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Unfortunately I believe that we are limited in what we can focus on. I think that if we proceed with the partisan sideshow of prosecuting Bush admin. officials, healthcare will get lost in the brouhaha.
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Judge Orders Gitmo Docs Public; AP: Blago, Durbin Discussed Senate; A Push for FDA Data
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Judge: Gitmo Docs Must Be Public » A federal judge ordered the United States on Monday to publicly reveal unclassified versions of its allegations and evidence justifying the continued imprisonment of more than 100 detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay. — Associated Press
AP: Blago, Durbin Talked Senate Seat » Just two weeks before his arrest on corruption charges, then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich reportedly told fellow Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin he was thinking of naming Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan — the daughter of his biggest political rival — to Obama's vacated seat. Blagojevich was reportedly seeking concessions on his pet projects in return for the appointment. — Associated Press
Opening Up FDA Data » The Obama administration is expected to announce a new task force within the Food and Drug Administration charged with finding ways to reveal more information about FDA decisions, possibly including the disclosure of now secret data about drugs and devices under study. — New York Times
College Sports: Secrecy 101 » A six-month Dispatch investigation found that Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, a law originally crafted to protect academic records, makes it virtually impossible to decipher what is going on inside a $5 billion college-sports world that is funded by fans, donors, alumni, television networks and, at most schools, taxpayers. — The Columbus Dispatch
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» Lack of IT Oversight Cited at Veterans Affairs (NextGov)
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