Lewis Morris talked about the cost of M...
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Lewis Morris talked about the cost of Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal health-related agency fraud and abuse. Other topics included the Department of Health and Human Services and other federal agencies combat Medicare and Medicaid fraud, and how citizens can report suspected fraud and abuse.
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Spokesman Ian Kelly conducted a daily b...
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Spokesman Ian Kelly conducted a daily briefing at the State Department. Topics included the political situation in Honduras, the Secretary’s meetings with Indian officials and the U.S. refusal to sign the international land mine treaty.
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Clea Benson talked about her recent CQ ...
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Clea Benson talked about her recent CQ Weekly cover story. The article examines how outdated preconceptions and a failure to understand existing conditions in rural towns and on family farms is widening the rift between federal policies and the people the policies are meant to serve.
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The Brookings Institute will host a dis...
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The Brookings Institute will host a discussion on nutrition, school feeding programs and food security in the developing world. The expected focus of discussion will be climate change, growing world populations, economic recession, threatening international security and world food supp...
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Crew members of the Space Shuttle Atlan...
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Crew members of the Space Shuttle Atlantis participated in a news confernce from Earth’s orbit to discuss the STS-129 mission, which includes three spacewalks and the installation of two platforms to the International Space Station's truss.
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Today, FDIC Chair Shelia Bair released a third-quarter earnings report that showed an improvement over last quarter’s loss of $4.3 billion. The recent failure of Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida raised the total number of troubled banks to 124. The state of the financial industry has strained ...
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Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell spent much of this daily briefing on the President’s forthcoming announcement on the way forward in Afghanistan. The President has confirmed that he has made a decision.
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In light of the visit by India’s Prime ...
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In light of the visit by India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the United States, Ashley Tellis talked about the state of relations between the U.S. and India.
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Before his meeting with President Obama...
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Before his meeting with President Obama, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke to business leaders in Washington on trade and investment issues. He was at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Before the prime minister, we heard from the group’s president and CEO, Thomas Donohue.
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Cancer activist Ambassador Nancy Brinke...
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Cancer activist Ambassador Nancy Brinker does not support the recently updated guidelines recommending against self-examinations and annual mammograms for women in their forties. The founding chair of Susan G. Komen for the Cure and a breast cancer survivor, Amb. Brinker discussed the screening ...
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As the United Nations Climate Change co...
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As the United Nations Climate Change conference in Copenhagen approaches, Bread for the World Institute released its 2010 Hunger Report. Stressing the role "green jobs" could play in reducing hunger and meeting the challenges of climate change, the report also makes the case for U.S. leadership ...
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