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-0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.govexec.com/defense/2012/09/construction-911-memorial-museum-resume/58004/</guid><category>Defense</category><media:content url="http://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/upload/2012/09/11/091112sept11bGE/large.jpg" width="618" height="284"><media:description></media:description><media:credit>Shawn Baldwin/AP file photo</media:credit><media:thumbnail url="http://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/upload/2012/09/11/091112sept11bGE/thumb.jpg" width="138" height="83"></media:thumbnail></media:content></item><item><title>Panetta: Ex-SEAL’s bin Laden book jeopardizes Defense operations</title><link>http://www.govexec.com/defense/2012/09/panetta-ex-seals-bin-laden-book-jeopardizes-defense-operations/58001/</link><description>The Defense Secretary speaks frankly on CBS' This Morning.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Lara Seligman</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 09:18:37 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.govexec.com/defense/2012/09/panetta-ex-seals-bin-laden-book-jeopardizes-defense-operations/58001/</guid><category>Defense</category><media:content url="http://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/upload/2012/09/11/091112panettaGE/large.jpg" width="618" height="284"><media:description>Defense Secretary Leon Panetta</media:description><media:credit>Mark Wilson/AP</media:credit><media:thumbnail url="http://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/upload/2012/09/11/091112panettaGE/thumb.jpg" width="138" height="83"></media:thumbnail></media:content></item><item><title>Obama motorcade police officer killed in Florida accident</title><link>http://www.govexec.com/defense/2012/09/obama-motorcade-police-officer-killed-florida-accident/57966/</link><description>Bruce St. Laurent was hit as he prepared to close I-95, Palm Beach officials say.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Lara Seligman, National Journal</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:54:53 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.govexec.com/defense/2012/09/obama-motorcade-police-officer-killed-florida-accident/57966/</guid><category>Defense</category><media:content url="http://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/upload/2012/09/10/091012motorcadeGE/large.jpg" width="618" height="284"><media:description>One of Obama's motorcade vehicles waits on a tarmac.</media:description><media:credit>Carolyn Kaster/AP file photo</media:credit><media:thumbnail url="http://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/upload/2012/09/10/091012motorcadeGE/thumb.jpg" width="138" height="83"></media:thumbnail></media:content></item><item><title>Stolen Secret Service truck carrying Biden supplies recovered</title><link>http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2012/09/stolen-secret-service-truck-carrying-biden-suplies-recovered/57822/</link><description>U-Haul truck was stolen this weekend in downtown Detroit.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Lara Seligman, National Journal</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 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14:08:07 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2012/08/moderators-announced-presidential-debates/57377/</guid><category>Oversight</category><media:content url="http://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/upload/2012/08/13/081312lehrerNG/large.jpg" width="618" height="284"><media:description>Jim Lehrer will moderate the first of three events.</media:description><media:credit>Ron Edmonds/AP</media:credit><media:thumbnail url="http://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/upload/2012/08/13/081312lehrerNG/thumb.jpg" width="138" height="83"></media:thumbnail></media:content></item><item><title>Obama 'regulatory czar' Cass Sunstein to return to Harvard </title><link>http://www.govexec.com/management/2012/08/obama-regulatory-czar-cass-sunstein-return-harvard/57203/</link><description>Sunstein has helped drive 'a series of historic accomplishments,' Obama says.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Lara Seligman, National Journal</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 09:08:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.govexec.com/management/2012/08/obama-regulatory-czar-cass-sunstein-return-harvard/57203/</guid><category>Management</category><media:content url="http://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/upload/2012/08/03/080312sunsteinGE/large.jpg" width="618" height="284"><media:description>Cass Sunstein</media:description><media:credit>Charles Dharapak/AP</media:credit><media:thumbnail url="http://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/upload/2012/08/03/080312sunsteinGE/thumb.jpg" width="138" height="83"></media:thumbnail></media:content></item><item><title>Report: Romney’s Salt Lake City Olympics lacked transparency </title><link>http://www.govexec.com/management/2012/07/report-romneys-salt-lake-city-olympics-lacked-transparency/56964/</link><description>Reporters and public officials say they were denied access to certain documents.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Lara Seligman</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:40:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.govexec.com/management/2012/07/report-romneys-salt-lake-city-olympics-lacked-transparency/56964/</guid><category>Management</category><media:content url="http://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/upload/2012/07/24/072412slcGE/large.jpg" width="618" height="284"><media:description>The  the 2002 Games’ official records still have not been made available to the public. </media:description><media:credit>Amy Sancetta/AP file photo</media:credit><media:thumbnail url="http://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/upload/2012/07/24/072412slcGE/thumb.jpg" width="138" height="83"></media:thumbnail></media:content></item><item><title>Geithner ‘deeply offended’ by former investigator general's claims</title><link>http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2012/07/geithner-deeply-offended-former-tarp-igs-claims/56962/</link><description>Neil Barofsky's new book says financial bailout was 'hijacked' by Wall Street banks.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Lara Seligman, National Journal</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:45:23 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2012/07/geithner-deeply-offended-former-tarp-igs-claims/56962/</guid><category>Oversight</category><media:content url="http://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/upload/2012/07/24/072412geithnerGE/large.jpg" width="618" height="284"><media:description>Treasury Secretary , ... ]</media:description><media:credit>Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP</media:credit><media:thumbnail url="http://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/upload/2012/07/24/072412geithnerGE/thumb.jpg" width="138" height="83"></media:thumbnail></media:content></item><item><title>Report: Health care law deadlines may be pushed back</title><link>http://www.govexec.com/management/2012/07/report-health-care-law-deadlines-may-be-pushed-back/56570/</link><description>Federal government says key elements are on schedule.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Lara Seligman, National Journal</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:21:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.govexec.com/management/2012/07/report-health-care-law-deadlines-may-be-pushed-back/56570/</guid><category>Management</category><media:content url="http://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/upload/2012/07/02/070212healthcalendarGE/large.jpg" width="618" height="284"><media:description></media:description><media:credit>JohnKwan/Shutterstock.com </media:credit><media:thumbnail url="http://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/upload/2012/07/02/070212healthcalendarGE/thumb.jpg" width="138" height="83"></media:thumbnail></media:content></item><item><title>Obama nominee for Iraq envoy steps down amid allegations of misbehavior</title><link>http://www.govexec.com/defense/2012/06/obama-nominee-iraq-envoy-steps-down-amid-allegations-misbehavior/56329/</link><description>Withdrawal comes after a series of leaked, personal e-mails with a Wall Street Journal reporter.</description><dc:creator 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CNN.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Lara Seligman, National Journal</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 11:07:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.govexec.com/defense/2012/05/lawmaker-al-qaida-bomb-plot-shows-new-level-sophistication/55628/</guid><category>Defense</category><media:content url="http://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/upload/2012/05/08/050812kingGE/large.jpg" width="618" height="284"><media:description>Rep. Peter King, R-NY</media:description><media:credit>Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP file photo</media:credit><media:thumbnail url="http://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/upload/2012/05/08/050812kingGE/thumb.jpg" width="138" height="83"></media:thumbnail></media:content></item><item><title>Politicizing bin Laden’s death is 'very disappointing,' Romney says</title><link>http://www.govexec.com/defense/2012/05/politicizing-bin-ladens-death-very-disappointing-romney-says/55500/</link><description>Presumptive GOP nominee spoke with CBS’s Charlie Rose on Tuesday.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Lara Seligman, National Journal</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 08:59:52 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.govexec.com/defense/2012/05/politicizing-bin-ladens-death-very-disappointing-romney-says/55500/</guid><category>Defense</category><media:content url="http://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/upload/2012/05/01/050112binladenGE/large.jpg" width="618" height="284"><media:description></media:description><media:credit>AP photo via Al-Jazeera</media:credit><media:thumbnail url="http://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/upload/2012/05/01/050112binladenGE/thumb.jpg" width="138" height="83"></media:thumbnail></media:content></item><item><title>GSA report 'just the tip of the iceberg,' Issa says</title><link>http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2012/04/gsa-report-just-tip-iceberg-issa-says/41804/</link><description>Jeff Neely 'may be facing prison time' for taking the Fifth Amendment at a hearing.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Lara Seligman, National Journal</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:52:28 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2012/04/gsa-report-just-tip-iceberg-issa-says/41804/</guid><category>Oversight</category><media:content url="http://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/upload/2012/04/17/041712neelyGE/large.jpg" width="618" height="284"><media:description>Former GSA official Jeff Neely.</media:description><media:credit>J. 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Darrell Issa, R-Calif. </media:description><media:credit>National Journal photo</media:credit><media:thumbnail url="http://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/upload/2012/04/16/041612issaGE/thumb.jpg" width="138" height="83"></media:thumbnail></media:content></item></channel></rss>