Social Issues

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In this Dec. 30, 2014 photo, Shylo, a six-year-old pit bull, who is available for adoption, steals a kiss from Lexi Stringfellow, behavior coordinator at the Human Society of Utah, in Murray, Utah. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Steve Griffin) DESERET NEWS OUT; LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; MAGS OUT

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National Edition News cover for January 4, 2015 - 700 miles of U.S.-Mexico border still insecure, congressional investigators say: In this Sept. 5, 2014 photo, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine agent pears out of the open door of a helicopter during a patrol flight near the Texas-Mexico border near McAllen, Texas. Since illegal immigration spiked in the Rio Grande Valley this summer, the Border Patrol has dispatched more agents, the Texas Department of Public Safety has sent more troopers and Texas Gov. Rick Perry deployed as many as 1,000 guardsmen to the area. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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National Edition News cover for January 2, 2015 - Chaplain hit for citing Christianity in suicide prevention: Traditional values groups are rallying around an Army chaplain who was rebuked by his commander for distributing information on Christianity during mandatory suicide prevention training. (Associated Press)

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Nathan Emery, Homeland Security Investigations agent in charge, stands next to a poster of Jeremiah Malfroid, a 33-year-old California man whose name and image were transmitted by the "Operation Predator" app in connection with a child pornography sting. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins)

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A new watchdog report unearthed that FEMA officials have been aware of hurricane insurance discrepancies as far back as 2010 but continued to pay for bogus claims.

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Sen. John Barrasso, Wyoming Republican, who frequently rails against President Obama's health care law on the chamber floor, said Congress will use "every too out there, including reconciliation" to repeal part of all of the Affordable Care Act. (Associated Press)

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FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2014 file photo, Marilyn Tavenner, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Governors across the political spectrum are hitting a roadblock in their bids to expand Medicaid with federal funds: Republican legislators who adamantly oppose “Obamacare.” While some of these governors themselves have criticized the president’s health care law in general, they’ve come to see one component -- Medicaid expansion -- as too generous to reject. But they’re battling conservative lawmakers who say it’s better to turn down billions of federal dollars than to expand Medicaid under the 2010 law (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

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Sharon Helman, director of the Department of Veterans Affairs' Phoenix clinic, was fired from the VA, but only because she improperly took thousands of dollars in gifts. A personnel appeals judge last week rejected the VA's claim that she should also have been dismissed for overseeing the wait lists. (Associated Press)

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Robin Thicke and Paula Patton attend the sixth annual GQ Gentlemen's Ball in New York. Patton has filed for divorce from Thicke and is asking for joint custody of their son. Patton filed in Los Angeles on Friday, Oct. 3, 2014, citing "irreconcilable differences." (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, file)

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Neil young and wife Pegi Young divorced after 36 years of marriage. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Invision/AP)

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Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell speaks at the Treasury Department in Washington on July 28, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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The Homeland Security Department is experimenting with GPS-enabled ankle bracelets to track illegal immigrants in the U.S. (Associated Press)

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Money man: Joseph T. Hansen is departing as president of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union with a warning about pensions. (Associated Press)

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In this Oct. 8, 2014 photo, Violesia, a survivor of sex trafficking, sits on a rocking chair at the faith-based Samaritan Women home in Baltimore. Local and federal law enforcement agencies are trying to do more to combat sex trafficking, but with an ever-increasing volume of survivors being collected, the patchwork of governmental, non-profit and faith-based organizations that provide care are scrambling to keep up. Samaritan Women has the capacity to house, clothe and feed 14 women for up to two years, and the mission to help women re-integrate into society. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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People for and against same-sex marriage stage protests outside the Dade County Courthouse during a hearing on gay marriage in Miami in this July 2, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter, File)

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Evilio Ordonez holds Cuban and American flags during a protest against President Barack Obama's plan to normalize relations with Cuba, Saturday, Dec, 20, 2014, in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami. Florida newspaper editors voted President Barack Obama’s mid-December move to normalize relations with Cuba as one of the top stories of the year. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)