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		<title>Predictive Policing: A National Discussion</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/385</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/385#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Russo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week in Los Angeles, California, the Justice Department’s National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) hosted the Nation’s first symposium on Predictive Policing.  Predictive policing is a relatively new law enforcement concept that integrates approaches such as cutting-edge crime analysis, crime fighting technology, intelligence-lead policing and more to inform forward [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Special Day for the Environment and Natural Resources Division</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/377</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/377#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Russo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment and Natural Resources Division]]></category>

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Today, Attorney General Holder, Assistant Attorney General Ignacia S. Moreno and current and past employees gather to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Environment and Natural Resources Division.  Special guests included former Attorney General Ramsey Clark, former Deputy Attorney General Carol Dinkins, and many former Assistant Attorneys General of the Division. 
Additionally, Attorney General Holder formally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez Formally Installed to Head Civil Rights Division</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/373</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/373#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Russo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil Rights Division]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Friday afternoon, Judge Linda K. Davis formally installed Tom Perez as Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Rights Division.  Attorney General Holder, Deputy Attorney General Ogden, and Associate Attorney General Perrelli were all present to formally welcome back Tom Perez to the Civil Rights Division.
Special guests that participated in the program included Melody Barnes, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Attorney General Eric Holder at Today&#8217;s Press Conference</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/348</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/348#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Russo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Attorney General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Security Division (NSD)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Office of the Attorney General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This morning, at a press conference held at The Department of Justice, Attorney General Eric Holder, on behalf of The Departments of Justice and Defense, announced forum decisions for 10 Guantanamo Bay detainees.
Watch the video:

Transcript (PDF)

Remarks as prepared:
ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER: Good morning.  Just over eight years ago, on a morning our nation will never forget, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cyber Crime and Security</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/344</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/344#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Russo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Criminal Division]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s announcement of charges against individuals from Eastern Europe and Russia for allegedly hacking into credit card processors in the United States shines a spotlight on the issue of cyber crime and security. 
The Department of Justice, through the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP), is working diligently with foreign nations all over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Problem-Solving Courts: Alternatives for Communities and Offenders</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/337</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/337#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Russo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Office of Justice Programs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The following post appears courtesy of the National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Assistance. 
You may have heard about problem-solving courts such as drug courts, which have been in use since the early 1990s and are intended to combine drug treatment and court monitoring to help offenders stay out of prison and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honoring and Serving America&#8217;s Veterans</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/328</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/328#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Russo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bureau of Justice Assistance (OJP)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil Rights Division]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On a day meant to honor the service and sacrifice of America’s veterans, we wanted to highlight a handful of service member-specific initiatives at the Justice Department.
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division works to protect the rights of those who have protected us &#8211; America&#8217;s veterans &#8211; by enforcing laws that defend their employment, voting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Combating Mortgage Fraud</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/319</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/319#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Russo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bureau of Justice Assistance (OJP)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Combating mortgage fraud – one of the fastest growing white collar crimes – is an important element in the Justice Department&#8217;s mission to protect the public. The Department is partnering with state, local and tribal law enforcement to share information and provide the resources needed to successfully fight this type of crime, which can bring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Workplace Free From Discrimination</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/313</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/313#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Russo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil Rights Division]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Critical civil rights legislation is currently being considered in Congress. This legislation, known as the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), would expand people&#8217;s rights to be free from discrimination in the workplace.
As federal law, ENDA would prohibit intentional employment discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity by employers, employment agencies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Effective Strategies for Preventing Health Care Fraud</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/308</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/308#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Russo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil Division]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tony West, Assistant Attorney General for the Department’s Civil Division testified Wednesday at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the prevention and law enforcement efforts to confront health care fraud.  In his testimony, AAG West described the Department’s actions to combat various forms of heath care fraud, including Medicare and Medicaid fraud.
AAG West emphasized the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Responding to the Tribal Recommendations at the Tribal Nations Listening Session</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/305</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/305#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Russo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Office of the Associate Attorney General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli delivered remarks at the Department of Justice’s Tribal Nations Listening Session in St. Paul, Minnesota,  going through a list of the tribal community’s top recommendations &#8211; to both the Obama transition team and the Department of Justice &#8211; and discussed the status of each.  In his remarks, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ending Domestic Violence: Crazy Love</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/284</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/284#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Russo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Office on Violence Against Women]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Leslie Morgan Steiner is a writer and an advocate for victims of domestic violence. Her memoir about surviving domestic violence, Crazy Love, is a New York Times bestseller. Last week, Leslie joined us at the Justice Department’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month event where she shared her story.

As a survivor of domestic violence, Leslie inspires us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating Safe Communities</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/287</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/287#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Russo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Office of Justice Programs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The following post appears courtesy of the Office of Justice Programs.
In recognition of October as National Crime Prevention Month, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority partnered with the National Crime Prevention Council and the Department of Justice to host an event Celebrating Safe Communities.
The early morning event, held last Wednesday, October 21, at the Gallery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deputy Attorney General Ogden at the Tribal Nations Listening Session</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/276</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/276#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Russo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Office of the Deputy Attorney General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today, Deputy Attorney General David W. Ogden was in St. Paul, Minnesota, to open the Department of Justice’s Tribal Nations Listening Session with many of the country&#8217;s top tribal leaders. The Listening Session, which will occur over the next two days, seeks input from tribal leaders on how best to address the chronic problems of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ending Domestic Violence: Casa de Esperanza</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/256</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/256#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Russo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Office on Violence Against Women]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, the Department of Justice came together to commemorate the recognition of October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.  We were fortunate to hear from a variety of speakers, including Department leaders Attorney General Eric Holder, Deputy Attorney General David W. Ogden, and Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli.
We were also joined by a number of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Putting an End to Health Care Fraud</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/233</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/233#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Russo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Criminal Division]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Office of the Attorney General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Last night 60 Minutes aired &#8220;The $60 Billion Fraud&#8221; - a detailed look at widespread Medicare and Medicaid fraud schemes that cheats taxpayers out of billons of dollars each year. Attorney General Eric Holder sat down with CBS News and talked about the Justice Department&#8217;s commitment to put an to end health care fraud.
Watch it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project Coronado &#8211; By the Numbers</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/226</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/226#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Russo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Criminal Division]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Office of the Attorney General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past two days, 303 individuals in 19 states were arrested as part of Project Coronado &#8211; a 44-month multi-agency law enforcement investigation, which targeted the distribution network of a major Mexican drug trafficking organization known as La Familia, through coordination between federal, state and local law enforcement. 
More than 3,000 agents and officers operated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Facts on Female Victims of Violence</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/220</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/220#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Russo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bureau of Justice Statistics (OJP)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Office on Violence Against Women]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This month the Bureau of Justice Statistics released their latest report on Female Victims of Violence (PDF). The report focuses on intimate partner violence, rape and sexual assault, and stalking. It includes estimates of the extent of crimes against females and the characteristics of crimes and victims. The following 10 facts are a small sampling of findings from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Justice Department Recognizes Domestic Violence Awareness Month</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/211</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/211#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Russo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Office of the Associate Attorney General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Office of the Attorney General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Office of the Deputy Attorney General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Office on Violence Against Women]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This afternoon Justice Department leadership came together in a rare joint event to commemorate the Justice Department&#8217;s recognition of October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Attorney General Eric Holder, Deputy Attorney General David W. Ogden and Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli all delivered remarks at the ceremony to celebrate the work that has been done around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Memorandum for Selected United State Attorneys on Investigations and Prosecutions in States Authorizing the Medical Use of Marijuana</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/192</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/192#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Russo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Attorney General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Office of the Attorney General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today Attorney General Eric Holder announced formal guidelines for federal prosecutors in states that have enacted laws authorizing the use of marijuana for medical purposes. Those guidelines are contained in a memo from Deputy Attorney General David W. Ogden which was sent  to United States Attorneys this morning.
The text of this memo is provided below [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Report from the National Conference for OVW Rural Grantees</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/181</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/181#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Russo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Office on Violence Against Women]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This post appears courtesy of the Office of Violence Against Women and their Acting Director, Catherine Pierce.
 Grantees under the Office on Violence Against Women’s (OVW) Rural Assistance Program convened in the Crescent City for a two-day conference called “Rural Innovations: Exploring Effective Interventions to End Violence Against Women” hosted by Praxis International.
 Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AAG Varney Testifies on the Insurance Industry&#8217;s Antitrust Exemption</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/176</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/176#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Russo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Antitrust Division]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Christine A. Varney, Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Department’s Antitrust Division testified today at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on anticompetitive conduct in the health insurance industry.  In her testimony, AAG Varney presented the Department’s views on the antitrust immunity granted by the McCarran-Ferguson Act for the insurance industry. 
AAG Varney stated the Department [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Children&#8217;s Exposure to Violence: A National Survey</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/173</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/173#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Russo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention OJJDP (OJP)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The following post appears courtesy of  Jeff Slowikowski, the Acting Administrator for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Yesterday, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) released  The National Survey on Children’s Exposure to Violence. The report is a precedent-setting survey because it gives us the first real estimates—as the most comprehensive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Disability Employment Awareness Month</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/170</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Russo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil Rights Division]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today, the Justice Department announces initiatives to commemorate National Disability Awareness month.
The Civil Rights Division will join the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in holding town hall meetings in Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco and New Orleans, to share information about the proposed ADA Amendments Act regulations and to gather comments on them. These town [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AAG Breuer Testifies on Human Rights Violators</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/150</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/150#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Russo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Criminal Division]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today, Lanny A. Breuer, the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division, testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law about how the Department works to hold human rights violators accountable for their crimes.  He also outlined plans to enhance these efforts by merging two sections of the Criminal Division.
At the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop Medicare Fraud</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/144</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/144#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Russo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today, the Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services re-launched StopMedicareFraud.gov.
StopMedicareFraud.gov provides information about Medicare Fraud and information on how you can protect yourself from fraud or abuse. It provides ways for victims to report fraud and abuse. It also allows individuals with first-hand knowledge of wasteful spending or criminal activity to report it to the proper authorities. 
Widespread health care [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Law Enforcement Partners</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/138</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Russo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Attorney General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Office of the Attorney General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today, the Attorney General spoke at the Annual Conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, an organization made up of over 20,000 police executives from international, federal, state and local law enforcement agencies.
Paying tribute to the work of these brave men and women, the Attorney General said:
As Attorney General, I have traveled our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Day at Justice.gov</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/129</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Russo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Office of Public Affairs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the new Justice.gov. If you’re a regular visitor to our site, you’ll notice some changes today. If you are joining us for the first time, welcome.
The Department of Justice launches Justice.gov today in an effort to increase openness and transparency in government. Utilizing a variety of online tools, we will be able to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Girls&#8217; Delinquency</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/98</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Russo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Office of Justice Programs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The following post appears courtesy of the Office of Justice Programs.
In recent years, girls have become increasingly involved in the juvenile justice system. Delinquency caseloads over the past decade have increased more for girls than for boys, and the rate of detention for girls nationally has risen dramatically.
By 2004, girls accounted for 30 percent of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month at DOJ</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/89</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/89#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Russo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Attorney General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Office of the Attorney General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[


Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary Salazar Stand for the National Anthem

The Department of Justice celebrated National Hispanic Heritage Month today. The Attorney General was joined by Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, for the event.

Attorney General Eric Holder:
We gather here at a moment of great promise for our nation. Two weeks ago, Justice Sonia [...]]]></description>
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