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• Jeb Bush hands out cash to win allies ahead of 2016 election

  13-02-2015 23:26
  By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush said on Friday he is giving out more than $100,000 to fellow Republicans, in a sign that he is banking on his fundraising prowess to build allies across the country ahead of a potential White House bid. The brother of former President George W. Bush and son of former President George H.W. Bush has emerged as an early frontrunner in what could be a crowded Republican field in the 2016 presidential election. Bush's polit
  
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• President Obama Cites Sony Hack in Push for Cybersecurity Measures

  13-02-2015 22:52
  
  President Obama signed an executive order on Friday to encourage private sector companies to share information about cyber threats among themselves and the federal government, citing the Sony hacking attack as one example of the need for further measures and legislation. Obama spoke at Stanford University at the White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer... Read more »
  
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• President Obama joked about having some painfully obvious passwords

  13-02-2015 22:03
  
  Getty Images/Justin Sullivan President Obama spoke about computer security today. During his talk, Obama joked he’s guilty of having some easily guessable passwords himself. At the White House Summit on Cybersecurity at Stanford on Friday, the president said, “It’s just too easy for hackers to to figure out usernames and passwords like, ‘password’ or ’123457,’” said Obama. “Those are some of my previous passwords.” The President said more and more companies were using biomet
  
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• Motorola Solutions Supports New Cybersecurity Policies

  13-02-2015 21:50
  
  Motorola Solutions, Inc. was invited by the White House to participate in the White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection today at Stanford University i
  
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• White House Website Security Fumbles While Obama Addresses Cybersecurity Summit

  13-02-2015 21:31
  
  Before President Obama rolls out the cybersecurity plan he announced in Silicon Valley Friday, he may want to fix the security on his own website. On the same day Obama unveiled a new executive order designed to improve information sharing between the government and private companies to better combat cyber threats, visitors trying to access WhiteHouse.gov over a secure HTTPS connection were met with a warning that their information wasn’t secure on the president’s own website.
  
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• Apple Pay Gets Support From the White House

  13-02-2015 20:51
  
  Apple CEO Tim Cook, the highest profile participant in the White House's cyber security summit at Stanford today, touted the security of Apple Pay.
  
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• Tim Cook: Apple Pay is coming to some government agencies in September

  13-02-2015 20:49
  
  Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Apple CEO Tim Cook discusses the new Apple Watch and iPhone 6 on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, in Cupertino, Calif. Tim Cook spoke at the White House summit on cybersecurity and consumer protection at Stanford University on Friday, where he announced that Apple Pay would begin working with certain federal agencies beginning in September. Cook said Apple users would be able to do things like pay for entry at America’s national parks. It will also work for users of federally iss
  
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• Liberals work to lure Elizabeth Warren into White House race

  13-02-2015 20:41
  
  By Scott Malone MANCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) - The scene in the New Hampshire office is one common to any nascent U.S. presidential campaign in the state that holds the country's first primary contest: Young staffers peck away at laptops and unpack boxes of signs with their candidate's name. Backed with $1.25 million from liberal advocacy groups MoveOn.org and Democracy for America, the "Run Warren Run" group has opened offices in New Hampshire and Iowa, hoping she will jump in
  
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• New York Times’ David Carr Holds ‘Page One’ A Final Time (Appreciation)

  13-02-2015 19:45
  
  In a New York Times newsroom filled with stars, David Carr ranked as one of the few whose death would merit a makeover of the newspaper’s front page. When the media columnist died suddenly Thursday evening, America’s paper-of-record bounced a report about tensions between Silicon Valley and the White House off the cover to make... Read more »
  
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• A4A Commends White House Best in Class Arrivals Experience Goal

  13-02-2015 19:36
  
  Airlines for America , the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines, released the following statement on the White House announcement to improve the U.S. entr
  
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• National Retail Federation Joins Retailers at White House Cybersecurity Summit

  13-02-2015 19:29
  
  The National Retail Federation issued the following statement from President and CEO Matthew Shay on the White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection held today at S
  
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• White House denounces GOP schools bill

  13-02-2015 18:25
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is pushing back against House Republicans who want to limit the federal government's role in education.
  
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• Cyberark Wins From A 'Blow-Out' And Obama; Others Gaining Too

  13-02-2015 18:09
  
  Cyberark Software Ltd (NASDAQ: CYBR ) extended its gains on Friday in the wake of a fourth-quarter earnings blow-out, and the glow of a White House-sponsored conference on cyber security. Cyberark, with ...
  
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• Kaiser Permanente Chairman and CEO Bernard J. Tyson Invited to Speak at White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection

  13-02-2015 18:09
  
  OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaiser Permanente Chairman and CEO Bernard J. Tyson has been invited to speak at a panel discussion at the White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection at Stanford University on Friday, February 13th. The Summit will feature remarks by President Barack Obama and will bring together leaders from across the country who have a particular interest in this area — including, technology companies, health care, law enforcement, consumer an
  
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• FBI examining 3 slain in NC; family says it was hate crime

  13-02-2015 17:53
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Muslim groups planned to take their demands for a federal hate-crime investigation of three young Muslims slain in North Carolina to the White House on Friday.
  
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• Obama brings tech firms into his cybersecurity push

  13-02-2015 17:52
  
  President Barack Obama is asking Silicon Valley to join his plan to boost cybersecurity, as he takes new measures to improve sharing of threat information in the absence of legislation. A new executive order -- to be signed at a White House cybersecurity summit Friday in California -- aims to encourage better and faster sharing of threats between the private sector and government. The summit comes amid increased concerns over cybersecurity following a major intrusion last year into the network o
  
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• House votes to make expired business tax breaks permanent

  13-02-2015 17:17
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Friday to make permanent an expired tax break designed to help small businesses invest in equipment and property, defying a veto threat by the White House.
  
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• US to scrap customs forms for air travellers

  13-02-2015 15:55
  
  Announcing measures "to improve the arrivals process at all airports," the White House said it was scrapping "6059b customs declaration forms" which ask, among other things, whether travellers are bringing soil or snails into the country. "The safety and security of this country will always come first, but we can and must also ensure that the travel experience continues to be welcoming, friendly, and efficient," the White House said. Action plans for the 17 busiest
  
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• FireEye Announces Global Threat Intelligence Sharing Initiative at White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection

  13-02-2015 14:00
  
  FireEye, Inc. , the leader in stopping today's advanced cyber attacks, today announced that it will launch its Global Threat Intelligence Sharing™ initiative as part of its commitment to helping companies ...
  
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• Charlie Sheen wants to run for US Presidency in 2016

  13-02-2015 13:47
  
  Washington, Feb. 13 (ANI): Charlie Sheen, who confessed that he's a "constitutional Republican," expressed his desire to run for the White House in 2016 with his father, Martin Sheen, as Vice President. The 49-year-old appeared on 'The Flipside with Michael Loftus,' and said that his slogan for the campaign would be "Sheen and Sheen in '16," the Washington Times reported. The claim could be far from a joke, as in 2011 a poll showed that American Republicans preferred to see Sheen in office over
  
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• Obama heads to Silicon Valley to discuss hacking threats with CEOs

  13-02-2015 13:06
  
  By Jeff Mason SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will meet with chief executive officers on Friday at a summit in Silicon Valley held by the White House that aims to build...
  
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• New video features Obama promoting healthcare reform

  13-02-2015 11:53
  
  Obama is appearing in a humorous video promoting the administration's health reforms and posted it on Buzzfeed, a social news and entertainment site, titled "Things Everyone Does, but Doesn't Talk About". In the video, the president dons a pair of sunglasses and mugs before a mirror and is surprised by a staffer as he pretends to shoot baskets in the Oval Office. White House spokesman Erik Schultz told the press aboard the presidential jet, Air Force One, that the administration is quite pleased
  
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• Obama calls Nawaz to discuss India visit

  13-02-2015 09:14
  
  Washington, Feb 13 (IANS) Two weeks after his visit to India, President Barack Obama telephoned Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and told him that the US supports efforts by India and Pakistan to improve ties. "The president discussed his recent visit to India, and noted the US supports all efforts by both nations to improve ties," said a White House readout of Obama's call with Sharif Thursday. Obama called Sharif to discuss bilateral and regional issues, White House said. "The two leaders
  
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• Ukraine conflict: White House welcomes 'new Minsk agreement'

  13-02-2015 05:36
  
  London, Feb 13 (ANI): Shortly after the four-way talks between France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine concluded in Minsk, the White House welcomed the new deal as a "potentially significant step" but expressed concern over reports of fresh clashes in eastern Ukraine. While urging all parties to maintain "complete restraint" in the run-up to the Sunday ceasefire, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called for an immediate halt to the Russian and separatist assault on Debaltseve and other Ukrainian to
  
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• Scandal Recap: Billion-Dollar Baby

  13-02-2015 04:45
  
  This week on ABC’s Scandal, the Olivia Pope was put on the auction block, to be sold to the highest bidder — all as both the White House and the Gladiators endeavored to grab her first. In the end, who laid claim to POTUS’ girlfriend? With bidding about to commence on the “dark net,” on
  
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• Obama to encourage companies to share cyber threat data

  13-02-2015 03:04
  
  By Joseph Menn and Roberta Rampton SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is set to sign an executive order on Friday aimed at encouraging companies to share more information about cybersecurity threats with the government and each other, a response to attacks like that on Sony Entertainment . The order sets the stage for new private-sector led "information sharing and analysis organizations" (ISAOs) - hubs where companies share cyber threat data with each other an
  
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• Obama to encourage info-sharing on cybersecurity threats

  13-02-2015 03:00
  
  President Barack Obama wants members of the private sector to share information about threats to cybersecurity with each other and with the federal government. The White House says such information-sharing ...
  
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• Obama to issue executive order promoting cyberthreat information sharing

  13-02-2015 03:00
  
  After years of stressing the need for better cyberthreat intelligence sharing between the private sector and government, President Obama is expected to issue an executive order on Friday directing the two sides to collaborate more closely on the issue. The action should spell out the ground rules for threat information sharing between businesses and government agencies, and will offer a measure of liability protection for companies that engage in it. In fact, it arrives exactly one year after
  
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• White House is Partnering With Pro-Gamers to Promote Your Health

  13-02-2015 01:00
  
  Ad campaign from the White House encourages gamers to sign up for health insurance.
  
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• Nobel winner Elie Wiesel lends support to Netanyahu's U.S. speech

  13-02-2015 00:25
  
  By Will Dunham and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel is lending his support to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's March 3 speech to Congress on the dangers of Iran's nuclear program - an address that has antagonized the White House and divided American Jews. An outspoken New Jersey Orthodox rabbi, Shmuley Boteach, said on Thursday he is placing full-page advertisements in two of the leading U.S. newspapers, The Ne
  
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• Senate panel advances Guantanamo bill, White House promises veto

  13-02-2015 00:19
  
  A U.S. Senate panel voted narrowly on Thursday to advance a bill that would bar most transfers of prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay detention center until after President Barack Obama's presidency, which the White House has promised to veto. The Senate Armed Services committee voted 14-12 for the measure during a meeting that was closed to the public. The bill, among other things, prohibits transfers to Yemen for the next two years, continues bans on transfers to the Untied States, suspends
  
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• Biden says 2016 should be debate about continuing Obama's policies

  13-02-2015 00:17
  
  By Kay Henderson DES MOINES (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden was vague on Thursday about whether he would seek to succeed President Barack Obama, but said the 2016 White House campaign should be centered on whether to continue Obama's policies. With Hillary Clinton the overwhelming favorite for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, Biden has made no apparent move toward launching a campaign.
  
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• Transportation Department pushes tough oil train standards: sources

  13-02-2015 00:15
  
  By Patrick Rucker and David Ljunggren WASHINGTON/OTTAWA (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department has recommended crude oil trains be reinforced and have advanced braking systems installed to prevent accidents from becoming fiery disasters, according to sources familiar with the plan. The proposal, which now faces a White House review, envisions safety improvements that public advocates endorse but oil and rail leaders have said would mean high costs for modest safety gains. The plan would
  
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• Keystone veto: Can Obama, GOP compromise on anything?

  13-02-2015 00:08
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A looming veto by President Barack Obama of a Republican-championed bill foreshadows a key question for the White House: whether the president and Republicans can find areas to work together even as Obama strikes down many of their top priorities.
  
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