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Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain speaks during the annual Tax Cut Rally, sponsored by the Taxpayers League of Minnesota, at the Minnesota State Capitol, Saturday, April 28, 2012, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Genevieve Ross)

Don't quote the spokeswoman

Karen Kraushaar, who accused Herman Cain of sexual harassment, is talking, but not being quoted, Al Kamen reports for In the Loop.

Federal Diary

FILE - This Jan. 10, 2007 file photo shows Transportation Security Officer Juan Morales at the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles. Two former and current Transportation Security Administration employees have been arrested and indicted on drug conspiracy charges for allegedly allowing large amounts of cocaine and other drugs to pass through security screening at Los Angeles International Airport last year. Seven people face drug-related   charges in a 22-count indictment unsealed Wednesday April 25, 2012, in Los Angeles federal court. (AP Photo/Ann Johansson, File)

TSA reputation comes under fire

House Republicans are fixed on the Transportation Security Administration, and they are being helped by a small group of its officers.

On Leadership

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 3:  Posing for a group portrait by a Vital Voices photographer, women activists  from around the world get to know one-another via a tour of Washington Sunday June 3, 2012, (l to r) Adimaimalaga Tatunai, Samoa; Marianne Ibrahim, Egypt; Salwa Bugaigis, Libya; Samar Minallah, Pakistan; Shatha Alharazi, Yemen; Rosana Schaack, Liberia; Ruth Zavaleta, Mexico; and Amira Yahyaoui, Tunisia The Vital Voices project is honoring the women at the   Kennedy Center on June 5th for their work on social issues. (Photo by Dayna Smith/for the Washington Post)

Inspiring stories of women's leadership around the world

Nine women received this year's Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards at the Kennedy Center.

Federal Player of the Week

Federal Trade Commission attorney Mamie Kresses

Guarding children's online privacy

As a senior attorney with the Federal Trade Commission, Mamie Kresses oversees the effort to update the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act regulations to ensure that the statue is keeping up with new technologies.

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