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SENATE DEMS SEE PROGRESS IN WASHINGTON TOWARDS CHANGING POLICY IN IRAQ
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-OR, discusses what some Democrats see as progress towards changing strategy in the war in Iraq on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 16, 2007. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)

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NSA tracked Americans cellphone GPS data
The director of the U.S. National Security Agency has admitted the agency tracked the location of Americans' cellphone calls as part of a pilot program.
The National Security Agency monitored overseas communication of U.S. critics of the Vietnam War including Martin Luther King, newly released documents show.
NSA breached privacy rules, court documents show
National Security Agency database searches of Americans' phone numbers broke privacy rules for three years, a secret court ruled in newly released documents.
Obama White House had NSA limits reversed
The Obama administration quietly got a court to undo U.S. surveillance limits on the use of intercepted phone calls and emails, The Washington Post reported.
Clapper won't lead NSA review, White House says
U.S. National Intelligence Director James Clapper will not lead a National Security Agency review President Obama vowed would be autonomous, a spokeswoman said.
Worry about U.S. smartphone surveillance, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden says
Americans should be worried their smartphone use, text messages and Web surfing as well as phone calls, can be logged by Washington, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden warns.
Strange bedfellows: House defeats effort to rein in NSA phone-tracking
A rare left-right bloc of House members vowed after a narrow loss to redouble efforts to curb a national-security program that amasses Americans' phone records.
Transportation constraints in the U.S. crude oil market mean it's going to take awhile before the average consumer sees any benefits, an energy director said.
Wyden 'deeply troubled' by Clapper's domestic-spying lie
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is "deeply troubled" by the top U.S. intelligence figure's public lie about domestic spying on Americans, the senator's office said.
A series of bills passed by a Senate energy committee strikes the appropriate balance between energy and conservation, Sen. Lisa Murkowski said.
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President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden order take-out lunch at Taylor Gourmet on Pennsylvania Avenue, in Washington, D.C. on October 4, 2013. The reason he gave was they are starving and the establishment is giving a 10 percent discount to furloughed government workers as an indication of how ordinary Americans are looking out for one another. UPI/Pete Marovich/Pool