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February 06, 2013
• Saturday Mail Ending; Military Pay Debate; Tourists Attacked in Acapulco; Armstrong May Face Legal Trouble; Hagel Vote Delayed; Iran's Leader Gets The Ultimate Insult; New Details About Alabama Kidnapper; U.S. Warship Stranded In Philippines; Japan: China's Actions "Dangerous"; Boy Scouts Postpone Decision On Gays


February 05, 2013
• Drone Debate; Super Bowl Blackout Revelations
• GOP's New Approach; Governors' Historic Role In Saving Political Parties; Military Drones Integral In Hostage Rescue; "It's Our Land...We Will Not Leave"; Feds Sue Over Financial Crisis; President Obama Losing His Voice?; Vote on Gay Scouts Tomorrow; 911 Call from American Sniper Killing
• Super Bowl Blackout Revelations; Hostage Rescued in Alabama; Gov. Christie's "Big" Problem; Interview with Mayor Julian Castro; The High Cost Of Fixing Immigration; Goldman Sachs' CEO Talks With CNN; Clinton Website Stirs Speculation; Boy Scouts Reconsider Gay Ban; Diet Mixers Equals Drunker Faster; Bizarre North Korean Video Released; Memo Justified Killing Of Americans


February 04, 2013
• Senator Under Fire; Alabama Hostage Crisis Ends; Interview with Sen. Menendez; Interview with Dan Pfeiffer
• Hostage Crisis Over
• Senator Under Fire; Super Bowl Blackout Blame Game; Syria's Bloody War Reaches Damascus; Political Who's-Who at Koch's Funeral; Critics Ridicule Obama Gun Photo; Mitt Romney's Son for U.S. Senate?; Patience Wearing Thin In Standoff; Major Development In Standoff; Child Is Safe: Kidnapper's Fate Unclear


February 02, 2013
• Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Returns to Capitol Hill to Testify on Gun Control; Sunday Super Bowl Features Sibling Rivalry; Former Senator Hagel Grilled by Republicans in Confirmation Hearing


February 01, 2013
• U.S. Embassy in Turkey Attacked; Senate Scandal
• Terrorist Bombing at U.S. Embassy; Attack on Egypt's Presidential Palace
• Wall Street Soars; Senate Scandal; Super Bowl Advertising; Al Gore Defends Selling to Al Jazeera; The Most Expensive Election; Hillary Clinton Resigns; Kerry Arrives at Swearing in Ceremony; Geraldo Rivera for Senator?; New Jersey Senate Showdown; Once Powerful Cardinal Disciplined; $8M a Minute; Controversy Over Some Super Bowl Ads; New York Mourns Ed Koch


January 31, 2013
• Chuck Hagel Under Fire; Explosion in Mexico; Interview with NRA President David Keene
• "Earth-Shattering" Attack Threatened; Interview with Mike Rogers; McCain Rips Old Friend Hagel
• Chuck Hagel Under Fire; Senator Denies Hiring Prostitutes; Threat of Escalation in Middle East; Menendez Won't Step Down from Post; New Jersey Senate Race Closely Watched; Hagel Flounders in Senate Hearing; Oil Money Payout for Al Gore?; Bracing for Super Bowl Sibling Rivalry; Chinese Hackers Hit U.S. Newspapers


January 30, 2013
• Senate Debates Gun Control; Deadly Weather; Interview With Newt Gingrich; North Korea Threatens Nuclear Test; Family of Woman Missing in Turkey Distraught
• Tornadoes Slam Southeast; Fighting Over the Pentagon Pick; Interview with Max Cleland; Senate Gun Control Debate; Police Hunt Phoenix Shooting Suspect; Teen Girl Gunned Down in Chicago; Interview with Senator Feinstein
• Senate Debates Gun Control; Deadly Weather; Mark Kelly Interview; Biden: Why The GOP's Wrong About Hagel; Hagel Confirmation Fight Starts Tomorrow; Hillary Clinton In 2016?; The Top Power Player On Guns; Dire Warning: Egypt May Collapse; Search For Missing American In Turkey


January 29, 2013
• Interview With Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; President Obama Talks Immigration
• Interview with Hillary Clinton; "He Was My Best Friend"
• Hillary Clinton Speaks Out; President Obama Talks Immigration Reform; NRA Chief Vs. Giffords' Husband on Guns; Home Prices See Biggest Jump in Six Years; Critics: Fix the Border First; How to Sell Reform to Conservatives; New Allegations of Drugs in Sports; "I'm Not There to Protect Her"; Critics: X Games Put Money Before Safety


January 28, 2013
• New Immigration Reform Push; President Obama Talks Gun Control
• Funerals Begin for Nightclub Victims; Survivors Relive Rhode Island Club Fire; Senate to Vote on Over $50 Billion Sandy Aid
• Interview With Senator John McCain; Push for Immigration Reform; Former Israeli Prime Minister Sharon's Doctors See Brain Activity; A "New World Order" Out Of U.S. Control; Hagel's Confirmation Fight; Obama And Clinton Look Ahead To 2016; "I Don't Know What Will Happen"; Families Fleeing For Their Lives; Queen Beatrix Abdicating Dutch Throne


January 26, 2013
• Senator Dianne Feinstein proposed a Gun Control Bill; Hillary Clinton Ends Her Career as Secretary of State on February 1st; Vice President Joe Biden and 2016 Presidential Election


January 25, 2013
• Women Named to White House Jobs; North Korean Nuclear Threat; Interview With Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus
• GOP Attempts to Plot Path to Victory; The State of the GOP; Egypt Marks Two Years Since Revolution; Inside the Abortion Fight; Brothers Brace for Super Bowl
• Women Named to White House Jobs; North Korean Nuclear Threat; Friendly Persuasion on Guns; Amid Explosions, Order in the Court; Veteran GOP Senator Won't Run in 2014; Chances for a "Big" Deal in Washington; Icy Storm Hits South, Mid-Atlantic; Sandy Victims Suffer in Cold Snap; "I Didn't Know It Was a Prank"; A Super Bowl Player's Political Agenda; Living in About 300 Square Feet


January 24, 2013
• Te'o Speaks Out; New Gun Control Proposal
• Ban on Women Serving in Combat Lifted; Interview With Rep. Tulsi Gabbard; How Dangerous Are North Korea's Threats?
• Manti Te'o Speaks Out; Gun Control Debate; Worried Investors Punish Apple; Hillary Clinton's Legacy; Clinton's Last Hurrah On The Hill?; V.P. Enjoys High Approval Ratings


January 23, 2013
• Hillary Clinton on Capitol Hill; America's Deep Freeze
• Clinton Testifies on Libya Attack; Interview With Rep. Tammy Duckworth; Interview with Sen. Rand Paul
• Conclusion of House Hearing on Benghazi Attack; Reps. Salmon, Grayson, Marino, Vargas, Duncan, Schneider, Kinzinger, Kennedy, Brooks, Bera, Lowenthal, Cotton, Cook


January 22, 2013
• Shooting at Texas College; Republicans Blast Inaugural Speech; Interview With Vice President Joe Biden
• Texas Campus Evacuated after Shootout; Will House GOP Leaders Take Gloves Off?; Did Canadian Lead Algeria Attack?
• Three Wounded in Shooting at Texas College; "Not Designed to Bring Us Together"; GOP: Obama Wants "Era of Liberalism"; Reports: Two Suspects in Custody; a "Live" National Anthem?; Secretary Clinton to Be Questioned on Benghazi; Biden's "Aha" Moment; Biden Versus Clinton in 2016?; Interview with Vice President Biden


January 21, 2013
• Inauguration Day Festivities
• The Presidential Inauguration Parade Continues
• Inauguration Day Coverage; Watching the Parade


January 19, 2013
• The Presidential Inauguration; First Lady at the Kid's Concert
• Thousands of People on the National Mall Celebrating National Day of Service; Kids' Concert; Usher and Far East Movement Performed in the Concert for Military Families


January 18, 2013
• Fate of American Hostages Unclear; Lance Armstrong Comes Clean
• NASA Using Similar Batteries as Dreamliner; Mona Lisa Goes to Moon; Fate of Americans Held Hostage; High Cost of Armstrong's Lies; Jets Scramble in Hijack Alert
• Fate of American Hostages Unclear; Lance Armstrong Comes Clean; Questions About Te'o's Fake Girlfriend, House GOP Blinks in Debt Ceiling Fight; Americans Held Hostage; "I Think to Myself, Am I Dreaming?"; American Hostage: "I Am Safe"; Bringing Down a Sex Slave Network; The Voice of 15 Inaugurals in a Row


January 17, 2013
• Fate of American Hostages Unknown; Football Player Victim of Sick Joke?
• BP Statement Expected Soon; U.S. Increase role in Mali; Algeria Rescue Raid Reported Over; Mysterious Hoax Embroils Football Star; Fires A Risk Onboard Dreamliner
• Fate of American Hostages Unknown; Victim of Sick Joke?; What's an Assault Weapon?; What's Next in Gun Control Battle?; Obama's Next Four Years; Algeria Rescue Raid Reported Over; Aurora Colorado Theater Reopens; Obama's Inauguration Bible


January 16, 2013
• Americans Taken Hostage in Algeria; President Obama Pushes Gun Control
• Americans Held Hostage in Algeria; Latest Front in the Terror War; Battle Over Gun Control; Guns Obama Wants To Ban
• Americans Taken Hostage in Algeria; President Obama Pushes Gun Control; Are the President's Kids More Important?; New CNN/Time/ORC Polls on Gun Laws; President Signs 23 Executive Actions On Gun Safety; Inside Inauguration Security Command Center


January 15, 2013
• White House to Unveil Gun Reform Package; Lance Armstrong Comes Clean; Interview With Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers; Multi-Year Flu Shot Under Development
• House To Vote On More Sandy Aid; Spending Cuts Could Threaten Carriers; Oprah: Armstrong "Brought It"; David Walsh, Discusses His Book about Armstrong
• White House to Unveil Gun Reform Package; Lance Armstrong Comes Clean; Key Jewish Democrat Backs Hagel; Which Party Is Best for Black America; A Political Future for Chelsea Clinton?


January 14, 2013
• President Obama Talks Debt Ceiling; Lance Armstrong Coming Clean?
• President Obama Holds Press Conference; Gun Owners' Fears; Newtown Families Join Gun Debate; Twenty Children Have Died From The Flu
• President Obama Talks Debt Ceiling; Lance Armstrong Coming Clean?; Armstrong Apologizes to Livestrong Staff; High Demand for Flu Shots; Politics with "No Labels"; Convincing Washington to Get Along; Why Your Paycheck's Smaller; Cuba Drops Travel Restrictions; Two Inaugurations, Lincoln's Bible


January 12, 2013
• Interview with Egypt President Mohamed Morsi


January 11, 2013
• Flu Epidemic Spreads; U.S. to Reduce Combat Role in Afghanistan
• Boeing's Dreamliner In Crisis; Flu Outbreak: Nasty and Dangerous; Some Say "No Thanks" to Flu Shot
• U.S. to Shrink Combat Role in Afghanistan; Video Games and Guns; "No One Helps Us Here"; Flu Activity Slows in Parts of U.S.; Like A Field Commander Against Flu;


January 10, 2013
• Flu Spreading; New Treasury Secretary Nominated
• Flu Outbreak Puts Strain On Hospitals
• New Treasury Secretary Nominated; Flu Spreading Across U.S.; Google Chief Defends North Korea Trip; Pastor Bows Out of Inauguration; California School Shooting: Student Critically Hurt; What Makes a Gun an Assault Weapon; Trillion Dollar Coin?; Oscar Race: Who's In and Who's Out


January 09, 2013
• Interview With Egyptian President; Ferry Crashes in New York; Gun Control Debate
• Deadly Flu Outbreak Hits Early and Hard; How Do Flu Germs Spread?; Is Iran Behind Cyber Attacks on U.S. Banks?; Chris Christie As "The Boss"
• Ferry Crashes in New York; Vice President and Gun Violence; Healthy 17-Year-Old Athlete Dies from Flu; Ailing Chavez Fights to Stay in Power; Labor Secretary Hilda Solis Resigns


January 08, 2013
• Interview With Senator John McCain; Alleged Colorado Gunman in Court; Gabby Giffords Pushes for Gun Control; Dreamliners Suffer Fire, Fuel Leak; McCain's 'Serious Concerns' About Hagel
• Clinton to Testify on Benghazi Week Of Jan. 21; Flu Patients Overwhelming Hospitals; "Thank You America" for $182 Billion; Suspect Connected to Benghazi Attack Freed; Obamacare and Gun Control; Egyptian President Speaks Out; Government Wants Green Cars to be Louder; Google's Chairman Goes to North Korea
• Gabby Giffords Pushes for Gun Control; Alleged Colorado Shooter in Court; Obama Looks to Fill Top-Level Jobs; Poll: Obama Won "Fiscal Cliff" Fight; "As Much Leverage" as GOP Will Get; Egypt's President Discusses Tahrir Square; Morsy Plans "Improving" Suez Canal; "Zero Dark Thirty" Premiers; Deadly Bus Crash Investigation; Lottery Winner Poisoned


January 07, 2013
• President Obama Nominates Defense Secretary; President Obama Nominates CIA Director; Choppers vs. Nukes; Hagel Attacked from Many Sides; Preparing for Nuclear or Dirty Bomb Attack; $10,000 Guitar Squashed
• Interview with Mohamed Morsy; Two Controversial Nominations; Hillary Clinton's First Day Back At Work; GOP Senator Opposed Hagel Nomination; From West Wing to House of Spies; Winter Compounds Refugees' Misery, Flu Outbreak Spreads to 41 States; Plane Carrying Famous Fashion Boss Missing
• President Obama Announces Defense and CIA Nominees; Colorado Theater Shooting Suspect in Court; Gun Owners Fear New Restrictions; GOP Fires Warning Shot Over Hagel; Detecting Normal Radiation in Capital; Dreamliner Catches Fire at Airport; Prince Charles Opens Up; Worries About a Son in War Zone; Toyota Unveils Self-Driving Technologies; Blood Pressure Meds and Alzheimer's


January 05, 2013
• Secretary of State Clinton's Final Days in Office; Bill Richardson, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt to Visit North Korea


January 04, 2013
• Fiscal Fight; Syria's Civil War; Interview With Congressman Joaquin Castro
• Unruly Airline Passenger Duct-taped to Seat; A Look at Latest Jobs Numbers; Former Troubleshooter Heads Back to North Korea; White House: Expect Hagel Nomination; Malala Leaves the Hospital
• Budget Battle; Hillary Clinton's Political Future; NYC Criminal System Clogged by Sandy?; Determining Which Sandy Victims Get Money; President Chavez Has "Severe" Lung Infection; Girl Shot By Taliban Leaves Hospital; Frank Asks to Fill In if Senator Kerry Leaves; Pelosi's Office "Photoshops" Official Photo


January 03, 2013
• Interview With Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard; Hillary Clinton's Final Days on the Job
• Resolving Fiscal Crisis; Al Jazeera Makes Major Move on U.S.; Behind-the-Scenes at the White House; Asteroid to Make close Call with Earth
• Congress Sworn In; Sandy Hook Elementary Students Return to School; How Safe are Medical Helicopters?; Boehner Back As House Speaker; Clinton Could Be Back in Office Next Week; Hillary Clinton's 2016 Chances; The Killing Field of Our Children; Social Media Casts Spotlight on Alleged Rape


January 02, 2013
• Hillary Clinton's Health; Boehner Under Fire
• Hillary Clinton Exits Hospital; Obama's Next Battles; Boehner vs. Reid; Interview With Rep. Michael Grimm
• Anger Over Sandy Aid; Hillary Clinton Leaves Hospital; Interview with Congressman Peter King of New York; GOP Divide Over Fiscal Cliff Deal; Wall Street Surges On News Of Fiscal Deal; 2016 And The Fiscal Cliff; Politicians Eye 2016 In Cliff Talks; Unusual Suspects In Explosive Arrest


January 01, 2013
• Fiscal Cliffhanger; Hillary Clinton's Political Future; Interview With Ohio Congressman Steven LaTourette
• Fiscal Cliff Bill Stalled in House; Interview With Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz
• Fiscal Cliffhanger; Hillary Clinton's Political Future; Interview With California Congressman Darrell Issa; Fiscal Cliff Bill in Limbo; Hillary Clinton's Road To Recovery; Iran Claims Success Firing New Missiles; North Korean Leader's First New Year's Speech; Maryland Same-Sex Couples Marry; Colorado's First Pot Club Opens


December 31, 2012
• Going Over Fiscal Cliff; Hillary Clinton in Hospital
• Secretary Clinton's Clot between Brain and Skull; U.S. to Go Over Fiscal Cliff; Terrorists Walked in "Unimpeded"; Interview with Rand Paul; Secretary Clinton's Clot Between Brain & Skull; Bounty Offered to Kill U.S. Ambassador
• Interview With Senator John McCain and Senator Lindsey Graham; Fiscal Cliff Deal Close?; Hillary Clinton in Hospital; U.S. to Go Over the Fiscal Cliff


December 29, 2012
• Fiscal Cliff Negotiations


December 28, 2012
• Fiscal Cliff Nears; Train Death Suspect
• White House Fiscal Cliff Meeting Ends; How We Ended Up on "The Cliff"; Awaiting Obama Statement; Secret Eavesdropping to Stop Terrorists
• Fiscal Cliff Nears; Russia Bans Adoptions by Americans; Teen Alleges Rape, Kills Herself; White House Fiscal Cliff Meeting is Over; New York Subway Horror; 2013 Milk Prices Could Double; Former President Bush Out Of Hospital Soon?; FCC Wants to Cut High Prison Phone Rates; Stocks Down on Fiscal Cliff Fears; Shuttle Atlantis Under Wraps


December 27, 2012
• Fiscal Cliff Looming; New NRA Response to School Shooting
• Looming Strike Threatens U.S. Ports; Obama Returns for Year-End Showdown; Terror Plot Targets Oil Giants; New Push to End Syrian Civil War
• Fiscal Cliff Looming; Floor Statements by Senator McConnell and Senator Reid; George H.W. Bush in Intensive Care; Controversy Over Arming Teachers


December 26, 2012
• Winter Storm; Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff
• N.Y. Sniper Leaves Chilling Note; "The Gun Owner Next Door"; The Gray versus the Brown; Car Bomb Outside U.S. Base
• Fiscal Cliff Pressure; Guns in Every School?; Starbucks Enters Fiscal Cliff Battle; Interview with Asa Hutchinson; Mad Scramble As Fiscal Cliff Nears; NBC Host Facing Gun Law Probe?


December 22, 2012
• President Barack Obama Goes to Hawaii for Holidays; NRA Proposes to Put Police Officers in Every School


December 21, 2012
• No NRA Concessions; President Obama's Challenge to Republicans; Interview With Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal


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