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May 23, 2013 | 1:32 PM PDT
Drones have not "made us any safer," argues Amnesty leader
Face to Face: Following President Obama's speech on drone policy, Amnesty International's Michelle Ringuette said "we don't need to make a new rulebook" on drones, because international human rights and humanitarian laws should already govern engagement in warlike activities.
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May 23, 2013 | 1:19 PM PDT
Gitmo closing: Time for rhetoric has passed, says Amnesty leader
Face to Face: Amnesty International's Michelle Ringuette says she wants to believe that President Obama plans to close Guantanamo Bay prison, but warns it's "so beyond the point where rhetoric is adequate," and it's time to see real steps taking place.
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May 19, 2013 | 9:45 AM PDT
Have recent controversies "paralyzed" Washington?
CBS News political director John Dickerson, Politico's Lois Romano, the New York Times' David Sanger, and the Washington Post's Dan Balz discuss whether recent controversies will prevent Washington from doing any actual policymaking.
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May 19, 2013 | 9:22 AM PDT
Watergate: "A scandal that brought down the president"
With today's Washington embroiled in controversy and scandal, Bob Schieffer recalls the greatest political scandal of modern American history - Watergate - and remembers the role reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein had in bringing down President Nixon.
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May 19, 2013 | 9:40 AM PDT
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Miss the second half of the show? Watch Associated Press President and CEO Gary Pruitt discuss the AP leaks investigation, plus a roundtable discussion on that and more with the New York Times' David Sanger, POLITICO's Lois Romano, The Washington Post's Dan Balz and CBS News Political Director John Dickerson.
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May 19, 2013 | 8:53 AM PDT
Pruitt: Justice Department's seizure of AP phone records "unconstitutional"
Associated Press CEO Gary Pruitt called the Justice Department's seizure of some AP telephone records "unconstitutional," saying "I really don't know what their motive was, I know what the message they are sending was - if you talk to the press we are going to go after you."
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May 19, 2013 | 8:42 AM PDT
White House not living up to promises of transparency, Chaffetz says
"Look, this administration says they want to be open and transparent, but they haven't," said Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, criticizing the lack of accountability from the White House on recent controversies involving the IRS and Benghazi.
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May 19, 2013 | 8:40 AM PDT
Cornyn condemns "culture of cover-ups and intimidation" at WH
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, says recent controversies over the IRS, Benghazi, and the seizure of Associated Press phone records amount to a "trend line" pointing to a "culture of cover-ups and intimidation" at the White House.
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May 19, 2013 | 8:15 AM PDT
Schieffer: "Welcome to dumb and dumber" in Washington
On the news that the IRS targeted conservative groups for burdensome scrutiny during the 2012 election, Bob Schieffer says, "Surely no one could be dumb enough to think you could get away with that in an election year. But they were! So, welcome to dumb and dumber."
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May 19, 2013 | 8:05 AM PDT
Pfeiffer: "Partisan fishing expeditions" won't "distract" White House
White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer defends administration's handling of recent controversies, says "partisan fishing expeditions" won't distract the White House from pushing President Obama's policy agenda.
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May 19, 2013 | 7:48 AM PDT
Open: This is Face the Nation, May 19
The latest on the Benghazi, IRS and AP leak investigations with White House senior advisor Dan Pfeiffer, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, and Associated Press President and CEO Gary Pruitt. Then a roundtable discussion on all of that and more with the New York Times' David Sanger, POLITICO's Lois Romano, The Washington Post's Dan Balz and CBS News Political Director John Dickerson.
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May 12, 2013 | 10:02 AM PDT
Direct U.S. military involvement in Syria "would be a mistake," says Gates
"We overestimate our ability to determine outcomes" of other countries' internal problems, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, adding, with regard to Syria, "I think that caution, particularly in terms of arming these groups and in terms of U.S. military involvement, is in order."
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May 12, 2013 | 9:45 AM PDT
Gates: "Difficult if not impossible" to get military assets to Benghazi in time
Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he would not have approved a rushed proposal to send military assets to Benghazi to halt the September 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic facility there, saying, "The one thing that our forces are noted for is planning and preparation before we send people in harm's way, and there just wasn't time to do that."
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May 12, 2013 | 9:47 AM PDT
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Miss the second half of the show? Watch the second half of our interview with former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, plus author and poet Maya Angelou discuss her new book Mom & Me & Mom.
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May 12, 2013 | 9:05 AM PDT
Bob Schieffer's ode to moms on Mother's Day
"Anybody who knows me knows that my mother was the dominating and shaping force of my life," said "Face the Nation" host Bob Schieffer on Mother's Day, reciting a poem he wrote in 2006 about his mom's special place in his heart.
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May 12, 2013 | 8:59 AM PDT
Maya Angelou recalls her childhood on Mother's Day
Acclaimed poet and author Maya Angelou spoke with "Face the Nation" about what motherhood means to her on Mother's Day, recalling stories from her own childhood and discussing her new book, "Mom & Me & Mom."
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May 12, 2013 | 8:51 AM PDT
Gates defends Obama administration on Benghazi
Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates rebuts critics of the administration's response to the tragedy in Benghazi, saying he would have made the same decisions if he was head of the Pentagon at the time. He also addressed the war in Afghanistan, along with the crises in Iran and North Korea.
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May 12, 2013 | 8:51 AM PDT
Attkisson discusses "allegations of a coverup" on Benghazi
CBS News investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson, who has been out in front on the developing story about Benghazi and the administration's response, says she's "still learning new things" about the tragedy and the government's reaction.
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May 12, 2013 | 8:43 AM PDT
"The witch hunt continues" on Benghazi, Durbin says
Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., debate congressional oversight of the Sept. 11 attack on a U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
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May 12, 2013 | 8:36 AM PDT
Pickering: Wasn't necessary to interview Clinton on Benghazi
Thomas Pickering - the former UN ambassador who along with former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Adm. Mike Mullen prepared the Accountability Review Board report on the State Department's handling of the Sept. 11 attack in Benghazi, Libya - says he didn't think it was necessary to interview former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton "because in fact we knew where the responsibility rested."
