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  May 24, 2013, 6:00 pm

Marco Rubio: Unwavering leadership needed on immigration

By Cesar Vargas and Felipe Matos

Rubio has somewhat of a mixed record with the immigrant community.

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  May 24, 2013, 5:30 pm

Puerto Rico rejects its present colonial status; wants statehood

By José M. Saldana DMD, MPH and Norman Maldonado MD, MACP

Puerto Rico deserves to become the 51st State of the Union with the same rights that legislation pending in the U.S. Senate would grant to 11 million of undocumented immigrants in this country.

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  May 24, 2013, 5:00 pm

Press must stand firm against abridgment

By Peter Stanton

The Obama administration has quickly found itself the subject of criticism unparalleled in its tenure. While no one expected President Obama to be immune from the second-term curse, it is doubtful anyone only a few short weeks ago would have expected a spate of major controversies to either break or reach critical mass and with such ferocity as those involving Benghazi, IRS targeting and press wiretapping by the Justice Department.
 
While the White House talking heads played Whac-a-Mole, PR professionals watched from the sidelines and dredged up the most tired of crisis communication axioms – Get the bad news out quickly and get it behind you, they said. But the administration could do neither because the bad news simply hasn’t stopped coming. Each new day brings new allegations and intrigue.

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  May 24, 2013, 4:30 pm

Subcommittee on Constitution considers unconstitutional abortion ban

By Vicki Saporta

Yesterday, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice held a hearing on H.R. 1797, the so-called District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, sponsored by Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.). This bill would ban women from obtaining abortion care after 20 weeks in the District of Columbia, and Franks has stated that he plans to amend it to apply nationwide. However, no matter its jurisdiction, this bill dangerously jeopardizes the health and well-being of women and is blatantly unconstitutional.

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  May 24, 2013, 4:00 pm

AIDS in Middle East and North Africa: The cost of inaction

By Taufiqur Rahman

There was a time when many countries in Africa ignored the initial low numbers of HIV-positive people. Very soon they ended up with a challenge that needed massive infusion of external resources to put people on treatment and reduce the level of infection. However, the damage to the population and national economies has been done. Millions died and millions of children were orphaned. Economic development suffered.

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  May 24, 2013, 3:30 pm

Some medical device manufacturers not paying their share of health reform

By Curtis Rooney

As debate over repeal of the medical device excise tax continues on Capitol Hill, evidence has begun to emerge that some medical device manufacturers have chosen to pass the costs of the tax directly to American hospitals and healthcare providers, and ultimately to patients and taxpayers. For hospitals already delivering effective and affordable care on shrinking budgets, this is tantamount to being double-billed for healthcare reform.

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  May 24, 2013, 3:00 pm

Wireless communications must be improved in America

By Bradley A. Blakeman

Are you fed up with waiting for “bars” on your cellphone? Or waiting for a video to download even when you have a strong signal? Are you impatient with slow downloads of data? Tired of dropped calls? Exasperated by “no service available” messages?

Well, help could be on the way.

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  May 24, 2013, 2:30 pm

Kerry’s moment at the African Summit

By John Prendergast, Sasha Lezhnev and Akshaya Kumar

Secretary of State John Kerry will attend the African Union Heads of State Summit this weekend. Kerry’s participation in the summit — which marks 50 years of African regional cooperation — presents an opportunity to improve leverage for substantive outcomes. In partnership with African leaders, Kerry can help ensure that this summit has an impact by pushing for credible peace processes in Africa’s two deadliest wars: Sudan and Congo.

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  May 24, 2013, 2:00 pm

Kaitlyn’s Law is about broken promises

By Jennifer Samuels

Being a military wife is hard enough. Add a special needs child and it can often seem impossible.

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  May 24, 2013, 1:00 pm

Congress must move carefully in regulating corporate cybersecurity

By James W. Gabberty

The Federal Trade Commission's recent lawsuit against hotelier Wyndham neatly encapsulates the most vexing problem information security practitioners face — how to protect digital data residing inside corporate networks.

In its initial response to the FTC, Wyndham rightly brings to the fore the irrationality of being accused of improper consumer data custodianship while not receiving specific instructions on the methodology, tools or best practices it should have adhered to in order to protect the data.

It's absurd for the FTC, a federal agency, to accuse public and private firms of improperly handling consumer data while a recent report from the Pentagon claims that as far as cyberattacks from abroad are concerned, even our military is not prepared to defend against this threat.

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