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FDA isn’t able to monitor all dangers from dietary supplements

By Phillip Swarts - Washington Guardian

The Pentagon. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Pentagon has spent billions on doomed programs; cash looms large with budget cuts

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

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Bruce Ivans attached this photo to an e-mail he sent in November 2001 saying he was working with "cultures of the 'Ames' strain of Bacillus anthracis." The Justice Department said the FBI is working to conclude the investigation into the fatal anthrax attacks that year.

Redundant federal inspections of labs working with anthrax wasting tax dollars

By Phillip Swarts - Washington Guardian

Top Obama appointees make $100K more than average worker

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. (left), accompanied by FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III, announces on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011, in Washington that two men have been charged in an alleged plot directed by elements of the Iranian government to murder the Saudi ambassador to the United States. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

FBI jets for war on terror used for top officials’ personal, business travel

By John Solomon - Washington Guardian

**FILE** A Planned Parenthood clinic in Overland Park, Kan., is seen on June 22, 2011. (Associated Press)

Lawmakers ask if taxes fund abortion; Planned Parenthood targeted in inquiry

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

**FILE** A Planned Parenthood clinic in Overland Park, Kan., is seen on June 22, 2011. (Associated Press)

Gov’t watchdog asked to look again at Planned Parenthood finances

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

VA Secretary-designate Eric K. Shinseki will have to seek out new solutions for the health problems of an ever-growing population of veterans.

VA adds staff to hasten Md. claims processing

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The dome of the Capitol is reflected in a skylight of the Capitol Visitor's Center in Washington on Jan. 1, 2013. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

GAO’s review of high-risk government programs includes many repeat offenders

By Phillip Swarts - Washington Guardian

**FILE** Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski (Associated Press)

While advising the public on cybersecurity, FCC failed on its own defenses

By Phillip Swarts - Washington Guardian

Feds struggle with what to do with costly old, historic buildings

By Phillip Swarts - Washington Guardian

Illustration by Donna Grethen

EDITORIAL: $1 trillion in gimmicks

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

**FILE** Shackled Mexican immigrants are directed by a guard for deportation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Harlingen, Texas, on May 25, 2010. (Associated Press)

Interceptions of immigrants stubbornly low

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** People wait in line to enter the Northern Brooklyn Food Stamp and DeKalb Job Center in New York on Feb. 24, 2012. (Associated Press)

Non-cash welfare reforms resulted in fewer recipients

By Luke Rosiak - The Washington Times

Illustration: US Postal Service

EDITORIAL: Delivering debt

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Illustration Government Money by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

SCHATZ AND LAZOF: Raising taxes won’t fix bloated government

By Tom Schatz and Ron Lazof

Illustration TSA by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Unhappy holiday travels

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times