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Show Notes for Thursday, February 7, 2013

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Karl Frisch of Bullfight Strategies calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to co-host Right Wing World

BreenMatthew Breen, Editor in Chief of “The Advocate”, joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to talk about the Boy Scouts’ delayed decision on allowing gay leaders

Rep Adam Schiff (D-CA) calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about his LA Times Op Ed on Gun Control

• President Obama directed the Justice Department on Wednesday to share with key congressional committees secret memos laying out the legal justification for targeted drone-strike assassinations overseas, an aide said.

White House counter-terrorism adviser John Brennan will face questions about America’s expanded drone war—including strikes that have killed U.S. citizens around the world—when he faces the Senate Intelligence Committee today in what is expected to be a tough hearing on his nomination to head the CIA.

House Democrats today will unveil 15 proposals for curbing gun violence that resemble President Barack Obama’s plan and will include a call for banning assault weapons, people familiar with the package said Wednesday.

• Yesterday, the US Postal Service announced it’s not going to deliver first-class mail on Saturdays anymore, beginning August.