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              The Wrap: From conservatives vindicated by the IRS scandal to Benghazi unfolding, the week that was

              By The Washington Times

              The Obama administration found itself facing a series of scandals and it was revealed that the federal government gave witness protection to terrorists. On the international stage, the Russians sent more than a dozen warships to aid the Assad regime in Syria. Here’s a recap, or wrap, on the week that was from The Washington Times.

              Illegal immigrants easily step over a fallen barbed-wire fence between Mexico and the United States near the town of Sasabe, Mexico, in 2004. The number of apprehensions of illegal border-crossers is down while the number of deaths in the desert is high. (Associated Press)

              Non-deportation rate drops — to 99.2 percent

              By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

              The Homeland Security Department has granted legal status to 99.2 percent of all illegal immigrants who have applied under President Obama’s new non-deportation policy for young adults, according to the latest numbers released Friday.

              House Ways and Means Committee member Rep. Pat Tiberi (left), Ohio Republican, waves a constituent's application to the IRS that was delayed on May 17, 2013, on Capitol Hill  during the committee's hearing on the extra scrutiny the IRS gave tea party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. From left are Tiberi and fellow Republican Reps. Devin Nunes of California, Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, Kevin Brady of Texas, and Committee Chairman Rep. Dave Camp of Michigan. (Associated Press)

              GOP eager to link IRS scandal to ‘Obamacare’ takedown efforts

              By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

              An exasperated Rep. Pat Tiberi on Friday asked the former acting chief of the IRS to explain to Congress why he would move the leader of the division that targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status to a branch that is overseeing one of the most partisan issues of recent memory — President Obama’s health care law.

              **FILE** House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 15, 2013. (Associated Press)

              House GOP issues subpoena in Benghazi investigation

              By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

              The chairman of the House oversight committee on Friday subpoenaed the senior diplomat who ran the State Department’s investigation into the Benghazi attack, saying lawmakers deserve to be able to depose him before he testifies publicly.

              World
              ** FILE ** President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview, April 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Syrian State TV via AP video, File)

              Assad to the world: I’m not stepping down

              By Associated Press

              Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won’t step down and will instead “face the storm,” raising new doubts about a U.S-Russian effort to get Assad and his opponents to negotiate an end to the country’s civil war.

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