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Dianne Feinstein

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Dianne Emiel Feinstein was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from California from 1992 until her death in 2023. She was the first woman to hold this position, breaking significant barriers in a predominantly male political landscape. Throughout her tenure, Feinstein was known for her advocacy on issues such as gun control, environmental protection, and intelligence oversight, playing a pivotal role in shaping legislation in these areas.

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Apr 10, 2018

The Trump Administration's Nuclear Posture Review jeopardizes the Executive Branch's end of the bargain by proposing new nuclear weapons

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Apr 9, 2018

If you knew in 2015 that Cambridge Analytica was using the information of Professor Kogan, why did Facebook not ban Cambridge in 2015?

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Apr 9, 2018

How many accounts of this type have you taken down?

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Apr 9, 2018

Speak for a moment about automated bots that spread disinformation. What are you doing to punish those who exploit your platform in that regard?

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Apr 9, 2018

We have seen how foreign actors are abusing social media platforms like Facebook to interfere in elections and take millions of Americans' personal information without their knowledge.

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Apr 9, 2018

Mr. Zuckerberg, you have a real opportunity this afternoon to lead the industry and demonstrate a meaningful commitment to protecting individual privacy.

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Mar 20, 2018

But it was never made public, Mr. Johnson.

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Mar 20, 2018

Not sufficiently in any way, shape, or form to know that there was a major active measure going on.

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Mar 20, 2018

I think Senator Rubio hit the nail on the head, and I'll tell you what surprises me.

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Mar 20, 2018

I don't understand. You learned about this in August. You did a number of specific things.

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Mar 20, 2018

But the people have to know. If my State is notified, I better see that they do something about it.

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Mar 6, 2018

Raytheon encourages the government to prioritize and set incremental milestones for implementing government-wide reciprocity, continuous evaluation, and information technology reforms.

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Mar 6, 2018

Well, as you know, both these employees were contract employees with NSA.

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Mar 6, 2018

Thanks very much, Mr. Chairman. I'd like to follow up on Senator Collins' questions to you, Mr. Phillips.

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Mar 6, 2018

Well, where did you miss with Snowden?

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Mar 6, 2018

Isn't that an important point right there?

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Feb 12, 2018

A preventive United States military strike against North Korea... could spark an uncontrolled conflict in the region that could kill hundreds of thousands of Americans.

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Feb 12, 2018

We do not seek regime change; we do not--we are not seeking the accelerated reunion of the peninsula; and finally, that we will not bring U.S. forces north of the Demilitarized Zone if the Korean Peninsula is reunified.

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Jan 17, 2018

I urge you to advance this bill for the sake of our long-term national security, which is being damaged before our very eyes.

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Jan 8, 2018

What she did was release against the wishes of committee chairman Chuck Grassley the transcript of Glenn Simpson's testimony.

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Jan 8, 2018

What about a clean DACA bill now and with a commitment that we go into a comprehensive immigration reform procedure like we did back when Kennedy was here and it was really a major, major effort and it was a great disappointment that it…

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Dec 14, 2017

He was our friend, and we will miss his wise counsel and fearless leadership. The thoughts of San Franciscans and Californians are with Mayor Lee's wife, Anita, his daughters, Brianna and Tania, his family, city leaders, and the people of…

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Dec 14, 2017

Throughout his career, Mayor Lee broke down barriers while approaching public service with tremendous skill, efficiency, and purpose. On behalf of the city of San Francisco, Mayor Lee led the fight to protect our immigrant communities…

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