Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), a longtime advocate for reform of the Federal Reserve, is sharply criticizing the Federal Reserve today after Bloomberg news reported that the Federal Reserve secretly committed nearly $8 trillion in support to American and international financial institutions during the 2008 bailout. Kucinich recorded a video for his website before going to the floor of the House of Representatives to call upon Congress to reclaim its Constitution primacy over monetary policy.

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• BFF's forever! President Obama's Bilateral Meeting with Prime Minister Rutte of the Netherlands

The Department of Justice and the National Crime Prevention Council announce a new public education campaign to combat intellectual property theft.

First Lady Michelle Obama welcomes military families for a first peek at the White House holiday decorations.

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• America's approach to tackling the flow of illegal drugs from Afghanistan is misguided. This criticism from Russia's anti-drugs chief who believes a complete eradication of poppy fields is the only solution - a position not currently shared by the U.S. However, this reluctance now has some asking if the deadly business is proving simply too lucrative to destroy.

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• In September, President Obama awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation's most prestigious military award, to Sgt. Dakota Meyer, the marine who saved 36 of his comrades during an ambush in Afghanistan. Obama called Meyer one of the most "down-to-earth guys that you will ever meet." But today Meyer, 23, is having trouble getting a job because of allegations by defense contractor BAE Systems that he has a drinking problem and is mentally unstable. Meyer filed legal papers Monday claiming the allegations were in retaliation for objections he raised about BAE's alleged decision to sell high-tech sniper scopes to the Pakistani military.

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Extract on the euro currency, from the speech by Herman VAN ROMPUY, President of the European Council, at the 1st Conference of EU Heads of Delegation, EUSR and Chargés d’Affaires, Brussels.

UK Independent Party Leader Nigel Farage EU-bribing independent Croatia to rejoin a new Yugoslavia (Nov 2011).