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Leon Panetta, former Chief of Staff to the President Bill Clinton and Barack Obama's nominee to head the Central Intelligence Agency, earned over $1 million in 2008 as a corporate consultant and guest speaker.
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The U.S. House of Representatives voted to strengthen protections for whistleblowers, especially those that work for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and in other areas of national security.
"I want to make sure that we strengthen prohibitions against domestic covert propaganda campaigns aimed essentially at breaking down the Constitutional barriers between who controls policy and who makes war," stressed Representative Paul Hodes.
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has appointed Todd Stern as special envoy on climate change.
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ProPublica notes that "the Bush administration's 'war on terror' -- including its controversial policies on detentions, interrogations and warrantless wiretapping -- were all underpinned by legal memoranda. While some of those memos have been released ...
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The New York Times examines Organizing for America, the latest incarnation of President Barack Obama's unprecedented and many millions-strong netroots "army of supporters talking, sending e-mail and texting to friends and neighbors as they try to mold public opinion.
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Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has signed with the William Morris Agency, which describes itself as a "diversified talent and literary agency," with "clients in all segments of the entertainment industry." While "most other members of the
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On Day One, U.S. President Barack Obama signed two executive orders. One restored the presumption of disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, unless "forseeable harm" would result; made presidential records more accessible; and limited claims of executive privilege over information.
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The recent audit of America Supports You (ASY) found that the Defense Department PR program was run in a "questionable and unregulated manner," including some $8.8 million given to the public
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A bill to give the U.S.
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