, the reporters discussed his responses with the host.</description>
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      <title>Federal Bureau of Investigation</title>
      <description>John Miller was interviewed by two journalists. He said the new Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Report will be out in a few days. Other topics included terrorism prevention and terrorist cells in the U.S., the FBI role in national security, and internal FBI reviews. After Mr. Miller left, the journalists talked about his responses.</description>
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      <title>Newsmakers with Representative Buck McKeon</title>
      <description>House Armed Services Committee Chair Buck McKeon (R-CA) talked about criticism of President Obama's proposed defense budget, the news that North Korea may have the ability to launch nuclear weapons, and other defense issues.</description>
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      <title>Newsmakers with Representative Adam Smith</title>
      <description>House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA) talked about an array of defense issues. Topics included U.S. response to reports of Syria's use of chemical weapons, differences between Iraq in 2003 and Syria in 2013, and the Boston Marathon bombings.</description>
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      <description>Army Major General Rick Lynch, commander of the Multi-National Division-Center, spoke by live remote from Baghdad about the situation in Iraq. Topics included 
 security operations, how the surge has affected life in Iraq, the integration of Iraqi citizen groups into securing areas, and whether the U.S. should slow down or halt withdrawal of troops. After the interview, the reporters in the studio discussed his responses with the host.</description>
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      <title>Republican Defense Agenda</title>
      <description>Representative Michael Turner, the ranking member of the Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee, talked about defense issues. Topics included President Obama's decision to cancel plans for a defense missile shield in Eastern Europe that had been proposed by President Bush, and military issues in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran. After he left, the reporters discussed his responses with the host.</description>
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      <description>House Veterans Affairs Committee Chair Jeff Miller (R-FL) talked from Pensacola, Florida, about key issues facing veterans such as jobs, delays in benefits claims, and why officials at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) had been paid bonuses despite a claims backlog.
The VA had 882,000 compensation and disability claims pending that week, including 250,000 that are at least a year old. Chair Miller had urged VA Undersecretary Allison Hickey to resign because of the backlog.</description>
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      <title>Newsmakers with Representative Mac Thornberry</title>
      <description>Representative Mac Thornberry (R-TX) talked about Defense Department issues. Topics included the previous week's Defense Department report on sexual assaults in the military, defense spending and the fiscal year 2014 budget, U.S. options regarding Syria, the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Guantanamo Bay prison, Afghanistan, and more.</description>
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      <description>General Victor Renuart talked about the role and the future of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and of the Northern Command (NORTHCOM), both of which he commands. Topics included their roles in watching Iran, Georgia, and Russia, and working with Canada and Mexico on common defenses. After he left, the reporters discussed his responses with the host.</description>
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 Noam Levey was misidentified onscreen as Noam Levy.</description>
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