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First Lady Michelle Obama and celebrity TV food maven Rachael Ray. (credit: Washington Guardian)

Schools struggle to meet Obama’s new lunch rules, serve less healthy food

By Andrew Phillips - Washington Guardian

** FILE ** Ringo, a bomb-sniffing dog, listens to trainer Adam Ward, a contractor working for American K-9 Interdiction, as dog handler Marine Cpl. William Childs observes in Helmand province, Afghanistan, in 2009. The Pentagon also has spent more than $200 million a year developing devices to detect roadside bombs. (Associated Press)

GAO report conflicts with Army over battlefield intelligence system

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Sen. Susan M. Collins, Maine Republican, said employers should be allowed to calculate full-time employees based on a 40-hour workweek instead of 30 hours under the new health law. "This is not a hypothetical concern," Ms. Collins said. (Associated Press)

GAO sees problem meeting health law deadlines

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Rep. Duncan Hunter of California, a Marine combat veteran who sits on the House Armed Services Committee, called Wednesday for an audit of all U.S. government secrecy standards. (Associated Press)

Rep. Duncan Hunter questions security ‘classification inflation’

The Washington Times

** FILE ** Rep. Duncan Hunter, California Republican and a member of the House Armed Services Committee.

California Rep. Duncan Hunter wants audit of U.S. secrecy in wake of NSA leak

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Feds may run out of money to cover faltering pension plans within 15 years

By Brad Kalbfeld - Washington Guardian

President Barack Obama receives the Presidential Daily Briefing from Robert Cardillo, Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Intelligence Integration, in the Oval Office, Jan. 31, 2012. Part of the briefing was done using a tablet computer. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Search error: Feds pay for data they could have just Googled, audit finds

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times