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Obama Tweaks U.S. Vision For Fight Against Terrorism
May 24, 2013 | NPR · President Obama discussed America's counter-terrorism strategy — including the use of drones and the prison at Guantanamo Bay — during an address at the National Defense University on Thursday. He rejected the idea that the country can fight an open-ended "global war on terror."
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Political Attacks Ramp Up In U.S. Senate Race In Mass.
May 24, 2013 | NPR · In Massachusetts, what's been a relatively lackluster campaign to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Secretary of State John Kerry is heating up. Veteran Democratic Rep. Ed Markey is running against Republican Gabriel Gomez, a businessman and former Navy SEAL. Gomez is a political newcomer.
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Documentary Introduces The Man Behind WikiLeaks
May 24, 2013 | NPR · David Greene talks to filmmaker Alex Gibney about the new documentary We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks. In 2006, Julian Assange launched WikiLeaks and encouraged anyone in the world to pass on information that might expose government secrets.
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Obama: Sexual Assault Has No Place In The Military
May 24, 2013 | NPR · President Obama delivered the commencement address at Annapolis on Friday, challenging the U.S. Naval Academy graduates to help redefine national defense in the 21st century.
 
Week In Politics: Obama And Drone Strikes
May 24, 2013 | NPR · Melissa Block speaks with political commentators E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times. They discuss highlights from the national security speech delivered by President Obama on Thursday.
 
Book Review: 'Love Is Power, Or Something Like That'
May 24, 2013 | NPR · Alan Cheuse reviews a collection of short stories called Love is Power, Or Something Like That by A. Igoni Barrett
 

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Working Women On Television: A Mixed Bag At Best
May 18, 2013 | NPR · Research shows that prime-time television isn't a bad place to find portrayals of working women. Working moms and working women over 40 are another story.
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Political Takeaways: Headaches For The White House
May 19, 2013 | NPR · Controversies dominated this past week's political headlines, leaving the Obama White House on the defensive, trying to contain any lasting damage. Host Rachel Martin talks with NPR's Mara Liasson.
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Partisanship Takes A (Brief) Holiday On JOBS Bill Backed By Obama, GOP
Mar 8, 2012 — Partisan fighting took a rare backseat as the GOP-led House passed financial legislation that both President Obama and congressional Republicans agreed on. But despite the agreement, the partisan sniping was never far away.
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A Young Kennedy Is Lining Up To Run For Frank's House Seat
Jan 5, 2012 — Joseph P. Kennedy III, the son of former Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II and grandson of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, is exploring a race for Congress.
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Barney Frank's Two Top Goals: Protecting Wall St. Reform, Social Spending
Nov 29, 2011 — Rep. Barney Frank, the long-time liberal voice (and a fast-talking and brusque one at that) who has announced he won't be running for re-election, discussed with NPR's Guy Raz, co-host of All Things Considered, the items of unfinished business he plans attend to during his remaining year in Congress.
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House Democrats' Flickering Hopes For Retaking Control Dim Further
Nov 29, 2011 — So while Pelosi and the head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Rep. Steve Israel of New York, are duty-bound to keep talking up the possibilities of their party regaining control (it's difficult to recruit candidates and attract campaign contributions otherwise) everyone else is free to state the obvious — it's likely not going to happen.
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Barney Frank, Congress' Gay-Rights Pioneer, 'Not Retiring From Advocacy'
Nov 28, 2011 — Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank says he decided not to seek re-election to a 17th term in 2012 because congressional redistricting would have given him a slew of new constituents and a difficult, expensive campaign."I think I would have won," Frank, 71, said during a Monday press conference in Massachusetts announcing his retirement. "But it would have been a tough campaign."
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Barney Frank Video Moment For The Ages
Nov 28, 2011 — Rep. Barney Frank, the veteran House Democrat who announced Monday that he won't be running for re-election, is known for not only not suffering those he considers fools but smiting them some of the sharpest rhetoric you're likely to hear from a politician.That being so, as he retires from Congress, he'll be leaving behind many good video moments.
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Rep. Barney Frank Won't Be Running For Re-Election
Nov 28, 2011 — The Massachusetts Democrat is in his 16th term. Back in February, he said he would be running again. Now, he says the new boundaries of his district would have required he spend too much time campaigning and not enough on key issues.
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Cut Short: Rep. Barney Frank on Morning Edition
Aug 10, 2011 — Our inbox filled up after Steve Inskeep interrupted the Democratic Representative from Massachusetts, prompting Frank to say, "I wish you wouldn't ask me complicated questions with five seconds to go."
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Barney Frank Gives House Late-Night Jolt
Feb 18, 2011 — Rep. Barney Frank seemed ready to upset the House's march toward completing work on a spending bill that will make deep cuts in the federal budget.
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