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Just three days before President Obama unveils his plan to reform the National Security Agency, his advisory board laid out its recommendations Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Obama expected to support new restrictions on NSA 02:46 Maintaining the ability of the intelligencecommunity to do what it needs to do was a priority for the group, saidCass Sunstein, a Harvard
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How a candidate travels can often say a lot about the fortunes of his or her campaign. The top-tier candidates make use of private jets that carry them and their large entourages around the country. Others have to fly commerc
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