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            <title><![CDATA[New Zealand to pursue social media ban for children under 16]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lawmakers call for investigation into impact of CISA staffing cuts]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Lawmakers say little is known about how recent cuts have impacted CISA and how the knowledge that was lost has been replaced.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[NSA installs DHS lawyer as new general counsel]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Kerianne Tobitsch, who most recently served as a senior lawyer at the Homeland Security Department, is the NSA's new general counsel, sources told Recorded Future News.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[US cyber ambassador nominee Cassady confirmed in Senate]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[NTIA official Adam Cassady becomes the second person confirmed to be the State Department's ambassador-at-large for cyber policy.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Britain’s next war won’t be an away game: Q&A with former head of Defence Intelligence]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As Chief of Defence Intelligence, General Sir Jim Hockenhull decided to declassify and publish what London knew of Russia’s plans to invade Ukraine, down to a map of the routes its forces would take.]]></description>
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