Chertoff: Small Businesses Need Cyber Security "Demystified"

Former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff praised the new “Small Biz Cyber Planner,” a new initiative to help small business adopt cyber security plans. Chertoff says smaller businesses need cyber security to be demystified. (0:33)

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Business Group: Too Many Private Sector Jobs Given To The Gov

John Palatiello, President of the Business Coalition for Fair Competition (BCFC), criticizes the government for the enormous number of commercial jobs given to government workers that would be better suited for the private sector. (0:48)

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Government Shouldn't Prop-Up Private Sector's Cyber-Security, Says Republican Staff Director

Louis Tucker, the Republican Staff Director for the Senate Intelligence Committee, said that the federal government should leave the private sector alone when it comes to cyber-security, rather than “support[ing] them with technology and information”.

He spoke at a discussion held Tuesday morning by The Heritage Foundation. (0:08)

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Private Sector Should Not Be Forced To Cooperate On Cyber-Security, Says Republican Staff Director

Louis Tucker, the Republican Staff Director for the Senate Intelligence Committee, said that cooperation from the private sector on cybers-ecurity should not be forced upon them.

“Cooperation should be voluntary,” he said Tuesday morning during a discussion at The Heritage Foundation.

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Private Sector Experiences Seventh Straight Month Of Job Growth, Says Obama

President Barack Obama says that recent statistics released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics include expected job loss as a result of the end of Census season, when, in fact, the private sector has experienced its seventh straight month of job growth. (0:16)

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Boehner Says Democratic Leadership Lacks Experience In Private Sector

House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) says that President Barack Obama and the Democratic leadership in Congress lack experience in the private sector, and that this lack of knowledge influences Democratic legislation. Boehner argues that the health care reform legislation proposed by congressional Democrats reflects this inexperience. (0:32)
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What would Reagan do?

By Michael Ruhl, University of New Mexico – Talk Radio News Service

Congressman Ted Poe (R-Texas) spoke with Michael Ruhl at the House Republican Conference Radio Row concerning what kind of budget Ronald Reagan would put together in this economy. He emphasized the importance of the Government staying out of the private sector, the limited role of small government, and the need for limited taxation.

Poe called the President Obama's budget an abomination, but said that the Republicans may themselves be spending too much in their budget.

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