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Welcome G-7 unity on security threats
Leading industrial democracies need to keep pressuring Russia.
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Complete special session and keep state employees on the job.
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Sensible steps on livestock antibiotics use
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Open the doors on state lawmaking deals
End-of-session secrecy is offensive in a open-government state.
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USA Freedom Act offers reasonable new surveillance protocols
New law strikes a better balance between national security, civil liberties.
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