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Obama defends spying programmes
Belfast Telegraph

Barack Obama has defended top secret National Security Agency spying programmes as legal and transparent - even though they are authorised in secret. "It is transparent," the US President said in an interview. "That's why we set up the FISA court," he added, referring to the secret court set up by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that...
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Syria set to dominate G8 summit in Northern Ireland

Free Syrian Army fighters look at a Syrian Army jet, not pictured, in Fafeen village, north of Aleppo province, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012.

The Hindu

The crisis in Syria is set to dominate the two-day G8 summit beginning in Northern Ireland on Monday, days after the United States announced plans to start arming the opposition. Disagreements are expected between Russia, one of the Syrian...
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Obama takes economic, foreign policy agenda to UK

President Barack Obama receives an update in the Oval Office from Lisa Monaco, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, on the Boston Marathon bombing investigation following the capture of the second suspect, April 19 2013.

The Guardian

WASHINGTON (AP) â President Barack Obama is taking a security, foreign policy and economic agenda to Northern Ireland for a meeting with heads of the leading industrial nations. He's looking for consensus on Syria while pushing for common ground on...
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>LINDSEY GRAHAM: Republicans Are In A 'Demographic Death Spiral,' And We Need To Pass Immigration Reform

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., discusses deepening the Charleston Harbor shipping channel with reporters in Charleston, S.C., on Monday, March 18, 2013. Graham said he plans to introduce legislation providing as much as $100 billion to rebuild the nation's infrastructure, including $20 billion for harbors and inland waterways.

Seattle Post

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is bullish about the chances of an immigration reform bill passing the Senate — and he says Republicans need to pass it to avoid falling further into a "demographic death spiral" that could hurt their chances in the...
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Cheney Defends Surveillance and Calls Leaks Traitorous

Former Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney, presenting former United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, at CPAC 2011 in Washington, D.C, the "Defender of the Constitution Award."

The New York Times

Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday defended the newly disclosed electronic surveillance programs operated by the government and called the former National Security Agency contract worker who disclosed them a criminal and a traitor. Appearing...
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Sarah Palin says 'leaderless' US should 'let Allah sort out' Syrian Civil War

Former Governor Sarah Palin speaking at the 2012 CPAC in Washington, D.C.

Newstrack India

Tweet Washington, June 16 (ANI): Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has said the US should 'let Allah sort out' the civil war in Syria. The comments from Plain...
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry pitches a way to ‘win this country back’

Governor Rick Perry speaking at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC.

The Dallas Morning News

WASHINGTON — Gov. Rick Perry, speaking to Christian conservatives Saturday, urged them to approach the task of rebuilding the movement with humility. “We didn’t move the majority of the people in this country,” he told a crowd...
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