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      <excerpt>...to better fend off cyber-attacks.Associate Attorney General James Baker said the laws are not adequate, when pressed by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a Rhode Island Democrat.&quot;That's a complicated question,&quot; Mr. Baker added. &quot;We are definitely debating these </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...  by Joe&#160;Siegel    EDGE New England Editor Tuesday Nov 17, 2009  United States Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse met with LGBT Rhode Islanders on Nov. 12 to discuss gay rights issues. Whitehouse, 54, is a former Rhode Island Attorney General who voters elected t</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> &amp;quot;The danger is that people&amp;#39;s impatience becomes self-destructive,&amp;quot; said Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) on Thursday during a reception for the LGBT ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...recently met with McChrystal, GOP senators have been granted access to the general over the past few weeks. Sens. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), George LeMieux (R-Fla.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) sat down with McChrystal on their recent trip to the country</excerpt>
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