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A federal office that ran aground under the Bush administration is about to get a new leader. The White House plans to nominate Carolyn Lerner to run the Office of Special Counsel, which represents federal whistle-blowers and other victims of discrimination within the government.

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During this fall's elections, Congress will have to take up a controversial issue -- deciding whether to extend a series of tax cuts that are set to expire at the end of this year.

The cuts were passed during the Bush administration at a time when the economy was a lot stronger. The Obama administration argues some of the tax cuts should be allowed to lapse.

When Iran talks about its nuclear program Thursday, it will face six other world powers at the table. Former Ambassador Nicholas Burns was the State Department's top negotiator on Iran during the final years of the Bush Administration.

He talks with Steve Inskeep about what some of the key participants want out of the negotiations.

Some doctors who oppose abortion say that if President Obama repeals controversial Bush administration regulations that allow doctors to refuse to provide care that conflicts with their beliefs, they would rather quit their practice than provide care that violates their conscience.

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Republicans have used a CIA memo to point out that top Democrats who were briefed on interrogation techniques used under the Bush administration did not act to stop them.

But Democrats say that's not fair, arguing that they had few options for taking action on what was classified information.

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