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Talking points, to be clear about this, are a list of officially approved statements, circulated within the government so that everyone who might discuss a particular issue publicly are all on the same page.

Marines at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland last September carry caskets of the remains of the four Americans killed in Benghazi, Libya.

The IRS may be targeting certain political groups. There's growing outrage over reports that the agency singled out conservative organizations unfairly.

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley on Saturday touted Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown as his preferred successor, calling the newly announced gubernatorial candidate an "outstandingly effective" leader.

No Maryland lieutenant governor has ever been elected governor of the state, but Lt.

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With the passage of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act by the House, Congress has taken a very important step to increase the nation's cybersecurity posture.

A Milford Mill man known for political protests involving putting toilets in front of a county government building in Towson has filed as a candidate for Lt.

Officials said Kerry hopes to change Moscow's thinking on Syria with two new angles: American threats to arm the Syrian rebels and evidence of chemical weapon attacks by the Assad regime.

A new computing facility at the National Security Agency will help the country better defend against cyber attacks , agency officials and members of Congress said Monday.

I don't know a lot about cyber-security . Living in Maryland, I should though. One of my local electeds is Rep.

The Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Libya during the Sept. 11, 2012 attacks on the Consulate in Benghazi told investigators in an interview that he thought the attack was a terrorist strike from the "get go." This statement was included in a series of excerpts from that interview which "Face the Nation" obtained early and exclusively ... (more)

Several U.S. lawmakers on Sunday downplayed the idea of offering arms to Syria's rebels, an indication that some in Congress may begin pushing for a different means of American involvement in the escalating civil war there.

Israel's reported airstrikes in Syria - and the threat of a retaliatory strike by the Syrian government - are likely to accelerate decision-making within the United States, where the Obama administration was already moving toward a sharp escalation of U.S. involvement in the two-year-old crisis.

Democrats on Sunday morning's news shows appeared to back away from President Barack Obama on his administration's response to the Benghazi terror attack and his blurry "red line" on Syria's chemical weapons.

New details about the U.S. Consulate attack in Benghazi with Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., plus Rep.

The Chesapeake Science & Security Corridor released its spring newsletter Wednesday.

The White House on Tuesday shed more light on its decision to issue a veto threat against a cybersecurity bill that passed the House this month in a response published to a "We the People" petition.

Unless the Syrian rebels figured out some way to fake the presence of Sarin in the bloodstream of some volunteers, the Syrian regime used chemical weapons and crossed the red linea and no one can come up with a way to demonstrate the consequences of crossing that line.

Del. Ron George, an Arnold Republican, Monday said he plans to run for Maryland Governor in 2014.