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Will Revelations of Surveillance Cloud the Sunnylands Summit?
We look at revelations about secret intelligence gathering. Also, a preview of today’s summit meeting between President Barack Obama and China’s Xi Jinping.
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenWe look at revelations about secret intelligence gathering. Also, a preview of today’s summit meeting between President Barack Obama and China’s Xi Jinping.
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On his way to meeting China's new leader today, President Obama stopped in San Jose to celebrate California's implementation of the Affordable Care Act. He ended up making a lengthy defense of the massive gathering of telephone records and Internet data , secret programs revealed in the past two days.
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The President came to California for fundraisers, a review of the state's implementation of the Affordable Care Act — and for his first meeting with China's new President, Xi Jing-ping. What's described as an "informal," "shirt-sleeve" summit will be held in Rancho Mirage, California.
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