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

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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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Historian and author Craig Symonds talks about the various naval aspects of the war – from technological developments, to the battles themselves; from the Union blockade, to the rivers of the Western Theater. Symonds is history professor emeritus at the U.S. Naval Academy, and the author of “The Civil War at Sea.” He presented this talk at the Smithsonian’s Ripley Center, on the National Mall.

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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer spoke about her experiences and insight on the direction of new technology at the World Economic Forum in late January in Davos, Switzerland.

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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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Michael Daniel, Special Assistant to the President and Cybersecurity Coordinator and a member of the National Security Council, delivers remarks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on the state of cybersecurity, including the President's recent executive order.

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U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank and senior officials gave an update on the Obama Administration’s priorities for cybersecurity policy in 2013 at the U.S. Department of Commerce on Wednesday.

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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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Historians consider several developments in naval technology over the course of the war. They discuss ironclad gunboats, Confederate efforts to break the Union Blockade, and spar torpedo boats. This event was part of a symposium on Technology and the Civil War hosted by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.

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