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05-17-13 Andy Announcement

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05-17-13 Andy Parks Podcast

From Friday, May 17: Guests include Dan Bongino, Jennifer Harper, Dave Boyer, Stephen Dinan, Doug Ernst, Chris Versace, Jeff Kuhner



Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

KUHNER: Lawless in office

By Jeffrey T. Kuhner

President Obama is facing a perfect storm of scandals, cover-ups and criminality that threatens to sweep him from power. This week marks the 40th anniversary of the first Watergate hearings.

**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.

President Obama speaks at Ellicott Dredges in Baltimore on May 17, 2013, during his second "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour." (Associated Press)

Obama tries to talk economy amid din of scandal

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

While much of Washington was riveted Friday on a Republican-led congressional hearing into abuse of power by the IRS, President Obama traveled to Baltimore to promote a jobs plan and decry lawmakers for “chasing every fleeting issue.”

Clad in leather and flanked by fans of Harley-Davidson motorcycles, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker helps foster the love for the Milwaukee-based classic in China.

Inside the Beltway: Harleys in China

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

A noisy cultural moment, and a lucrative one: China has embraced Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Witness the fact that 1,000 Chinese Harley lovers recently roared into Qian Dao Lake, Zhejiang Province, decked out in black leather, skull masks and Viking warrior helmets. Or no helmets. The Beijing-style bikers were there to celebrate the 110th birthday of the iconic, all-American brand.

05-16-13 Andy Parks Podcast

From Thursday, May 16: Guests include Congressman Pete Sessions, Matt Cella, Jennifer Harper, Shaun Waterman, Stephen Dinan, Doug Ernst, Jeff Kuhner, Dave Boyer, Richard Diamond



**FILE** Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, speaks Feb. 7, 2013, with The Associated Press in his Capitol Hill office in Washington. (Associated Press)

Rubio lists amendments to sweeten immigration bill

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Marco Rubio’s office circulated a list this month of ways to toughen security in the immigration bill he helped negotiate, including potential amendments to cut down on chain migration, to require newly legal immigrants to show financial self-sufficiency and to build 700 miles of double-tier fencing along the border.

**FILE** Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents take a suspect into custody on March 30, 2012, as part of a nationwide immigration sweep in Chula Vista, Calif. (Associated Press)

Feds gave witness protection to terrorists

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The federal government gave witness protection to known and suspected terrorists and the U.S. Marshals Service even lost track of two of those people, according to a report Thursday from the Justice Department’s auditor that exposes the previously hidden side of the witness program.

According to the likely 2016 presidential matchups in a Public Policy Polling survey released Wednesday, Hillary Rodham Clinton leads among Democrats with 63 percent of the votes, well ahead of Vice President Joseph R. Biden at 13 percent and a couple of other Democrats in single digits.

Inside the Beltway: And in summation …

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

“These are the tactics of the Third World.” — Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican,on the combined effects of the Benghazi matter, the Justice Department seizure of Associated Press phone records and the IRS probe of conservative groups, before the Senate.

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