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Altering Immigration Bill Risks Losing Senators' Votes | Bloomberg

May 9, 2013

In their drafting of the legislation, the senators “found a number of sweet spots” on contentious issues that foiled past efforts to revise immigration laws, said Tamar Jacoby, president of ImmigrationWorks USA, an organization of state-based business ...

3 Suspects in Custody in Marathon Bombing | Bloomberg

May 8, 2013

Three 19-year-old college friends of one of the alleged Boston Marathon bombers were charged with hindering the investigation in the days after the April 15 attack by throwing away evidence and lying to police. New American Foundation Research Fellow Tara Maller speaks with Mark Crumpton on Bloomberg Television's "Bottom Line."

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Rockefeller Cool on FCC Pick Needing Fans Beyond Industry | Bloomberg

May 8, 2013

“We think he would be a horrible FCC chairman,” Sascha Meinrath, director of the Open Technology Institute at the New America Foundation policy group in Washington, said in an interview. “Show me the evidence that he supports a public- interest agenda.

Colleges Soak Poor U.S. Students While Funneling Aid to Rich | Bloomberg

May 8, 2013

The research analyzing U.S. Education Department data for the 2010-2011 school year undercuts the claims of many wealthy colleges that financial-aid practices make their institutions affordable, said Stephen Burd, the report's author. He singled out ...

What's the Threat From Cyber-Terrorism? | Bloomberg News

April 29, 2013

New America Foundation Research Fellow Tara Maller discusses the risk of cyber-terrorism with Mark Crumpton on Bloomberg Television's "Bottom Line."

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Democrat Seeks Transparency On Drones As White House Skip | Bloomberg

April 23, 2013

Rosa Brooks, a law professor at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, said the U.S. will pave the way for other governments to begin using drone strikes inappropriately unless it develops a clear set of rules to guide the policy. Without ...

The Boston Bombers and the Decline of Al-Qaeda

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April 19, 2013 |
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Boston Bomb Suspect's Citizenship Bid is Part of Probe | Bloomberg

April 21, 2013

The two brothers displayed an amateurish modus operandi, failing to disguise themselves from cameras, suggesting they were motivated by feelings of social alienation as immigrants in the U.S., said Philip Mudd, a former CIA deputy director in the ...

Obama Vows To Solve Bombings As Investigators Comb Video Files | Bloomberg News

April 15, 2013

Philip Mudd, former deputy director of the CIA's Counterterrorist Center and a former senior intelligence adviser to the FBI, said investigators will be studying the style of the bombings, which based on what currently is publicly known, do not bear ...

U.S. Student Borrower Advocates Say Tying Rate to Market Risky | Bloomberg

April 11, 2013

... the plan would be $25 billion in the first five years and would save $15 billion over 10 years, according to Jason Delisle, director of the federal education budget project at the New America Foundation, a Washington-based nonprofit public-policy ...

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