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  • House Financial Services Committee ranking member Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., (C) questions the heads of federal financial regulation organizations during a hearing on Capitol Hill June 19 in Washington, D.C. JPMorgan Chase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon also testified later in the day about his company's $2 billion trading loss earlier this year.
    Business
    The Nation: Jamie Dimon Finally Takes Some Heat
    George Zornick
    After a relatively tame questioning in the Senate last week, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon received a harsher grilling Monday in the House. The Nation's George Zornick is glad, but he's skeptical as to whether it can help change financial regulation.
  • From left to right, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah participate in a news conference on Medicare reform on Capitol Hill March 15, 2012 in Washington, DC. Sen. Paul unveiled a Medicare reform plan that would allow seniors to join their Member of Congress's health plan.
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    New Republic: Birth Control Different Than Starbucks
    Jonathan Cohn
    The Obama administration has mandated birth control coverage for health care providers. Jonathan Cohn of The New Republic asks whether healthcare is a burden we wish to spread across society so that everybody can get the care they need, at a price they can afford.
  • Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Military Personnel Policy Vee Penrod speaks to the media during a briefing Feb. 9, 2012 at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Penrod briefed the media on the results of the Defense Department's review on women in service, which would ease some restrictions on women serving in combat roles.
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    Foreign Policy: Women On The Front Lines
    Joshua E. Keating
    The U.S. military is opening up more positions to female troops. But women already serve in combat in more than a dozen countries. Joshua E. Keating of Foreign Policy compares women's combat roles in foreign countries.
  • U.S. President Barack Obama, flanked by Vice President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House John Boehner, addresses a Joint Session of Congress while delivering his State of the Union speech Jan. 25, 2011 in Washington, DC. Obama is expected to primarily discuss the economy in his upcoming speech.
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    New Republic: State of the Union Listening Guide
    Jonathan Bernstein
    The President yearly gives a State of the Union Address. Jonathan Bernstein of The New Republic gives the go ahead enjoy (or revile) the rhetorical flourishes in Obama's State of the Union Address. However, this is one of those cases where it's substance, not style, that matters.