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WASHINGTON — It is a scenario that many officials in Washington say keeps them awake at night: a cyberattack against critical infrastructure. Many lawmakers believe the nation’s vital computer networks are vulnerable to such an event, which they say could lead to the collapse of the banking system, sustained blackouts or even mass casualties. Some have made comparisons to the lack of airport security before the Sept. 11 attacks. (more)

Republican senators announced their intention to introduce a competing cybersecurity bill last Thursday to counter a recently introduced Democratic bill that would expand the Department of Homeland Security’s authority. The GOP plan will reportedly instead grant new powers to the U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some members of Congress want to include executive branch employees in a bill that would ban lawmakers from using nonpublic information to made stock trades. The bill also would require public reporting of new securities transactions within 30 days, all part of an effort by Congress to boost its dismal approval ratings that are now in the teens. (more)

1.) Merry Christmas, Attorney General Eric Holder — It’s the holiday season, and you know what that means: Eric Holder is being investigated. Again! TheDC’s Matthew Boyle reports: (more)

Connecticut independent Sen. Joe Lieberman has directed the staff of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, which he chairs, to examine miscommunication between law enforcement agencies related to the Justice Department’s Operation Fast and Furious. (more)

In an ideal world, Republican presidential candidate and former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer would like Senator Joe Lieberman as his running mate, but the Connecticut senator is not necessarily on the same page. (more)

A new bill introduced by Connecticut independent Sen. Joe Lieberman and several other members of Congress would strip the citizenship of Americans deemed by the government to be involved in terrorism. (more)

Senate Democratic leaders tweaked President Obama’s American Jobs Act Wednesday in an effort to shore up support in their caucus, but as of now they lack at least one critical vote from Connecticut independent Sen. Joe Lieberman. (more)

Senators Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and Joe Lieberman of Connecticut are pressing the deficit-reduction supercommittee to make substantial cuts to Medicare, reports The Hill. (more)

Sen. Joe Lieberman, the independent Connecticut chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said Thursday that the Obama administration has refused to use the term “violent Islamist extremism,” arguing that the White House’s overly cautious word parsing constitutes a refusal to ”speak honestly.”  (more)

Connecticut Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman won’t endorse President Obama for re-election until he has a chance to compare the president to the Republican Party’s nominee. (more)

Republican Sen. John McCain and independent Sen. Joe Lieberman — two of the dwindling bloc of senators still supporting the U.S. presence in Afghanistan — affirmed their support for the war Thursday.  (more)

Sens. Joe Lieberman, Connecticut independent, and Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican, rolled out their bipartisan plan to save Medicare Tuesday on Capitol Hill. (more)

The presidential election season has just recently gotten under way and only the insane would speculate about whom a Republican president might nominate to be secretary of state if the GOP were to take back the White House in 2012. But we are just a wee bit bonkers here at The Daily Caller. (more)

These are dangerous times for Israel and the Jewish people. Anti-Semitism — especially the anti-Semitism that cloaks itself as anti-Zionism — is thriving. Visit the United Nations, most world capitals or America’s college campuses and you would think that Israel is the most bloodthirsty power on the world stage. Politics aside, decent people should be able to agree that this increasing demonization of Israel is a dangerous trend. (more)

Former Rep. Chris Shays (R-Conn.) told Roll Call he is “very interested” in launching a Senate bid to replace retiring Sen. Joe Lieberman (I). (more)

Three Senate hawks called on President Barack Obama Thursday to demand the resignation of Syria’s leader, just as he did with Libyan dictator Muammar Qadhafi. (more)

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President Obama recently spoke at a Virginia middle school on the topic of education reform, highlighting the need to restructure No Child Left Behind before the start of the next school year. Fixing NCLB and returning power to the states is certainly important, but Obama has a more immediate opportunity at hand. Before this school year is even finished, he can boldly lead on a bi-partisan education issue critical to local families in our nation’s capital. (more)

Even as the fate of the nuclear reactors in earthquake-ravaged Japan remains unclear, the Obama administration’s clean energy agenda has been put into jeopardy by the threat of Japan’s nuclear nightmare. (more)