Newark Mayor Corey Booker also takes part in a conference sponsored by Partnership for a Healthier America.

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The George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs holds a day long conference on "Columbia +10: Lessons Learned and Unlearned."

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Attorney General Eric Holder warned that budget cuts mandated through sequestration will have a “profound” effect on the Justice Department’s ability to fight crime. he spoke at the National Association of Attorneys General Winter Meeting on Tuesday in Washington, DC.

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Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH), chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, speaks about the security threat to the U.S. posed by a nuclear-armed North Korea. He is one of the participants at the Winter Symposium hosted by the Institute for Corean-American Studies.

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General Raymond Odierno, U.S. Army Chief of Staff, offers an insider's perspective on future security challenges facing the military in light of imminent budget cuts, new strategic priorities and the draw down of American forces from Afghanistan. He speaks at The Brookings Institution.

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The Urban Institute hosts a panel discussion on the history of the federal income tax and proposals to reform or abolish it.

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Education Secretary Arne Duncan addressed school safety in a speech on Friday in Washington. This is his first public appearance since the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, CT last Friday,

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The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence held a press conference to highlight a firearms control letter to Congress and the White House.

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Conservative leaders presented a 150,000-signature petition opposing tax hikes for those making over $250,000.

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On December 7, 1941, Japanese forces launched a surprise attack against the U.S. naval base located in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. To commemorate the event that drew the U.S. into World War II, the Friends of the National World War II Memorial and the National Park Service hold a Pearl Harbor Day Ceremony.

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