Quotations of the day

"It is transparent. That’s why we set up the FISA court." _ President Barack Obama, defending two surveillance programs that tracks U.S.-based phone and Internet records and overseen by a secret court.

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"How can you allow Russia to continue to send weapons to the regime of Bashar al-Assad while the opposition gets so few weapons? How can we accept the fact that we have proof of the use of chemical weapons without a unanimous condemnation by the international community, and that includes the G8?" _ French President Francois Hollande, following a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Syria’s civil war.

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"Anytime you look for somebody and don’t find the body, it is embarrassing. The thing the public isn’t aware of, but police know, is there are a lot of dead ends in an investigation." _ Former Detroit prosecutor Keith Corbett on a new search under way in Michigan for the remains of Jimmy Hoffa.