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President Barack Obama listens as UN Ambassador Susan Rice, his choice to be his next National Security Adviser, speaks  in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 5, 2013, where the president made the announcement. Samantha Power, his nominee to be the next UN Ambassador is at left.  (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Libya brought Rice success and disappointment

Libya brought Susan Rice her biggest success and, ultimately, caused her greatest professional disappointment. Rice, who was appointed national security adviser Wednesday by President Barack Obama, has been a bold and blunt U.S. ambassador at the United Nations, successfully pushing for tougher sanctions against Iran and North Korea and for ...

Gitmo detainees claim genitals being searched

Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainees urged a federal judge Wednesday to stop what they describe as new "genital searches" for detainees who want to meet with their lawyers. The lawyers say that the searches began after detainees were told they would have to travel offsite to meet with their lawyers ...

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2013 photo, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer speaks from her office at the Capitol in Phoenix, prior to giving her State of the State address. It's Republican vs. Republican in the latest round of the nation's political battles over health care. GOP legislators in several major states are trying to block efforts by governors of their own party to accept health insurance for low-income people under President Barack Obama's health care law. Overall, 23 states plus the District of Columbia, are planning to expand their Medicaid programs, including Brewster in Arizona. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Republican vs. Republican on covering uninsured

It's Republican versus Republican in the latest round of political battles over health care. Conservative Republican legislators in major states are trying to block efforts by more pragmatic governors of their own party to accept health insurance for more low-income residents under President Barack Obama's health care law. Unlike their ...

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan reads to children at  Boyd Elementary School Friday, May 31, 2013 in Atlanta. The Obama administration is open to considering more than one option to pay for a national expansion of early learning programs and will work with Congress and states to find the money necessary, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Friday. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Johnny Crawford)  MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; WXIA-TV OUT; WGCL-TV OUT

Duncan: Options possible for funding pre-K plan

The Obama administration is open to considering more than one option to pay for a national expansion of early learning programs and will work with Congress and states to find the money necessary, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Friday. Duncan was in Atlanta to promote President Barack Obama's proposal ...

FILE - In this May 22, 2013, file photo, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russell George answers questions as the House Oversight Committee holds a hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny the Internal Revenue Service gave Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Most of what Americans know about their government’s crimes, misdeeds and foul-ups comes from the government itself. Washington’s investigation machine never quits. Federal law calls for 73 inspectors general to watch over the work of Cabinet departments, agencies and commissions. About 14,000 auditors, analysts, lawyers and other staff, including armed criminal investigators, make up the IG force.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Gotcha Guide: How Washington investigates itself

Washington never stops investigating itself. The probes that go public — what happened at the Internal Revenue Service, or in Benghazi, Libya, or with the seizure of journalists' phone and email records — are just a sampling. Thousands of federal workers spend hundreds of millions of dollars a year checking ...

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