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Birth control mandate a sin against liberty
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Conflicting images of the Secret Service and new questions about the military's handling of the prostitution scandal in Colombia emerged on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
The mysterious caller claimed to be from Microsoft and offered step-by-step instructions to repair damage from a software virus. The electric power companies weren't falling for it.

The Secret Service holds a special place in the hearts of Americans. Their mission of hurling their bodies in front of bullets to thwart presidential assassination attempts captures the essence of true bravery. Sadly, the agency's sterling reputation has been replaced with global embarrassment after agents reportedly brought prostitutes to their hotel rooms during an official trip to South America to protect President Obama.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Friday said she will grant special status to Syrians currently in the U.S., allowing them to stay here past their current visas while their home country remains in turmoil.

Rep. Darrell E. Issa has set a deadline of Thursday for Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.

The Department of Homeland Security is finalizing its plan for a biometric data system to track when immigrants leave the United States and will present it to Congress within "weeks," a top department official told a House Homeland Security subcommittee Tuesday.

The Department of Homeland Security is finalizing its plan for a biometric data system to track when immigrants leave the United States and will present it to Congress within "weeks," a top department official told a House Homeland Security subcommittee Tuesday.

The Obama administration said Monday it has no control over how the New York Police Department spends millions of dollars in White House grants that helped pay for NYPD programs that put entire American Muslim neighborhoods under surveillance. In New York, the police commissioner said he wouldn't apologize.

The Department of Homeland Security program that secures the nation's chemical plants against terrorist attacks is a mess, lawmakers learned Wednesday.
The Obama administration has put the brakes on a plan to build a new lab that studies contagious animal diseases, a decision that has pitted disappointed Kansans hopeful about growth against New Yorkers fighting to keep about 200 jobs at a Cold War-era facility on a tiny island.

The Department of Homeland Security has been reaching out to Jewish groups across the country, urging them to step up their security in the wake of a series of terrorist attacks against Israeli targets overseas, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told Congress Wednesday.

The Department of Homeland Security's budget for fiscal 2013 is just over $59 billion, a little less than the current budget but almost $5 billion more than the 2011 budget, according to government figures.

A new passenger screening program to make check-in more convenient for certain travelers is being expanded to 28 more major U.S. airports, the government said Wednesday.
Pack lightly, Super Bowl fans.
Pack lightly, Super Bowl fans.
"That system, which is mostly in private hands, needs to all come up to a certain baseline level," she said.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Friday that without standards for critical industries, there will be gaps that U.S. adversaries can exploit.