Space Travel Can Be Extremely Profitable, Says SpaceX CEO

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, says commercial space travel has been and will continue to be an extremely profitable venture. (0:45)

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Obama: Tax-Cuts Negotiation A 'Good Deal' For Americans

President Obama says the debate over extending Bush-era tax cuts was not abstract, but, in fact, involved real money and affected real people.  (0:18)

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Investigation Uncovered No Possibility That BP Put "Money Over Safety"

Fred Bartlit, General Counsel to the White House appointed Gulf Oil Spill Commission, announced Monday that their investigation of the BP oil spill turned up no indication that money had been prioritized over safety in the construction or maintenance of the Macondo well.

“To date we have not a single instance where a human being made a conscience decision to favor dollars over safety,” he told a roomful of reporters and audience during the first leg of the hearing on the findings regarding the blowout.

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Education Secretary Says New Initiative Isn't About The Money

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan says the current administration's "Race to the Top" education program "isn't about the money." (0:39)
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Opposition To Obama's Spending Fueled GOP Victories In VA And NJ

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele says in a press conference Wednesday that Republicans were able to pick up seats in key elections in Virginia and New Jersey yesterday by opposing President Obama on spending. (0:41)
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Napolitano: Mexican Drug Cartel Violence A Threat To U.S. Homeland Security

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing today on "Southern Border Violence: Homeland Security Threats, Vulnerabilities and Responsibilities," Secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano agreed with a question posed by Committee Chairman, Senator Joseph Liberman (D-Conn.) on threats to U.S. homeland security. Senator Liberman asked whether, as Secretary of Homeland and Security, she considered Mexican drug cartel violence a real threat to the homeland security of the United States.
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Congressman Burton: "Anybody that deals in drugs ought to be put in jail permanently or killed."

by Christina Lovato, University of New Mexico-Talk Radio News Service

Today at a Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing titled "Money, Guns, and Drugs: Are the U.S. Inputs Fueling Violence on the U.S.-Mexico Border?", Congressman Dan Burton (R-Ind.) stated that anybody that deals in drugs ought to be put in jail permanently or killed. (3:19)




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Money & Politics Culture In Washington Needs To Be Tackled

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

Fred Wertheimer, President and CEO of Democracy 21, made this comment today at a discussion on "Ethics in the Obama Administration - Are Washington's Rules Changing?"
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Stuart W. Bowen speaks at commission hearing on contracting in Iraq

Stuart W. Bowen is put in the hot seat at the wartime contracting hearing. He says that we need to have better quality assurance to keep track of how money is being spent and that a good quality assurance program (the government) is key to assure good contracting programs.
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