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"A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging President Obama to quickly hire inspectors general at federal agencies where some of the watchdog positions have been left unfilled for years.&amp;nbsp;\n\"Many of these vacancies involve departments and agencies responsible for oversight of several of your Administration's most important initiatives,\" read the letter, which was signed by Sens. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn.; Susan Collins, R-Maine; Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.; and Robert Portman, R-Ohio; as well as Reps. Darrell Issa, R-Calif.; Elijah Cummings, D-Md.; John Tierney, D-Mass.; and Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah.&amp;nbsp;\nInspectors general are responsible for weeding out waste and corruption in government agencies. There are IG positions open at State, Justice and Homeland Security, according to the letter."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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