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Lawmakers commit to cybersecurity in letter

A group of influential lawmakers send the President a letter emphasizing the need to strengthen national cybersecurity, emphasizing their concerns and recommendations.

Tags: technology , Joesph Lieberman , Harry Reid , Jay Rockefeller , Carl Levin , Patrick Leahy , John Kerry , Anna Eshoo , Howard Schmidt , Barack Obama , White House , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs , cybersecurity , cyberspace coordinator , Meg Beasley

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Erroneous emails announce senators' deaths

WTOP was one of several news organizations that received an email saying the senator had died from liver cancer.

Tags: Patrick Leahy , KGO-TV

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China considers easing tensions with Taiwan

Chinese leaders may be willing to realign some of their weapons and ease tensions with Taiwan. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein, who visited China and Taiwan earlier made the comments during a Senate hearing. The move may have been coated with hopes that the U.S. suspend or abandon future weapons sales to Taiwan. China broke of military to military talks with the U.S. after the Obama administration announced plans to sell Taiwan up to $6.4 billion in arms.

Tags: Pentagon & Beyond , Pentagon , China , Taiwan , Barack Obama , Senate Intelligence Committe , J.J. Green

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