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Play of the Day -- Santorum hopes to solve his Google problem, Plus: Bachmann finally blinks
A daily roundup of late-night video.
Defense
Contractors brace for coming defense cuts
Debate over insourcing and sustaining the industrial base is likely to continue.
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Administration unveils new senior executive performance measurements
Process aims to streamline how top federal managers are evaluated.
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Play of the Day -- Separated at birth: Richard Cordray and 30 Rock's Kenneth the Page
A daily roundup of late-night video.
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Republicans to ask Justice about Obama's recess appointments
Sen. Grassley prepares letter asking the attorney general if the White House sought his agency's legal advice.
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Agency stimulus spending slightly higher than predicted
HHS, Education and Treasury spent the most in Recovery Act funds, according to CBO.
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Postal reform bills could see action early this year
Pay and benefits changes are included in both House and Senate legislation.
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The Week in Comments: Cordray, buyouts and a military pay raise
The best in reader reaction to recent articles.
Defense
Obama unveils defense strategy for a changing, austere world
Plan is a reflection of the new budgetary realities facing the military after a decade of steady growth.
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Play of the Day -- Jon Stewart: Rick Santorum is the guy Mitt Romney is pretending to be
A daily roundup of late-night video.
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Obama’s consumer bureau appointment raises political, legal stakes
Naming Richard Cordray as CFPB head during recess thrills activists, angers Republicans.
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NOAA moves to cloud-based email
Weather-tracking agency is the largest to fully make the shift so far.
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Obama reelection strategy seen in Cordray appointment
The move marks a new step in a procedural arms race in which both parties, while professing outrage, counter each other’s obstruction with new procedural tactics.
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IRS management is relatively diverse, IG finds
More senior executives at the Internal Revenue Service come from varied backgrounds than their counterparts at other federal agencies, report says.
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Obama makes three more recess appointments, all NLRB
The NLRB appointments follow Obama's controversial recess appointment of Richard Cordray to a new consumer board.
Defense
Obama to make rare visit to Pentagon for rollout of new strategy
President will discuss plan for handling emerging threats amid budget cuts.
Oversight
Bachmann ends presidential run
After winning the Iowa straw poll in August, the candidate only drew 5 percent of the votes in Tuesday’s caucus.
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Obama to appoint Cordray as head of consumer bureau
Senate Republicans blocked nomination in order to weaken the bureau.
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Perry returns to Texas to reassess campaign
Texas governor had planned to head to South Carolina to prepare for primary there after Iowa caucuses.
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